Ceilidh Isadore, professionally known as CeilidhPitaw, is a Two-Spirit Mi’kmaw multidisciplinary artist, cultural consultant, event organizer, and facilitator raised between Wagmatcook First Nation and Ottawa. Their work is shaped by the land, kinship, ceremony, and teachings that have surrounded them since birth.

With a practice grounded in both tradition and innovation, Ceilidh works across mediums—pen and ink, digital illustration, painting, storytelling, cultural education, and event coordination. Their visual art bridges ancestral memory and present-day movement, often exploring themes of land relationships, Mi’kmaq cosmology, Two-Spirit identity, and intergenerational care. They've created over 60 original pieces ranging from fine-line black-and-white illustrations to vibrant digital paintings. Their artwork has been published in Room Magazine, featured in Heist Gallery’s “Lucid” exhibit, and commissioned for national campaigns including Pink Shirt Day and ReFrame Festival. These works are now expanding into a broader collection of prints and wearable art.

Ceilidh has over a decade of experience working in community-based and national Indigenous projects. From 2023 to 2025, they served as Education & Cultural Consultant for the Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance, leading major initiatives like the development of one of the first-ever Two-Spirit mobile apps, a full redesign of the W2SA website, cultural competency training modules, and the coordination of youth gatherings and land-based programming. They played lead roles in producing both the 36th International Two-Spirit Gathering and the 2025 Spring Mawiomi and Two-Spirit Celebration—five-day events filled with ceremony, drag, workshops, kinship, and visioning.

Ceilidh is the co-founder of Two-Spirit Youth Unama’ki (2SU), and between 2018–2023, they helped lead over 40 community events in Wagmatcook—from Treaty Days and social fires to youth mentorship circles, community cleanups, crafting workshops, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ Mawio’mi gatherings. Their organizing style centers relationship-building, cultural accountability, and local leadership—always grounded in community.

They have also served as a Firekeeper and cultural support, maintaining sacred fires and helping facilitate seasonal ceremonies and community spaces. From 2020–2023, as Cultural Coordinator and Community Helper for Wagmatcook First Nation, Ceilidh helped develop accessible programming that honoured community teachings, kinship, and youth voice. They worked closely with Elders and Knowledge Carriers to protect and uplift Mi’kmaw stories through ceremony, mentorship, and collective care.

Internationally, Ceilidh coordinated the Canadian Two-Spirit Delegation for the Riddu Riđđu Festival in Norway, supporting cultural exchange through storytelling, programming, and logistical planning. Their work helped build meaningful bridges between Indigenous artists from Turtle Island and Sámi, Māori, and other global Indigenous delegates.

As a public speaker, moderator, firekeeper, and ceremonial helper, Ceilidh has contributed to events with the Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design, CBU Theatre, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Elections Canada’s Indigenous Advisory Circle, TransCare+, and the Canada Council for the Arts (as a Peer Assessor in 2025). Whether it’s a youth camp, panel, sacred fire, or international gathering, they show up with clarity, warmth, humour, and deep respect for protocols, people, and purpose.

Alongside their community work, Ceilidh continues to nurture a visual art practice rooted in Mi’kmaw storytelling and natural imagery. They see fine-line drawing, digital illustration, painting, and poetry as “vessels for storytelling and cultural reclamation.” Each piece honours the land, spirit, and ancestors—transforming complex narratives into layered, visual offerings. Phrases like “Follow Our Youth” and “Every Child Matters” often appear in their work, bridging memory with future-building. Their portfolio has been exhibited at the Membertou Arts & Crafts Show, Heist Gallery’s Lucid Series, and in community media.

Ceilidh’s approach is defined by cultural integrity, community accountability, and deep care. Their life’s work is a love letter to those who came before, those walking alongside them, and those yet to come. Whether through art, ceremony, mentorship, or collective organizing, they continue to build inclusive spaces that honour Mi’kmaw wisdom, Two-Spirit brilliance, and the belief that “we are all walking on the same grass.”