Curriculum Vita

TARA BRYAN RCA (1953-2020)
63 Deer Marsh Road
Flatrock, NL Canada A1K 1C8
(709) 437-1963, email: George.Jenner@gmail.com or Teresa.Tidwell@gmail.com

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022    Tara Bryan: Unfolding Horizon, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2021     Beautiful Resilience – A Tribute To Tara Bryan, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2015     New Work, Two Whales Café, Port Rexton, NL
2014     Littoral Light, Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John’s, NL
2011     Repose and other works, Bonavista North Museum and Gallery, Wesleyville, NL
2010     On Ice, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s, NL
             What Passes for Spring, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2008    Come Closer, Arnica Gallery, Kamloops, BC
2004    Exquisite Edge, Artist’s Books; PABA Gallery, New Haven, CT
2003    Exquisite Edge, Paintings and Artist’s Books; The Printed Page, Pawtucket, RI Bright Hill Art Center, Treadwell, NY
Treasure Room Gallery, The Interchurch Center, New York, NY
2002    Mine, Street installation. March to November, St. John’s, NL
2001     Exquisite Edge, Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John’s, NL
1996     Danger! Untidy Zone, Artist’s Books; Rogue Gallery, Eastern Edge, St. John’s, NL
1994     Visibility Poor in Fogbanks, Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John’s, NL
1992     East to West, Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John’s, NL
1990     Landscape Paintings, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, NY
1987     Enclaves and Ephemera, Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, UW–Madison, WI

