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Lita Fontaine
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Lita Fontaine is an interdisciplinary artist based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Often, her work explores the role of women in traditional and contemporary Indigenous society. She describes herself as tri-cultural: Lakota, Anishinaabe and Metis. Early Life and Education Fontaine received her BFA from the University of Manitoba School of Art in and her MFA from what is now the First Nations University of Canada in Regina in 2005. Her sister, Leah Fontaine, is also an interdisciplinary artist. Artwork Fontaine has had solo exhibitions at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 2001 and Urban Shaman Gallery in 2013 and 2006. Since 2002, Fontaine has been artist-in-residence for the Seven Oaks School Division. She incorporates art experiences into the curriculum and the lives of students. Fontaine was a mentor in the advisory program of Mentoring Artists for Women's Art in 2009. |
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