CV
MA: Art History and Visual Culture
University of Guelph, 2017- 2020
Thesis titled "Living Trees and Networks: An Exploration of Fractal Ontology and Digital Archiving of Indigenous Knowledge"
Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours
Nipissing University, 2016
A four year degree with a major in Studio Arts and Minor in Psychology. Thesis work centered around the exploration of value through the idea of "Cheap Luxury in Capitalist Society." Specialized in interdisciplinary studies.
Grants and Scholarships
Laidlaw Youth Action Fund, 2022 - 2024
Laidlaw Youth Action Fund, 2019 - 2022
Northern Ontario Women’s (NOW) Grant for website domain localization, 2021
College of Arts: Travel, Research, and Creation Grant, 2019
Master’s Aboriginal Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph, 2018-2019
College of Arts Research Seed Grant, University of Guelph, 2019
Graduate Entrance Scholarship, 2017
Atikameksheng Trust Education Grant, 2017, 2018
- The Laidlaw Youth Action Fund works to support the Creative ACE (Arts-based Civic Engagement) Project, delivering arts programming and capacity to youth with lived experience at a local alternative secondary program in North Bay, Ontario.
- Grants received between 2017 and 2019 went towards participation and video production for the Manitoulin Island Summer Historical Institute (MISHI) conference at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation (June of 2018, August of 2019), and towards digitization of artworks for the Inuit Artist Database (IAD) and the Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Culture Knowledge Sharing System (GKS).
Employment
Ways to Wellness Project Co-Lead
Near North Mobile Media Lab via Laidlaw Foundation
North Bay / Nipissing, ON
2022-2024
Volunteer Services Coordinator
Niijaansinaanik Child and Family Services
April 2021 - Present
Digital Artist / Illustrator: “Indigenous Research Initiatives Report”
Guelph Institute for Environmental Research
January 2022
Graphic Designer and Online Workshop Facilitator
Mamawe Youth Group - City Bus Project
Thunder Bay, ON
June 2021 - December 2021
Wise Practices: Exploring Indigenous Economic Justice and Self-Determination
Cover Illustrator
2020
Project Lead / Project Coordinator for Creative ACE (Arts-based Civic Engagement)
Near North Mobile Media Lab via Laidlaw Foundation
North Bay / Nipissing, ON
2020 - 2022
Videographer and Artist Facilitator
Growing Capacity, Deepening Resilience Series via OAC
May - June 2021
Artist Facilitator and Official Videographer
Art Fix Nipissing: Be Well Intergenerational Community Mural via Workman Arts
North Bay, ON
2020 - 2021
Live Digital Arts Online Facilitator
Art Fix Nipissing via Workman Arts
North Bay, ON
2020 - 2021
360 Film Workshop Facilitator
Near North Mobile Media Lab
North Bay, ON
2019
Project Coordinator: Virtual Reality Workshops Series for Northern and Arctic Communities
Near North Mobile Media Lab & Thinking Rock Community Arts
via Mastercard Foundation
North Bay, ON
January 2019-October 2019
Production Assistant & Archival Researcher
Northern Gold Documentary via TVO
Timmins, ON
April 2018
March Break Art-Camp Leader
Art Gallery of Guelph
2018
Graduate Teaching Assistantship
University of Guelph
September 2017- 2018
Art Instructor & Assistant Curator
Algonquin Art Centre
Jun-Oct 2016, May-Aug 2017
Art Department Daily, Commissioned Artist for Hard Rock Medical
North Bay, ON
May 2017
Art Department Daily Set Dressing for the Wrong Bed for Naked Pursuit Harlequin
North Bay, ON
December 2016
Art Department Trainee Assistant Art Director (TAAD) for Love on Ice
Ice World Productions/Hallmark
North Bay, ON
November 2016
Exhibitions
Feats of Clay, Then and Now
WKP Kennedy Gallery
June 10 - August 08, 2021
Nipissing University Alumni Show & Creative Summit Panel Discussion
WKP Kennedy Gallery
North Bay, ON. 2018
International Women's Day Exhibition
Silence
Guelph, ON. 2018
Canada Day Exhibit for Experimental Editing
North Bay Heritage Museum
North Bay, ON. 2017
Graduate Exhibition,
WKP Kennedy Gallery
North Bay, ON. 2016
Undergraduate Research Conference
Nipissing University
North Bay, ON. 2016
Ice Follies
Lake Nipissing, North Bay, ON. 2016
Interdisciplinary Group Show
Westlake Gallery
North Bay, ON. 2016
Juried Exhibitions
White Water Gallery
North Bay, ON. 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Projects
Committee Member: Creative Industries Event Planning, March - May 2023
Committee Member: Creative Industries Microgrant Initiative, 2022 - 2023
Interim Secretary for Creative Industries, December 2022 - March 2023
Soul & Seed Collective 2020-Present
Director at Large for Creative Industries North Bay, 2021 - Present
Guest Cinematographer for Canadian Reels, 2020 - Present
Board Member for Creative Industries North Bay, 2019 - 2021
Board Member for White Water Gallery North Bay, 2019 - 2020
Social Media & Graphic Design for North Bay & Area Potters' Guild, 2019 - 2020
Potters' Guild Mural at 128 Oak Street based on design by Stacey Caverly and Betty Ackroyd, 2019
Official Videographer for MISHI Conference, June 2018 & August 2019
Ontario Veterinary College Guest Curator of the Dr. John Gordon Edmeads Collection of Inuit and First Nations Carvings, 2018
Archival Researcher and Catalogue Author for Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference, 2018
Mural for the Friendship House in Brantford, August 2018
Digital Creator Timmins Guest Instructor, February 2018
Project Manager for the Bachinski/Chu Print Study Collection Catalogue, 2017
Kiln Committee Member and Graphic Designer, North Bay Potters' Guild, 2017
Program Proficiency
Adobe [Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, InDesign]
Basecamp (Project Management Software)
Microsoft [Word, Excel, Powerpoint]
Google Cloud Programs [Docs, Drive, Sheets, Powerpoint]
Additional Certificates
Mental Health First Aid - June 2021
First Aid / CPR - September 2021
Registered Car Seat Technician - November 2021