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018     Remix, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2017     25th Anniversary Book Arts Exhibition, Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, NY
             Rethinking the Rural, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL
             Techne, Craft Council Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2016     uncovering artists books, Grimsby Public Art Gallery. Grimsby, ON
             An Inventory of Al-Mutanabbi Street, The Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon; The Frank & Katrina Basile Gallery at the Herron School of Art and Design, DSIndianapolis, IN; George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2015     Cut From the Same Cloth, English Harbour Arts Centre, Salmonier Nature Park, NL
             Paper, Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John’s, NL
             An Inventory of Al-Mutanabbi Street, Arab American National Museum, Dearborn/Detroit, MI; Hampshire College, Amherst, MA; Idaho Center for the Book/The Arts and Humanities Institute at Boise State University, Boise, ID; Curry College Gallery, Milton, MA
2014     An Inventory of Al-Mutanabbi Street, QE II Library, St. John’s, NL; Arab – British Centre, London, UK; The Mosaic Rooms, London, UK; The Gallery, Institute Library, New Haven, CT; Kate Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts at the University Of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
2013     Inside – Out, English Harbour Art Centre, English Harbour, NL
             An Inventory of Al-Mutanabbi Street, CAC Gallery, Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA;
The John Rylands Library, Manchester, UK; Center for Book Arts, New York City, in collaboration with Poets House, New York, NY; Literary & Philosophical Society Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK;
Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA; Curry College, Milton, MA
             918 Letterpress Printed Ephemera, Samford University Art Gallery, Birmingham, AB
             Book Art Object, UNSW, Academy Library, Canberra, AU
2012     The Edible Garden, MUN Botanical Gardens, St. John’s, NL
2011     Confederation Boulevard Banners, NCC and Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
2010     al-Mutanabbi Street, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s, NL
             Americas Invitational Book Arts 2010, Bright Hill Word and Image Gallery, Treadwell, NY
             The Secret Library of Solihull, Solihull Gallery, Solihull, West Midlands, UK  
             Time After Timeline, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
              beyondWords, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
              artists’ books 2009, Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
              Contours, Craft Council Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2008     Multiples, East End Applied Arts, Denver, CO
2007     Residency, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
              Rabbit and House, 4th International Artist‘s Book Triennial, Leipzig Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany
              Notes on Location, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2006     Rabbit and House, 4th International Artist‘s Book Triennial, Gallery “Arka”, Vilnius, Lithuania
              The Artist and the Book, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
2005     Grids and Games, Devon House Gallery, St. John’s, NL
              Fourth Annual Bright Hill North American Juried Book Arts Exhibit, Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, NY.  Award: Best in Show – Down the Rabbit Hole
              Craft Council Member’s Show, Devon House, St. John’s, NL. Award: Innovation and Design
              Momenta, RCA Gallery, LSPU Hall, St. John’s, NL
              Stand and Deliver, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, Illinois
Denver Public Library, Denver, CO
The Arthur and Mara Jaffe Collection, Florida Atlantic University Wimberly Library,
Boca Raton, FL
              The Art of the Book, Galerie Materia, QC City, QC
Harriet Irving Library, University of NB, Fredericton, NB
2004     Stand and Deliver, Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
              Flattering the Masters, RCA Visual Gallery, St. John’s, NL
              St. Michael’s Printshop Portfolio, RCA Visual Gallery, St. John’s, NL
              The Art of the Book, Saskatchewan Craft Gallery, Saskatoon, SK,
Mary E. Black Gallery, NS Centre for Craft and Design, Halifax, NS
Centre Culturel Franco-Manitoban, Winnipeg, MB
Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, AB
              Coastlines, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL
              Stand and Deliver, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, Connecticut
2003     Currents: Contemporary Studio Craft from NL and Labrador, Canadian Embassy,
Washington, DC
              Visual Artists of NL & Labrador: A Celebration, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art
Gallery, Corner Brook, NL
              Atlantic Art on the Mezzanine, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON
              The Art of the Book, York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto, ON
              Millennium in a Box, Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, AB
2002     Graffiti, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
              Art in the Park, Discovery Centre, Woody Point, NL
