The Mohawk Story of Creation | Lee Claremont | TEDxPenticton

Lee uses a palate of vivid colours in her distinctive style which has earned her international acclaim. Her canvases show the way forward for contemporary Indigenous artists.
Lee narrates the Mohawk Story of Creation while a montage of her art work intertwines.
Lee Claremont is Mohawk and Irish and was born in Woodstock, Ontario on the territory of the Grand River Six Nations Ontario. Lee received her BFA (Honors) from the University of British Columbia and now resides in the beautiful Okanagan Valley in BC. She is well known for her incredible use of colour and her very distinct and recognizable palette is a rainbow that showers us with a positive sense of emotional energy and healing.
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