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:
The Royal Ontatio Museum
Barefoot College Tanzania
Frog in Hand Summer Company
Creative Hub 1352
Living Arts Centre Mississauga
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:
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:
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
My formal learning has earned recognized credentials from the following foundational institutions:
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