Janice Tanton has been an artist all her life. With post-secondary schooling in acting and graphic design at the University of Windsor and an Alumni of Distinction at Durham College, Janice has also studied with American painter Bo Bartlett and received several awards from the Canada Council for the Arts. Serving for six years as the Program Manager of Indigenous Leadership at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Janice and her family were adopted into the Siksika Nation by Elder Tom Cranebear and his family. Cross-cultural and classical social exploration of contemporary issues involving equality, class, nationalism, race and women’s issues are woven within Janice’s work. She paints full time in her studio in Canmore, AB and serves as the Teaching Artist in Residence for Banff Centre. Her wide range of techniques and ability to capture the essence of any subject creates high demand for her paintings. She regularly exhibits and speaks at public art galleries on her perspective in a cross-cultural family and as it relates to her work. A lifelong equestrian, and cancer survivor, she spends any spare time with her rehabbed polo ponies, playing polo (badly) alongside her daughter Grace, also an excellent horsewoman and emerging artist herself.