Currently, I am Assistant Professor of Art Education in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University, where I work within a community of artists/researchers/teachers, undergraduates and grad students, on all kinds of practical and theoretical issues related to the arts and education, all from a perspective of ‘arts for change and social justice.’

Previously, I worked as a sessional/freelance instructor and teacher for adults in post-secondary institutions, for adult leisure learners, and as a visiting artist with children, youth, and teachers in schools.

For examples of work my young students have produced, please visit the Student Gallery.

For further information on any of these initiatives, please contact me.

Over the years, I've worked with thousands of students, from nine-year-olds (in Grade 4) to adults of all ages in post-secondary and leisure learning courses. I've developed curricula in studio and professional practice courses for emerging artists studying at the Ontario College of Art and Design's Faculty of Art. I've also created courses to meet the needs of teachers-to-be in the Faculty of Education at York University. At York's Faculty of Education, I was Artist-in-Residence for three years, engaging teacher candidates in studio projects for their own learning and development, and ultimate versioning for children in classrooms. Before assuming a full-time position at Concordia, I taught in the Faculty of Fine Arts as an instructor of Introductory Painting. I worked with students on the basics of acrylic and oil media, encouraging students to work from life, imagination, or photo references as a means of developing their individual approaches.

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I've aimed to kindle enthusiasm for and pride in arts accomplishment in adults in leisure learning and master class circumstances, often via workshops designed to accompany exhibitions of my artwork. For instance, in Canada and the Netherlands I've worked with adult artists on practices in encaustic assemblage, techniques for working with photographic emulsion on cloth, and developing a visual family history memento.

My elementary and secondary school-based teaching has been also short-term and project-based. For instance, as an Artist in Education for the Ontario Arts Council, I developed mixed media projects with elementary and secondary students. Similarly, as an artist teacher for the Royal Conservatory of Music's Learning Through the Arts initiative, I used visual media with students to explore ideas relevant to the history and language curricula.

How successful am I? The revolving gallery of student work will reveal the many diverse accomplishments of some developing artists whom I've taught. (Of course, credit for their achievements goes to them, not me!)

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