BENEDICT CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS WWW.BCREATIVE.CA 188 John Street, London, ON, N6A 1P1 P: 519-4332-5089; F: 519-432-1872

CONSULTING, FACILITATING, & REPORT WRITING Instructor: Intro to PR & Specializations in PR , London, ON 2011- Current Business article development & writing Perspective Marketing, Oakville, ON 2010 - Current Manual Design and Edit London Clinical Psychiatry Residency Consortium 2014/2015 The Business of Art: Program Consultant SIFE York, Schulich School of Business, York University 2012 Manual Writer Vanier Children Services, London, ON 2011 Consultant on Restructuring The Brush and Palette Club, London, ON 2011 Interviewer & Content Development Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada 2011 Fundraising and Material Review Parents of Technologically Dependent Children 2010 Discussion Group Facilitator Age Friendly London, City of London 2009 Interviewer & Content Development The United Way of London & Middlesex 2009 Newsletter & Content Development Ed Holder, MP London-West 2009 Stakeholder Presenter (Invited) McIntosh Gallery Strategic Planning Committee 2007 Strategic Review & Report The Brickenden Theatre Awards Organizing Committee 2007 Marketing Consultant Club 2004 - 2005 Media Relations Director Re-elect Dave Boushy Campaign (Provincial) 1999 Foundation Development Report Chatham-Kent: Community & Client Services Department 1999 Contract Liaison & Consultant Academy of Learning, Head Office, Richmond Hill, ON 1998 Contract Artist Ventratech Limited, Cambridge, ON Sept. 1992 – Feb. 1993

RELATED EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Professional Writer/Editor & Visual Artist London, ON 1993 - Ongoing Arts & Community Reporter The Londoner, , London, ON 2005 - 2008 Special Events Coordinator Pillar – Voluntary Sector Network, London, ON 2003 Foundation Development Research Assistant Chatham Cultural Centre, Municipality of Chatham Kent 1999 Director of Training & Manager Academy of Learning, Sarnia, ON 1994 - 1998 Special Forces Medical Assistant Canadian Armed Forces, C.F.B. Petawawa 1982 - 1988

EDUCATION Master’s in Public Relations Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS Expected 2017 Course on Research Ethics (TCPS 2: CORE) Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical 2015 Conduct for Research Involving Humans Artist-Educator Foundations Course The Royal Conservatory, , ON 2012 Corporate Communications Certificate (Post-Graduate) Fanshawe College, London, ON 2006 Public Relations Certificate (Post-Graduate) Fanshawe College, London, ON 2004 Microcomputer Business Applications Diploma Academy of Learning, Sarnia, ON 1995 Management Development Certificate Fanshawe College, London, ON 1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts & Bachelor of Arts - English University of Western Ontario (UWO), London, ON 1993 Ontario Secondary School Diploma Ursuline College ‘The Pines’, Chatham, ON 1982

PROFESSIONAL WRITING EXPERIENCE Respected freelance writer and noted interviewer with over 1,000 publishing credits on arts, heritage, culture, business, and community interest beginning in 1993 including: ID Magazine, Guelph; Trends Magazine, Sarnia; Fringe Festival Reviewer, London; London Free Press, London; Trenz Magazine, London; Scene Magazine, London; mindyourmind.ca, London; AbOUT Magazine, Toronto, ON and Buffalo, NY; Q Magazine, London; ArtSCAPE Magazine, London; Magazine, ; The Londoner, London; Lake Erie Lifestyle Magazine, Erie, PA; The Beat Magazine, London; EatDrink Magazine, London; ITWorldCanada (ITBuisness.ca); and the Disaster Recovery Institute of Canada.

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE The Real Moe Norman Patrick Cunningham, Author, Strathroy, Ontario 2010 ArtSCAPE Magazine London, Ontario 2009 Pride Guide & Community Directory London Pride Events Inc., London, Ontario 2002 to 2004

PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXPEREINCE Clients include Joseph Couture (josephcouture.com); (Toronto); Outlooks Magazine (Calgary); Lake Erie Lifestyle Magazine (Erie, PA); The Londoner, Interrobang Fanshawe’s Student Voice, ArtSCAPE Magazine, The Beat Magazine, & EatDrink Magazine (London).

