Assistant Director at Stride Gallery

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Dan Cardinal McCartney: ICAI Mentor in Residence

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Dan Cardinal McCartney (hey/they) is an interdisciplinary artist and emerging curator who holds a degree
from AUArts (2016) in Drawing. Most importantly, they are a full-time caregiver for their sister, Karri. Dan
is of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations with family ties of Mikisew Cree, Metis, and mixed settler lines from Treaty 8 territory, specifically Fort Chipewyan. He is a foster care survivor raised in the northern boreal
region of Fort McMurray.
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As a Two Spirit transgender artist, Dan sifts through patterns of intergenerational trauma and troubles the colonial narrative of hyper individuality. He relates his personal, ongoing reconnection with his family to his yearning for gender euphoria through storytelling. Dan focuses on mixed media collage, painting, moving
​images, and performance. Currently, they are the Assistant Director at Stride Gallery in so-called Calgary, AB.

Dan can provide information in the following areas:
- Exhibition process and best practices
- Visual arts
- Arts management

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