EDUCATION
MFA Masters of Fine Arts (Visual Arts)    
York University  Toronto, Ontario, 2005
Thesis Exhibition and Paper, mә:rmәr: resuscitating a dialogue within the body

UTP   University Teaching Practicum: Professional Development in University Teaching and Learning      
York University, Centre for the Support Teaching Toronto, Ontario, 2005

B.A    Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree   2000
University of Toronto & Sheridan College   Toronto, Ontario
Art and Art History Honours Specialist, Gender Studies Minor and Studio Arts Diploma

Ceramics Certificate 2025-2026 (10 month intensive)‍ ‍Kootenay School of Art, Selkirk College, Nelson British Columbia

AWARDS

Sally Peebles Memorial Art Scholarship Ceramic Program, Kootenay School of Art (KSA) Selkirk College 2026

Harry Golling Memorial Scholarship Ceramic Program, Kootenay School of Art (KSA) Selkirk College 2026

SSHRC Social Science and Humanities Research Council:  Connections Grant 2016  Where is Here? Small Cities, Deep Mapping and Sustainable Futures       

Principle Investigator: Dr. Nicole Vaugeois (VIU), Project Coordinator: Sharon Karsten (SFU),  Technical Director: Alanna Williams (VIU)
Co-applicants: Sara Vipond (NIC); Dr. William Garrett-Petts (TRU); Matt Rader (UBC Okanagan); Dr. Pam Shaw (VIU), Angela Somerset (CVAG Gallery)

 Stong Farm House Residency  
 MFA (Visual Arts) Program, York University 2004, 2005

Talent Award for Studio Practices Scholarship
MFA (Visual Arts) Program, York University 2003

Canadian Art Foundation Award for Community Involvement
Art and Art History Program, University of Toronto & Sheridan College 1999

Canadian Art Foundation Award for Community Involvement
Art and Art History Program, University of Toronto & Sheridan College 1998

Canadian Art Foundation Award for Studio Work
Art and Art History Program, University of Toronto & Sheridan College 1997

ACADEMIC INSTRUCTOR

North Island College Comox Valley, British Columbia

First- and second‑year academic courses. Duties included syllabus and lesson design, LMS management (Blackboard, Brightspace), and assignment development and grading.

Introduction to Art History and Visual Culture II: Special Topics FIN 106 Spring 2022 ‍ ‍Special topic course: Southern Spain: A Meeting of Four Worlds: Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Indigenous 711-1614 CE (SPAIN Field School)

Introduction to Art History and Visual Culture I FIN 100   fall 2012-2016, 2020, 2024, 2025

Introduction to Art History and Visual Culture II FIN 101   winter 2013 - 2016, 2020, 2026

Modern Art History and Design FIN 250    fall 2011 - 2018

Emily Carr University of Art & Design External Degree Program - North Island College, Comox Valley BC ‍ ‍‍ ‍Each course was a senior academic seminar. Duties included syllabus design, creation of course reader, curriculum and lesson development, Moodle management, and creation and evaluation of assignments.

 Art History: Introduction to Feminism, Gender and Cultural Studies AHIS 320 fall 2016                     Special topic course: The Body Politic: The Sight/Site of Social Agency

Humanities: Visual Arts Seminar HUMN 311  summer 2009 & spring 2014
Special topic course: Refiguring Subjectivity: The Body as Site and Sight

Art History Studies in Modern Art AHIS 325 spring 2011 & summer 2013
Special topic course: After Modern Art 1945 – 2000

Humanities: Visual Arts Seminar HUMN 311 summer 2010
Special topic course: Intersections of Visual Communication

Art Now : Studies in Contemporary Art AHIS 304  spring 2010
Senior academic seminar, examines the art and theory of International art of the last decade

STUDIO INSTRUCTOR

North Island College Comox Valley, British Columbia

First- and second‑year academic courses. Duties included syllabus and lesson design, LMS management (Blackboard, Brightspace), technical demonstrations, and assignment development and grading.

Digital Graphics DGL 105  fall 2021 – 2024 and winter 2022 - 2023

Video + Sound 1 FIN 200 fall 2020 - 2024

Video + Sound 2 FIN 201 winter 2019 - 2025

Screen Printing Studio FIN 217 winter 2014 – 2018, 2025

Creative Process FIN 140 fall 2014 – 2017, 2022, 2024

Drawing & 2Dimensional Language I FIN 110  winter 2017 – 2018

Drawing & 2Dimensional Language I & III FIN 110/210 Spring 2018 - Crete Field School

Drawing & 2Dimensional Language IV FIN 211 winter 2025

Emily Carr University of Art & Design External Degree Program - North Island College Comox Valley, British Columbia

Each course was a senior academic courses (3 to 6 credits). Duties included syllabus and lesson design, LMS management (Moodle), echnical demonstrations, and creation and evaluation of assignments.