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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Marketing 2.0 CARFAC: Webinar Series for Visual Artists Across Canada 1 Oct. 2014 Art of Recycling (Presenter) Infrastructure Ontario Property Services (CBRE), Aylmer, ON 23 Oct. 2013 Presenter: Our Changing Art World Art For All Canada 5th Annual Conference, Toronto, ON March 2013 The Business of Art: Keynote Speaker SIFE York, Schulich School of Business, York University January 2013 Building your Freelance Business: Professional Writers’ Association of Canada Toronto Chapter January 2013 Facilitator, Managing Your Brand & the Editors’ Association of Canada Toronto Branch The Business of Art: Workshop Speaker SIFE York, Schulich School of Business, York University January 2012 ART IS: Pride Workshop Intercommunity Health Centre, London, ON July 2011 Participant / Presenter Epigenetics EH Conference, London, ON April 2011 Presenter: PR & Community Volunteerism Art For All Canada 3rd Annual Conference, Toronto, ON March 2011 Guest Speaker: Curating and Promoting The Brush and Palette Club, London, ON December 2010 Workshop Presenter: The Other 90 Percent Social Media and the Arts (SMArts) London, ON November 2010 Workshop Presenter Kids Power Conference, Investing in Children, London, ON 2005 - 2007 Celebrity Storyteller 16Th London International Children’s Festival, London, ON 2006 Guest Speaker, Writing 203F: Writing for Publication, Joe Wiebe: Instructor, University of Western Ontario, London, ON May 2006 Computerizing Your Business Sarnia-Lambton Business Week, Sarnia, ON October 25, 1995

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OAAG Symposium: Sustainable Economies, Ontario Association of Art Galleries 2015 Regional Public Art Galleries, and Art Vibrant Scenes Step-by-Step to Artist Residency Intergenerational LGBT Residency (Kadija de Paula) 2014 Curating from the Permanent Collection Ontario Association of Art Galleries 2014 Conservation of Installation Art Workshop (Arianne Vanrell) 2012 Member Professional Writers Assoc. of Canada (PWAC) 2005/2009 - 13 Member International Assoc. of Business Communicators 2005 - 2008 Self-Employment Benefit Program The Small Business Centre, London 24 FEB 2005 Entrepreneurial Training Program WIL Employment Connections 23 NOV 2004 Managing and Leading on Diversity Coalition for an Inclusive Community 2003 Ontario SuperHost Ontario Tourism Education Corporation 1996 Professional Sales Training The Sales Development Institute 1994

VOLUNTEER & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Member Forest City Gallery, London 2005 - Current Coordinator: Rainbow Youth Bursary Fund ...... London Community Foundation, London, ON 2002 - 2014 Creative City Committee ...... City of London 2007 - 2013 Host, Inside the Arts & Rainbow Radio Network ...... CHRW Radio Western 94.9FM, London 2009 - 2012 Co-Founder, Art Exhibit Curator & Organizer ...... Pride London Festival 2002 - 2012 Chair, Venue Subcommittee ...... Jack Richardson Music Awards, London 2007 - 2009 Education & Training Committee ...... Pillar Nonprofit Network, London 2005 - 2009 Vice Chair, Board of Directors ...... Forest City Gallery 2005 Gallery Lambton Site Selection Committee Member ..... Lambton County Culture & Communications Committee 1997 Library Board Member ...... Lambton County Culture & Communications Com. 1994 - 1999 Lobbyist ...... Ontario Association of Career Colleges 1995 - 1998 John Labatt Visual Arts Building Committee ...... University of Western Ontario 1992 - 1993 Faculty of Arts Representative ...... University of Western Ontario Student’s Council 1990 - 1993 Set Construction ...... Talbot Theatre, UWO 1989 - 1990 Boy Scout Leader / Assistant District Commissioner ..... Scouts Canada 1986 – 1998

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS Graduate In-Course Merit Scholarship Mount Saint Vincent University 2015 Exhibition Assistance Grant Ontario Arts Council 2013 Trail Blazer Pride London Festival 2012 Community Heritage Investment Program Grant London Heritage Council 2011 Exhibition Assistance Grant Ontario Arts Council 2010 Outstanding Feedback Show 2008-2009 CHRW Radio Western, London 2009 Valedictorian, Business Planning Workshop Small Business Centre, London, 2005 Nominated Franchisee of the Year Academy of Learning, Sarnia, ON 1998

