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Irvine-based Andrea Grant is a Canadian-born writer and multimedia artist of mixed-blood Coast Salish Native ancestry. Her artistic reputation comes from a unique melding of mythological stories, poems, photography, film, spoken word audio, and live performances designed to create a dynamic expression that can be understood on many levels.

Filmmaker Andrea Grant on how her background in various forms of art culminate in her award-winning, spoken word short film “Night Swimming”.

Rough Draft recently spoke with Canadian-born writer and multimedia artist Andrea Grant about her new film, “Night Swimming.”

The spoken word poem “Modern Native” by Andrea Grant is about the storytelling traditions of our culture and the duality within Natives and Natives of mixed-blood who have been brought up learning both traditional myths and western fairytales equally. It’s about honoring your tribe and where you’re from and finding empowerment within your origins as you face up to life’s challenges and take control of your destiny.

Never Apart Magazine Editor Jordan King connected with writer, filmmaker, artist, and poet Andrea Grant

Comic books have captured the imaginations of countless generations and  with superheros like Superman, Batman and even Wonder Woman – many would say that comic books allows the reader to enter into make believe worlds where anything can happen. Now a new comic book is about to make a huge impact.