GEORGE LITTLECHILD RESUME
BORN
Edmonton, Alberta
TRIBAL AFFILIATION
Plains Cree
EDUCATION
2013 Honorary Doctorate of Letters, Fraser Valley University, BC
1988 Independent Studies, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS
1984 Art and Design Diploma, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Here I am – Can you see me, Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie, AB
2022 The Garden Series, Mark Loria Gallery, Victoria, BC
2021-2022 Here I am – Can you see me, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2020 Thunderbirds, Warriors, & Chiefs, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
2019 Sacred Honouring, Sacred Blessings, Latimer Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2018 The Art of Truth and Reconciliation, Gallery@501 Sherwood Park, AB
2017 Warrior, Kimoto Gallery, Vancouver BC
2014 Those that Listen, Kimoto Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2014 Nanekawasis and His Musings, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
2011 Guest Artist, Aboriginal Day, I Hos Gallery, Comox, BC
2011 The Spirit Giggles Within, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
2010 George Littlechild, Chemanius Theatre Art Gallery, Chemanius, BC
2010 Honoring the Eight Legged, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
2009 Something Sacred, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
2009 Red & White, Inside Out, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC
2008 Red and White, Chapter Two, Main Gallery, Campbell River art Gallery, Campbell River, BC
2008 Transfer, to change from one form to another, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2007 Apisasisin , Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
2006 Home of the Brave, Home of the Warrior, Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2002 Naspisihcikan House of First Voices, Aboriginal Art Gallery, First People Cultural Foundation, Victoria, BC
2000 Seven Warriors/Star Nation, Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1999 George Littlechild/New Works Open Studio Show, George Littlechild Studio, Vancouver, BC
1999 Prayer Offerings, Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1998-9 De-Colonizing the Archival Photograph, Indian Art Gallery, Hull, PQ
1997 Selected Works of George Littlechild, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
1997 George Littlechild: Selected Works, Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Dawson Creek, BC
1996 George Littlechild: Past & Recent Work. Introducing the Multi-Media Installations Dis-Placed Indians: The Sixties Scoop, The Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
1995 Heartbeat/Mother Earth, Gallery of Tribal Art, Vancouver, BC
1994 Dreamtime – The Other Side, Gallery of Tribal Art, Vancouver, BC
1993 Spirit of the Plains Cree, Abokke Gallery, Kasama, Japan
1993 Littlechild Paintings 1989-93, Sacred Circle Gallery, Day Break Star Indian Center, Seattle, WA, USA
1993 Night Sky Visions, Gallery of Tribal Art, Vancouver, BC
1991 George Littlechild, Otto Van de Loo Gallery, Munich, Germany
1991 Proud Noble Warrior, Gallery of Tribal Art, Vancouver, BC
1991 Chief Noah Muddy Bull and The Warriors, The Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1990 Regenerated Images, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1990 Ancestral Images, Gallery of Tribal Art, Vancouver, BC
1990 Red Horse, Red Indian, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
1990 Painted Indians, The Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1989 Horse / Spirit Helper / Guide, The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB
1989 Painted Beads, The Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1988 How the Mouse Got Brown Teeth and How the Birch Tree Got Its Stripes (Book Launch and Sale of Illustrations), The Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1988 In Memory of the Late Rachel Littlechild, Anna Leonowen Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Picturing Ourselves. Nelson Museum, Nelson BC
2021 Ta’a’sikatikl / Confluence. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
2021 Facing Time. Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2020 Amiskwaci Waskahikan. Ociciwan Contemporary Art Centre, Edmonton, AB
2019 This Art Makes Me Feel. University Hospital Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2018 The Aunties are Listening. Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie, AB
2017 The Dream we form by being together. Borealis Gallery Legislative Federal Building, Edmonton, AB
2017 Impulses. Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff centre, Banff, AB
2017 A Canadian History Project. Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2017 A Place Between – 60’s Scoop. Urban Shaman Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2017 Campbell River Art Gallery Permanent Collection. Canada Government House, Victoria, BC
2016 My Spirit is Story, Indigenous Art Centre, Gatineau, QC
2016 Voice. TwoRivers Gallery, Prince George, BC
2015 Witness Blanket. University of Regina, Regina, SK
