Artist Registry

Departments of Education and Early Childhood Development and Tourism, Heritage and Culture

Artist-in-Residency School Program (Anglophone School District) ARTIST REGISTRY

Revised: August 26, 2021

Artist-in-Residency School Program

The Artist-in-Residency School Program funds art projects which are based on curricular outcomes within the Fine Arts and is a collaboration between one or more teachers and one or more artists. This program is jointly funded by the Departments of Education and Early Childhood Development and Tourism, Heritage and Culture.

The Artist-in-Residency School Program places professional artists in rural and urban schools to broaden and develop the arts education program by bringing together the creative potential of students and the unique energy of artists.

It is intended to provide students and their teachers with the opportunity to spend a minimum of three days (minimum of 15 hours) working closely with artists in order to enhance the students’ artistic perception and appreciation.

The residencies can include any of the arts disciplines (music, visual arts, writing, theatre, cinema, dance, etc.). The artist and the teacher shall work in close collaboration in order to plan and carry out the project to ensure that the artistic activity corresponds to curriculum based outcomes within the Fine Arts.

The general objectives of this program are to encourage students to express themselves and to think creatively and critically through education in the arts. The Artist Registry is a listing of artists you may contact to pursue artist residency projects with.

For more information on the program, visit: https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/thc/culture/ content/arts-in-schools.html

27 Rigley, Don (music, literary arts, media arts, visual arts, DANCE theatre arts) 5 Audet, Stephanie 28 Rivers, Brigitte (literary arts, visual arts) 6 Brown, Darian Leigh 29 Rooney, Jean (media arts, visual arts) 7 Connection Dance Works 30 Walcott, Kate (dance, literary arts, music, theatre arts)

8 Connors, Amanda 9 Llewellyn, Emma MUSIC 10 Mejorada, Gretchen 31 Boudreau, Phil Athanase 11 Saulnier, Justin

32 Kimberley Conway (East Coast Brass) 12 Shevchenko, Yuliia 33 Chase, Shelley

34 Cox, Jesse LITERARY ARTS 35 Creeggan, Andrew 13 Sherrard, Valerie 36 Francavilla, Nadia 14 Wingate, Shoshanna 37 Godin, Guy 38 Gunn, Aaron MULTIDISCIPLINARY 39 Kennedy, Emily

15 Bell, Nicholas (music, media arts) 40 LeBlanc, Joel 16 Black, Angela (media arts, visual arts, theatre arts, music) 41 Mason, Brent 17 Brown, Dorrie (music, literary arts, visual arts, theatre 42 McNeill, David arts) 43 Miller, Andrew Reed 18 Crain, Aaron (music, media arts) 44 Miller, Joel 19 Daigle, Michelle (music, literary arts, media arts, visual 45 Moller, Kathrine arts, theatre arts) 46 Reinhart, Jaclyn 20 Erb, Mike (photography, printmaking) 47 Roy, Nicholas 21 Goguen, Christian (theatre arts, music) 48 Ryan, Dillon 22 Hutchings, Stephen (media arts, visual arts) 49 Tomato/Tomato 23 Lesage, Marla (literary arts, visual arts) 50 Wong, Jillian 24 Lewis, Stephen (music, media arts)

25 McAllister, Paul (literary arts, visual arts) CONTENTS OF TABLE 26 Mulherin, Irma (music, literary arts, theatre arts) 3

THEATRE ARTS 72 Johnston, Heather A. 73 Knight, Karen 51 Calithumpians 74 MacDonald, Dan 52 Doak, Joanna 75 MacKay, Lindsey 53 Groening, Amy 76 Martin-Mitchell, Natasha 54 Hamilton-Snow, Matt 77 McCallum, Marlene 55 LeBrun, Sharisse (Théâtre NB Theatre School) 78 McKay, Brianne 56 MacKinnon, Wally 79 Payne, Starr 57 Tanner, Karen

80 Rector, Cortney

81 Rodriguez, Fabiola Martinez

82 St-Amour, Audrée Hamelin VISUAL ARTS 83 Vincent, Chantal Stacy 58 Bauckman, Stephen 84 Watling, Andrea 59 Betts, Jared 85 Wenzl, Rainer 60 Byers, Darren 86 Williams, Hannah 61 Crowley, Sheryl 87 Wilson, Andrea 62 Culligan, Joël 88 Wood, Michael James 63 Dionne, Curtis 89 Xu, Dan 64 Dubé, Nicole 65 Emenau, Darren 66 Elfner-Hazen, Adrienne 67 Fortin, Sylvette 68 Giffin, Andrew 69 Harrison, Fred 70 Hill, Bonny

71 Hutt, Victoria TABLE CONTENTS OF TABLE 4

STEPHANIE AUDET

Stephanie is a professional ballet dancer working LISTENING AND ORAL EXPRESSION: At the end with the Atlantic Ballet Atlantique Canada in Monc- of the time spent working with the students, they ton since 2013. Originally from Montreal, where she would present in the context of a performance with received her dance training, Stephanie is also very an audience (other school students and teachers) passionate about teaching. She currently teaches their dance, followed by an oral presentation that ballet and dance classes at the School of the Atlan- would explain the creative steps they took, the why, tic ballet to groups ranging from toddler to adult and all the knowledge they had been learning about levels. In 2017, Stephanie was the Francophone bullying and how they used it as a starting point to Dancer in Residence (February and December) at build up their final performance number. the North Carleton High School (ArtsSmarts Pro-

ject), working with the Grade 9/10 French Immer-

sion Students on dance projects. Most recently, CONTACT Stephanie received her Adaptive Dance Teacher Teaching Experience Training in Boston, with the goal to eventually be Moncton On a regular basis, I teach ballet and dance clas- able to offer dance classes for individuals with spe- ses to groups ranging from toddler to Adult levels. Phone: (506) 232-5083 cial needs/disabilities in the Greater Moncton area. Also, I have been twice (February and December

Email: [email protected] 2017) the Francophone Dancer in Residence at the Website: N/A Residency Project North Carleton High School working with the Grade N/A 9/10 French Immersion Students working on dance I would love to create a dance with students that projects. Most recently, in August 2019, I received N/A would give them a new and different voice and mo- my Adaptive Dance Teacher Training Certification mentum to the desire to put an end to bullying. N/A from the Boston Ballet in Boston, which focuses on READING AND WRITING: First, the students providing high quality dance classes adapted to Preferred School District(s): would do research to define what is bullying, they individuals with special needs/disabilities. ASD-East, ASD-South, ASD-North, ASD-West, would study its consequences, what would be the

First Nation Band-Operated Schools actions taken to prevent it, what are the strategies Preferred Grade Level(s): to avoid it. They would define what would be a K-12 world without bullying and how it would change

schools for the better. Can provide residency in: VIEWING AND REPRESENTING: With the stu- English / French dents, I would explore creative movement exercises that would open their mind, give them access to Indigenous Artist: No dance and they would learn how to build a choreog- Completed Policy 701: Yes raphy. They would use the documentation that they put together as a starting point to create a dance Space/material requirements: that represents their voice to put an end to bullying.

Gym space would be ideal to move and create

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DARIAN LEIGH BROWN

My name is Darian Brown, and I am Dakota Sioux residing in Wolastoqiyik territory. I began dancing at a young age by taking inspiration from fellow dancers in the arena. Currently, my preference has been for fancy shawl, but in teaching I have taught basic steps to specific dance styles. I enjoy using my dancing experience to provide education and hope- fully inspire younger generations to upkeep the tra- ditions and culture.

Residency Project CONTACT Working alongside an experienced artist, I am plan- New Maryland ning to teach various styles of pow-wow dancing to Phone: (506) 259-1946 the younger generation. This learning will be done Email: [email protected] through an interactive process, including but not Website: N/A limited to games, structured time, and student-led dancing. The objective is for children to learn basic N/A steps and begin learning cultural teaching that ac- N/A company the dances. I am hopeful with early exposure to pow-wow the children can learn, take inter- N/A est, and pass it on to later generations. Preferred School District(s): ASD-West Teaching Experience Preferred Grade Level(s): K-5 Over the past year and a half I have been formally teaching in two separate elementary schools Can provide residency in: (kindergarten to grade 5). Prior to this involvement, English I was in a summer placement over several years at Indigenous Artist: Yes the Woodstock First Nation reserve where I assisted in the development and implementation of rega- Completed Policy 701: Yes lia making workshops followed by dance classes. I Space/material requirements: taught mostly women’s styles with ages 4-15 with Gym/room space this group.

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CONNECTION DANCE WORKS

Connection Dance Works is a non-profit profession- school students integrating dance across the curric- al contemporary dance company located in Saint ulum. We have also brought in professional instruc- John, New Brunswick. The company has estab- tors from around the country and constructed cur- lished itself as an educational forum for audiences riculums for local participants to engage in. Togeth- and students alike, offering workshops, working in er, we bring years of dance experience to the class- schools with students and teachers, artist talks and room and our knowledge of style and form is com- professional development for both local and visiting prehensive. artists. Connection Dance Works creates new work,

collaborates with multi-disciplinary artists, and pre- sents dance on regular basis. The company was awarded The Originals Saint John Award for Per- forming Arts (Dance), performed at Contact East in CONTACT Charlottetown and recently premiered new company work with far arms at the Imperial Theatre. Saint John

Phone: (506) 343-5990 Residency Project Email: [email protected] Website: connectiondanceworks.com Through the teaching of creative movement and dance improvisation, dance can be easily integrat- /connectiondanceworks ed throughout any curriculum (Language, dramatic @cdwinc arts, science, etc...). We are constantly working to grow dance education and audience knowledge in @connectiondanceworks the province and believe that through involving stu- Preferred School District(s): dents in creation processes and then helping to ASD-South create a dialogue around these experiences we can achieve these goals. It is vitally important to help Preferred Grade Level(s): students understand the reality that they them- K-12 selves can create new and exciting dance and art

Can provide residency in: here in New Brunswick.

