Welcome to Dominique Ireland!
In 2024, MAI welcomes Dominique Ireland, Deaf artist and cultural worker, to the Public Engagement Department. Dominique is from Oneida Nation of the Thames Settlement, a member of the Turtle Clan. She participated in her high school’s art program and visual merchandising arts program. She is passionate about promoting accessibility to the arts, which everyone should have access to. Arts and artists have always inspired her to keep working on her own projects for the accessible performances and arts. For her hobbies, Dominique enjoys doing woodburning art and learning her language. Her favorite artist is Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.
Through paid internships, the Conseil des arts de Montréal’s CultivART program offers established arts and culture organizations an opportunity to host emerging Indigenous artists and cultural workers. The program objectives are to provide Indigenous people with a stimulating professional environment to learn about the real-world working conditions of a career in arts or culture, to provide the personal and professional guidance of an Indigenous or racialized mentor to ensure that the intern’s professional objectives are fully achieved in their host environment and to recognize the intern’s contribution to their host environment.
