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Métis Art, Cultural Education, and Storytelling Experiences

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Celebrating Métis Heritage Through Art & Storytelling

Freyja’s Haven is a Métis-led cultural arts and education initiative based in Fort McMurray, Alberta, founded by artist Stacey Grant.

Rooted in Red River Métis traditions and lived experience, Freyja’s Haven offers beadwork, workshops, and storytelling experiences that foster cultural connection, healing, and community.

What began as a personal journey of grief, healing, and reconnection has grown into a vibrant space where art and culture come together in meaningful ways. Stacey’s work is deeply influenced by her ancestral ties, land-based teachings, and a commitment to reciprocity and respect.

Each piece, workshop, and story is an invitation to reconnect: with culture, community, and self.

Our Services

Culturally grounded. Community-centered. Designed to connect.

We collaborate with schools, organizations, and communities across Alberta and beyond to create meaningful, Métis-led cultural experiences through art, storytelling, and education.

Consulting

Design Métis heritage programs, workshops, and exhibitions for schools, organizations, & community groups.

WORKSHOPS

Hands-on beadwork, art, land-based classes, and storytelling experiences for any class size with children, youth, and adults.

COMMISSIONS

Unique beadwork, illustrations, graphic design, and installations for personal, corporate, or community events.

SPEAKING

Inspiring presentations, sharing circles, and speaking sessions on resilience, healing, community, and Métis cultural pride.

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TESTIMONIALS

Voices from the communities we serve.

"Stacey is an incredible creative who blends her unique skills for beadwork, medicines, and facilitation with traditional ways of knowing that are impactful for children and youth. She is personable, warm and deeply intentional in the work she creates, bringing a quality of work that exemplifies excellence. The work she has led with our staff and students is the proudest of my educational career and she would make a phenomenal choice for any opportunity available for her to continue to impact the cultural education of youth in our community."

- Chelsi K

"Ms Grant was one of the first community members who eagerly agreed to participate in our programming. Together we worked on many ideas to bring Indigenous knowledge to the youth in our community. Some examples include beading workshops and a number of different crafts and activities. We also engaged in other community events together. One aspect that Ms Grant brought to each session we held was she incorporated traditional knowledge to each activity. She brings passion, knowledge, kindness, and compassion with her wherever she goes."

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Where The Mourning Gathers Book Launch

A poetry collection exploring grief, healing, and resilience, written and illustrated by Stacey Grant.

Métis artist Stacey Grant’s debut poetry collection, Where The Mourning Gathers: The Medicine of Grief and Memory, explores loss, integration, and the interwoven beauty of life. Grounded in Métis storytelling traditions and lived experience, the book invites readers to journey through grief with reflection, hope, and creative insight. 

Limited Quantity will be available for purchase at the event.

Join us for the launch:
📅 May 28th, 2026
🕕 6:00pm - 8:00pm
📍 Wood Buffalo Regional Library, Second Floor

Preorders for June 30th, 2026, release are available now. Bulk orders offered for educators, groups, and retail.

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Reviews & Reception

"You open a door to your heart for the reader and invite them in, first with caution, and then with assurance that every pain and every loss leads to resilience. Your book is proof that both joy and pain can co-exist, only if we acknowledge them."

- Jamal-e-Fatima

“Your imagery is impeccable. You sway with your words through grief and loss, using elements of nature as analogy. It is like a soft warm breeze dancing through a field, not knowing whether it will carry sobs or laughter but open to embracing them nonetheless.”

- Jamal-e-Fatima

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"Your young soul walks with the old ones now,
woven in the stars."

"The burden I carried was never rage,
but something heavier."

"Some hauntings are not to be exorcised.
Some aches become altars."

"Grief is love lingering, worlds away,
in the spaces he once filled."

MEET STACEY GRANT

Métis Artist and Cultural Educator

Stacey Grant is a Métis multidisciplinary artist and cultural educator from Nistawâyâw (Fort McMurray). Through traditional beadwork, painting, storytelling, and poetry, she creates experiences that foster healing, cultural pride, and community connection.

Founder of Freyja’s Haven and Studio 516, Stacey was the 2025 Indigenous Artist Award recipient at the Wood Buffalo Excellence in Arts Awards and the creator of the Many Medicines podcast, which aims to amplify Indigenous voices in her region.

She bridges Métis heritage with contemporary art, supporting community efforts that inspire resilience, cultural resurgence, and intergenerational learning across Northeastern Alberta.

Many Medicines

An Indigenous-Led Podcast

Produced with support from Storyhive, Many Medicines: The Intersection of Art, Culture, & Healing shares stories and insights from Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers, community leaders, and artists in the Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo region.

Season One premieres April 14th, 2026, on TELUS Optik TV and Stream+.

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