              A NL Sampler, Bonavista North Regional Museum & Art Gallery, Wesleyville, NL
              Moorings: Contemporary Craft from NL and Labrador, Gallery Six One One, Toronto, ON
              Personal Visions –Artists’ Books at the Millennium, University of Delaware Special Collections
2001     Coastlines, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
              Small Works by Big Artists, Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John’s, NL
              The Book: An Evolution of Meaning, Art Gallery of NS Library, Halifax, NS
2000     Year One, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
              Apocalypse, 2nd International artist’s book Triennial, Vilnius, Lithuania
Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
              Four on the Floor, Art about Dogs, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
              Millennium in a Box, Young Authors Conference, St. Benedict Catholic School, Toronto, ON
CBBAG Book Arts Fair, Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, ON
Mary Hawkins Memorial Library, Salt Spring Island, BC
Windover Gallery, 1612 Schooner Way, R.R. #2, Pender Island, BC
Dundas Valley School of Art, 21 Ogilvie Street, Dundas, ON
Uncommon Objects, Harbourfront, Toronto, ON
City of Thompson Museum, 162 Princeton Drive, Thompson, Manitoba
Conseil québécois de l’estampe (QC Print Council),Montreal, QC
North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge Street, North York, ON
Leaf Rapids National Exhibition Centre, Town Centre Mall, Leaf Rapids, Manitoba
Centre culturel de Val-David, Maison du Village, Val-David, QC
1999     New Work from St. Michael’s Printshop, RCA Visual, LSPU Hall, St. John’s, NL
             Merchants, Mariners and the Northern Seas, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery,
Corner Brook, NL
             The Joey Show, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
             Pathways Revisited: Shoe Cove to Flatrock, Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John’s, NL
1998     Wonderland, Oregon Book Arts Guild Biennial, Forest Grove, Oregon
             Art of The Book, The Word on the Street Festival, Vancouver, BC
             Pathways; Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, The University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Corner Brook, NL
Stewart Hall Gallery, Pointe Claire, QC
Eptek Exhibition Centre, Summerside, Prince Edward Island
             You Can’t Judge a Book by its Cover, Bookworks by Tara Bryan and Kathleen Knowling, Women’s Art Resource Centre, Toronto, ON
             Roots, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
             Pinups, RCA Visual, LSPU Hall, St. John’s, NL
             Arts and Letters Competition, Art Gallery of NL and Labrador, St. John’s, NL
             Art Invites Your Company, Art Gallery of NL and Labrador, St. John’s, NL
1997     Pathways; Labrador Creative Arts Festival, Goose Bay, Labrador
Barbour Heritage Premises, Newtown, NL
Art Gallery of NL and Labrador, St. John’s, NL
             Discovery, Pilar Shepard Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
Fog Forest Gallery, Sackville, NB
Lunenburg Art Gallery, Lunenburg, NS
             Poverty, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
             Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make It Do, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
             Cultural Assets; Art Gallery of NL and Labrador, St. John’s, NL
             Go Figure; Resource Centre for the Arts Gallery, St. John’s, NL
1996     Small Works by Big Artists; Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John’s, NL
             Turning the Page; Academy Art Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
             Home Is Where the Art Is; Definitely Superior, Thunder Bay, ON
Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1995     Home Is Where the Art Is; Forest City Gallery, North York, ON
             Small Works; Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John’s, NL
             Selections; Devon House Gallery, St. John’s, NL
             Body; Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
1994     10th Anniversary Exhibition; Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John’s, NL
             Home Is Where the Art Is; Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
B-312, Montreal, QC
SAW Gallery, Ottawa, ON
             Livres d’Esprit; Articule, Montreal, QC
             Photographing the Land; Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
1993     Small Works; Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John’s, NL
             Earth, Air and Water; Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
1992     Small Works; Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John’s, NL
             The Painted Photograph; University of Central Oklahoma Museum, Edmond, OK
1991     Bookworks; Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
             Juried Annual; Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY
1990     The Book as Art; Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ
             The Painted Photograph; University of Central Oklahoma Museum, Edmond, OK
             New Work; Ted Cronin Gallery, NY, NY
             Hopper House Members’ Show; The Edward Hopper House Gallery, Nyack, NY
1989     New Works by Artist Members; Center for Book Arts and Cooper Union, NY, NY
             The Painted Photograph; University of Central Oklahoma Museum, Edmond, OK