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A creative, confident, and tenacious visionary with exceptional networking skills. A community oriented individual with a strong and diverse background in strategic planning, organizational development, and communications within the cultural, voluntary, public, and private sectors. Oil, Acrylic and Watercolour Painting, Sculpture, Collage, Drawing, Photography, and Digital Media

SOLO EXHIBITS On The Edge Gallery in the Grove, Bright’s Grove, ON Nov. 3 – Dec. 7, 2013 Thames Journey Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre, Ingersoll, Ontario July - August 2011 Stories Old & New The Lotus Centre, London Ontario April 1 – 30, 2011 Male-O-Grams The Green Tomato, London, Ontario July - August 2002 Recent Paintings Galleries @ the Galleria, London, Ontario September 2001 Male-O-Grams Ruby’s, Sarnia, Ontario April 1995 From The Collection Between The Bread, London, Ontario October 1994 Male-O-Grams 99 King, London, Ontario April 1994 The Objective Subject Hillary Gallery, UWO, London, Ontario March 1992

TOURING EXHIBITS Queer Landscapes, Queer Journeys: Reflections of LGBTQ rights and struggles in Ontario today PrideHouse TO: Sudbury Celebrates! Open Studio | Cambrian College July 10–26, 2015 OPS Pride Network, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON June 2-26, 2015

GROUP EXHIBITS 24Th Annual Pride Art Exhibit SATELLiTE Project Space, London, ON July 21-31, 2015 London Pride Annual Exhibit 2014 The Arts Project, London, Ontario (Group) July 22 – Aug. 2, 2014 Visual Elements 56 Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON 26 April - 25 June, 2014 The Sex Show Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON February 6-16, 2014 London Pride Annual Exhibit 2013 The Arts Project, London, Ontario (Group) July 23 – Aug. 4, 2013 60Th Anniversary Gallery Painting Group The Arts Project, London, ON March 19 – 30, 2013 Art Skate Canada The Arts Project, London, ON March 11 – 17, 2013 11Th MIP Art in the Workplace Exhibit McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton, ON March 11 - July 18, 2013 10Th MIP Art in the Workplace Exhibit McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton, ON 29 Nov. 2012 – 7 March 2013 VIZ BIZ (Forest City Gallery) London Arts Council, London, Ontario July 17 – September 3, 2012 London Pride 21St Annual Exhibit The Arts Project, London, Ontario July 23 – Aug. 4, 2012 Not For Sale Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario February 24 - March 2, 2012 Identity Transfer St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Gallery January 14 – March 3, 2012 Miniature Show The Art Exchange, London, Ontario Jan. 31 - Feb. 19, 2011 Miniature Show Portside Gallery, Port Stanley, Ontario Feb. 1 – 28, 2009 Miniature Show The Art Exchange, London, Ontario Feb. 2 – 21, 2009 In Good Company: Profile The Arts Project, London, Ontario October 7 – 25, 2008 Thames Revisited One Dundas Street, London, Ontario June 14 – July 27, 2008 Miniature Show The Art Exchange, London, Ontario Feb. 6 – 23, 2008 24-Hour Art-A-Thon The Arts Project, London, Ontario May 26/27, 2007 London Pride 10Th Anniversary Art Show Galleries @ the Galleria, London, Ontario June 29-July 28, 2001 Look '95 Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, Ontario Feb. 18-Mar. 19, 1995 Generating Voices 2 McIntosh Gallery, UWO, London, Ontario June 16-July 31, 1994 Merge Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario Feb. 5-26, 1994 Miniature Show Gibson's Gallery, London, Ontario Dec. 3, 1993 - Jan. 5, 1994 Miniature Show Gibson's Gallery, London, Ontario Dec. 4, 1992 - Jan. 4, 1993 Graduate Show McIntosh Gallery, UWO, London, Ontario Mar. 25-Apr. 12, 1992

CURATORIAL Inventive Women: Reinterpreting Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, Ontario Feb. 2 - March 30, 2013 The Canadian Landscape London Pride 20Th Annual Exhibit 2011 The Arts Project, London, Ontario July11 - 24, 2011 London Pride Annual Exhibit 2010 Strand Fine Art, London, Ontario July 2010 London Pride Annual Exhibit 2007 - 9 Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario July 2007 - 2009 London Pride Annual Exhibit 2004 - 6 The Arts Project, London, Ontario July 2004 - 2006 London Pride Annual Exhibit 2002 - 3 Galleries @ the Galleria, London, Ontario July 2002 - 2003

