A Blackfoot artist and visual storyteller, Joane Cardinal-Schubert lived and worked in Calgary until her untimely death in September 2009. Her multimedia works reflect a strong spirituality and have been described as visual stories of personal experiences, layered against a backdrop of social and...

Jane Ash Poitras was born in Fort Chipewyan in northern Alberta. She completed a degree in microbiology and didn't really connect with her native heritage or art until she was 30. She has a BFA in print and design from Yale University and an MFA at Columbia University in New York. Her paintings i...

Terry was born at the Curve Lake First Nation north of Peterborough, Ontario. As a youth, this self-taught Ojibway painter watched and learned from his cousin Arthur Schilling. Terry talks about his struggle with alcohol, his lack of formal training and his success as a painter producing unique w...

A Sakaw Cree from Bigstone Cree Nation in northern Alberta, Dale spent seven years at the University of Calgary, completing a B.Ed., an MA and a Ph.D. in Education. He became a highly acclaimed painter as well as a renowned comedian and motivational speaker until his untimely death in September 2...

Born to a Chinese father and a Cree-French mother in Alberta, April grew up at Rocky Mountain House. She began painting in her 60s and uses natural elements like feathers, rocks and sticks in her artwork, while drawing on Aboriginal imagery and experiences as a former life skills coach.

Abraham is an Inuvialuit artist from the Western Arctic. This contemporary sculptor was born in Paulatuk, Northwest Territories and studied at the Native Arts Centre of the University of Alaska. His carvings are deeply rooted in the Shamanic traditions of his ancestors, and his work is in major c...

The European glassblowing tradition merges with imagery from traditional Tlingit culture in the work of this Seattle artist whose work is in major art museums. Preston Singletary attended the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle, where glass artists from all over the world come to learn. He talks abo...

This young Edmontonian is an artist, educator and community builder. A descendant of the Cree, Cherokee and Norwegian people, Aaron uses distinct colour and clear forms in his work. In talking about his work, Aaron says, “When I began to work seriously as a painter, I wanted to do something that ...