Are you interested in learning more about Indigenous art, history and culture? Join us for a special virtual presentation by Vanessa Dion Fletcher on Tuesday, November 5 from 6-7:30pm! 

Artist, educator and mentor Vanessa Dion Fletcher will give an overview of Indigenous arts in Turtle Island, including how her practice fits into the story. Addressing how all people can appreciate and learn from the artist and artwork of this place.   

Vanessa Dion Fletcher is a Lenape and Potawatomi neurodiverse Artist; her family is from Eelūnaapèewii Lahkèewiitt (displaced from Lenapehoking) and European settlers. She uses porcupine quills, Wampum belts, and menstrual blood to reveal the complexities of what defines a body physically and culturally. Reflecting on an Indigenous and gendered body with a neurodiverse mind, Dion Fletcher primarily works in performance, textiles and video.   
   
She graduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016 with an MFA in performance and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University in 2009. She has exhibited across Canada and the USA at Art Mur Montreal, Eastern Edge Gallery Newfoundland, The Queer Arts Festival Vancouver and the Satellite Art show in Miami. Her work is in the Indigenous Art Centre, Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection, Vtape, Seneca College, Global Affairs Canada and the Archives of American Art.  

As part of our Mentor in Residence program, Vanessa will be available for a limited amount of 1:1 consultations following this virtual presentation event. 

To secure your spot and register, click here.