Tamara Lee-Anne Cardinal is a mixed media, large scale installation artist and a community activist who moved from Treaty 6 territory to Calgary/Mohkinsstsis 13 years ago, graduating with a bachelor of Fine Arts and Sculpture from the Alberta University of the Arts in 2015 and earning numerous awards for her work.
Cardinal, who is of Cree, Austrian, Ukrainian and German descent, has also been an active member of the urban Indigenous community in Treaty 7 territory. She discusses her performance piece Back Into the Earth: Creation and the Interpretation of Meaning — which won her the BMO 1st Art! Competition Award — and the time and effort contributed by all the people who helped her hand roll clay jingles, building a sense of community and sharing skills.
Tune in to this week’s Indigenous Stories podcast to learn more about Tamara Lee-Anne Cardinal, finding her identity and sharing her Indigenous art in a meaningful way.
