Heather Steinhagen

Homegrown from Whitehorse, Yukon, Heather Steinhagen is the Craft Content Developer for the Canadian Crafts Federation. A member of Cowessess First Nations and 2nd generation German/Canadian, her passion for supporting creative innovation and community building drives her career and art practice. Along the way, Heather has collected a Visual Arts Diploma (Vancouver Island University, BC) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts, focusing on Community-based Arts Education (Concordia, QC). In addition, Heather has worked as an Arts Administrator for the Yukon Arts Centre (YT, 2015 & 2018), Government of Yukon Tourism and Culture (YT, 2017), and is the former Executive Director of the Yukon Arts Society (2020).