Discover Artistry That Transcends Time
Welcome to the collective!
Who We AreStudio sísp̓l̓k̓ is an Indigenous‑led, land‑based arts initiative on the unceded and unsurrendered traditional Syilx territory, in the heart of the Okanagan Indian Band community.
Our
Business Ethos
At Studio sísp̓l̓k̓, we believe creativity is a living practice for everyone. Our studio exists as a gentle, spacious place for people to explore their own ways of making, learning, and remembering.
We value process over perfection, and we welcome mistakes, experiments, and beginning again. We honour each person’s pace, story, and way of being, whether quiet and reflective, expressive and bold, or somewhere in between.
Featured Projects
The nsisúlaʔxʷ Food Forest Project
The nsisúlaʔxʷ Food Forest is a living, land-based classroom and gathering place. Here, food plants, medicines, pollinators, and people grow in relationship with one another
Our Services
Experience length: 75–90 minutes
Price: $50 per adult, $20 per youth (Sliding scale/group rates optional)
Step inside the growing heart of nsisúlaʔxʷ with a guided Greenhouse & Garden Tour. This small-group experience takes you through our greenhouse and key garden zones, sharing how we’re weaving Indigenous food plants, medicines, and permaculture-inspired design into an evolving food forest on Syilx territory.
You’ll see what’s currently in season, learn how we start and care for plants, and hear stories about the land, the weather, and the many hands that keep this place alive.
The nsisúlaʔxʷ Food Forest Tour is a guided walk through a living, land-based classroom. Together, we explore how Indigenous knowledge, food plants, and ecosystem care come together in this shared space. Along the way, you’ll learn about traditional and contemporary uses of plants, relationships between species, and what it means to tend a food forest in a good way. This tour is for anyone curious about land stewardship, sustainable growing, and the stories held in the plants around us.
price: $125 per person
Experience length: 2.5–3 hours
Explore how plant fibres, especially sp̓ic̓n (Indian hemp / Prairie dogbane) becomes cordage (string/rope) and the teachings held in this practice. This workshop focuses on working with your hands, moving slowly, and building respect for the plants that support us.
Cordage making is both practical and ceremonial: each twist carries relationship, attention, and time.
Price: $125 per person
Experience length: 3 hours
Create your own hand-made paper using a blend of natural materials and recycled fibres, guided by artists who work with land‑based practices. In this workshop, participants learn how to turn “waste” into something beautiful and useful, while paying attention to how the land can show up in the texture, colour, and feel of each sheet.
Featured Products
a Cotton Tote Bag – 34 cm H x 34 cm W, with graphic art by Syilx & Anishinaabe Artist Sienna Belanger-Lee. snkɬc̓aʔsqáx̌aʔ is the nsyilxcn word for Horse.
Large Cotton Tote Bag – 38.1 cm H x 47 cm W; with graphic art by Syilx & Anishinaabe Artist Sienna Belanger-Lee.
a 5.5” x 8.5” ntytyix Notebook with graphic art by Syilx & Anishinaabe Artist Sienna Belanger-Lee. ntytyix is the nsyilxcn word for Salmon.
Cover Stock: Glossy
Filler Paper: College Ruled
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How To Find Us
Studio sísp̓l̓k̓, 11745 Westside Rd, Vernon, BC V1H 2A7
From Vernon/North
If you are starting from Vernon and heading towards Westside Rd from Highway 97.
Follow signs to Westside Road.
Turn onto Westside Road and continue south, following the lake.
Stay on Westside Road for roughly 20-25 minutes, passing OKIB community areas and homes along the way.
Look for our address, 11745 Westside Road, and our BIG GREEN Seacan Barn on the lakeside stretch to the left; slow down as you get close, as driveways come up quickly on this road.
From West Kelowna
If you are starting from West Kelowna, take Highway 97 north towards Vernon.
Watch for signage and at the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Westside Rd, passing Bear Creek and continuing down Westside Road.
Follow Westside Road north along the lake, past Fintry and smaller communities.
Continue for approximately 45–60 minutes as the road winds; drive with care, as it is narrow and curvy in places.
Look out for our address, 11745 Westside Road, and our BIG GREEN Seacan Barn on the lakeside stretch to theright-hand side as you come up the lakeshore towards Vernon.
Because Westside Road is narrow and winding, please allow extra travel time and drive with caution.
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