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Roxanne Martin series

Description
Start Date: 
2014
End Date: 
2014
Date Range: 
2014 August 2 - 2014 August 3
Creator: 

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Physical Description: 

558 MB of graphic material.- 170 photographs : col. ; (jpeg)

Arrangement: 
Original order maintianed.
History Biographical: 

Roxanne Martin- Bezhik anungo kwe/ One Star Woman

Roxanne Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) is a Anishinaabe teacher, visual artist, children's book designer, jingle dress dancer and cultural activist. A graduate from the Cambrian College Theatre Arts Production. an honours graduate from the Bachelor of Fine Arts/minor in Anishinaabemowin studies from Algoma/Shingwauk University, Roxanne inspires her community to work with visual interpretations, storytelling and oral history of her surrounding lands and waters of lake Huron and Superior. As an Anishinaabe community practitioner, artist and seamstress, Roxanne's artwork and her practices blend personal biography with humour, cultural belonging and social critiques to engage her viewers in social conversations. She’s an award recipient for the Ashoka Changemaker Innovative approaches for First Nations people and received the Michelle Jean Foundation Youth Solidarity Project Recognition Award at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Martin is currently a member with the 2015 Teach for Canada cohort and is currently working on the Ojibwa territory of Lac Seul First Nations in northern Ontario to better the education for indigenous youth. She has established a small business from home for Ojibwamowin Children's books (Baby WayNa) and she is the god daughter and great niece to the late Cecil Youngfox.
​ Mr. Youngfox received the Aboriginal Order of Canada in the 1980s for his artwork in preserving his native heritage through his vivid, sensitive images of his native cultural traditions.

Biography taken from Martin's professional webpage.

Scope Content: 

This series comprises photographs from artist Roxanne Martin's "maamaandaawinam" (she has a vision), and other individual works displayed in the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre during the 2014 Shingwauk Gathering and Conference.

Notes: 

Roxanne Martin's session during the 2014 Shingwauk Gathering was called "Archive and the Professional Artist".

Repository: 
srsc
Admin
Custodial History: 

Material in accession 2017-024 was collected by the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre in 2014.

Access Restriction: 

No restrictions on access.

Repro Restriction: 

Researchers must adhere to applicable copyright law and privacy legislation and permission of the copyright holder is required to publish from the collection.

Conservation: 

Minor conservation preformed on series

Location Original: 

Born digital content.

Description Level: 
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