HEATHER LAMOUREUX
Heather Lamoureux is a community organizer, artist, and facilitator living on the Coast Salish Territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsliel-Waututh nations. She is committed to her responsibility to imagine and work towards futures where leaders care for community and the land. Heather is the founder and Artistic Director of Vines Art Festival, an arts organization and festival that is responsive to and nurturing of artists that are working toward land, water, and relational justice. She is also the Engagement Director at Raven Spirit Dance and has worked for other performing arts organizations including the PuSh International Arts Festival and Dancing on the Edge. She is trained in Somatic Education from Tamalpa Institute under instruction of Anna and Daria Halprin. Heather uses this practice with youth in foster care and runs various youth and senior programs. Many incredible women including Cease Wyss and Joyce Rosario have mentored Heather. She has a BFA in Dance with minor in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University. She loves to spend time Gardening at Harmony garden, X̱wemelch’stn pen̓em̓áy, hanging out by a river and eating good food with community. And can sometimes be found performing in unexpected outdoor spaces with the collective Pressed Paradise.
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