English Teaching Experience Indigenous Artist: No All of our dancers have experience teaching both in Completed Policy 701: Yes a studio setting and in the classroom. Connection Space/material requirements: Gymnasium or a place to move and speakers for music playback

Dance Works has worked with elementary and high

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AMANDA CONNORS

Amanda began her dance training right here at Smith's Dance Academy as a child. In her teen years, she moved to Ontario with her family and continued dancing at the studio in Brampton and the University of Guelph. At U of G, she completed her Bachelor of Commerce and then returned to New Brunswick to follow her true passion for dance at the studio she started at and loves so much.

Residency Project We would have weekly sessions with students that CONTACT would include: warm ups, choreography and crea- Hartford tive movement. At the end of the sessions, we would have a completed "piece" they could present Phone: (506) 325-2707 to the student body. Email: [email protected]

Website: smithdanceacademy.com Teaching Experience /SmithsDanceAcademy Yes, I have been doing this exact program in local N/A schools for many years. N/A Preferred School District(s): ASD-West Preferred Grade Level(s): K-12

Can provide residency in:

English Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: Large open space (gym)

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EMMA LLEWELLYN Teaching Experience Emma has teaching experience in studio and thea- Emma began training in Moncton New Brunswick tre settings working with primary, elementary, and graduating from the DancEast Young Company. high school students on the East Coast for 5 years, and in Ontario for 3. Upon graduation on the East Coast, she continued her dance studies at Ryerson University in the Per- In the past two years especially, Emma has created formance Dance Program in Toronto Ontario. Em- and set choreographic movement on high school ma will graduate with her BFA in the spring of 2020. students who have experienced bullying throughout their lives. With an active ear, she has listened to From 2016, Emma has produced works set on pre- their stories from the personal experiences shared professional dancers in Moncton, and emerging by her students to create movement. Emma has artist in Toronto underneath Ryerson. In addition to helped students find a voice within the language of creating, Emma has performed in productions un- dance and is pushing them to find more courage to der DancEast, Ryerson, and Fall for Dance North. share their stories within their own classrooms and CONTACT Emma’s passion for art is something she continu- schools. Moncton ously shares as she appears as a guest artist at her Phone: (506) 875-0569 hometown studio, DancEast.

Email: [email protected] Website: N/A Residency Project N/A Throughout high school, we sometimes struggle N/A with voicing emotions. Choreographing personalized creative movement aligns with a personal con- N/A nection in how teens can learn to develop connec- Preferred School District(s): tions to storytelling within their own bodies. ASD-East Classes would be structured around personalized Preferred Grade Level(s): poems and dialogue that can be developed into K-12 choreographed moments, as students learn how to utilize their bodies in allowing themselves to listen Can provide residency in:

to their true sensations. English Dance is a powerful resource for students as it can Indigenous Artist: No lead them into a direction that promotes physical and mental fitness as students learning tactics to Completed Policy 701: Yes explore physicality.

Space/material requirements:

Open space for movement (such as a

gym) and speakers for audio.

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GRETCHEN MEJORADA

I’m a self-taught dancer and didn't take dance lessons until a lot later. In the ten years of being an active dancer in the community I’ve danced com- petitively, voluntarily, and professionally. Some of my greatest experiences are; performing for the World Acadian Congress, dancing at Disney World, Danse En L’Air in France and being part of NBL's Moncton Miracles. Hip Hop and House are where I put my focus. I teach as a freelancer in many different schools such as Dance Creation, Perpetual Mo- tion, Dance Envy, Danse En L'Air, and to my hometown in Richibucto.

CONTACT

Moncton Residency Project

Phone: (506) 875 5225 Email: [email protected] I would like to do a project in which students could Website: N/A represent their writing through movement. For example, they could write a poem, and for every word /dancewithgretch or syllable have a different dance move. In the end N/A they would have created a dance piece that repre- sented what they had written. This can tie into @gretchymetchy

Health, Literacy, Math and Physical Education.

Preferred School District(s):

ASD-East Teaching Experience Preferred Grade Level(s): Absolutely. I’ve been teaching dance since 2010 K-12 and have been dealing with groups of kids and

Can provide residency in: adults of all ages. Classes that are usually about an

English / French hour I start off with a warm-up, stretches, basics and foundations, then I teach a choreography. I Indigenous Artist: No also share the history and roots of Hip Hop be- Completed Policy 701: Yes cause it’s more than just a style of dance. I feel that it’s important for my students to gain that Space/material requirements: knowledge. N/A

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Teacher Training Credits Include: JUSTIN SAULNIER -1st Year attendee ADAPT training (2013) -Certified AcroDance Instructor (2013-Present) Justin Saulnier was born in Saint John, New Bruns- -Shannon Mather Teacher Training (2016) wick where he fell in love with performing at the age -Barre Essentials Instructor Certification (2017) of nine. Justin has been a competitive dancer since -Rebecca Davies Workshop (2017) the age of 9 winning numerous special awards and -Toronto Dance Teacher Expo (2017) scholarships. He is trained in a variety of disciplines -Shannon Mather Teacher Training (2018) including tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, ballet -Progressive Ballet Certification (2018) and musical theatre.

Justin has completed the Commercial Dance Stud- Residency Project

ies Program at George Brown College where he was taught by some of Toronto's most sought after I would make self expression through movement in instructors. While training in school he has had the my project. Being able to tell a story through move- CONTACT opportunity to train in circus with one of Toronto's ment.

very popular cirque companies, A2D2. Justin has

Quispamsis also had the opportunity to perform with the Jersey Phone: (506) 647-4510 Boys through DivaGirl Entertainment, he has Teaching Experience Email: N/A worked with A2D2 Aerial Cirque Company, he has Owner of a dance studio in Quispamsis that was Website: www.dynamicacademy.ca performed at the Premiers Awards with George established in 2013. /DynamicAcademyOfTheArts/ Brown College and has been chosen to be apart of the Lindsay Ritter Dance Company – One of Toron- Have 12 years of teaching experience. N/A to's well known Commercial Dance Companies. @dynamicacademyofthearts Justin has ten years of teaching experience and is Preferred School District(s): very familiar with the proper technique training. His choreography has won numerous special awards, ASD-South choreography awards and first place/ top overall Preferred Grade Level(s): awards. Justin's ambition and drive makes him suc- K-12 cessful at what he does, he cannot wait to bring his training, experience and professional connections Can provide residency in: to his dream/ owned studio D.A.T.A. English

Indigenous Artist: No

Completed Policy 701: No

Space/material requirements: N/A

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YULIIA SHEVCHENKO Teaching Experience Yuliia Shevchenko was born in Kiev, Ukraine. She Yuliia has teaching experience in Canada and Eu- began her dance training at the age of five and con- rope since 1998. tinued ballet studies until the age of ten at the Kiev Yuliia has taught kids 3 years old and up. She has State Ballet Academy. After graduating, she joined been a ballet teacher and choreographer at ballet the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Kiev. After- schools and an instructor and artistic consultant for wards she worked throughout Europe as a profes- rhythmic gymnastics groups in Europe and Cana- sional ballet dancer. da. As well, she has offered ballet master classes, In 2002 Yuliia joined the Atlantic Ballet Theatre of workshops and summer schools in British Colum- Canada now Atlantic Ballet Atlantique Canada. bia, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick, where she worked with large From 2007-2011 Yuliia contributed her talents to groups of students. District 2 High School production as a choreogra- CONTACT pher. Over 5 years, from 2007- 2011 she worked with District 2 Musical production. Dieppe Since 2011 Yuliia works as a Principal of Ballet / Phone: (506) 855 1343 Dance Division at School of Atlantic Ballet. 2013-2018 she ran a Pilot project Ballet in school

with approximately 60-85 students.

(506) 871-2355 Email: [email protected] Residency Project Website: N/A Ballet for Kindergarten students, develops compe- N/A tency in a variety of movement concepts and kines- N/A thetic skills with different diverse range in dance. The class is divided in 4 sections: beginning, floor N/A exercise, dance routine, and finale. Preferred School District(s): In every class I use music. It’s an important compo- ASD-East nent in my classes. Kids absorb information better Preferred Grade Level(s): with music. They learn to recognize different rhythm and tempo. K-5

In class students work on: awareness of body parts Can provide residency in: (feet, legs, head, arms), balance, flexibility, coordi- English nation, posture, stamina, awareness of space; and Indigenous Artist: No musicality. Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: Gym, speakers and cones

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VALERIE SHERRARD

As a former foster mom to almost 70 youths, writing Teaching Experience for young people seemed a natural choice when I decided to pursue that seriously. I am now the I have been privileged to lead workshops with both author of 30 books for children and teens. My work young people and adults since I was first published ranges from picture books to young adult novels in 2002. While a few of these were intensive and and consists of both prose and poetry (rhyme and ongoing, others were limited to half a day and did meter as well as free verse.) I have won or been not allow for the time to really delve into the writing shortlisted for numerous awards including the process in a truly meaningful way. I am excited at Governor General’s Award in Children’s Literature, the opportunity to apply things I have learned in the The Canadian Library Association Book of the Year course of my own work, in order to foster creative for Children/Teens, The TD Children’s Lit, Geoffrey understanding and growth in young people. Bilson, Ann Connor Brimer, many reader’s choice CONTACT awards, and others.

Miramichi

Phone: (506) 773-9894 Email: [email protected] Residency Project

Website: http://valeriesherrard.blogspot.com/ Arts Project: A Story’s Voice. This workshop is /valerie.sherrard designed to help young people develop distinctive voices in their writing by examining the way @ValerieSherrard character, setting, perspective, dialogue, tense etc. @valeriesherrard impact in telling a story. Writing exercises will demonstrate how each of these support a story in Preferred School District(s): different ways, as well as how they can recognize ASD-East, ASD-North, the components that serve best for their stories. A First Nation Band-Operated Schools final focus on revision will assist them in strengthening and polishing their work. Preferred Grade Level(s): Elementary (preference grades 4-5) Guidelines for respectful response and feedback will be reviewed at the start of each session. Can provide residency in: English Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: Classroom or library, standard writing materials

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SHOSHANNA WINGATE with increased confidence and skills to overcome obstacles in their work.

