Edmonds Park

Intersection of Humphries and Rosewood

We want to give a warm welcome to Michelle Sound, who will be activating the FLEET mobile art studio in Edmonds Park from September to November 2024.

Michelle Sound is a Cree and Métis artist and mother. She is a member of Wapsewsipi Swan River First Nation in Treaty 8 Territory, Northern Alberta and she was born and raised on the unceded and ancestral home territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She is a multidisciplinary visual artist and her art practice includes a variety of mediums including photo based work, textiles, painting and Indigenous material practices. Her artwork often explores her Cree and Métis identity from a personal experience rooted in family, place and history. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Simon Fraser University, School for the Contemporary Arts, and a Master of Applied Arts from Emily Carr University Art + Design.

Image (top): Theresa Sound, age 12. cyanotype on elkhide drum. 2023

Image (below, left to right): Photo of Michelle Sound; mother tongue, (detail) archival photo on paper, embroidery thread, glass seed beads, mink pom poms, porcupine quills. 2024

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