2015 Witness Blanket. Calgary Public Library, Calgary, AB
2015 Witness Blanket. Ottawa City Hall, Ottawa, ON
2015 Witness Blanket. Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton, ON
2015 Witness Blanket. Cape Breton University Art Gallery and Unama’ki College, Sydney, NS
2015 Witness Blanket. Millbrook Cultural and Heritage Centre, Millbrook, NS
2015 Witness Blanket. Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, MB
2015 Not Vanishing: Contemporary Expressions in Indigenous Art, 1977-2015. Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA, USA
2015 Summer Mix 2. Kimoto Gallery, Vancouver BC
2015 Bak’wine’ Mescakasa (Soul Hair). Comox Valley Art Gallery, Comox, BC
2014 Coming to The Fire Visual Arts Exhibition. Yaletown Roundhouse, Vancouver, BC
2014 Narrative Quest: Contemporary Canadian Aboriginal Art. Embassy of Canada Prince Takamado Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2014 Many Things Place Here & There, A Place Capable Of Sheltering, Many Things Here & There. Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC
2014 Witness Blanket, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
2014 Witness Blanket, The Victoria City Hall, Victoria, BC
2014 Witness Blanket, Capilano University, North Vancouver, BC
2014 By A Thread, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC
2014 Every day light, Family Photographs Selected by contemporary First Nations Artists. Reach Extension building, Confederation College, Thunder Bay, ON
2013 Story, Fazakas Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2013 Art Bank in the 21st century, Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
2012 Narrative Quest, Museum of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
2012 Three shows about printmaking. Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC
2012 Narrative Quest, Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, AB
2011 Narrative Quest, Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, AB
2011 MAG First Nations Art Collection, Red Deer Museum & Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB
2011 Reimagining Kateri Tekakwitha, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA
2010 Four Stars from the permanent Collection, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
2009 Alternation, Harbourfront Center Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009/2010 A Bird in the Hand, Alberta Art Gallery, Alberta Art Foundation Traveling Exhibition Program, AB
2008 Red Tile, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2008 Stories Of Our Time, Artists for kids Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2008 Honouring Tradition : Reframing Native Art, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
2008 Many Winters Ago, Castallani Art Museum, Niagara University, New York, USA
2007 Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design Faculty at North Island College, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Comox, BC
2007 Red & White Inside Out, Art Wok of George Littlechild & John Powell, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Comox, BC
2007 Migrations, Birds of the Pacific, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria , BC
2006 Everyday Light, The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
2005 Everday Light, Fort William Historical Park, East House, Thunderbay, ON
2005 “About Face” Self Portraits by Native American & First Nations Artists, Wheeelwright Museum of The North American Indian, Sanat Fe, New Mexico
2005 25 years, 25 artists 1980-2005, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
2005 All the Beautifull Horses, Comox Art Gallery, Comox, BC
2005 Rise up, look around you, tell your story. Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2005 Just Like Me, Acadiana Arts Council, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
2005 Just Like Me, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
2005 Just Like Me, UNLV Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2004/2005 Just Like Me, Courthouse Galleries, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
2004 Everyday Light, Chippewa Park Pavillion, Thunderbay, ON
2004 Just Like Me, Teton County Library, Jackson, Wyoming
2004 Just Like Me, City of Dayton – Dayton Cultural Center, Dayton, Ohio, USA
2004 Just Like Me, Danville Museum of Fine Art, Danville, Virginia, USA
2004 Just Like Me, Shafer Art Gallery, Great Bend, Kansas, USA
2004 Just Like Me, St George Art Museum, St George, Utah, USA
2004 Just Like Me, Morton-James Public Library, Nebraska City, Nebraska, USA
2004/2003Legends of our times, National Museum of the North American Indian, Washington, DC, USA
2003 Everyday Light, Thunderbay art Gallery, Thunderbay, ON
2003 Everyday Light, Urban Shaman Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2003 Just Like Me, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Cedar City, Utah, USA
2003 Just Like Me, Lancaster County Library, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
2003 Just Like Me, Mesquite Arts Council, Mesquite, Texas, USA
2003 Just Like Me, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