Shoshanna Wingate is a poet, fiction writer, mem- oirist and founding editor of the arts & culture jour- Teaching Experience nal, Riddle Fence. Her poetry and fiction have been published in The New Quarterly, The Fiddlehead, I have taught creative writing to students from six to Arc Poetry Magazine, Hunger Mountain Review ninety six, in a university classroom and as a writer online, and Room Magazine. She published a poet- in the schools for grades one to twelve. I run the ry chapbook, Homing Instinct, with Frog Hollow Sackville Art Hive, a free community art studio in Press and her full-length poetry collection, Radio Sackville, and am part of a three-writer team that Weather, with Vehicule Press. Her debut was runs a Creative Writing Drop in for teens. Teaching named a 2014 most anticipated book by 49th Shelf creative writing to kids is my passion. and All Lit Up named her an emerging poet to watch. She holds an MFA in Poetry from the New CONTACT School in New York.

Sackville Phone: (506) 227-7836 Email: [email protected] Residency Project

Website: shoshannawingate.squarespace.com Arts Project: The Writers’ Toolbox: an extended N/A workshop in creative writing. This workshop will be eclectic, interactive, and fun. We will experiment N/A with various tools in the writers’ toolbox such as N/A character sketches, point of view, story arcs, and description as a means of deepening our writing. Preferred School District(s): We will keep a writers’ notebook, with in-class exer- ASD-East, ASD-South, ASD-West, First Nation cises and take-home assignments such as record- Band-Operated Schools ing observations and dialogue we overhear in our Preferred Grade Level(s): daily lives and keeping an idea journal. Students K-12 will learn how to edit their work and how to read it aloud in front of others. Can provide residency in: This workshop is a safe space for creativity and English experimentation. We will learn how to respond to Indigenous Artist: No each other’s’ work in a respectful and productive Completed Policy 701: Yes way. Students will learn to think of themselves as writers. The writer’s toolkit teaches students how Space/material requirements: writers problem solve. Students will come away I require only a quiet room with a table and

chairs, and a notebook and pen for each student.

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NICHOLAS BELL

Music / Media arts Nick has been playing drums for over 13 years. Teaching Experience And teaching professionally for 3 years in many I have worked in small groups of kids that are form- different styles such as Rock Blues Metal Funk ing a bands and looking for someone to help with Reggae and Jazz. With teaching drums Bass and composition and teamwork in a group. I have also recording arts , music business and production. taught at a school during lunch hours for Djembe Teaching a lot of one on one lessons from ages 4 that was later presented as a performance during to 60 and working with bands to put together com- an opening for the schools musical theatre group. positions for new material. I am currently putting together a group of students A degree from the Centre for Arts and Technology in street drumming, in hopes to do a performance

in Audio Engineering. Nick recently started a pro- during next year’s Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival in duction company revolving around a recording stu- CONTACT Fredericton. dio and small video projects. In addition, Nick has Fredericton done coding classes with game design and devel- Phone: (506) 478-3643 opment within unity class and have released a few

Email: [email protected] games on android and working on a steam release.

Website: N/A

/nick.bell.56232 Residency Project N/A I would like to put together a group that would focus @legacyofwax on drumming aspect. A few months dedicated to each style and have them perform with a small Preferred School District(s): band to present what they have learned with that ASD-West particular style of music. In this group it will have Preferred Grade Level(s): the students reading and directly involved in the K-5 production and composition working with different musicians each and every student coming out with Can provide residency in: finished song totally unique from the last. English With this project I would also like to get students Indigenous Artist: No involved in video production for music videos with students final created songs. This would start with Completed Policy 701: Yes learning equipment and software for editing. How to Space/material requirements: put together shot guides and scheduling. This will Drum kits teach time management, meeting deadlines and

setting goals.

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provided opportunities for autonomous creative ex- ANGELA L. BLACK pression in an inclusive peer support setting, what emerges can become a vehicle for positive social Media arts, visual arts, theatre arts, music impact, an offering. Angela asks youth, what mat- ters to you? Angela Black is a professional artist, educator, and advocate in the arts sector, practicing in NB for over 15 Beyond a nurturing a greater sense of self, of be- years. Angela has also dedicated herself to establishing longing, and community offerings via creative expression, Angela also seeks to map community a permanent art workshop, Open Your Art, located in assets with youth in an effort to assist orienting The Charlotte Street Arts Centre. She currently offers oneself, physically, in a community. Opportunities arts programming for all ages and is dedicated to to explore the region have become a highlight of providing quality arts education in a truly inclusive and Angela’s work with youth, trips to art galleries, li- accessible setting. Angela has had a personal calling to braries, historic sites, local festivals, accessible na- work with adults and youth with Trauma related chal- ture walks, guided tutorials on public transit and trail systems. Part of developing a sense of com- CONTACT lenges and those with cognitive and physical disabilities.. Angela has extensive experience as an arts advo- munity involves feeling confident navigating the spaces we share and knowing where to find places Fredericton cate, establishing arts sales platforms for emerging and events that inspire and connect. Phone: (506) 262-9544 artists who she mentors, and developing exhibition Email: [email protected] committee guidelines for The Charlotte Street Arts Cen- Website: www.openyourartfredericton.com Teaching Experience tre as part of her volunteer service. Angela has also /openyourartworkshop been involved with Craft NB, Arts Link, and has present- Angela has had extensive experience teaching arts education in both the private and public sectors N/A ed talks to post secondary students at STU and NBCCD including Open Your Art, UNB-CEL and design on social impact and the transformational teaching/ @openyourartfredericton works, the Estey Art Initiative, the Charlotte Street learning approach. Recently, Open Your Art has gained Arts Centre, Riverside Montessori learning Center, Preferred School District(s): accreditation to host internships for university students Multiple public schools, Opal 3, Veterans for Heal- ASD-South / ASD-North/ ASD-West from both UNB and STU. ing Inc., the Fredericton Regional Resource Centre, Preferred Grade Level(s): and programs/talks/workshops for all levels of gov- K-12 Residency Project ernment, municipal, provincial, and federal. Angela has presented arts curriculum in the following for- Angela has always leaned toward work that sup- Can provide residency in: mats: daily and weekly arts programming, one day ports mental health and provides opportunities to English events, professional development for schoolteach- engage community members in inclusive and ac- ers and service providers, tourism events, confer- Indigenous Artist: No cessible creative spaces. In this residency, Angela ence and festival programming, and grant projects intends to work from known protective factors for Completed Policy 701: Yes relating to the public school system. youth, a sense of self acceptance and a sense of Space/material requirements: belonging as an overarching theme. She intends to accessibility, large tables, access to water utilize expressive creative opportunities as a toolto *Multidisciplinary- Extensive creative interdisciplinary experience bolster personal voice, and as a means to promote that combines cross curricular outcomes with artistic media, core

greater community engagement. When youth are subjects explored: math, literacy, physical education, health and

community development. Elementary and Middle school levels.

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DORRIE BROWN dents created a play (with movement & music) from personal narratives that explored emotion, related Music / Media arts / Literary arts / Visual arts / to the Zones of Regulation. I work in multi-faceted Theatre arts projects that may include several arts disciplines Dorrie is a long-time arts educator who has turned (word-smithing, rhythm & music, painting, drawing, to theater/performing arts and visual arts as her sculpture, movement, acting… So many possibili- work. She has completed a number of Arts Smarts ties! The important thing as I see it is that students projects ranging from exploring Grade 3 fractions are engaged and empowered through the design of by means of print-making, to writing & producing the project; that the development of particular skills plays with students (as many as 128 on stage at comes about as the result of students’ need to once; as young & inexperienced as grade 3!). She communicate and express.

has created & facilitated large clay mural installations that tell participants’ stories through that medi- Teaching Experience um and has published a book about that work CONTACT (Uncommon Clay). A lover of words, she has also I have taught groups of students at every level, at Moncton published a number of plays for young people. Dor- some point; most notably, visual & performing arts for many years at the high school level. Phone: (506) 850-2649 rie regularly instructs at Capitol Theater Academy Email: [email protected] and can be found making props for productions Website: N/A there. She paints acrylic miniatures (“6x6”) that are often found in fund-raising endeavors (Moncton N/A Public Library, mental health, refugee families). N/A Residency Project N/A I like to work with students to create visual art (clay, Preferred School District(s): papier-mache, drawing/painting) explorations of a ASD-East theme of their own (or curriculum’s) choice. Pro- Preferred Grade Level(s): jects that I have completed have included exploring 9-12 fractions in Grade 3 through print-making; writing a play about Canada that involved elephants (!) and a Can provide residency in: large moveable puzzle-map of the country’s regions English from Styrofoam; creating a permanent clay mural Indigenous Artist: No installation that depicts students’ take on their community... Equally, I like to work with students to cre- Completed Policy 701: Yes ate their own exploration of a theme through theater (sensitivity/awareness training, writing & per- Space/material requirements: forming from improvisation; movement, music). At Depending upon the project. Petitcodiac Regional School, 128 grade 3-5 stu

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AARON CRAIN selves creatively and to walk away with a final product of which they can be very proud. Music / Media arts

Aaron is an artist out of Carleton County, New Teaching Experience Brunswick who is starting to create a local buzz. Aaron's musical journey has weaved through Gos- I am currently a substitute teacher in Anglophone pel, pop, rock, folk, and blues. Aaron is currently School District West and, through that role, have booking gigs around the East Coast playing solo experience teaching grades K-12. I have also had shows as well as collaborating with other artists. the opportunity to become familiar with the schools While driven by a passion for sharing music, Aaron and administration in my area. is also motivated by his appreciation for the fans who are responsible for his recent local popularity. "Right now my heroes are the friends (both old and new) who come out to hear us and share our mu- CONTACT sic, so when they do make that effort to attend a Perth-Andover show we make sure they don't go away disappoint- Phone: (506) 323-8890 ed". Email: [email protected] Website: www.reverbnation.com/aaroncraiin Residency Project /Aaron-Crain-Music I am currently working on a song writing/audio production project with a Grade 6/7 split class at Bath N/A Community School. This project serves as a work- N/A ing template for future projects. It involves working with students to write songs and then produce Preferred School District(s): them. The final result is a cd that students are able ASD-West to keep. Some of the topics covered in the class- Preferred Grade Level(s): room are; thought clouds, song structure, rhyming K-12 schemes, chord progressions, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc. When it comes to the audio production Can provide residency in: portion of the project I typically have a couple of English students looking over my shoulder during the re- Indigenous Artist: No cording process. I also encourage students to offer feedback on arrangement, instrumentation, loops, Completed Policy 701: Yes etc. The ultimate goal of these projects is to give students exposure to artistic endeavours that will Space/material requirements: provide them with opportunities to express them- N/A