COLLABORATIONS

2017     The Great Wall of China, by Franz Kafka, translated by Ian Johnston, illustrated by Duncan Major.
2017     Henry and Rose Make Contact, Artist’s Book with Duncan Major.
2007     L’Anse aux Morts/ L’Anse Amour, Artist’s Book with Kevin Major and Robin Smith Peck.
2003     www.LookingforLisa.com and Across the Line, website and performance, with Cherie Pyne.
              Henry and Rose Go to Camp, Artist’s Book with Duncan Major.
2002     Grids and Games, with Anita Singh and C. William Gill, work based on children’s games.
2001     To Stretch the Night, Artist’s Book with Luben Boykov and Elena Popova.
2000     Gros Morne Time Lines, Artist’s Book with Anne Meredith Barry and Kevin Major.
1998     From Eastern Ports, Artist’s Book with John Hartman and Kevin Major.
1997     Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make It Do, with Kathleen Knowling, ongoing series of unique
Artist’s Books.
             Pathways, installation with Diana Dabinett, Year of the Arts project.

walking bird press – SELECTED BOOKS

2018     Façades for Mark Rothko.  Text by Crispin Elsted. Designed by Tara Bryan. Alcuin Society Citation for Book Design.
2017     The Great Wall of China, Text by Franz Kafka. Translated by Ian Johnston. Illustrated by Duncan Major.  Design by Tara Bryan.
2017     Henry and Rose Make Contact, Artist’s Book with Duncan Major.
2016     Down the Rabbit Hole, Text by Louis Carroll.  Designed by Tara Bryan
2015     The Bears Come to Tea.  Tara Bryan with illustrations by Duncan Major.
2015     Light!  Text by Rabindranath Tagore.  Design by Tara Bryan.
2013     The True and Authentick History of Amelia and Reginald. Text by Rudolph Ellenbogen with illustrations by Tara Bryan.
2013     Making Bread (not bombs). Artist book. Part of and exhibited with Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Project.
2008     Good against the Nightmare.  Designed and printed by Tara Bryan and Duncan Major.  2009 Distinguished Book Award, Miniature Book Society Competition.
2007     L’Anse aux Morts/ L’Anse Amour, Artist’s Book with Kevin Major and Robin Smith Peck.
2005     Down the Rabbit Hole, [an extract from Alice in Wonderland] by Lewis Carroll, Design by Tara Bryan (2005).  Best in Show, Fourth North American Juried Book Arts Exhibition, Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, NY.  Innovation and Design, Craft Council of NL and Labrador Annual Juried Members Show
2003     Henry and Rose Go to Camp, Artist’s Book with Duncan Major.
2003     Pancho and the (non-existent) bears. By Tara Bryan with linocuts, line blocks, rubber stamping and laser-printed illustrations glued in, pop-ups and cut-out pages.
2002     Grids and Games, with Anita Singh and C. William Gill, work based on children’s games.
2001     To Stretch the Night, Artist’s Book with Luben Boykov and Elena Popova.
2001     Tablelands. Line engraving by Tara Bryan.
2001     Bonne Bay. Line engraving and poem by Tara Bryan.
2000     Gros Morne Time Lines, Artist’s Book with Anne Meredith Barry and Kevin Major.
2000     Jack! Nursery rhymes, sea shanties, etc, compiled by Tara Bryan With 43 linocuts and 2 woodcuts by Tara Bryan.
1998     From Eastern Ports, Artist’s Book with John Hartman and Kevin Major
1997     Flatrock. By Tara Bryan
1993     In the Hands of the Wind.  Artist’s Book with Ann Bowman.
1987     The Death of Two Dans. By Tara Bryan.
1987     The Story of Orville. Story and illustrations by Tara Bryan.
1985     The Great Wall of Ten Thousand Li. By Tara Bryan.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2021     The Endurance Award, Visual Artists Newfoundland and Labrador Excellence in Visual Art Awards
2018     Citation for Excellence in Book Design in Canada, Alcuin Society, for Façades for Mark Rothko.
2013     City of St. John’s, commission for the Façade of the St. John’s Convention Centre.
2012     Inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts for Book Design.
2011     NLAC Project Grant, Erratics, mixed-media artist’s books.
2010     Long Haul Award, Visual Artists Newfoundland and Labrador Excellence in Visual Art Awards.
CIDP Grant, CODEX International Symposium and Book Fair, Berkeley, CA.
2009     Distinguished Book Award, Miniature Book Society Competition, for Good Against the Nightmare.
2006     NLAC Project Grant, Collaborative Artist’s book with Kevin Major and Elena Popova.
2005     Best in Show, Fourth North American Juried Book Arts Exhibition, Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, NY, for Down the Rabbit Hole.
