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One of the First Woodland Artists

Cree artist, Goyce Kakegamic, was born in Sandy Lake, Ontario in

His sister was married to the Ojibwa artist Norval Morrisseau who, after successfully selling his work in Toronto and elsewhere, encouraged teenage Goyce and his brother Joshim to try their hands at painting. 

Over the years, another Cree artist, Carl Ray, as well as Jackson Beardy, Alex Janvier and Daphne Odjig mentored the young men.

Although  the brothers sold their original works, they had entered into an arrangement with a southern Ontario screen printer who took advantage of them. 

After learning printmaking techniques at Open Studio in Toronto, Goyce and his brothers Joshim and Henry Kakegamic opened the Triple K Co-Operative, a silk screening co Red Kettle - Art And Collectibles HAZU