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MICHELLE DAIGLE Teaching Experience Music / Dance / Visual arts / Literary arts / Artist-in Residence and Artsmart project since 2013 Theatre arts (Liverpool Street, Garden Creek, Royal Road, Can- Michelle Daigle is a writer, actor, director, musician terbury, Florenceville, Upper Miramichi); Adjudica- and visual artist. Michelle began her career in the tor/drama workshop instructor for the Labrador Cre- early 1990’s when she founded Downstage Produc- ative Arts Festival. District drama festivals through- tions, a dinner theatre company that toured the re- out the region. Provincial drama festivals. Collective gion. At Kings Landing Historical Settlement Creations province wide. Visual Arts workshops. St. Michelle worked as artistic director, actor, writer Andrews Arts Council Artistic Director. Kings Land- and musician. Ms. Daigle also wrote scripts for, ing Artistic Director. Theatre NB Theatre School directed and taught drama for the Saint Andrews Director. Daigle Theatre Writer/Director. Canadian Arts Council Drama Program for several seasons. Improv Games Director/Adjudicator. Her work as an adjudicator and animator has taken CONTACT her to the Labrador Creative Arts Festival where Fredericton she worked with students throughout the area in Phone: (506) 454-1542 drama, music, and visual art. In 2013 she formed Email: [email protected] Frantically Atlantic with her partner, Don Rigley. Website: www.franticallyatlantic.com They released their first CD in 2018.

/MichelleDaigle Residency Project N/A Atlantic Canadian Culture and Heritage: Drama, N/A Storytelling, Music, Dance, Movement and Visual Art” Preferred School District(s): ASD-West / ASD-South This project combines aspects of drama, music, dance and art with an Atlantic Canadian historical Preferred Grade Level(s): bent. The project will ultimately culminate in a col- K-12 laborative student/artist/teacher public perfor- Can provide residency in: mance. Together with Don Rigley (musician, visual English artist), we will incorporate fiddle, bouzouki, bodhran, spoons, hammered dulcimer, tin whistle and Indigenous Artist: No guitar into our sessions. Students will be introduced to traditional stories, songs and dances. We can Completed Policy 701: Yes also design programs to suit the needs and wants Space/material requirements: of individual schools. Rehearsal and art space (classroom); Per- formance space (gym, auditorium

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MIKE ERB Teaching Experience During the 2015-2016 academic year I was Photography / Printmaking employed as a photography technician at NBCCD. Although this was not a direct teaching experience, Mike Erb is an artistic photographer based in part of my role was to be available to offer students Fredericton, NB. Over the past decade, Erb has advice and answer any technical or program- worked as both an artistic and commercial related questions. photographer, having presented solo exhibitions as well as taking part in multiple group exhibitions. Erb’s artistic practice begins with digital photography and then explores different art forms in order to present them, such as cyanotype, screen-printing, digital printing and wheat paste.

Residency Project CONTACT Students will be directed to explore photography Fredericton and photograph any subject matter that interests Phone: (506) 261-0426 them, such as portraiture, landscape (urban / Email: [email protected] nature), still life, event coverage, etc. Website: N/A /mikeerb506 Students will be taught how to compose photographs through discussion and presentation. N/A

/erb3103030 Once the students have taken photos and selected Preferred School District(s): their favourites, they will present them as a group ASD-West / ASD-South / exhibition within the school or an alternative location. Each individual participant will determine First Nation Band-Operated Schools presentation of photograph(s). Students will be Preferred Grade Level(s): encouraged to explore forms of accessible print 6-12 making techniques such as digital printing, collage, black and white, wheat paste, etc. Can provide residency in: English Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: Classroom, digital camera / cell phone,

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CHRISTIAN GOGUEN

Theatre arts / Music Singer-songwriter, musician, actor and public speaker, Christian Kit Goguen has been gracing stages all over the world for the past 15 years. As a member of Ode à l’Acadie – a show that paid tribute to the Acadian musical culture – Kit toured all over Canada, parts of the U.S., France, Belgium, Switzerland, as well as the Francophone Summit in Burkina Faso, Africa. In 2010, Kit joined Cirque du Soleil where he was featured as the main singer in the touring show Corteo. He was applauded by over 500,000 spectators during their two year Euro- CONTACT pean tour. In 2012, Kit was cast as the main char- Dieppe acter Zark in Cirque du Soleil’s Zarkana which was Phone: (506) 863-5901 featured at the prestigious Radio City Music Hall in Email: [email protected] New York City in the summer months of that year. Website: N/A In the fall, he moved to Las Vegas to perform as the main singer/main character in Zarkana at the N/A Aria Resort and Casino. In 2018, he became the singer for a third production from Cirque du Soleil, N/A Totem.

ckgoguen

Preferred School District(s): ASD-North / ASD-West / ASD-South / First Nation Band-Operated Preferred Grade Level(s): K-12 Can provide residency in: English, French Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: N/A

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STEPHEN HUTCHINGS Teaching Experience Media / Visual arts 1. Drawing instructor, 2nd year diploma course, Ot- Hutchings is an established Canadian artist living in tawa School of Art, 2011-2017 Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick. His art prac- 2. Art Smart, Bath Intermediate School grade 8, tice includes oil painting, printmaking, drawing and Bath NB, 2018 10 weeks video. He actively shows in both museums and commercial galleries across North America. 3. CD cover art project, multiple schools in Carleton County, grades 5 and 6, November 2017 – January Hutchings' has had many museum exhibitions of 2018 large-scale work, the most recent being “Landscape Tales” at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, June 2018 to October 2018. Other exhibitions in-

clude: “Fury,” comprised of eight 8' x 8' paintings CONTACT that depict turbulent skies and furious storms as metaphors for contemporary life (Canadian Muse- Florenceville-Bristol um of Nature; Whyte Museum) and “Landscapes Phone: (613) 612-1793 for the End of Time (2010–2012),” comprised of Email: [email protected] eight billboard-sized paintings (Glenbow Museum; Website: www.stephenhutchings.com Winnipeg Art Gallery; Mendel Gallery). /stephen.hutchings Residency Project N/A 1. Drawing Anything You Want. The course would N/A teach the fundamentals of drawing and composition Preferred School District(s): as well as how to start drawing subject the student ASD-West would want to choose, including portraits, pets, fig- ures, landscapes, etc. Preferred Grade Level(s): 6-8, 9-12 2. Creating a Self-Portrait: The students will learn how to create a realistic self-portrait using a combi- Can provide residency in: nation of pencil and digital photography (Stage 1: English drawing fundamentals; Stage 2: proportions of the face; Stage 3: identifying those characteristics of Indigenous Artist: No the face that make it your own portrait; Stage 4: Completed Policy 701: Yes creating a final self-portrait drawing aided by a pho- to outline printed by the artist. Space/material requirements: Classroom, pencils and paper

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MARLA LESAGE

Literary arts / Visual arts Marla Lesage loves to tell stories – both real and imagined – through urban sketching, painting, illustration, and writing. She is a member of Urban Sketchers Fredericton and the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators. Her art can be found in several NB schools as well as private collections in Canada, USA, and Australia. Her first picture book, Pirate Year Round was published by Acorn Press in May 2019. You can find her artwork at Mar-

laLesage.com.

CONTACT Residency Project Lincoln Phone: (506) 208-0380 I am happy to work with the school &/ teachers to Email: [email protected] create a project that meets the school’s particular Website: www.marlalesage.com needs. Examples of past projects: The creation of an anthology of fictional stories written & illustrated /mclesage by students; a collaborative mural, comics, sketch- @marlalesage ing &/ painting. @marlalesage Preferred School District(s): Teaching Experience ASD-West I have taught art and writing in several Fredericton Preferred Grade Level(s): & Oromocto area schools via the Fredericton Arts K-12 Alliance’s Artist-in-Schools program. I have also Can provide residency in: taught art workshops for children & adults in the community. English

Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: Projects to be done in classroom. Materials required varies based on project but include paint/canvas, paper, or wood.

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STEPHEN LEWIS

Music / Media arts Stephen Lewis is an international touring artists (Glastonbury, Burning Man, Mountain Jam) who specializes in live looping. He has a passion for music, fun, community, and for teaching others. He performs as a solo artist, duo, and with a powerful 4 piece band (Stephen Lewis & The Big Band of Fun), works for The Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival, operates Marshall Studios, and currently teaches in the public school system.

CONTACT Teaching Experience Rusagonis I have a long standing (4 year) history of successful Phone: (506) 262-3865 music based artist in residency and art smarts pro- Email: [email protected] jects. Website: www.bigbandoffun.com /thebigbandoffun @bigbandoffun @stephen_lewis_ Preferred School District(s): ASD-West / ASD-South / ASD-North / First Nation Band-Operated Preferred Grade Level(s): K-12 Can provide residency in: English, French Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: N/A

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PAUL MCALLISTER

Literary / Visual arts Teaching Experience Paul McAllister is a storyteller, visual artist, and published children’s book author. As a multidiscipli- Since publishing my first book, I have made many nary artist, he is interested in children developing appearances in schools and libraries across NB. At their creativity in a multidisciplinary setting. When each reading, there is a participatory aspect, where the children engage directly with the story through Paul isn’t organizing music and arts festivals, writ- the arts. I have collaborated with the Calithumpians ing books, or running Monster House Publishing, to complete dramatic readings. Before Herman, I you can find him hanging with his two quirky dogs, was a regular artist at Gibson Neil Memorial Panda and Gus. Paul loves adventuring with the dogs around their beautiful hometown of Frederic- School, teaching painting exercises. I filled this role ton, NB, Canada. for seven years. I recently accompanied Theatre

New Brunswick as they presented a dramatic recre-

CONTACT ation of the Herman story in schools. I performed Residency Project readings and art activities in classrooms as an ac- Fredericton My project encourages students to create their own companiment to TNB’s programming. Phone: (506) 471-3310 characters and write short narratives, including de- Email: [email protected] tails about the character’s personality. The students Website: www.monsterhousepublishing will illustrate their characters and create character /monsterhousepublishing sheets, from which the class will collaboratively build a storyline and imaginary realm in which the N/A characters can coexist. Drawing from my experi- N/A ence teaching art to elementary school-aged children, I will guide them through the creative process Preferred School District(s): for both their written and illustrated aspects. The ASD-West / ASD-South / ASD-North / ASD-East project will include a small exhibition of their illustra- Preferred Grade Level(s): tions and a reading of their collective narrative. The K-5 project draws inspiration from my ‘Herman’ series, which teaches children important moral lessons Can provide residency in: through the hopeful eyes of a tiny green monster English with fuzzy purple slippers - Herman the Monster! Indigenous Artist: No The project allows the students to develop their personal and collective creativity, while learning Completed Policy 701: Yes technical illustration skills from an experienced visual artist. Starting in 2017, this project has seen the Space/material requirements: publication of the following class created works: Space for creating small illustrations Imaginary Monsters in Co-operation Cove, The

Monsters of the Lost Wand, The Scardy-est Scare

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IRMA MULHERIN

Music / Literary arts / Theatre arts Irma Mulherin is a writer, performer and educator with 20 years experience in the field of music education. Multifaceted, Irma is equally comfortable with theatre arts, written word, multiple instruments and vocal performance. Currently Irma teaches multiple discipline at her music studio in Grand Falls and operates a theatre company that produces youth musicals and a touring dinner theatre.

