Curriculum Vitae
Present Day:
Art Teacher: KSOA, St. Lawrence College
Curator: Wolfe Island Gallery Artist/Painter
Training & Education
2020-2021 Avenue Rd School of Art Dan Hughes, Dan Hughes AEAC
2015/17/18/19 Agnes Etherington Art Centre with Daniel Hughes and Ben Darah figurative & portrait drawing and painting
2015 St Lawrence Summer School for the Arts with Brian Smith Figurative Abstraction 2014/15/17/18 Academy of Realist Art with Juan Martinez portraiture, Fernando Freitas figurative painting and drawing, Esteban Rodriquez Alla Prima Portrait Painting, Structure and Anatomy of the Head
1999 Bachelor of Arts (Drama) Queen’s University
1988 to 2007 Queen’s University Faculty of Education Additional Qualifications
1993 St Lawrence College Adult Education
1971 Toronto Teachers College
1965 to 1969 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Diploma: Associate of Artists in Fine Art & Art Education 4 year program
Employment
2005-2020 art teacher St. Lawrence College courses fall/winter Summer School of Art 2019-2021 art teacher KSOA
1969/present Professional Artist/Teacher (jewellery, sculpture, drawing & painting) 1989/2015
Teacher for Correctional Services of Canada: Adult Basic Education 0 to grade 8, Secondary Education: 9 to grade 12, English, Visual Arts, Co-operative Education, Special Education, co-creator of the Inside Out Artist Cooperative Affirmative Business model at the Regional Treatment Centre Kingston
2005-2018 Instructor jewellery making, drawing and painting courses St. Lawrence College 2006-2007 Instructor drawing and painting courses at Kingston School of Art
1984-1989 Art Instructor Ontario Ministry of Corrections
1969-1989 Working artist (metal jewellery and sculpture)
1969-1970 Art Teacher with Fredericton NB
1971-1972 Art Teacher Toronto District School Board
Grants
1976 Ontario Arts Council Grant 1977 Ontario Arts Council Merit Grant
1978 to 1981 Ontario Arts Council and Durham and Toronto School Boards Six Artist in Schools project grants
Group Shows & Competitions
2021 Square Foot Kingston Tett Centre
2021 Paint The Town, Kingston School of Art
2019 Honourable Mention KSOA Juried Exhibition for Falling Asleep
2018 Honourable Mention Kingston School of Art Juried Exhibition for Maggie
2016 & 2017 & 2018 KSOA Paint the Town Selective Mention for Tall Ship in Portsmouth & By the Woollen Mill, Kingston, Albert St Kingston
2016 Invitational Plein Air competition Calvin/Millbrook
2016 invitational Plein Air competition McMichael Gallery Kleinburg 50th year event
2012 Kingston Arts Council Salon Juried Art Show
2016/2017/2018 Stone Heron Gallery Wolfe Island, Wolfe Island Gallery
2006 Studio 22 Group Art Show
1976 participant in the Arts and Culture Program at Montreal Olympics Artisanage Exhibition Place Bonaventure Montreal
1976-1982 Acadia House Kingston, Elva Reid Gallery Kendal, Jewels Kitchener/Waterloo, Whitby Art Station, Giovis Gallery Oshawa, Fourteen Artists of Durham Region Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Ontario Society of Artists (2 works in metal sculpture) Visual Arts Centre of Clarington Mill Gallery,
1975-1984 One of a Kind Toronto Christmas Art Show
Awards
2021 Best in Show, Square Foot Kingston Tett Centre
2020 member of jury panel KSOA annual juried exhibition
2019 artist presenter Jamii Portraits that the Wind Brings
2019 Honourable mention Juried Exhibition KSOA for Falling Asleep
2018 Honourable Mention Juried Exhibition Kingston School of Art for Maggie
2016 & 2017 & 2018 2019 Selective Mention Paint the Town Kingston School of Art 1973/1980 Presentation Award Ontario Craft Foundation, Critique Presentation Award North- western Association of Community Crafts, Honourable Mention Jewels Kitchener/Waterloo Gallery, Purchase Award Theatre Ontario Festival, Honourable Mention Whitby Arts Station, Summer Members Show Purchase Award ODCA, Toronto Outdoor Art Show sculpture award
Illustration
2017 portrait art work for CD Zero Moon David Corley
2017 portrait art work for CD Pacem Hugh Christopher Brown
Publications
2017 Profile painting used to advertise classes and workshops in publication “At Agnes” Volume 33/Number 1/ 2017 / ISSN 2292-6917 Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s
2017 “At the Community Garden” acrylic on board used in brochure advertising “The Wolfe Island Garden Party Musical Event.
1979 “Fourteen Artists of Durham Region”
1982 “Foiling Around” Robert McLaughlin Gallery Oshawa