- Application Deadline
Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 11:59pm - October 2021 – July 2022
The Rural Art Mentorship Program (RAMP) is a ten-month online program that will pair five emerging northern and rural artists with Lita Fontaine, a professional artist, and mentor. Fontaine will share knowledge, experience, and practical help in weekly group meetings. Participants will be expected to invest another 3 hours/week in artmaking. 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 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 the 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.
Application deadline Thursday, Sept 9, 2021 - free for successful applicants. Presented in partnership with Manitoba Arts Network.
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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.