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CONTACT Irma is currently working on her next arts project – Grand Falls Speech Arts in the Classroom – for all ages. The project would include working with students on age Phone: (506) 473-6119 appropriate material (K-5 short poems, 6-8 individu- Email: [email protected] ally chosen, 9-12 own compositions) that would be Website: N/A rehearsed, presented, and adjudicated in a school /irma.mulherin wide competition.

N/A Teaching Experience N/A Irma is primarily a music educator. She holds a Preferred School District(s): Bachelor of Music and a Bachelor of Education de- ASD-West gree. At her music school she instructs both individuals and groups. Her experience has her working Preferred Grade Level(s): with choirs and theatre groups of all ages ranging K-12 from 5 years old to adult. Irma has been working as Can provide residency in: an Artist-in-Resident for the past 4 years. English / French Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: Scripts, guitars, ukuleles, drum making materials– depending on project

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DON RIGLEY

Literary arts / Music / Media arts / Visual arts / Theatre arts Teaching Experience Don Rigley (Born 1957) has produced fine art, illus- Artist-in-residence and ArtSmart projects since trations, carvings,, portraits and other commis- 2013.Art instruction for students of the Youth Care sioned work. He studied art at Algonquin College, Worker program at NBCC Miramichi (1995-2005). Ottawa, O.N. Music and art instruction, adult evening classes, As a musician, he has performed throughout East- NBCC Miramichi (1987-1990). ern Canada and in the U.S.A and Ireland. He has released four CD’s since 2001 and his music has been used in television and film productions in Ja-

pan, Germany, Canada, the U.K., etc. As part of a CONTACT theatre troupe, Don worked as a musician, actor, prop maker and playwright (Many People Often Fredericton Say, a one-act comedy). In 2017 he and his part- Phone: (506) 454-1542 ner, Michelle Daigle wrote and mounted a one-act Email: [email protected] musical, The Paris Crew. Website: www.franticallyatlantic.com In 2013Don formed Frantically Atlantic Entertain- www.donrigley.com ment with Michelle Daigle.

/don.rigley.9 N/A Residency Project N/A Atlantic Canadian Culture and Heritage: Drama, Storytelling, Music Dance, Movement and Visual Preferred School District(s): Art ASD-South This project combines aspects of drama, music, Preferred Grade Level(s): dance and art with an Atlantic Canadian historical K-12 bent. The project will ultimately culminate in a collaborative student/artist/teacher public perfor- Can provide residency in: mance. Together with Michelle Diagle (musician, English actor, director and visual artist), we will incorporate Indigenous Artist: No fiddle, bouzouki, bodhran, spoon, hammered dulcimer, tin whistle and guitar into our sessions. Stu- Completed Policy 701: Yes dents will be introduced to traditional stories, songs Space/material requirements: and dances. We can also design programs to suit Rehearsal space/ / art space (classroom) and the needs and wants of individual schools.

performance space (i.e. gymnasium)

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BRIGITTE RIVERS Literary / Visual arts Teaching Experience Brigitte Rivers (pen name Brigitte Marsden) is an I am a qualified classroom teacher and I taught author, artist and educator. Author of children’s middle school for two years. I have taught art and novel ‘Kit and the Calico Cat’ (published by Chapel writing, as well as yoga and mindfulness, in local Street Editions, July 2017), Brigitte also created the schools many times over the past five years. Since cover illustration (and 11 year old Haylee Boone November 2017, I have carried out 14 WiSP provided the text illustrations in collaboration with (Writers in Schools Program) visits all over New Brigitte). Brunswick to grades K to12, which have involved everything from whole school presentations to Brigitte is a professional writer and has freelanced small group enrichment activities focusing on writ- since 2006 for local, regional and national publica-

ing and illustration. At one school, I co-led an illus- tions including the Telegraph Journal Salon and the tration workshop with Haylee Boone. CONTACT United Church Observer.

Woodstock Trained in art and design, Brigitte continues to Phone: (506) 328-3932 make art, and was honored to be part of the Wood- Email: [email protected] stock First Nation Beading Group for three years.

Website: www.brigittemarsden.com Residency Project /BrigitteMarsdenAuthorArtist I would love to work with a class on a storytelling N/A project using drama, verbal storytelling (individual and as a group), discussion about the elements of N/A story, and writing and illustration activities focusing Preferred School District(s): on different ways to bring a story to life. We would ASD-West / First Nation Band-Operated also learn about the stages and processes involved in publishing a book (I’m trained in graphic design Preferred Grade Level(s): and worked for a publisher), as well as different K-8 approaches to editing, and giving and receiving Can provide residency in: feedback. English Regarding outcomes, my goal would be for us to Indigenous Artist: No produce an illustrated book of stories that contains a short autobiography for each student contributor. Completed Policy 701: Yes

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JEAN ROONEY have to be a skater) or they can apply the wheels and take it outside! Media arts / Visual arts Student Centric: There are endless possibilities. I Jean Rooney is an Irish-born artist and arts advo- love to work collaboratively in engagement with the cate based in French Lake, rural New Brunswick. school community in allowing the students to be the Rooney received a BFA from The National College artists/creators. Projects can be tailored to any age of Art and Design, Ireland, and Masters Degree in group and environment. Examples of past project; Multimedia from Trinity University, Ireland. Current- bookmaking, printmaking, video, claymation, web- ly she is completing a Master Degree in Education sites, drawing and murals.

in Critical Studies at UNB. She is an arts educator with nineteen years teaching experience. She is a multi-award winning artist. Rooney is recipient of an Teaching Experience

artsnb Creation Grant and Arts Council of Ireland I have 19 years teaching experience. I have suc- production grant. Her work can be found in the per- CONTACT cessfully completed 11 Artist-in-Residency school manent collection of the Province of New Bruns- projects in New Brunswick alone in the last 10 French Lake wick. years. I have taught at The National College of Art Phone: (506) 292-4114 and Design, Ireland, The institute of Art Design and Email: [email protected] Residency Project Technology, Dublin and I am a member of teaching Website: www.jeanrooney.art Faculty at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Wall of Wonder: Collaborative large-scale mural Design full time for the past 6 years. I am currently /jean.rooney.artist project. This colourful energetic project can happen completing a Master of Education in Critical Studies with any grade of students up involving the entire by Research at UNB. @jeanrooney school. The student-selected theme is designed jean_rooney_artist and painted together and we work collaboratively over the duration of the residency to form a fully Preferred School District(s): finished painted artwork that is a source of learning ASD-East / ASD-North / ASD-West and pride. ASD-South / First Nation Band-Operated Love Your Selfie: Students render realistic self- Preferred Grade Level(s): portraits using cell phones to capture their images. K-12 This project combines traditional drawing and anat- omy of the face with a celebration of the self. Mind- Can provide residency in: fulness and observation help students to build con- English fidence in their own image and their drawing skills. Indigenous Artist: No Skateboard Envy: Students create custom de- Completed Policy 701: Yes signed hand painted skateboards. They design, plan, execute and paint the unfinished boards. Space/material requirements: They can be used as an artwork for the wall (don’t N/A

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KATE WILCOTT Teaching Experience Dance / Literary arts / Music / Theatre arts I have worked full time as a professional teaching artist since 1995. I am founder and director of Inter- Kate Wilcott is a teaching artist, community devel- Action School of Performing Arts. I have taught all opment facilitator, and founder of InterAction ages (3-18 as well as multi-generational work- School of Performing Arts, with an extensive back- shops) throughout the Maritimes. ground in professional theatre, administration, and arts education. Kate is a sought after speaker and teaching artist who leads workshops for schools,

community groups, and corporate companies. A community leader in arts and culture, Kate is a former member of Saint John Community Arts Board and the board of Performing Arts NB. Kate created the Community Arts Education Studio in 2005, CONTACT which brings professional performing artists to inner Saint John city schools to provide workshops and in-school Phone: (506) 647-3409 arts education. Kate works on a daily basis with Email: [email protected] corporate sponsors, government leaders, industry Website: www.iactspa.com professionals, schools, community based organizations, and the public, to maintain culture, youth op- /kate.elman.wilcott portunities, and partnerships in the forefront of the @katehasathought community.

@katehasaview Residency Project Preferred School District(s): Previous residencies include creating a perfor- ASD-South mance piece (theatre and an original song) with Preferred Grade Level(s): grade three students and residents of a nursing K-12 home focusing on playground games and songs; creation of a school song for a new school; perfor- Can provide residency in: mance piece based on the John Hooper sculptures English in Saint John, slam poetry and spoken word in liter- Indigenous Artist: No acy classes; Shakespeare for elementary and middle school students. Completed Policy 701: Yes

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PHIL ATHANASE BOUDREAU

Phil Athanase is a charismatic singer, songwriter, breaking down their songs and sharing hints and guitarist and producer who launched his first giving them some tools to help improve their skills French album in 2017 shortly after winning the as writers and composers. award for Best Stage Performance at the renowned And if possible write a song as a group.

