Academic Background
Master of Education focused in Arts Education February 2015
University of Manitoba
Bachelor of Education April 2006
University of Manitoba
Bachelor of Fine Arts April 1991
Concordia University
MAWA Mentorships
Focused Mentorship Application/Barb Hunt/MAWA Fall 2019
One on One Mentorship Brenna George Spring 2024
Solo Exhibitions
August-November 2024 Time Tracer The Pavilion at Assiniboine Park
Winnipeg, MB
April, 2015 Memorial/Continuum The Edge
Winnipeg, MB
Nov, 2013 Specter Cre8ery
Winnipeg, MB
Feb, 2013 Recent work ArtsJunktion
Winnipeg, MB
Sept, 2003 Shangri-La Left-Side Gallery,
Flesherton, ON
April, 2003 Recent Work Durham Art Gallery,
Durham, ON
Nov, 1998 Relocation Propeller Gallery,
Toronto, ON
Dec, 1996 Reflector Academy of Spherical Arts,
Toronto, ON
July, 1988 Windows of Opportunity Gas Station Theatre,
Winnipeg, MB
Group Exhibitions
Dec 2022 Interior Investigations Ace Art
Part of a mini mentorship with Barb Hunt
Sept 2018 Human Animal: MAWA members show MAWA
Winnipeg, MB
May 2018 Fractured Mothering MAWA
Winnipeg, MB
Dec 2017 Martha Street Member exhibition Martha Street Studio
Winnipeg, MB
May 2017 Like Mother/Like Child MAWA
Winnipeg, MB
May 2016 Order/Disorder MAWA
Winnipeg, MB
July 2015 Frayed Edges Fringe Festival Pop Up
Winnipeg, MB
May 2015 What’s for Supper MAWA
Winnipeg, MB
Sept., 2014 Specter/Embrace Sarasvàti, Fem Fest
Winnipeg, MB
Aug., 2014 Mothering Children in Performance Piano Nobile Gallery
Winnipeg, MB
July 2014 Mothering on the Fringe Fringe Festival Pop Up Gallery
Winnipeg, MB
May 2014 Winter Mothering MAWA
Winnipeg, MB
June 2013 The Stuff of Mothering Artsjunktion
Winnipeg, MB
May 2013 Daily-ness MAWA wall
Winnipeg, MB
Dec 2011 Nurture/Neglect MAWA wall
Winnipeg, MB
Nov. 2010 Recent Work Cre8ery
Winnipeg, MB
Aug.2004-15 Instructors Show WAG Studio Building
Winnipeg, MB
June 2007 Group Exhibition Pembina Trails Teachers Cre8tery
Winnipeg, MB
Aug. 2006 Anniversary Exhibition Propeller Gallery,
Toronto, ON.
Dec.1998 Christmas Show Propeller Gallery,
Toronto, ON.
March 1998 Enter Propeller Gallery,
Toronto, ON.
Dec. 1997 Collective Unconscious Gallery 401
Toronto, ON.
Dec. 1996 An Exhibition of Na Uri Greecei Seoul, Korea.
Dec. 1996 Collective Unconscious Harbourfront Administrative Offices
Toronto, ON.
May 1996 Collective Unconscious Ste. 306, 80 Spadina
Toronto, ON.
Feb. 1995 Home is Where the Heart Is Idée Gallery,
Toronto, ON.
Sept. 1994 Arts Week Group Show 1400 Dupont
Toronto, ON.
Dec. 1992 Group Show The International Portrait Gallery
Montreal, PQ.
Oct. 1992 Group Show Maison de la Culture, Notre Dame
De la Grace
Montreal, PQ.
Essays and Critical Writing
Material Investigations, By Helga Jakobson MAWA Newsletter March/April/May 2020
Awards
CSEA/SCÉA 2024 Provincial / Territorial Affiliate Award for Art Education in Manitoba
CSEA/SCÉA 2015 Master’s Thesis Award
Publications
Teaching Children to Care About Art, in Child Care Bridges, Spring 2018, volume 1.
The Serendipitous Self Performed and (R)evolving, in Emergent Art Education in Canada, April 2016.
Canadian Art Teacher, Volume 10, Number 1, 2011. Cover Art.
Canadian Art Teacher, Volume 10, Number 2, 2012. Between Fredericton and Brochet.
Invisible Ink: A M/other Zine, Spring 2012. Driving; a poem image.
Invisible Ink: A M/other Zine, Spring 2013. The Case; a poem image.
Invisible Ink: A M/other Zine, Spring 2014. Six Demands in the Morning.
Rip/Torn Zine, Fall, 2014, vol.4. Baby Heads.
Capturing Serendipitous Moments in the Life/Work of an Artist/Teacher, 2014 Master’s Dissertation, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, 2014.
Relevant Employment/Art Education
Pembina Trails School Division September 2018-present
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winnipeg Art Gallery September 2003-2018
Teacher, Children’s Art Classes
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winnipeg Art Gallery March 2015-July 2018
Arts Educator, School and Family Programs
Winnipeg, Manitoba
University of Winnipeg Winter Term 2015
Instructor, Middle Year Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment: Art
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Artist in the School Program, Manitoba Arts Council 2010-2013
Visual Artist
Various locations throughout Winnipeg and rural Manitoba
Conference Presentations
Ozhitoon Jii-Miigiweng (to create and share)-Winnipeg 2018
Presented and lead workshops on Land-based learning honouring Indigenous perspectives
Indigenous Roots of Expressive Art Therapy Conference, October 2017
Presented on Contemporary Indigenous Art and Education, the results of a Winnipeg Art Gallery teacher focus group that explored the development of curriculum from exposure to contemporary Indigenous art and artists.
Shawane Dagosiwin, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba April 2017
Presented on Contemporary Indigenous Art and Education
Initial research into teacher curriculum development around integrating Indigenous art and artistry into the classroom.
Creative Road Conference – Winnipeg, 2012
Ed talk on the Artist/Teacher Identity in Images and Poetry
NAEA Conference – New York, March 2012
Model New Media/Video Programs in Arts Education-presentation of a year of data collection on use on video in the classroom.
CSEA conference – Edmonton, Fall 2012
Voyages of an Artist in the School-refelctions on my time as an Artist in the Schools with the Manitoba Arts Council
CSEA conference, Graduate Student Symposium – Fredericton, Fall 2011
Presentation of thesis process: Capturing Serendipitous Moments in the Life/Work of an Artist/ Teacher.
Art Curriculum workshop; Creative Classrooms – Fall, 2011
Facilitated a visual Arts workshop for classroom teachers in the Portage la Prairie School Division
SAGE Manitoba Teachers Conference
Pinhole Camera and Sunprints, Fall 2024
Art/Science Science/Art, Fall 2018
Activism and Art, Fall 2017
Inuit Wall Hangings, Fall 2015
Artist Portraits Fall, 2012
Altered Books Fall, 2010
Museums in the Classroom Fall, 2009
Digital Environments Fall, 2005