Professional Activities
2016 and currently Board member of the Comox Valley Art Gallery
2016 and currently Board member of the Friends of Strathcona Park
2007-2012 Board member of the Islands Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies.
2005-7 Filming social justice and environmental events for CRTV [independent TV, Campbell River, BC]
2002-4 Movement and Dance workshops with Helen Walkley, Peter Bingham and Lynn Snelling
1999 Video In, Video Production and Post Production, Vancouver, BC, participant
1996 Women’s Caucus for Art National Conference, Boston, Mass., member/participant
1977-81 North Island College, Campbell River, BC, ceramics instructor
1973-6 Halalt Childrens’ Pottery and Sculpture Workshop, Westholme, BC, director
1968-9 Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, teaching assistant
1965 Marguerite Wildenhain Workshop, Guerneville, California, participant
1965 San Francisco Art Institute, student
Book Projects
2002 sing as you go by Helen Ferguson Poisson, the story of Amy Ferguson and the Nelson Boys’ Choir. Designer, editor and publisher.
1971 the sand catalogue, contributing editor
Publications
1997 MATTOID 52/53: a journal of literary and cultural studies, Crossing Cultures issue. Photographs of Fears of the Future, Dreams of the Past installation. Edited by Jonathan Hart. Published by Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
1989 carmanah, visions of an ancient rain forest Photo documentaion of invitational sculpture accompanied by an artist statement and biographical text. Published by Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Vancouver, BC
1988 GALLERIE Women’s Art Quarterly. Photo documentation of sculpture and process, with autobiographical essay. Editor Kaffyn Kelley. Published by Gallerie Publications, North Vancouver, BC
1971 ARTSCANADA, west coast artists: life styles issue, “Our Beautiful West Coast Thing,” Photo documentation of sculpture at Long Beach, Gary Lee-Nova.
1971 THE SAND CATALOGUE, an anthology of contemporary art from Ucluelet to Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island, contributing editor. Publisher Vicky Husband
Reviews
1996 “Powerful Images Carved in Wood.” Robert Amos, Times-Colonist, Victoria, BC
1995 “Here’s Looking At What We Think of As Art.” Robert Amos, Times-Colonist
1991 “14 Holzbilderhauer Zeigen Ihre Sicht Von Der Schweiz.” Oberlandisches Volksblatt, Brienz, Switzerland
1991 “Powerful Mixing of Sculpted Message.” Paula Wild, Comox District Free Press, Courtenay, BC
1984 “Sculpture Top-Drawer.” Paula Wild, Comox District Free Press, Courtenay, BC
1984 “Finding Definitions of Erotica.” Paula Wild, Comox District Free Press
1984 “Beyond Trees and Ducks.” Monday Magazine. Victoria, BC
1979 “Through Coastal Eyes.” Monday Magazine. Victoria, BC
1979 “Ceramic Sculptor Back ‘By The Sea’ .” Lon Wood, Victoria Times-Colonist Victoria, BC