              Innovation and Design, Craft Council of NL and Labrador Annual Juried Member’s Show.
2004     Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant. Presentation at Movable Book Society Conference, San Diego, CA.
Department of International Trade and External Affairs Grant to attend Exhibition in New Haven, CT.
2002     Canada Council for the Arts InterMedia grant for collaboration with Cherie Pyne.
2001     NLAC/NewTel Innovations Grant for website art project, www.LookingforLisa.com.
2000     NLAC Project Grant for 3-D Artist’s Books.
1999     Canada Council for the Arts Millennium Fund. Grant for creation of Gros Morne Time Lines.
NLAC Project Grant for Gros Morne Artist’s Book.
Artist in Residence, Gros Morne National Park, Woody Point, NL.
1998     The Procurement Program of the Province of NL and Labrador. Purchase Award.
NLAC Project Grant Project Grant for Lyrics, Collaborative Artist’s Books
with Luben Boykov and Elena Popova.
Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant. Canada/ NL Economic Renewal Agreement,
Cultural Industries Development Initiative Project Grant for professional development, promotion of
bookworks.Canada/ NL Economic Renewal Agreement, Cultural Industries
Development Initiative Project Grant for promotion of Pathways.
NLAC Project Grant Project Grant for Artist’s Books.
1996     Year of the Arts/Cabot 500. Project Grant for Collaborative Installation with Diana Dabinett.
The Procurement Program of the Province of NL and Labrador. Purchase Award.
NLAC Project Grant Project Grant for Artist’s Books.
1995     The Procurement Program of the Province of NL and Labrador. Purchase Award.
NL/Canada Cooperation Agreement on Cultural Industries Grants, Professional Development, travel costs.
1994     The Procurement Program of the Province of NL and Labrador. Purchase Award.
NL/CanadaCOOPeration Agreement on Cultural Industries. Grant for documentation,
promotional materials.
NLAC Project Grant Project Grant for experimental book structures.
1993     NLAC Project Grant Project Grant for a series of paintings of fog banks.
Project Grant for collaborative artist’s book of linocut seascapes.
1992     The Procurement Program of the Province of NL and Labrador. Purchase Award.
1990     Dewar’s Young Artist Recognition Award; NY, NY.
Museum Purchase Award; Museum of the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma.
Artist’s Residency; Thorpe Intermedia Gallery; Sparkill, NY.
1989     Museum Purchase Awards; Museum of the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Duncan Major, “Down the Rabbit Hole: The artists’ books of walking bird press,” The Devil’s Artisan #90, Spring/Summer 2022
Marnie Parsons, “Tara Bryan RCA (1953-2020),”  Billie Magazine, November, 2020
Michelle Hogan-Walker, “Tara Tidwell Bryan RCA 1953–2020,” Amphora 186, 2021
Chester Gryski, “Tara Bryan and some books from walking bird press,” Amphora 186, 2021.
Sara King-Abadi, From the Vault “TARA BRYAN, Down the Rabbit Hole, 2005,” InStudio, Fall 2018/Winter 2019
Patrick Warner, “The Catalogue is the Exhibit,” Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University, 2018
Tara Bryan, “A Short History of Making Bread (not bombs),” Book Arts in Canada, Fall 2013
Daniel MacEachern, “Downtown Iceberg,” The Telegram, December 14, 2013
Tara Bradbury, “Making Bread, (not bombs),” The Telegram, August 10, 2013
Joan Sullivan, “Adrift in the Light”, The Telegram, St. John’s, NL, May 21, 2010
Deborah Kogan, “Exploring Uncharted Territory,” Ampersand, Journal of the PCBA, Fall 2008
Mikelle Sasakamoose, “Read all about it”, Kamloops This Week, January 16, 2008
Mike Youds, “Come Closer”, The Daily News, Kamloops, BC, January 11, 2008
Jennifer Morgan, “Falling Down the Rabbit Hole”, The Telegram, October 7, 2005.
Stephanie Porter, “All Around the Mulberry Bush”, The Independent, September 11, 2005
Gloria Hickey, “exquisite edge”, Artist’s Books Review, Winter 2004
Gloria Hickey, “Editing the Landscape”, NL Quarterly, Summer 2004
Amy Schoon, “Arcanaworld”, Illumine, University of Iowa, 2003
Ed Hutchins, “Exploring Tunnel Books”, Artist’s Books Review, Winter 2002
J.M. Sullivan, “Visual Arts Review”, The Telegram, May 25, 2001
Mark Vaughan-Jackson, “Pathways―An Invitation to Explore”, The Evening Telegram, April 19, 1997
J. M. Sullivan, “Pathways”, The NL Herald, April 19, 1997
Lisa Moore, Home is Where the Art is (exhibition catalogue), 1994
Deborah Nobes, “Home is where the Art Is”, The Express, April 20, 1994