Gala de la Chanson in Caraquet. Having co-written and produced Rosa Laricchiuta’s (Quebec’s “The Teaching Experience Voice” finalist) English solo EP, Phil can also be seen on stage at least 200 times per year with his Phil has been a substitute teacher for the last solo project and as the front man and guitarist of school year mostly in the South-East region of New the Big Bad Party Band. Fluent in both French and Brunswick. He works with kids from K-12. English, he has a large repertoire of songs by art- He has been offering shows and song writing work- ists originating all over the globe. shops in school for the last two years.

CONTACT Please note: Phil has received a marketing grant from MusSicac- Dieppe Residency Project tion (Francophone version of FACTOR that funds Phone: (506) 878-2329 With the help of his acoustic guitar, Phil offers a professional artists from the recording industry) Email: [email protected] show called “The soundtrack of my life” during Website: philathanase.com which he talks about the 25 years road to becoming a professional full time musician while performing /philathanase / /BIGBADPARTYBAND songs by artists that influenced him along the way. @phil_athanase / @bigbadpartyband In his workshops, he encourages discussions about music and all its different styles, tastes, N/A instrumentation and recordings by covering fun Preferred School District(s): subjects like “why some songs are timeless for the ASD-East / ASD-North / ASD-West whole world and some are just timeless for them”; ASD-South / First Nation Band-Operated “music, its industry and how it changed during the last 6 decades.” Preferred Grade Level(s): K-12 Phil also offers a two-part in depth songwriting class.

Can provide residency in: 1. Overview of song structure, melody, colour, English / French rhythm and lyrics by performing examples of Indigenous Artist: No his original material and today’s popular radio songs and sharing where he gets his inspiration Completed Policy 701: Yes to write and compose songs both in French and Space/material requirements: in English. Sound system and blackboard

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Brass and the grade 6 and 7 music students of KIMBERLEY CONWAY Edith Cavell to create and present a concert on the theme of climate justice. The highlight of the show is a reinvention of a beloved classic: Saint Saens - (East Coast Brass) Carnival of the Animals, including a world-premiere of a new movement. East Coast Brass is a chamber ensemble of Tutta Musica Orchestra, a professional orchestra com- The students will participate in the creative process prised of the teaching artists of Sistema NB. These of composing a new movement inspired by an ani- musicians create entertaining and engaging experi- mal native to New Brunswick (TBD). We will also ences for audiences and provides high quality mu- rewrite the spoken word narration to better reflect sical education to aspiring brass musicians across the status of animals in today’s changing climate. New Brunswick and beyond. East Coast Brass is To prepare for this concert, the students will be based in Moncton, New Brunswick and performs in coached my the musicians of ECB as well as their a variety of settings such as church services, wed- teacher in rehearsals where they will be encouraged to express themselves through their music CONTACT dings, corporate events, schools and in concert. Performance highlights of East Coast Brass include and also to think critically about climate justice. Moncton Moncton’s Capitol Theatre 25 Anniversary Show- Through the process of creating this project togeth- Phone: (506) 962-1578 case (May 2019), ‘Dancing Through the Ages’ Tour er, we hope to instill appreciation, respect and a Email: [email protected] of the Maritimes (6 locations in 2019) and ‘Out of passion for expression through performing music. this World’ Tour of the Maritimes (6 locations in Website: N/A 2018). Our style is a mixture of classical, jazz, pop

/EastCoastBrassQuintet/ and new compositions and our goal is to make the Teaching Experience N/A repertoire meaningful, approachable and fun. Through our work with Sistema NB, the Moncton As teaching artists of Sistema New Brunswick we @eastcoastbrass Youth Orchestra (MYO) and the New Brunswick help children and youth to achieve their full poten- Preferred School District(s): Youth Orchestra (NBYO), our musical education is tial through the learning and performing of orches- ASD-East focused on serving the at-risk youth of New Bruns- tral music. We teach at the Sistema NB Moncton wick to help them reach their full potential through Centre 5 days a week, 3 hours a day to approxi- Preferred Grade Level(s): the learning and performing of orchestral music. mately 300 students. We also coach more ad- K-12 The core members of East Coast Brass form a vanced students of the Moncton Youth Orchestra brass quintet: two trumpets Conor Conway Can provide residency in: (MYO) and the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra (Ottawa, ON), Sarah Devlin (Ottawa, ON); French (NBYO). Our core class sizes are an average size

English horn: Jonathan Astley (Lloydminster, AB); trom- of 10 and we also combine into larger groups of 30- Indigenous Artist: No bone: Kimberley Conway (Hammonds Plains, NS) 40 once or twice a week. We also occasionally con- and tuba: Gabrielle Carruthers (Bathurst, NB). duct and teach the orchestra (approximately 70-90 Completed Policy 701: Yes students). Space/material requirements:

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love; one that culminates in a public expression of SHELLEY CHASE the arts.

Shelley (Chase), has toured extensively. She has

performed for young audiences at such great events as the Winnipeg and Calgary Folk Festivals, Teaching Experience The Stan Rogers Folk Festival, as well as at The Yes. I’ve taught arts enrichment programs for many Woodford Folk Festival in Australia and HebCelt on years under the guidance of Charlene Vienneau in The Isle of Lewis in Scotland. Her debut children’s School District Anglophone East through my pro- CD was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music gram IMAGINE LEAGUE 2017 and 2018 as well as Award. Shelley Bean has been active with being active as a host for the drama festival for sev- “Agriculture in the Classrooms” nation wide; com- eral years. I taught many workshops through The posing and releasing both a francophone and Eng- City of Nanaimo, City of Moncton, Town of River- lish version of their theme song to over 11,000 chil- view recreation programs since 1986 including dra- dren in classrooms participating in the gardening ma, dance, theatre, comedy improv and cartooning CONTACT program in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba and as well as mixed media. I coordinated and ran City Newfoundland. 2017 marked the fourth year she wide afterschool care programs for over 300 chil- Sackville performed for over 4,000 school children for The dren in my care for The City of Nanaimo registered Phone: (709) 691-4751 Mayor’s Environmental Expo at the invitation of programs from 1991 - 1994. I also ran my own rec- Email: [email protected] Mayor Nenshi, in the City of Calgary. reational arts school - Plaid Community Arts School Website: https://www.musicnb.org/en/directory/ funded largely by The City of Moncton from 2003 - shelley-bean-the-duckety-muds 2006. Over the last 30 years I have also facilitated

many teacher development days. /ShelleyBeanNB Residency Project

@ShelleyBeanSong The residency projects I enjoy the most are those N/A that are based in the creativity of the children with myself being a facilitator; putting a foundation under Preferred School District(s): their imagination and teaching them by doing. ASD-East / ASD-South / ASD-North / Teaching them how to make it a reality. My qualifi- ASD-West / First Nation Band-Operated cations as an instructor for music, fine art and thea- Schools tre as well as show production mean that I do enjoy Preferred Grade Level(s): teaching kids how to present their final ideas to a

live audience. I believe the process to presentation K-12 process is so important for self esteem, critical Can provide residency in: thinking and problem solving and growth. It builds English community through a shared experience and the children usually develop a love of the arts through Indigenous Artist: No the magic of showmanship. I see it everytime I ask Completed Policy 701: Yes a child to join me on stage in a regular festival performance. The magic of being onstage and feeling Space/material requirements:

the thrill of sharing a presentation teaches us all so MUSIC Varies per show.

much in that moment. This is the type of residency I

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JESSE COX

Originally from Cape Breton, Jesse started playing guitar at 12. He played in bands in Halifax area as a teen - early twenties, made it to Top 22 on Cana- dian Idol 2006. He was also the 2015 Regional Champion in the CBC Searchlight Camp.

Residency Project Perform songs but also provide some history about songs and composers. Talk about how I started playing and writing songs. Using smartboard to show lyrics so they can sing along.

CONTACT Teaching Experience Rexton Phone: (506) 961-8525 - Artist in Residency in 2017 at Rexton Middle Email: [email protected] School Website: www.jessecoxmusic.com - Supply teacher at Elsipogtog School - EA at Elsipogtog School N/A

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Preferred School District(s): ASD-East / ASD-North / ASD-West ASD-South / First Nation Band-Operated Preferred Grade Level(s): K-12

Can provide residency in: English Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements:

Room, power, access to smartboard

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ANDREW CREEGGAN After leaving ‘Barenaked Ladies’, Toronto native Andrew (Andy) Creeggan studied composition at McGill University. Over the years he has balanced his passion for classical and pop music through composing, arranging, performing, producing, conducting and teaching. He has an uncanny musical bond with brother Jim and they record and perform under the name The Brothers Creeggan. He records experimental instrumental music under the moniker ‘Andiwork'. He continues to have collabo- rations with artists including Barenaked Ladies, Symphony New Brunswick, Mark Fewer and direc- CONTACT tor Kim Collier. He is bilingual and lives a musical and sporty life in Moncton NB. Moncton

Phone: (506) 850-8708 Residency Project Email: [email protected] Website: N/A The project I have in mind includes preparing some young musicians for a high profile concert with N/A Symphony New Brunswick for which I will be musi- N/A cal director. I intend to impress upon the students the rigour and high standard that is required to play N/A classical music at a professional level. I hope to Preferred School District(s): challenge and inspire them to continue their musi- ASD-East / ASD-West / ASD-South cal pursuits and as I am a composer I will seize any opportunity to encourage creativity in the students. Preferred Grade Level(s):

6-12 Teaching Experience Can provide residency in: I have much experience teaching string, band and

English / French vocal classes of all levels from K-12. I also teach Indigenous Artist: No privately. Most recently I co-taught the band class of école intermédiaire Le Mascaret in Moncton and Completed Policy 701: Yes had a close working relationship with teacher Mon- Space/material requirements: ica Lang. I love to challenge students and force classroom, musical instruments for the kids, them to be creative and am often very moved by a piano if possible and stereo the results. While in my element playing classical

music, I bring some interesting perspectives due to

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The students are integral to the creativity process. NADIA FRANCAVILLA They will not only demonstrate their understanding of the music curriculum, but there will be many op- Nadia Francavilla, Montreal-born violinist and music portunities to provide cross curricular learning educator, brings a collaborative spirit, a passion for through writing their own music: music notation new music, and a distinctly European sensibility to (music), lyrics (English language, Arts) melody and her performing and teaching work. A McGill Univer- rhythm (mathematics). The students will develop sity graduate, she trained under Mauricio Fuks, their critical and creativity skills through improvisa- Raphael Druian and Joseph Silverstein. She spent tion.

