Darlene Naponse

Darlene is an Anishinaabe from Atikameksheng Anishnawbek - Northern Ontario Canada.  She was born and raised in her community and now works out of her studio located in Atikameksheng Anishnawbek.

She is a writer, film director, and video artist.  Her film work has been viewed nationally and internationally.

Darlene has a Hon. BA 2001 from Laurentian University and recently completed a Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA).
The 2017 Writers’ Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize Finalist for “She Is Water” published in The Malahat Review.
Her latest feature film “Falls Around Her” world premiered at TIFF – Toronto International Film Festival 2018.
As a storyteller, Darlene is in search of imaginative images giving truth through word, film, art and song.