Indigenous USask graduating student uses art, degree to build community – USask News

Nov 6, 2024

A Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree was a way for Aurora Wolfe (BA’22) to officially recognize what she was already doing —beading, community artwork and outreach.

“I was like, ‘Oh, why am I not also doing this in school and getting credit for it?’” she said.

Wolfe is a multimedia artist, musician and researcher from Mortlach, Sask. She is Cree, a member of Beardy’s and Okemasis’ Cree Nation, and of Scottish descent. She will be graduating with an MFA in Studio Art during the University of Saskatchewan (USask) Fall Convocation on Nov. 13 at Merlis Belsher Place.

Wolfe completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Indigenous Studies in 2022 and received an Indigenous Student Achievement Award from USask in 2020. She also received the Tania Balicki Memorial Award in Indigenous Studies in 2022.

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