Mary Longman

Mary Longman (Aski-Piyesiwiskwew), is a visual artist and a professor of Aboriginal Art History. Of Saulteaux decent, she was born in Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan in 1964, and is a band member of Gordon First Nation. Longman’s passion for art began as early as 6 years old. She eventually pursued visual art training completing a four year Fine Art diploma at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, a year of Fine Art study at Concordia University, a Masters degree in Fine Art with a minor in art education from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, and a Ph.D at the University of Victoria, in art education.