COLLECTIONS

Arts of the Book Collection, Yale University Library, New Haven, CT
Athenium Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Banff Centre for the Arts Library, Banff, AB
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
The British Library, London, UK
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
Center for NL Studies, MUN, St. John’s, NL
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Books, NY, NY
Dodd Center Library, University of Connecticut, Storrs-Mansfield, CT
Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Law Society, St. John’s, NL
Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, ON
The Museum of the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK
McKimmie Library, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
New York Public Library, Special Collections, New York, NY
ON Gallery of Art Library, Toronto, ON
The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s, NL
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
University of Calgary Library Special Collections, Calgary, AB
University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables. FL
University of Washington Libraries Special Collections, Seattle, WA
The Provincial Government of NL and Labrador
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Wallace Library, Rochester Institute of Technology, Syracuse, NY
Private Collections in the United States and Canada, and Europe

EDUCATION

1987 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Master of Fine Arts
1975 University of New Mexico, Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition

EMPLOYMENT

1987 to 2020, Proprietor, walking bird press, self-employed Artist
2012     Instructor: Education 3120, Foundations in Art, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL
2003 to 2011, Casual Art Instructor, Anna Templeton Centre, St. John’s, NL.
1995 to 2000. Casual Art Instructor, Department of Continuing Education, Memorial University of
NL, St. John’s, NL.
June 1993 to September 1995. Co-ordinator, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL.
September 1989 – April 1992. Head of Art Department, Instructor of Art in grades 7 through 12;
Faculty Sponsor of Golden Leaf; Faculty Sponsor and chaperone for Cultural Society, Rockland
Country Day School, Congers, NY
September 1989 – May 1990. Adjunct Instructor, Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY
June 1989. Interim Printer, Center for Book Arts, NY, NY
August 1988 – July 1989. Bookbinding Assistant: Vincent FitzGerald Livres d’Artiste, NY, NY
1987, summer Typography Shop Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Instructor of Introduction to Art: Upper Iowa University, Madison, WI.
1985-1986 Instructor of English Language, Consultant on Curriculum for second-year English courses.
Chongqing University, Sichuan, Peoples’ Republic of China.
1977-1983 Tutor: Mathematics, English, French, Spanish. Oklahoma City, OK
1975-1977 Instructor: Elementary Art. Responsible for Art Curriculum, grades 1 to 7. Casady School,
Oklahoma City, OK

