EDUCATION:

2000 Doctorate in Art Education. Dissertation Topic: A Conversation Between Sculptor and Stone. Teachers College, Columbia University, NY

1987 Masters of Arts in Art Education. Thesis: Dialogue and Relationship in Art and Teaching, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

1972 Bachelor of Teaching Degree in Elementary Education, Bachelor of Arts Degree, (Major in fine arts; study of drawing, painting, sculpture), University of Moncton, Moncton, NB.

EMPLOYMENT:

2004-present Associate Professor of Art and Art Education, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Maine

2004 Visiting Professor in sculpture for summer program, Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC

2003-2004, 1994-1995 Art Teacher at the John Caldwell School, Grand Fall, NB and Public School District no.14, Woodstock, NB

2001-2003 Assistant Professor of Art Education, Teachers College, Clumbia University, NYC

1995-2001 Assistant Professor of Art and Art Education, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Maine

2000-2001-2003 Artist-teacher for three students completing an MFA program, Union Institute & University in Montpellier, Vermont (low residency visual art program).

1994 Tutor in aesthetics and education, Empire State College, State University of New York, NYC

1993-1994 Instructor of ceramics, Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC

Consultant, Studio in a School (artist in residence organization), NYC

1992-1994 Graduate assistantships in ceramics, publicity, gallery management, teacher assistant. Supervisor of student teachers, Teachers College, Art Education Department

1992-1993 Instructor, Sculpture Center of Manhattan (classes in sculpture for children), NYC

1972-1992 Public School Teacher, art, french, mathematics, science, social studies, music for levels 1 to 12 (Consultant for art education), Province of NB

SCHOLARSHIPS and AWARDS:

2007 Sabbatical Leave, University of Maine

2003 The Outstanding Teacher Award, Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC

2000 Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Maine at Presque Isle (Student Senate), Maine

1995 Creation Grant, Province of NB

1993-1994 International Scholarship, Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC

1992 Fine Arts Grant, Province of NB

LECTURES and PRESENTATIONS:

2010 Presentation of a paper: The Countless Roles Things Play in the Creation of Culture, NAEA National Conference, Baltimore, Maryland

2006 Presentation of a paper: Mental Processes in the Context of Self-Other Relationship-Process of dialogical Nature for Learning, NAEA National Conference, Chicago, Illinois

2003 Presentation of two papers: (1) Mental Processes that shape the Creative Act . (2) Materials that Shape Ideas In Sculpture, NAEA National Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2002 Presentation of a paper: The Role of Things as Otherness to Self in Shaping Experience, InSEA World Congress, NYC

Presentation of a paper: Presence and Atmosphere in Learning, NAEA National Conference, Miami, Florida

1999 Presentation of a paper: The Voice of Artistic Materials, The Canadian Society for Education Through Art (National Conference, Halifax, NS)

1998 Presentation of two lectures (1) A Dialogue Between a Sculptor and a Stone , (2) The Silent Dialogue in the Teaching of Art, The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS

1997 Presentation of a paper: Art for Preservice Art Teachers, National Art Education Association, New Orleans, Louisiana

1996 Presentation of a Paper: The Silent Dialogue in Art Making, Canadian Society for Education Through Art, National Conference, Fredericton, NB

1989 Facilitator, art education workshops and lectures to teachers and students from grades K to 7, Nova Scotia Department of Education, NS

1988 Lecture and workshop on role of artistic materials in the creative process, The Canadian Society for Education Through Art, National Conference, Halifax, NS 

PUBLICATIONS:

2006 Dissertation Monograph,Volume I. A Conversation Between Sculptor and Stone, Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC

2002 The Role of Things as Otherness to Self in Shaping Experience, InSEA Conference Proceedings, NY

2001 Nurturing Development: Presence and Atmosphere for Learning, Canadian Society for Education Through Art Journal, London, ON

1988 Art, Power and Access, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Papers in Art Education, NS

1987 Teacher Training in the Visual Arts, Forum '87, Conference on the Arts, Fredericton, NB

EXHIBITIONS:

2010 HOMAGE TO A STONE, sculpture, Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB

2007 HOMAGE TO A STONE, sculpture, Reed Fine Art Gallery, UMPI

2006 Memory, A public monument, 60”x 54”x20” granite, Montreal, Quebec

2002 LET THE OBJECT SPEAK, sculpture, Macy Gallery, Teachers College, NYC

2001 FATHOM FOUR THE SEVENTH WAVE, sculpture, ABEC Art Center, Saint John, NB

Faculty Show, sculpture, Reed Fine Art Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Maine

2000 One person sculpture show, INTIMATE PORTRAITS, Musée Historique du Madawaska, Edmundston, NB

1997 One person sculpture show, A CONVERSATION WITH STONES, Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, Maine

1995 Sculpture, John Caldwell School, Grand Falls, NB

One person sculpture show, THE VOICE OF AN OTHERNESS, Macy Gallery, Teachers College, NYC

1994 Faculty show, sculpture, Sculpture Center, NYC

1992, 1993, 1994 Drawings & sculpture, Macy Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC

1993 Sculpture, National Arts Club, NYC

1991 Sculpture, Galerie D'A Côté, Edmundston, NB

1990 One person sculpture show, DIALOGUES, Galerie Colline, Edmundston, NB

Artists from Madawaska County, sculpture, Galerie Colline, Edmundston, NB

1989 Installation of a monument commemorating Bicentennial of arrival of Acadians, 13''x6''x4'' granite, St-Léonard, NB

1988 Sculpture, Galerie Colline, Edmunston, NB

Sculpture, Clement Cormier Art Gallery, Moncton, NB

1984 Sculpture, Anna Leonowen Gallery (NSCAD), Halifax, NS

Sculpture, Carrefour Assomption, Edmundston, NB (Cultural Association of the Upper St. John Valley)