several years with Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc and Quatuor Bozzini, producing recordings and touring Teaching Experience in North America, Europe and Japan. At the present, she performs most often with Motion2, Atlanti- I have been teaching music at the University level ca and Moineaux D’Entendre, exploring classical for the last eight years. I also have experience and contemporary works in mixed chamber music teaching younger kids (mostly high school age) in CONTACT settings. She is currently a Musician in Residence orchestra and chamber music groups. I have been at the University of New Brunswick. Ms. Francavilla teaching kids at different music camps since my Fredericton is also a violin teacher at the Mount Allison Univer- early twenties and have done a number of outreach Phone: (506) 260-2834 sity and at the Université de Moncton. programs in elementary and high schools. Email: [email protected]

Website: N/A Residency Project N/A I provide basic musical training to students by using N/A fun and innovative skills like improvisation, musical games and other playing techniques. Create music N/A that communicates thoughts, experiences and feel- Preferred School District(s): ings. Demonstrate an awareness of rhythmic and ASD-West melodic concepts, form, and texture through language, movement and performance. Improvise and Preferred Grade Level(s): compose using voice, instruments and movement. 6-8 Select from a variety of materials, techniques and Can provide residency in: forms to create, make and present music.

English Provide an opportunity for students to express Indigenous Artist: No themselves through the creation and presentation of music. Student expression will include their Completed Policy 701: Yes thoughts, experiences and emotions. Using voice Space/material requirements: as well as a variety of instruments and movement, students will be able to create musical pieces to N/A perform for each other as well as other audiences.

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GUY GODIN Teaching Experience Indeed, I had the pleasure of being the assistant of At 11 years old, I ventured into the musical art. The two professors throughout my graduate studies at following year, guitar in hand, I made my first ap- Université de Moncton. Meanwhile, I taught a few pearance on stage. Throughout the years, I formed introduction classes in the field of social work. I also the bluegrass band “Simply Blue” and shared the had the chance to tutor students in several subjects stage with several great local artists, such as Mela- (statistics, psychology, groups therapy, etc.). Final- nie Morgan, Georges Belliveau, Samuel Richard, ly, during my studies, the District Scholaire Fraco- Countryside, etc. Thanks to the knowledge and phone Sud hired me to be a substitute teacher for skills acquired during these years, I had the pleas- the elementary detention class, which I gladly ac- ure of joining the group "Marty pis les Roots" in cepted. All those great opportunities granted me which I explore music through various acoustic in- some experience in teaching. struments while sharing my passion for music with everyone.

CONTACT

Saint-André-LeBlanc Residency Project Phone: (506) 227-9305 This project consists of four days of student collab- Email: [email protected] oration with Acadian artists during which they will Website: N/A explore the Acadian culture by learning how to play numerous traditional Acadian instruments with the N/A goal of performing a traditional Acadian kitchen par- N/A ty. This will encourage the students to express themselves through music, to think creatively about N/A music and its place in culture and to develop a bet- Preferred School District(s): ter appreciation of culture, arts and local artists. ASD-East / ASD-South / ASD-North My role, as one of the Acadian artist, will be to Preferred Grade Level(s): teach the basics of two popular Acadian instru- 9-12 ments: the acoustic guitar and the mandolin. Can provide residency in: This residency will expectantly help students gain a new level of appreciation for music, the Acadian

English / French culture and history. They will be able to use various Indigenous Artist: No instruments and learn the necessary skills, language and techniques in order to explore and ex- Completed Policy 701: No press themselves. This will also help them to devel- Space/material requirements: op critical thinking skills as they explore the culture, Classroom space the music and the history.

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AARON GUNN

Aaron has been playing drums, guitar and bass for over 30 years. Aaron has been playing professionally for the last 20 years. He has played in bands such as The Brent Mason Band, Tidelander, Be- yond Ash, The Demo and the Craftsmen, Aaron plays in duos such as the Sorcha’s Gunn & The Stackhouse Gunn Project. Aaron has totally im- mersed himself in the music scene since moving to NB 5 years ago.

Residency Project CONTACT I would like to carry out a songwriting, music composition of a song with students. Providing students Saint John with a chance to explore music and songwriting at Phone: (506) 639-0900 an early age.

Email: [email protected] Website: N/A Teaching Experience /Live-Music-Connections-383105295473856/ Yes, teaching music to K-5 students, guitar, drums, N/A keyboard. Ran 3 different music program. Done many student demonstrations. N/A

Preferred School District(s):

ASD-South Preferred Grade Level(s): K-12 Can provide residency in:

English Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: N/A

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endless musical possibilities. Constructing instru- EMILY KENNEDY ments empowers students to be independent when exploring and creating sounds. Collectively com- Emily Kennedy is a cellist and collaborator based in posing a graphic score allows groups to set rules Fredericton. She is a graduate of the performance on how the score is interpreted; encouraging team program at the University of Ottawa and Wilfrid work, collective decision making, and leadership. Laurier University. Passionate about new music Graphic scores are an accessible medium for stu- and improvisation, Emily recently took part in dents, since they don’t need a background in music Banff’s Concert in the 21st Century residency, the reading to interpret the score. The result will be a Britten-Pears Composition, Alternative Perfor- performance that will be recorded for the students mance and Performance Art program in Aldeburgh, to take home. UK, Montreal Contemporary Music Lab, and

Re:Flux Festival. She frequently performs with

Pallmer, electronic improv trio Terre Wa, guitarist Steven Peacock, Symphony New Brunswick, Atlan- Teaching Experience CONTACT tic Sinfonia, and musicUNB. Emily is active in genre I have experience teaching students of all ages. I -crossing projects, collaborating with poets, textile have experience teaching at the university level, Fredericton artists, and dancers. have led group music classes for students between Phone: (506) 476-8215 the ages of 6-8, have coached and taught at music Email: [email protected] camps, and have taught privately for the last nine Website: www.emily-kennedy.com years. Residency Project N/A Handmade Orchestra N/A Duration: flexible – this project can be developed @emily.knnedy over the course of several sessions. Preferred School District(s): Students are invited to rethink what is considered ASD-East / ASD-South / ASD-North / ASD- music and how it is made. Musical experience is West / First Nation Band-Operated Schools not necessary: students are shown the basic princi- Preferred Grade Level(s): ples of rhythm, pitch, texture and composition K-12 through games and hands-on experimentation. The project: Students will write and perform a piece

Can provide residency in: of music using instruments they built from common English household objects. The project will be broken down Indigenous Artist: No into segments: rethinking sound as music, creating handmade instruments, collectively creating a Completed Policy 701: Yes graphic score, and performing the music using their Space/material requirements: instruments.

N/A

Listening and improvisation games will be used to

guide students toward new ways of listening, show-

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JOEL LEBLANC start, stop, volume, long sounds, short sounds, fast talking, trill, play water sounds, play air sounds, etc. Composition and the organization of free improvisa- Once learned, participants each get a chance to tion are central to current pursuits. Much of the stand in front of the group and conduct an in mo- work resides in ensembles with Andrew Miller, Na- ment sound painting. Everyone brings something dia Francavilla, Mark Adam, Tom Easley, Evan unique to the group whether it’s as a choir member Shaw, Nicole Rampersaud, Arthur Bull and the late or conductor. It requires fast decision making and Ken Aldcroft. Large scale projects include a Freder- conviction. icton Community Improv Choir and Orchestra along

with compositions for Christine Duncan’s Element Choir in Toronto. Joel LeBlanc toured North Ameri- Teaching Experience ca and Europe from 1997-2009 with the roots trio I am a private music teacher and workshop clinician Hot Toddy. He is the recipient of numerous with twenty years of experience. Over the last six ARTSNB creation grants as well as funded residen- years, I developed a method for guided improvisa- CONTACT cies. Currently, he runs a trio dedicated to the mu- tion that can accommodate any student regardless sic of jazz legend, Thelonious Monk. Fredericton of what musical skill level they may or may not pos- sess. It creates a safe environment where students Phone: (506) 476-1034 Residency Project dive deeply into spontaneous creation, while still Email: [email protected] retaining a sense of collective responsibility. Website: N/A I provide a safe space for people with varying back- grounds to explore musical creativity as a group. It N/A develops mutual trust, respect for ideas of others, N/A co-operation and embraces diversity. Musical training and experience are not necessary: everyone is N/A on equal footing. It all comes down to really listen- Preferred School District(s): ing to each other. Increasing a sense of aural ASD-East / ASD-North / ASD-West awareness makes us more attuned to our ever ASD-South / First Nation Band-Operated changing acoustic environment and gives everyone a chance to be heard and understood. Preferred Grade Level(s): K-12 What it looks like… All we need is a room big enough for the group set

Can provide residency in: up in a circle. Participants can use voice, found ob- English jects, or even bring instruments. Initially, I lead the Indigenous Artist: No group through a series of exercises to open up the ears, hearts and minds. This is a full body experi- Completed Policy 701: Yes ence. Once warmed up, we learn a series of sound Space/material requirements: cues that I control with hand gestures. Things like; A room large enough for 20,people seated, chairs, instruments, sounding objects or voice

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BRENT MASON with my students in March was amazing! They're still talking about, performing the song and looking Brent Mason is an award winning songwriter and to find what else they can do with it performer from Saint John, NB with 10 albums of original music to his credit. He has been nominated for and won both music NB and East Coast Music Awards and been given the “Stompin’ Tom” Award for his contributions to Atlantic Canada’s music tra- ditions. He has toured his music across Canada, in the U.S. and U.K. and as far away as China. Brent is highly regarded as a lyricist and storyteller. He has also had his film work featured on National CBC.

