Dorrie Brown has lived and taught in Labrador for over thirty years in the communities of Paradise River, Nain and Happy Valley-Goose Bay. She has been active in community arts initiatives and arts education, and won Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council's Award for Arts Educator of the year, 2008. The Labradoria Mural Project also won a Manning Award from the Newfoundland and Labrador HIstoric Sites Association in 2008, and the Zippie Ikkiatsiak Award in 2007.