Formal education
B.Ed. Early Childhood Education University of Calgary
B.F.A./ Visual Arts University of Victoria
Selected work
COLLABORATIVE/GROUP
2023 Collaborative Kitchen Collages - With artist Melisa Centofanti (as 2Peaz Artist Collective)
Exhibition of work, programming and social media engagement components at Calgary Public Library
Country Hills and Southwood community branches Calgary AB
2022 Cards for Community - One of twenty-three artists chosen to represent my neighbourhood through a
printed and distributed postcard created for the C4C exhibition
Loft 112 and Canyon Meadows Community Centre Calgary AB
2021 Boxed Stories Gallery - With artist Melisa Centofanti (as 2Peaz Artist Collective)
Two inter-related drawers with mixed-media work linked to food security Loft 112 Calgary AB
2019-2020 Putting Food Up – With artist Melisa Centofanti (as 2Peaz Artist Collective)
Collaborative mixed-media/social practice work with performance/interactions held during on-going
sessions at the Calgary Farmers’ Market Calgary AB
2019 Fragments Reinterpreted
One of ten visual artists responding to songs by band The Fragments
Ironwood Bar and Grill and Loft 112 Calgary AB
2017-2018 Open Source Soup - With artist Melisa Centofanti (as 2Peaz artist collective)
Collaborative mixed-media/social practice work held on 3 occasions in a Grocery Store, a Community
Centre and an Artist Studio Calgary AB
2018 Collaborative painting on canvas installation (artist, facilitator and composer)
Royal Oak School and Rocky Ridge YMCA – grade one students Calgary AB
2017 Collaborative mixed-media installations (artist, facilitator and composer)
Scenic Acres and Acadia Schools – whole school projects Calgary AB
PUBLIC ART
2023 tHE LOcal FRESH salsa society - one of two installations by 2Peaz Artist Collective
Nooks and Crannies Festival Okotoks AB
2022 The Art of A Neighbourhood - place based work using different materials, many hyper-locally sourced,
in 3 different spaces within the Canyon Meadows Community. Participation in work opened up to
community members Calgary AB
2022 Uncomfortably Comfortable - With artist Melisa Centofanti (as 2Peaz Artist Collective)
Nooks and Crannies Festival Okotoks AB
2021 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Respect (the cook) - With artist Melisa Centofanti (as 2Peaz Artist Collective)
Nooks and Crannies Festival Okotoks AB
2019 Comfortable Seduction - With artist Melisa Centofanti (as 2Peaz Artist Collective)
Nooks and Crannies Festival Okotoks AB
2019 Utility box painting with Bridlewood School/ The City of Calgary
Collaborative drawings and paintings (artist, facilitator and composer)
2018 Utility Box paintings for The City of Calgary
Marlborough and Copperfield Neighbourhoods
2016 Of This Place; The Parks and Pathways of Canyon Meadows
This is My Neighbourhood Project - The City of Calgary
2015 On the Fence - A Community Art Project
Canyon Meadows Community Calgary AB
SOLO
2015 Bowls of Plenty – A Celebration of the Fall Harvest
Home studio Calgary AB
2009 Food and the Art of Conversation
Home studio Calgary AB
Professional Experience
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2021 carya/CAAF residency at carya Village Commons Community Hub Calgary AB
2013-present Calgary Board of Education Calgary AB
2015-2016 Canyon Meadows Community Calgary AB
CLASSROOM TEACHER/ ELEMENTARY GENERALIST/ LEARNING LEADER
1998-2013 Calgary Board of Education Calgary AB
Professional Development
2021 Success in Community Action workshop series
Community Development Learning Initiative
2021 Placemaking and Creative Interventions workshop series with Kevin Jesuino
2018 The City of Calgary Utility Box Mentee – Utility Box Mentorship program
Artist participant in Painting the Borough project
2014 The City of Calgary Public Art 101 sessions
Artists Working in Community workshops – completed spring 2014
2013-2020 Fairview Pottery Studio Studio member
Grants and Awards
2020 Stepping Stones Grant - Calgary Foundation
2017 Take Action Grant - 2Peaz Artist Collective - Arusha Centre/The Calgary Foundation
Other
2022 Publication of my essay How Many Ways? in International Society for Education through Art book
Learning Through Art: International Pictures of Practice
2021 Kitchen Feminism - project participant and board member of Kitchen Feminism Art Society
2016-present Artist on The Calgary Board of Education Artist Roster (inactive due to Covid-19)
2017-2018 Artist on The City of Calgary Public Art Artist Roster
Member of Canadian Society for Education through Art and International Society for Education through Art