RELATED ACTIVITIES

2016     Instructor: Amazing Concertina Workshop, Grimsby Public Art Gallery. Grimsby, ON; Basic Letterpress and Advanced Letterpress, Running the Goat Press, Tors Cove, NL, Thinking Outside the Box Workshop, Coaker Foundation, Port Union, NL
Artist in Residence, Coaker Foundation, Port Union, NL
2015     Instructor: Basic Letterpress, Running the Goat Press, Tors Cove, NL
Presenter: Artist Books: Integrating Structure, College of the North Atlantic, St. John’s, NL
2014     Instructor: Press, to Print, to Book Workshops, Regina and Lumsden, SK
2012     Instructor: Education 3120, Foundations in Art, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL
2011     Instructor: ArtsSmarts, Larkhall Elementary School, St. John’s, NL
Instructor: Paste Paper Workshop, St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, NL
Artist in Residence, St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, NL
Presenter: Simple Book Structures, Arts Work V Conference, St. John’s, NL
Instructor: Oil Painting Workshops, Norton’s Cove Studio, Brookfield, NL
2010     Presenter: Simple Book Structures Workshop, CMA Conference, The Rooms, St. John’s, NL
Presenter: Al-Mutanabbi Street Broadsides talk, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s, NL
Artist-in Residence: The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2008     Presenter: Two Books and a Box workshop, Arnica Artist Run Centre, Kamloops, BC
2007     Presenter: Book Structures workshop, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
Presenter: Japanese Bookbinding, St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, NL
Presenter: Artist’s Talk and Innovative Structures Workshop, The Architecture of the Book Conference, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, NL
Participant: Visual Arts Summit, Ottawa, ON
Participant: Codex International Symposium and Book Fair, Berkeley, CA
Participant:: New Works Residency, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
2003     Presenter: Books in the Classroom, Eastern Horizon Children’s Literature Conference,
St. John’s, NL
Instructor: Arts Smarts Program, Holy Trinity School, Torbay, NL
2002     Organizer: Library of Artist’s Books fundraiser, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
Instructor: Two Books and a Box, St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, NL
Instructor: Arts Smarts Program, Holy Trinity School, Torbay, NL
Artist-in-Residence: St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, NL
Speaker: NL and Labrador Library Association Conference, St. John’s, NL
Instructor: Artists in the Schools Program: Bookmaking workshops, Woody Point, NL
2001     Instructor: Arts Smarts Program: bookmaking projects, Torbay and Upper Gullies, NL
Presenter: Books in the Classroom, Eastern Horizon Children’s Literature Conference, St. John’s, NL
2000     Instructor: Artists in the Schools Program: Bookmaking workshops, Holy Cross School, St. John’s, NL
Instructor: Art Smarts Program, Acrylic Painting workshops, St. Pius X School, St. John’s, NL
1999     Instructor: Art Smarts Program, Book workshops, St. Paul’s School; Acrylic Painting workshops,
Pius X School, St. John’s, NL
1998     Instructor: Japanese Bindings Workshop, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, NL
Participant: Book Arts Jamboree, Cairo, NY. Instructor, Jacob’s Ladder mini-workshop.
Instructor: Japanese Bindings Workshop, St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, NL
Instructor: Book Workshop, Artists in the Communities, Lester Pearson Memorial High School,
Wesleyville, NL
1997     Participant: Beginning Leather Binding, & Vandercook Intensive, Center for Book Arts, NY, NY
1996     Instructor: Pop-up Structures, Non-Adhesive Books. Devon House, St. John’s, NL
Two Books and a Box, Art Department, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, NL
Participant: Combining Structures: The Multi-faceted Book, Susan Share, instructor
Advanced Pop-up Structures, Carol Barton, Instructor, Center for Book Arts, NY, NY
Instructor: Two Book Structures, Cabot College, St. John’s, NL
Two Books and a Box, Devon House, St. John’s, NL
1994     Presenter: Gallery Talk, Home Is Where the Art Is, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, ON
1993     Instructor: Bookmaking Workshops, Granny Bate’s Bookshop, St. John’s, NL
Instructor: Japanese Bookbinding Workshop for Artists, Devon House, NL and
Labrador Crafts Development Association, St. John’s, NL
1992     Instructor: 5-day Art Workshop for grades 9-12, Rockland Country Day School, Congers, NY
1990     Presenter: Chinese Art and Student Life, Wallkill Highschool, Wallkill, NY
Participant: Japanese Bookbinding, Instructor – Hedi Kyle, Center for Book Arts, NY, NY
1989     Participant: Pop-up Structures, Instructor – Carol Barton, Center for Book Arts, NY, NY
Presenter: Slide lectures on Chinese art and student life, Wallkill Highschool, Wallkill, NY
Participant: Alternative Book Structures, Instructor – Scott McCarney, Center for Book Arts, NY, NY
Presenter: Lecture on letterpress printing and bookbinding, Hackley School, Tarrytown, NY
1988     Presenter: Letterpress printing and bookbinding, Upper Nyack School, Upper Nyack, NY
1987     Participant: Bookbinding Course, Instructor – Jim Dast, Conservator, University of Wisconsin
Library, Madison, WI

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Alcuin Society
Craft Council of NL and Labrador
Canadian Artists’ Representation Copyright Collective
Canadian Book Binders and Book Artists Guild, Contributing Editor
The Center for Book Arts, Artist Member
Eastern Edge Gallery, former Board Member and Chair
Fine Press Book Association
Guild of Book Workers
Royal Canadian Academy of Art
St. Michael’s Printshop
VANL-CARFAC

EDUCATION

1987 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Master of Fine Arts
1975 University of New Mexico, Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition