Visual Artists

Howard Brodie

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"Howard Brodie was born on November 18, 1915 and went to California School of Fine Arts in Sacramento. He didn’t stay there long and he worked as a sports illustrator for the newspaper the San Francisco Chronicle. At the age of twenty-seven, he enli..."

Olga Petrovna Khodataeva

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"Olga Khodataeva was a Soviet animator, animation director, and pioneer of the Soviet animation industry. She was amongst the first wave of Soviet women animators. From 1927 to 1960, she directed around 30 films that often involved Soviet propaganda a..."

Duke Redbird

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"Duke Redbird was born in Saugeen First Nation, Ontario. Redbird is an accomplished writer, filmmaker, scholar, and artist. He is also an educator across Canada, collaborating with several schools to revise curriculums with the objective to decolon..."

Amanda Strong

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"Amanda Strong is an Indigenous artist and filmmaker whose work features stop-motion animation. She is from Mississauga, Ontario and has lived in Toronto and Montreal. She is currently based in unceded Coast Salish territory, also known as Vancouver...."