Franchesca Hebert-Spence, BFA, MA, is Anishinaabe and her grandmother Marion Ida Spence was from Sagkeeng First Nation on Lake Winnipeg. Kinship and its responsibilities direct the engagement she maintains within her community. The foundation of this practice stems from Ishkabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg, Brandon University’s visual and aboriginal arts program. She is an independent curator and writer and has started doctoral studies in the visual culture stream of Cultural Mediations at Carleton University in Ottawa.