- Friday, October 4, 2019
- 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- MAWA, 611 Main Street
Lita Fontaine will discuss her classroom experiences, her collaboration with teachers and her art-making with students, using Indigenous teachings and models. Fontaine’s practice is predominately studio-based and her education methodology is hands-on, so that process can play an integral role in learning.
Fontaine believes passionately in the power of visual arts for makers and viewers of all ages: as catharsis and to nourish emotional, physical, mental and spiritual growth.
Join us after Fontaine’s talk to celebrate the launch of Resilience: 50 Indigenous Art Cards and Teaching Guide, a ground-breaking education tool for students in kindergarten to grade 12, published by MAWA. This set of art reproductions, featuring the works of 50 Indigenous women contemporary artists, is accompanied by a guide on how to use them in the classroom co-written by Lita Fontaine. Let us come together and enjoy some special snacks in honour of all those who have made this project possible.
Free, everyone welcome!
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Lita Fontaine is a mixed-media artist of Dakota, Anishinaabe and Métis descent with roots in Long Plain and Sagkeeng First Nations. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Regina, and has exhibited her textile works, paintings and photographs in solo and group shows nationally. Fontaine has taught Foundation Drawing and Aboriginal Art History at the University of Manitoba’s School of Art, and currently is Artist in Residence with Winnipeg’s Seven Oaks School Division, collaborating with teachers to integrate art into the classroom. She believes the visual arts nourish emotional, physical, mental and spiritual growth.
