artist | designer | maker | costumer
Teaching and Learning
opportunities
image of beesuit pattern
made in collaboration with the beekeepers & sewers Barefoot College, Tanzania
Teaching
Teaching and learning are relational exchanges; opportunities to share experience, knowledge, skills, and practice wisdom. I seek to create open, accessible relational exchanges between people, between people and materials, and between people, materials, and ideas. During these exchanges I strive to learn and teach in ways that are ethical and environmentally sustainable. In my practice I have had the privilege of teaching with:
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The Royal Ontatio Museum
Barefoot College Tanzania
Frog in Hand Summer Company
Creative Hub 1352
Living Arts Centre Mississauga
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Drop me a line if you are interested in organising a workshop or artist talk specially for your group.
Past talks and workshops have included:
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Textiles, Fast Fashion and the Environment
Darning & basic mending
Adult | Kids sewing
World Building
Portfolio Prep
​Introduction to Costume & Set Design​​
Learning
Residencies have given me extraordinary opportunities to reflect, and learn – prompting new ways to consider and imagine possibilities. I am grateful to my Residency hosts, communities and sponsors including:
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Salt Spring Arts Council
The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
The Living Arts Centre
Burren College of Art and Design
Harbourfront Centre
Hand and Lock Embroidery Classes
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My formal learning has earned recognized credentials from the following foundational institutions:
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BFA - School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Post Graduate Diploma | Technical Costume Studies - Fanshawe College
Advanced Diploma | Textiles ( + minor in Furniture) - Sheridan College
OSSGD: Cawthra Park Regional School for the Arts Peel