Valerie Carew (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist who explores fibre craft through performance, wearable art, sculpture/installation and painting. Valerie uses slow process craft and role-play in her art to describe relationships with land and identity. Valerie has a BFA in Drawing and Painting, and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design acquired at OCAD University, where she received two scholarships and the 2016 Outstanding Exhibition Award. She is a recent recipient of grant funding from Canada Council For The Arts. Valerie has exhibited and delivered workshops and art talks internationally, and has designed community art projects around Toronto, in partnership with the TDSB and Evergreen Brick Works.