Senior Studio VAST 410- 6 credit spring 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016fall 2012, 2015,

Visual Art Special Topic: SPACE & PLACE VAST 310 - 6 credit   fall 2015      

Visual Art Special Topic: Creative Research VAST 310 - 6 credit spring 2016                   

Visual Art Projects VAST 313 - 6 credit spring 2014

Print Media: Screen print Special Topic: Multiplicity PRNT 324   fall 2014

Drawing: The Human Body DRWG 315   fall 2012

Print Media: Directed Projects PRNT 313 - 6 credit   fall 2010

Drawing: Drawing Studio DRWG 308 - 6 credit   fall 2009

Drawing Ideas DRWG 303  fall 2008

York University, Toronto Ontario

Each course is a foundation level studio. Class facilitation included: lessons, technical demonstrations and assignment evaluation.

Screen printing VISA 2074 3.0 spring 2005

Drawing, Abstraction VISA 2082 3.0 spring 2005

Screen Printing VISA 2074 3.0 Fall 2004

Drawing, Representational VISA 2081 3.0 Fall 2004

ADMINISTRATION ROLES

Department Chair - North Island College School of Fine Art & Design 2018 – 2021 Department Chair for Fine Art, Interactive Media, and Professional Photography Programs. Facilitation of hiring, course scheduling, multi-year planning, department operations budget, program entrance procedures and program promotion.

Co-chair North Island College Chair Advisory Board 2021 Board for the NIC Department Chairs College-wide. Facilitation of bimonthly meetings, liaison of between the board and college administration, and system operations.

Chair BCCAT Visual Arts and Design 2026 Chair annual articulation meeting for the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, for the post-secondary Visual Arts and Design Programs in BC.

Research: Hybrid Learning Technologies for Digital Design + Development Department North Island College 2023 ‍ ‍Inventory of department practices, facilitated student survey and focus group, created final report Funded by NIC Widening Our Doorways (25% release)

STUDIO TECHNICIAN

North Island College Comox Valley, British Columbia Provided print demos, facilitated open sculpture studios, and assisted instructors with equipment and material preparation.‍

‍Print Media and Sculpture Studio Assistant  spring 2009 -2012

Print Media, Sculpture, Painting and Drawing  fall 2007 & spring 2008

Sheridan College, Oakville Ontario Supervision of students operating machinery and equipment. Inventory and selling of studio supplies

‍ ‍Sculpture Studio 1997-1999

York University, Toronto Ontario Preparation of technical demonstrations and studio technician for open studio
Graduate Assistantship - Lithography VISA 2070 3.0 winter 2004

‍ TUTORIAL LEADER

York University, Toronto Ontario Lead two weekly one hour tutorial sessions, evaluation of the assignments.

Critical Issues in the Studio VISA 1000 fall 2003

ARTIST TALKS / PANELS / WORKSHOPS / ASSOCIATIONS

Panel Talk: Re-positioning a Sense of Place: Contemporary Artists Cultivate, Retaliate, Respond Where is Here? Small Cities, Deep Mapping and Sustainable Futures Symposium Courtenay BC 2016

First Director and Founding Member Comox Valley Printmakers Association   2015 - 2017 Incorporated under the BC Society’s Act as a non-profit Association. Membership is open to the public, members are engaged in or interested in Visual Arts and Printmaking.

Curatorial Talk for exhibition: Histories & Matter: Lukas J Roy and Sylwia Gustyn ‍ ‍McMillian Art Center, Parksville BC  April 2015

Comox Valley Art Gallery Public Dialogue Series: Voices of Fire Series
Art and Education: Can creativity be taught? Invited speaker.

Emily Carr University and North Island College Lectures Series: Artist Talks   2012 - present
Coordinator for the lectures series

Screen print Instructor - The Youth Art Design and Screen Printing Program   March 2014
This program is a partnership between the Comox Valley Art Gallery, the Wachiay Friendship Center and the Community Justice Center

CBC Radio Interview: North by Northwest with Sheryl MacKay   June 2012 Interview highlighting my curatorial perspective for exhibition - to follow a line: contemporary drawing

Comox Valley Art Gallery Artist Talk Fall 2012
Artist Talk outlining my Art Practice to accompany the exhibition a releasing breath

Emily Carr University & North Island College Artist Talk Lecture Series, Comox Valley, Fall 2008
Artist Talk outlining my Art Practice

Jeffery Rubinoff Sculpture Park Symposia, Hornby Island, Spring 2008
Symposia in the Company of Ideas: Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Modernism - Panelist

Collectible Mail Art Workshop, Hornby Island Arts Council Grant, Spring 2007
Postcards from the Rock with Sara Vipond & Cimarron Knight

Woodblock Printing with Derek Cowan & Sara Vipond, Hornby Island, 2006 Funded by Real Hornby Promotion