Lucia Laford (Waawaaskone Kwe) is an award winning Anishinaabe and Irish artist and educator born in Baawaating, ON. She is a proud two-spirit Ojibwe Kwe and a member of M’Chigeeng First Nation. Lucia paints in a Woodland style that has been passed down to her by her father.  Lucia has ongoing workshops and classes year-round that teach Woodland and floral painting, mural creation, drawing, and leatherwork. Lucia is a part-time Instructor at Algoma University, where she teaches Indigenous Art courses.