Leah Marie Dorion is an interdisciplinary Metis artist raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. She is a teacher, painter, filmmaker, and published writer. Leah views her Metis heritage as providing her with a unique bridge for knowledge between all people.

Rebecca Belmore, a member of the Lac Seul First Nation (Anishinaabe), is an internationally recognized multidisciplinary artist. Rooted in the political and social realities of Indigenous communities, Belmore’s works make evocative connections between bodies, land and language. In 2005, she was Canada’s official representative in the Venice Biennale, an international contemporary art exhibit.

Professional Native Indian Artists Incorporated was a collaborative group was co-founded by renowned Indigenous artist Daphne Odjig along with six others in the early 1970s. They fought for inclusion of their work and other Indigenous artists’ work in mainstream Canada. Their work was celebrated by Regina’s MacKenzie Art Gallery Sept. 21 2013 to Jan. 12, 2014

Daphne Odjig, an internationally recognized and renowned artist, was one of Canada’s most celebrated Indigenous artists. Her work exposed political issues, the marginalization of Indigenous children and women, and the issues of colonization. Along with being the first First Nation woman artist to show at the National Gallery of Canada, Odjig received the Order of Canada, the Order of British Columbia, and seven honorary degrees.

Artist Ruth Cuthand was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, of plains Cree, Scottish and Irish ancestry. Her creative practice ranges from printmaking, painting, drawing, photography, and beadwork and influenced by her childhood experiences of diseases, settler/Native relationships and living conditions of Indigenous peoples.