Joni Danielson is a Vancouver artist and educator working in the field of community engagement and informal pedagogy. She uses art as a tool to understand and reimagine sites and believes that art has the ability to forge deeper connections with the community.

 

Danielson recently graduated from Emily Carr University with a BFA in Visual Arts and a minor in Social Practice and Community Engagement. She is the recipient of the Class of 2014’s 180°  Student Leadership award for her sustained work with waterways and collaborative projects with the David Suzuki Foundation. Her work has been exhibited locally at museums and galleries such as the Winsor Gallery, Roundhouse Community Center, Museum of Vancouver and the Gulf of Georgia Cannery.