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Work Experience

Nov 2023 - Present

 

 

Apr 2023 - Nov 2023

Mar 2023 - Dec 2023

May 2019 - Sept 2022

 

       

Art Instructor, Crestmont Homeowners Association (CHOA), Calgary, AB

  • Organize, plan, and present lessons for each weekly project

  • Communication and planning of event, materials, advertising with the CHOA

  • Guide attendees through the lesson in hands-on fashion

  • Give brief history on techniques required

  • Encouraging attendees in their art

  • Teaching one-on-one

Lead Gardener, Garden Essentials, Calgary, AB 

  • Assist supervisor with planning, delegating and executing daily tasks

  • Teaching skills to new hires

  • Organization of garden layouts and record progress notes for each client

  • Maintain cleanliness of gardens 

  • Maintain weeds, deadheading of flowers, installs, etc 

  • Complete tasks independently and as part of a team 

Undergrad Art Assistant, Werklund School of Education, Calgary, AB 

  • Assist by retrieving materials, and helping them draw, mix paint, assemble collage pieces

  • Being the interactive face of the project, making the participants feel comfortable

  • Set up rooms with chairs, tables, and art supplies 

  • Being friendly, patient and understanding 

  • Assist researchers by asking newcomers questions about their previous homes 

Park Maintenance, Saskatchewan Parks, Culture and Sport, La Ronge, SK 

  • Train new hires, customer service

  • Maintain multiple campgrounds independently (daily) 

  • Mow grass, clean campsites, clean and sanitize fish shacks, rake beaches with ATV, empty garbage bins, clean camp kitchens 

  • Write maintenance reports biweekly for docks, shower houses, fish shacks

Education

2022

2018

 

 

BFA (Drawing), Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts), AB

​Highschool Diploma, Churchill Community Highschool, La Ronge, SK

Skills

  • Excellent at interpersonal connections, communication, and complex problem solving

  • Proficient working both independently and as part of a team

  • Proven responsibility to complete tasks efficiently and independently

  • Experience in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Creative Cloud

  • Adept in writing, documenting, and organizing

  • Quick and eager learner

Exhibition History

2022

2021

2019

AUArts Grad Show, AUArts, Calgary, AB (upcoming)

11th Annual President’s Student Art, Craft, and Design Exhibition, AUArts,

      Calgary, AB (curated by Andrea Osman and Tammy Paul)

Discomfort Discourse, Bù Vintage Shoppe, Calgary, AB (curator/artist)

Unlock It Pt. 1, Gallery Crawl in locker #423, AUArts, Calgary, AB

      (curator/artist)

Unlock It Pt. 2, Gallery Crawl in locker #516, AUArts, Calgary, AB

      (curator/artist)

2021 16th Annual HORSE Show, AUArts, Calgary, AB

      (curated by Mitch Kern)

Drawing Exhibition, Main Mall Gallery, AUArts, Calgary, AB

      (curated by Nate McLeod)

2019 First Year Studies Exhibition, Main Mall Gallery, AUArts, Calgary, AB

      (curated by Nate McLeod)

Drawing Exhibition, Main Mall Gallery, AUArts, Calgary, AB

      (curated by Nate McLeod)

Critiques, Presentations, and Talks

2022

Jury Critique 2022, Department of Drawing, AUArts, Calgary, AB

Rifts Into the Otherworld, Department of Drawing, AUArts, Calgary, AB 

      (jury critique)

How In the World Did I Get Here?, Fine Arts Speaker Series, AUArts,

      Calgary, AB (Artist Talk)

Photoshop | Perspective Warp and Cropping, Studio Professional

      Practices, AUArts, Calgary, AB (presenter)

Publications

2022

Jacobson, Lauren, and Kennedy Scott. “Discomfort Discourse,” 2022.

Yee, Tammy. “In Places Between: The 2022 Robyn Herrington Memorial 

      Short Story Contest,” y.2022 ed.

Collections

2022-2014

2018

2017

multiple private collections in Canada

mural, Churchill Community High School Collection (CCHSC), La Ronge, SK

 

sculpture, CCHSC, La Ronge, SK

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