Leesa Striefler
- Affiliation: University of Regina
Leesa Streifler, is a Professor of Visual Art, at the University of Regina. She holds an MFA from Hunter College, New York. In 2005, she founded ARM-UR (Association for Mothering at the University of Regina). She has exhibited widely and her work is in notable public collections including the National Gallery of Canada and the Canada Council Art Bank. Her work has been funded by granting agencies including the Canada Council for the Arts, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, and through the University of Regina’s SSHRC/President’s Fund and Dean’s Research Awards. Her multidisciplinary studio practice focuses on the female body through the lens of mothering, aging, and familial relationships. Leesa and her husband, Kenneth Bell, have a son, Daniel, born in 2001.
Books by Leesa Striefler
Mothering Canada: Interdisciplinary Voices
La maternité au Canada: voix interdisciplinaires
Edited by Shawna Geissler, Lynn Loutzenhiser, Jocelyne Praud, Leesa Striefler
A multidisciplinary, bilingual anthology of mothering research in Canada that illustrates facets of Canadian mothering through different disciplinary lenses including social sciences, literature, and visual arts. The anthology confirms that issues of mothering are prevalent in the Canadian psyche, and in much need of research, communication, and change. ”A wonderfully rich collection of material on what we know and what we still need to know about mothering. Mothering Canada illustrates… (more information)