Raised in Tiotenactokte|Skanawetsy|Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue QC, Tierney is a Scottish/Irish/Italian/white/settler, trans* creative/educator/consultant/curator whose work sits at the intersection of art and education, oriented toward collective liberation. Currently a prof in the University of Ottawa’s Visual Arts department, over the last 20 years they have delivered and designed both arts, and arts-based workshops on unceded Algonquin land, in and around so-called Ottawa, approaching their work as an endless series of moments from which to learn, bridge creativity, communities, and share knowledge in the service of social transformation.
Contact: thecaratierney@gmail.com