2003/2002 Just Like Me, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, USA
2003/2002 Legends of our times, Macon Museaum, Macon, Georgia, USA
2002 Just Like Me, Texarkana Reg. Arts J Humanities Cncl, Texarkana, Texas, USA
2002 Between you and me, Museum London, London, ON
2002 Everyday Light,Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
2002 Dust on the Road : Canadian Artists in Dialogue with SAHMAT, Round House Gallery Vancouver, BC
2002 Fluff and Feathers, Beads and Braids, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2002 Gallery Artists, John Ramsay Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2001 Legends of our times, National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
2000 Reclaiming History, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
2000 Stole the Tee Pee, George Gustav Haye Center, New York City, NY, USA
2000 Four Circles/Soaring Visions: An International Collaboration between Australian Aboriginal Artists Max Mansel, Heather Kemarre Shearer, First Nations Artists George Littlechild and Faith Louis-Adams (travelling): Campbell River and District Public Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC; Prince George Art Gallery, Prince George, BC; Sec wepmec, Kamloops, BC; Medicine Hat Museum of Art, Medicine Hat, AB
1998-2000 Legends of our times, Canadian Museaum of Civilization, Hull, QC
1999 Four Circles/Soaring Visions: An International Collaboration between Australian Aboriginal Artists Max Mansell, Heather Kemarre Shearer, First Nations Artists George Littlechild and Faith Louis-Adams (travelling): Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC; The Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia; Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Tasmania; Armindale & Region Aboriginal Cultural Centre & Keeping Place, New South Wales, Australia; Ballerat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia; Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, Australia
1998 Canada’s Most Wanted & Unwanted: Based on an Angus Reid Group Poll, The People’s Choice, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1998 Legends of Our Times, Grand Hall, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, QC
1998 Witness: Work from Artists in Squamish Nation Territory, The Roundhouse Community Centre,Vancouver, BC
1997 Two nations, One Voice: George Littlechild & Linda Frimer (travelling): Sid Jacobson
1997 Apples & Oranges II: Works by John C. Watts and George Littlechild, The Atrium at Hornby & WestGeorgia, Vancouver, BC
Gallery, EastHills, New York, USA; Jewish Community Centre, Houston, Texas, USA
1996 Harrison Festival of the Arts ’96, Harrison, BC; Gertrude Zack Gallery, Jewish Community Centre, Vancouver, BC
1997 Unleashed! The Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
1996 Mother Earth: Important to All, The Banff Centre Gallery, Calgary, AB
1996 Unity and Diversity in Arts & Culture, Prince George Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
1995 Voices of Vision… Resurgence, Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC
1995 Abstracted on the Line, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1994 Native Love, (travelling): Montreal, PQ; A.K.A. Gallery, Saskatoon, SK; Art Space, Peterborough, ON
1995 We are All Related (travelling): Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC; Richmond Cultural Centre, Richmond, BC; Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC; Surrey Public Library, Surrey, BC
1995 Who Speaks for the Rivers? Gallery of Tribal Art, Vancouver, BC
1994 Transformation: A Unity of Spirits, Gallery of Tribal Art, Vancouver, BC
1994 First Nations Contemporary Art: Commonwealth Games 1994, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
1994 Share the Heartsong of Our Families, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, AB
1994 Canadian Artists to the Benefit of the Olga Havel Foundation, Brezna Palace Gallery, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1993 Seven Lifetimes: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, AB
1993 Contemporary Canadian Native Art, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
1993 Northwest Native American and First Nations People’s Art, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA
1993 Canada’s First People: Syncrude Canada Limited, (travelling): Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, Vancouver, Fort McMurray, Edmonton and Tokyo, Japan
1993 Kaleidoscope: Fragments of Self, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
1992 Artropolis ’93, Vancouver, BC
1992 New Territories: 350/500 Years After Vision Plantaire, Maison de la Petite Patrie, Culture Rosemont, Montreal, QC
1992 Conrad House, George Littlechild, Jane Ash Poitras: Paintings, Sacred Circle Gallery of American Indian Art, Daybreak Star Arts Centre, Seattle, Washington, USA
1991 Public, Private Gatherings: Recent Acquisitions, Indian and Inuit Art Gallery
1991 Unending Journey, Visual Arts Museum, School of Visual Arts, New York City, New York, USA
1991 Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, QC
1991 5th Biennial Native Fine Art Exhibition, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
