This site is my virtual portfolio, and so includes descriptions, excerpts, and images of some of the most exciting work that I've done myself or (in the case of my teaching) helped others generate. I describe how I addressed each project's particular challenges, so you'll have some information on my approach.

You'll also find highlights of new activities and adventures, as well as a profile of who I am... and where 'redhanded' comes from.

These pages should give you a good idea of the scope and direction of my work as...

• A writer and scholar whose work addresses art, education, cultural industries, and broadcasting.

  My own interdisciplinary scholarly work explores art as a mode of knowing, and links my own hands-on 'making' with research and theories of cultural studies, feminism, urban and environmental studies, visual art and aesthetics and critical pedagogy. I write about my work in scholarly publications and present papers at conferences. I have earned my PhD in Education for a multi-modal (art plus text) dissertation entitled Finding Home: Knowledge, Collage, and the Local Environments.

  As a freelance consultant, I develop television scripts, speeches, marketing and advocacy materials, fundraising text, television license application, curatorial and magazine articles, essays and more. I engage in research on issues of education, broadcasting, social policy, and the arts and culture.

  As a personal project, my site includes The Auggie Chronicles, an on-line journal of occasional essays about the pleasures and perils of being the human companion to my dog, Auggie.

• A visual artist whose practice consists of making and exhibiting artworks that delve into issues fundamental to the human condition.

  I explore themes like family and community connections, wounding and healing, and the experience of place. My visual work- two- and three-dimensional mixed media- is exhibited in solo and group shows, and used on book covers.

• A teacher who affirms a student's personal vision and offers tools and ideas to facilitate its expression, while at the same time promoting concepts of art for social change and justice.

  In July 2008, I assumed the position of Assistant Professor of Art Education in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University, Montréal, Québec. I am thrilled by this latest opportunity, which facilitates my continuing research/creation into visual art as a mode of knowing and consolidates directions of my recent post-secondary teaching, all within an exceptional community of artists, researchers, and scholars.

  Previously, at the Ontario College of Art and Design (Faculty of Art), I taught courses in collage and professional practice and within York University's Faculty of Education, courses that link arts and education. For instance, I designed and implemented a BEd-level course in Arts and Ideas in Education, created as a backgrounder in arts advocacy for artists of all disciplines who are retraining to become classroom teachers. The course includes academics and related art practices.

  As Artist-in-Residence for the Faculty of Education (2001-04), I worked with more than 500 teacher candidates. I developed visual arts projects that provide opportunities for self-reflection and are adaptable for classroom use with children.

  I taught adult leisure learners at the Avenue Road School of the Arts, encouraging beginners and experienced artists alike to use diverse art materials to create personal meeting in their work.

  Since 1996, I have worked with more than 1,000 elementary and secondary school students as a visiting artist for the Toronto District School Board, and an artist-teacher for the Royal Conservatory of Music's Learning Through The Arts initiative, and an Artist in Education for the Ontario Arts Council. Through the latter program in 2008, I worked with high school students at Oakwood Collegiate Institute on the theme of ‘home’, their mixed media projects ultimately exhibited at the SideSpace Gallery, nearby along St. Clair Avenue West.

  As a result of my position at Concordia, I reside in Montreal and return to Toronto on occasion.

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