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PUBLIC ART, COMMISSIONS, CHARITABLE EXHIBITS / DONATED WORKS The Brush Off London Children’s Museum, London, ON April 30, 2015 4Th Annual 50/50 Exhibit and Sale Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON Oct 20 – Dec. 15, 2014 Mosaic: Art, Culture, and Development Engineers Without Borders, Western University 26 March 2014 WIN/WIN Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario July 19, 2013 - August 2, 2013 The Brush Off London Children’s Museum, London, ON April 25, 2013 Participant Canada Culture Days 2010/2012/2013 2nd Annual 50/50 Fundraising Exhibition Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON Oct 20 – Dec. 15, 2012 Up With ART Unity Project, London, ON 2012 EpigenART: Epigenetics EH Conference London Arts Council & the Canadian Conference on Epigenetics April 2011 Mural Project – 351 Highview Ave. East Neighbourhood WATCH London, London, Ontario Aug. 2010 A Chair Affair Community Living London, London, Ontario 2004, 2005, 2008 Unveiling A Masterpiece Camp Wendake Fundraiser, The Arts Project, London, ON May 4 – 8, 2004 Miniature Art Draw & Exhibition Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, Ontario October 3 - 23, 1998

PUBLICATIONS Queer Landscapes, Queer Journeys: OPS Pride Network, Toronto, Ontario 2015 Reflections of LGBTQ rights and struggles in Ontario today (Catalogue) Inventive Women: Reinterpreting Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, Ontario 2013 The Canadian Landscape ISBN: 978-0-9881111-1-0

REVIEWS / MEDIA COVERAGE Belanger, Joe (2015). On the canvas: 24th annual Pride Art Exhibit, featuring 23 juried works by 19 artists. London Free Press. P. C5 Meyer, Sean (2015, July 9), Times a-changin', but coming out still isn't easy, Our London, P. 12 &28. Morden, Paul. (2013, November 7). Rover voyage turned into art. The Observer. P. A4. Independent Staff. (2013, October 31). Benedict’s On the EDGE show at Gallery in the Grove. The Independent. P. 8. Metro. (2013, July 22). ‘Gradations’. Organizers proud of Pride art show. Metro News. P. 03. Meyer, Sean. (2013, April `8). Children’s museum gives The Brush Off to typical fundraiser. London Community News. P. 12. Belanger, Joe. (2011, September 30). Writers discuss their craft. London Free Press. P. C9. Wolfe, Kym. (2011, September). Culture Days 2011. The Beat Magazine. P. 14. Loblaw, Chris. (2012, July). Culture Pride. The Beat Magazine. PP. 20-21. Grant, Amanda. (2012, July 26). Art show a matter of Pride. Metro News. P. 11. Belanger, Joe. (2012, July 24). Creators show Pride in the arts. . P. D2. Staff. (2012, July 27-29). London Pride Trail Blazers. Metro News. P. 09. Mah, Susie. (2010, July). Pride London Art Exhibit. The Beat Magazine. P. 4. Stewart, Beth (2008, July). Profile. ARTScape Magazine. P. 8. Matyas, Joe. (1994, June 29). Quality, style vary widely in McIntosh show. London Free Press. P. C7. Curtis, Holly. (1994, July 14). Local Unknown Artists Getting a Foothold: Generating Voice 2, McIntosh Gallery. Scene Magazine. P. 13.

JUROR Forest City Junior & Youth Talent Search Neighbourhood Resource Association of Westminster Park 2006 - 2014 Rise 2 Fame Youth Talent Search Judge District, London, Ontario 2012 - 2013 39Th Annual Show and Sale The Lambeth Art Association, London, Ontario April 2011 Craft Vendor Booth Juror Home County Folk Festival, London, Ontario 2006 - 2008 Expressions in Chalk The Imagon Group, London, Ontario 2006 - 2007 Newfoundland Communication Award International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) April 2006

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Member (Student) Canadian Public Relations Society Hamilton 2014 - Current Associate Member Society of Canadian Artists 2012 - Current Member London & Region Fund Raising Executives 2011 - Current Member CARFAC Ontario 2010 - Current

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