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Curriculum Vitae

Galleries / Teaching / Residencies

2021
Art Council Haliburton Highlands

• Coordinator • The Digital Comfort Studio

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2020
Art Gallery of Mississauga

• Benefits of Drawing Workshop
• Crochet Nesting Bowls • Art + Math​
  
  

Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre, Haliburton, Ontario

• Knitting for Beginners Online Workshop
  
  

Loyalist College Bancroft, Ontario Campus

• Build Your Creative Business Course
• Needle + Wet Felting Coffee / Tea Cup Sleeves
  
  

Bradley Museum, Mississauga, Ontario (postponed due to Covid-19)

• Spinning Wheel + Drop Spindle Demonstrations + Lessons​

OUTSCHOOL Online School ages 3 to 18

• Write An Effective Artist Bio, Artist Statement, Artist Resume (teens)
• Word Art with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland • One Line Poetry • Line Art (children)
  
  

Michael's Craft Stores

• Embroidery Workshops
• Drop Spindle & Spinning Wheel Workshop

Art Gallery of Bancroft

• Underneath Show (postponed due to Covid-19)

2019
Loyalist College Bancroft, Ontario Campus

• Eco-Kids: Friends of Lakes and Land - Custom colouring book + felted craft
• Design Your Own Drop Spindle
• Learn To Spin Wool: Drop Spindle
• Build Your Creative Business
• Social Media for Artists

Studio 89, Mississauga, Ontario

• Drop Spindle & Spinning Wheel Workshop

A Place For The Arts, Bancroft, Ontario

• Drop Spindle & Spinning Wheel Workshop

2018
Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Ontario
Artist in Residence, Textile Studio & Exhibit

Ontario Arts Council, Artist in School Program
Drop spindle, spinning wheel, weaving
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2017
Art Gallery of Bancroft
Wave Knitting Workshop. November 2017

Highlands East Art Studio Tour
Creekside Studio
Hand spinning wool workshops and Earth Loom demonstration and creation.

2010 - Present
Creekside Studio
Artist & Art Instructor: Fibre arts, historical wool procedures, hand spinning, spinning wheel, Gaelic Dealgans, Fadsadh and Fairsaids.
Highlands East, Ontario

2015
Meditation Art Journal: a colouring book & journal inspired by a cottage in the woods

2013
Highlands East Art Studio Tour
Creekside Studio
Fibre arts, Science Meets Art. Hyperbolic Plane.

2013, 2014
Bancroft Art Gallery
2014, "Artisan Rings and Fibre Rings" Retail Showcase
2013, "Silver Gemstone Rings" Retail Showcase

2011 - 2014
Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre, Haliburton, Ontario
2014, "Artisan Rings" Retail Showcase
2013, "Silver Gemstone Rings" Retail Showcase
2012, "Social Media for Artists", Workshop Facilitator
2011, "Dragon Eggs", Fibre arts. Retail Showcase
2010, "Scene in Haliburton", Soft Sculpture, Members Art Show

2009 - 2011
Womynspirit Festival, Orangeville, Ontario
2011, "Talisman", Triad
2010, "Journal", MASKS
2009, "Beadwork", Goddess​

2009 - 2013
Galloping Goat, Picton, Ontario
2013, "Silver Gemstone Rings" Showcase
2009, "Spirit Strands," Beadwork, Showcase

1998 - 2006
City of Mississauga
Art Instructor, Children's Programs

Activities / Interests / Awards / Volunteer
Illustrator & Creator of mindful stress reducing meditation art journals that will be featured during Mental Health month, Oct. 2015 in England.
Award of Distinction from the Peel District Board of Education
MARTY Award, Nomination, Mississauga Arts Council Emerging Visual Artist 2013 and 2014
Volunteer Social Media Educator, Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre, Haliburton, Ontario
Volunteer Social Media Coordinator, Highlands East Art Studio Tour

Photo Credits
The Toronto Sun, April 2013, Cottage Country Flood, Bancroft
Canadian Living Magazine, January 2013, Christmas in Cottage Country, Highlands East, Ontario
Aim for Education Magazine, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Educational Artist
Play2Podium Magazine, 2011-Present, Special Needs Families, Travelling with Special Needs

Writing Credentials
Eco Kids: Friends of Lakes and Lands: Colouring Book / Poem (Available on Amazon.com)
Wildflowers Of Ontario - Botanical Colouring Book (Available on Amazon.com)
Daily Planner for Weavers (Available on Amazon.com)
Daily Planner for Knitters (Available on Amazon.com)​
Daily Planners for Spinners: Drop Spindles and Spinning Wheels (Available on Amazon.com)
Daily Planner for Crocheters (Available on Amazon.com)
Meditation Art Journals (available on Amazon.com)
Reader’s Digest
Chatelaine
Canadian Living
Parents Magazine
Today’s Parent Magazine
Play2Podium Special Needs Children