Dawn Woolsey is an Edmonton-based visual artist and educator whose practice spans book arts, printmaking, papermaking, and graphic design. She worked professionally in commercial graphic design, television animation, music packaging, and web design for over 40 years, later focusing on hands-on artmaking and teaching in community arts spaces. Her artistic focus currently involves more complex book arts and print processes, exploring sculptural forms, relief and intaglio processes incorporated into storytelling. 
She currently serves as an Alberta north Chapter communicator for the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild and has been involved in many group exhibitions,  
Dawn is known for teaching a range of printmaking and book arts workshops, currently in both formal courses and community settings: 
At SNAP – Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, she instructs courses and mentors students in Introductory and Advanced Bookbinding for Artist’s Books, Box making, Silkscreen, Letterpress, and Lino printmaking where participants gain hands-on skill in traditional techniques 
At Wellspring – Dawn teaches several art workshops; community wellness programs offered to cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers. These include introductory book structures such as notebook bindings, side-sewn folded and accordion books, as well as papermaking from natural fibres and inclusions.