Dawn Marie Marchand
bio
Dawn Marie Marchand is Cold Lake First Nation and Metis. She has been in and around amazing artists, performers and writers for most of her life. A student of the Boreal Forest Institute for the Indigenous Arts in Fort McMurray, Alberta, she has a unique perspective on mastery based techniques. Some of her mentor/teachers are: Aex Janvier, Garry Bertieg, Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Jane Ash Poitras, Eddie Poitras, Brian Clark, and Rebecca Belmore. She is an advocate for using the strengths of culture as a tool for accessing positive change in lives.
Dawn Marie is a published author and has guest lectured at the University of Alberta on several occasions. Dawn Marie has continued her community based approach to artwork by doing installations in the Edmonton Folk Festival, City Hall during Truth and Reconciliation Commission, co-producing Walrus Talks-Aboriginal City, and Longest Journey in Nuit Blanche Edmonton.
This video is filmed on location at Dawn Marie’s Blue Horse Gallery & Studio in Smoky Lake, AB.