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Fontaine, Lita; Jennifer Woodbury (Introduction); Natalie Lebedinskaia (Curated by); Daina Warrren (Curated by); Albert McLeod;. Lita Fontaine: Sanksannica; Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, march 28 – May 25, 2013 and Urban Shaman Gallery, September 13 – October 19, 2013. Brandon, Manitoba: Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba and Urban Shaman Gallery, 2016. First printing. ISBN: 9780973193541. pp. 95. Slim 8vo. Bound in navy blue paper boards with white lettering to spine and front board. White silk ribbon-marker. Chiefly black and white and colour photographs, illustrations accompanied with captions in English and Ojibwe. Text in Ojibwe and English. Scarce. At time of cataloguing not in Peel, University of Manitoba Archives and Special Collections. “Lita Fontaine is of Dakota, Anishinaabe, and Metis descent. Fontaine is a mother, sister, arts educator, and visual artist. In her late twenties, Fontaine, a single mother, decided to return to school and enrolled in the University of Manitoba’s School of Art in the Diploma program. She later pursued higher education at the University of Regina, Visual Arts Faculty, where she attained a Master of Fine Arts, specializing in Inter-media, Fontaine has exhibited her art in several solo and group exhibitions. Her work can be found on murals in Winnipeg, Manitoba and in personal and public collections.” Hardcover. (#1088) $95.00