1991 Bridging the Gap: Our Worlds Are One, Triangle Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
1991 Cedar and Sweetgrass, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
1990 A Canadian Collection ’90, Calgary Jewish Centre, Calgary, AB
1990 Made in Canada, Virginia Christopher Galleries Ltd., Calgary, AB
1989 Fear of Others: Art against Racism, The New Gallery, Calgary, AB
1990 Creativity Continued: The Red Deer College of Art and Design Alumni Show, Red Deer, AB
1989 Diversities, New Alberta, The Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
1989 Asum Mena: 6th Annual Native Art Festival, The Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1989 Transformers, Calgary City Hall, Calgary, AB
1989 Alberta Indian Artists, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, New Hampshire, USA
1989 Augusta Savage Memorial Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
1989 Art for All, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1989 The Mainstream Move: New Works by Alberta Native Artists, Nova Gallery, Calgary, AB
1989 Revelations of Inner Strengths, Beaver House Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1988 Spiritual Imagery, Canada Place Plaza, Edmonton, AB
1988 Asum Mena: 5th Annual Native Art Festival, The Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1988 Ritual Imagery, Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
1988 Modern Echoes of Ancient Dreams, Art Court, Ottawa, ON
1988 Art for All, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1988 Relentless Devotion, Beaver House Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1988 An Exhibition of Canadian Indian Arts and Crafts, Esso Plaza, Calgary, AB
1987 Christmas at Studio 21, Studio 21 Gallery, Halifax, NS
1987 London Life Young Contemporaries ’87 (travelling): London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON; The Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary, AB; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC; Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal, PQ; Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB; Mississauga Civic Centre Art Gallery, Mississauga, ON
1987 Innovations :Subject and Technique, The Gallery, Scarborough Campus, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
1987 Echhpore ’87, Bryant Building, Halifax, NS
1987 B.A.T. Lithograph and Intaglio Print Exhibition, Anne Leon-Owens Gallery II, Halifax, NS
1987 Alberta Inspirations: Five Man Exhibition of Contemporary Alberta Native Art, Nova Gallery, Calgary, AB
1986 Sask-Expo 86 – Out of Saskatchewan (travelling): Robson Square Media Centre, Vancouver, BC; Rosemount Art Gallery, Regina, SK; Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1986 Things from the Heart: A Festival of Native Art, Legislative Pedway Main Concourse, Edmonton, AB
1986 Art Works Presents Recent Works of George Littlechild and Therese Cascagnette-Wuttunee, Art Works Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1985 Art Works Grand Opening, Art Works Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1985 A Festival of Emerging Native Alberta Artists, Robert Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1984 Emerging Native Artists of Alberta, Vik Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1984 R.D.C. Visual Arts ’84, Red Deer and District Museum, Red Deer, AB
1982 Emerging Native American Artists from Southern Alberta, Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge, AB
1981 A Birthday Celebration, Eagle Down Gallery, Edmonton, AB
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Alberta Arts Foundation
Alberta Government Telephone Company
Alberta Indian Arts and Crafts Society
Alberta Native Secretariat
Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd., Calgary, AB
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
Banff Centre, Banff, AB
Camosun College, Victoria, BC
Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC
Canada Council Art Bank
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, PQ
City of Seattle, Seattle, Washington, USA
Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Encore Oil Company, Calgary, AB
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Ermineskin Junior High and High School, Hobbema, AB
Esso Resources Canada Limited
Glenbow Museum
Global Affairs Canada – Visual Art Collection, Ottawa, ON
Indian Art Centre, Ottawa-Hull Regional District
MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
National Portrait Gallery of Canada
Native Business Venture Capital, Edmonton, AB
NOVA Corporation of Alberta
Peace Hills Trust Insurance, Edmonton, AB
POCO Petroleum, Calgary, AB
Red Deer District Museum, Red Deer, AB
Royal Alberta Museum
Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
Surrounded by Cedar, Victoria, BC Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
Trent University, Peterborough, ON
University of Alberta, Native Student Association
University of British Columbia, First Nations House of Learning, Vancouver, BC
University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Via Rail Canada Inc.
