Curriculum Vitae

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