AWARDS AND HONOURS
2017 Reveal Indigenous award, The Hnatyshn Foundation
2008 Pace Award, Alberta Provincial Award Celebrating Excellence
2006 Aboriginal Role Models of Alberta Award
2006 Art Starts Award, Outstanding champion for the arts in British Columbia schools and communities
2003 VADA Award, Visual Arts Development Award
1999 Our Choice 1999-2000, The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (for What’s The Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses?)
1996 British Columbia Cultural Services Award
1994 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award (for This Land is My Land)
1993 National Parenting Publications Award Gold Medal
1993 Horn Book Fanfare List
1993 Hungry Mind Review, Children’s Books of Distinction Finalist
1992 Project Grant (Group Project), Canada Council
1989 Project Grant, Canada Council
1988 First Place Scholarship Award, Alberta Indian Arts and Crafts Society: ASUM MENA
1987 Endowment Fund Scholarship, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design
1987 Native Art Competition Award, Esso Resources Canada Ltd.
1987 Materials Bursary, Alberta Indian Arts and Crafts Society
1987 Loomis and Toles Material Bursary
1986 Second Runner-up Award, Alberta Indian Arts and Crafts Society: ASUM MENA
PUBLICATIONS
Littlechild, George. The Spirit Giggles Within. Heritage House Publishing Co. Ltd., 2012
Littlechild, George. This Land is My Land. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 1993
Littlechild, George. How the Birch Tree got it’s Stripes. Saskatoon: Fifth House, 1988
Littlechild, George. How the Mouse Got Brown Teeth. Saskatoon: Fifth House 1988
Littlechild, George, et al. In Honour of Our Grandmothers: Paintings and Poetry by Two Nations. Penticton: Theytus Publishing Co., 1994
Van Camp, Richard (author) and George Littlechild (illustrator). What’s the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses? San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 1998
Van Camp, Richard (author) and George Littlechild (illustrator). A Man called Raven. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 1997
BOOK COVERS
Ahenakew, Freda, Brenda Gardipy and Barbara LaFond. Native Voices, 1993
Bloomfield, Leonard. Sacred Stories of the Sweet Grass Cree. 1993
Crey, Ernie and Susanna Fournier. Stolen from Our Embrace. Douglas McIntyre, 1997
McGraw-Hill Ryerson Secondary Catalog. McGraw-Hill Secondary, 1993
Strong/Boag/Gerson. Paddling Her Own Canoe: The Times and Texts of E. Pauline Johnson. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000
Taylor, Drew Hayden. Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth. Talonbooks, 1997
TEACHING
Sessional Instructor – Emily Carr University of Art & Design, 2003 – present
FNCS (First Nation Community Studies) – Historical and Contemporary First Nation Art Camosun College Victoria, BC 2001- 2002
Introductory 1st Nations Painting Course – Native Studies Dept University of Calgary, AB Spring term 1991
Painting Theory – Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, Merrit, BC Fall term 1992
COMPACT DISK COVERS
Scofield, Sandy (Cree Metis ancestry). ‘Ketwam” Independent: 2001
Lavallee, Wayne (Cree Metis ancestry). Live Again. Independent: 2000
Scofield, Sandy (Cree Metis ancestry). Riel’s Road. Independent: 2000
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