CONTACT Residency Project Saint John Brent Mason's Song Writing Workshops are a Phone: (506) 608-3322 unique approach to unlocking the mystery of the Email: [email protected] process of song creation. Beginning with his enter- Website: N/A taining "History of Popular Music" component, Brent spends a week in the class with the students. N/A All elements of song structure are examined and N/A discussed; song inspiration, lyrics, rhythm, melody in an interactive and informal setting. Brent's easy N/A going and intuitive approach leads the students into Preferred School District(s): the creation of their own body of collaborative work, ASD-South invariably resulting in an engaged, collective experience with a tangible result. Preferred Grade Level(s):

9-12 Teaching Experience Can provide residency in: Brent has been facilitating his Songwriting Work-

English shops in schools in southern NB for more than 10 Indigenous Artist: No years. He has conducted them in Saint John High, Rothesay High, Harbour View KVHS, Belleisle High Completed Policy 701: Yes and St. Stephen High. Jen Shea, music teacher at Space/material requirements: Rothesay High says "Brent's most recent workshop N/A

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DAVID MCNEILL

I am a native of Minto, NB. I moved to Calgary to pursue my musical career. I’ve recorded music with such bands as the original cast (One Tin Soldier) and The Band Noah’s Ark. I now live in Chipman, NB and was inducted into the Music Hall of Fame of NB.

Residency Project I enjoy working hands on with students and enjoy helping to bring out the musical abilities they pos- sess but are not aware of.

CONTACT Teaching Experience Chipman Phone: (506) 339-6224 I took part in a project at CFAS (Chipman NB) Email: [email protected] where I worked with 23 students. I also have a vid- Website: N/A eo of the results. I also teach guitar to students at my home. N/A N/A N/A Preferred School District(s): ASD-West Preferred Grade Level(s): 6-8 Can provide residency in:

English Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: Guitars

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ANDREW REED MILLER sound can be recorded, manipulated and played back Andrew Reed Miller is principal bass of Symphony New Brunswick and is artistic director of Reso- Day 5: Community - piecing together everyone’s nance Inc., which has presented new and experi- creations

mental music in and around NB since 1998. Andrew has performed at many venues, including Teaching Experience Open Ears Festival (Kitchener), New Music Calga- 2010-2016 Teaching Artist, New Brunswick Youth ry, Sound Symposium (Newfoundland), the Scotia Orchestra and Sistema NB Festival of Music, Ensemble Kore (Montreal) The Music Gallery (Toronto), Western Front 2009- Instructor Audio Engineering dept., Centre (Vancouver), and Tonic (New York). for Arts and Technology, Fredericton campus Miller has written music for orchestra, dance, cham- 2000- Interdisciplinary workshop leader for children CONTACT ber music, film, television, and theatre. and seniors in projects for: Youth Options Fredericton, Fredericton Boys and Saint John “Miller is a superb player, a master and a creative inventor...... ” Girls Club, Dept. of Social Services, N.B. Dept. of Phone: (506) 260-8984 Education Artists-in-the-Schools Email: [email protected] - Stephen Pedersen, The Chronicle Herald (Halifax) Website: www.andrewreedmiller.ca Jan 10, 2011

/andrew.r.miller18 Residency Project N/A Improvisation and collective composition for school @andrewreedmiller ensembles. Preferred School District(s): Each day we use voices and/or instruments, musi- ASD-South, ASD-West, First Nation Band- cal games and hands-on activities to explore sound Operated and music. Preferred Grade Level(s): Day 1: What is sound? - using oscillators, voices and objects a hands-on demo of elements and prin- 6-12 cipals of music

Can provide residency in: Day 2: Lines and shapes - using pencils and mark- English ers to create and perform graphic scores Indigenous Artist: No Day 3: Colours, timbres, special techniques - what Completed Policy 701: Yes is conducting? what is following? each student con- ducts and follows. Space/material requirements: Day 4: Musical form - explore contrasts and how Variable

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JOEL MILLER

Saxophonist-composer-bandleader Joel Miller con- Residency Project tinues to push boundaries of creativity and genre My aim is for students to explore and inquire into with his 2019 album, UNSTOPPABLE. Launched the rich and varied connections between main- as the opening concert of L’OFF Festival de Jazz stream pop music and creative « art » music. Thus de Montreal, the album showcases an orchestra of the goal of my the Creative Music Workshop will be Montreal’s finest musicians. Dan McClenaghan in for students to develop listening and creative skills All About Jazz wrote, “Miller... seems to be telling in appreciating and analyzing music in order to pur- us intricate and riveting stories... bringing Walt Dis- sue their own music creations and music playing. ney's 1940 animated film Fantasia to mind.”

Miller has built an award-winning career developing an individual voice that incorporates the folk and pop music of his youth with more recent explora- CONTACT tions into Afro-Latin and contemporary classical Fredericton music. He remains a perennial figure in radio charts Phone: (514) 442-3069 and Best Of lists. Email: [email protected] In 1997, on the heels of his début record, Find A Website: www.joelmillermusic.com Way (1997, Isthmus/Page Music), Miller was N/A awarded the Grand Prix of the Montreal Internation- al Jazz Festival. His bands include musicians of N/A international acclaim, including band-leader Chris- N/A tine Jensen, drummers Matt Wilson & Brian Blade; and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel (Mandala, Effendi Preferred School District(s): 2005) and pianist Geoffrey Keezer ( Swim, Origin ASD-East / ASD-South / ASD-West Records, 2012). Swim won a Juno for Best Con- First Nation Band-Operated temporary Jazz Album and was named Jazz Album of the Year by La Presse and The Ottawa Citizen. Preferred Grade Level(s): His project, Dream Cassette, won an East Coast 9-12 Music Award in 2016.

Can provide residency in: English / French

Indigenous Artist: No

Completed Policy 701: Yes

Space/material requirements:

Room with music equipment and instruments

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KATHRINE MOLLER

Katherine Moller combines the Scottish Highlands, the lush greens of Ireland, and the majesty of the St. John River Valley. Performing classical, ba- roque, and fiddle, Katherine merges these influ- ences in original Celtic compositions. With rising popularity and multiple awards and nominations, she truly is the master of four strings and a bow. Katherine is an active educator in the Fredericton area. As well as running her own private studio, she runs successful string programs at several local schools. CONTACT Residency Project Harvey My past school programs have all been taking stu- Phone: (506) 440-3123 dents who know nothing about music and teach Email: [email protected] them how to play their first few piece on the violin. Website: www.katherinemoller.ca We work on technique, note reading, and making /katherinemollermusic great music. @katherinemoller I have developed programs to explore the use of math in music for elementary school levels explor- @katherinemollermusic ing note values, patterns, and fractions (only includ- Preferred School District(s): ed in the grade 5 program). We also enjoy writing ASD-West songs together, focusing both on poetry and math.

Preferred Grade Level(s): Teaching Experience K-12 I have been instructing the Leo Hayes High School Can provide residency in: and Nashwaaksis Middle School string ensembles

English / French since 2015, I ran my own fiddle camp for several Indigenous Artist: No years, and have been running a string program at Park Street Elementary School for 9 years. Completed Policy 701: Yes

Space/material requirements: N/A

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goal is to inspire the students that have a passion JACLYN REINHART for this career and help to lift the vail on what it takes to step onto a stage. I will demonstrate my Jaclyn Reinhart isn't afraid to wear her heart on her skills as a performer and talk of the life and busi- sleeve writing and performing songs that draw from ness of being a professional singer/songwriter in real life experiences. This insightfully funny and the maritimes.

charming singer- songwriter living in Saint John, New Brunswick performs a balance of a pop/rock Teaching Experience style. My experience with teaching students ranges from To date she has released a full length album, Ad- Elementary to Highschool. I have given many song- ventures which was nominated for Solo Recording writing /guitar workshops in Fredericton at schools of the Year for a Music NB Award in 2016 and a such as Barkers Point Elementary, Keswick Valley five-song EP, Favorite Mistakes and has shared the Memorial, Oromocto Highschool, George Street stage with acts such as Ria Mae, I Mother Earth, Middle School. I have also been a public speaker the Standstills, Joel Plaskett and Slow Coaster; has CONTACT for Girl Guides, youth groups and also taught pri- performed at festivals such as, Harvest Jazz and vate guitar lessons. Saint John Blues (Fredericton NB) and has performed around

Phone: (506) 721-3229 the maritimes to Toronto. Email: [email protected] Website: www.jaclynreinhart.ca Residency Project /JaclynReinhartMusic This residency is to give the opportunity to students to understand and experience of the processes of @jaclynreinhart creativity that I use my professional music career. I @jaclynreinhartmusic will be guiding the students through writing a song to express specific emotions, stage presence and Preferred School District(s): performing coaching, teaching them some basic ASD-South guitar in order to be able to accompany themselves Preferred Grade Level(s): and each other as well as demonstrate and explore 6-8 some basic recording equipment and it’s uses for their created works. I also will be offering coffee Can provide residency in: house with performances by myself and student

English works that were created. This will include perfor- Indigenous Artist: No mance coaching to participants during rehearsals and helping them identify how to create moments Completed Policy 701: Yes for their audience. During this segment I will also be Space/material requirements: demonstrating the organizational side of marketing and the importance of PSA’s in order to draw an Stage / teaching room (basic classroom audience. In addition to the select group I will also size) provide a grade level performances and talks with

the remainder of the students at the school. My

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NICHOLAS ROY is not only a harmonious experience with all students but adheres to the New Brunswick music cur- Nicholas Roy, pianist, holds a degree in interpreta- riculum. tion from McGill University and a master's degree in

interpretation from the Université de Montréal. He

also holds a Degree in Music Education from the University of Ottawa. In Montreal, he studied with Teaching Experience internationally renowned pianists Marc Durand, After completing teacher’s college at the University Jean Saulnier, Louis Philippe Pelletier, Marina Mdi- of Ottawa, I taught music in 4 Ottawa schools. As a vani and Michael McMahon. He has received the rotary music teacher, I taught music to over 14 William Chatfield Award from the Bay Chamber homerooms per week / approximately 400 students Music Festival in Rockport, Maine. per week. I currently teach the Venezuelan Sistema Nicholas began his piano studies in Edmundston program for at-risk youth here in Edmundston, NB. with Maureen Pelletier and later continued his stud- CONTACT I am also an Artist in Residence at the Historical ies with Richard Boulanger of the Université de museum which is attached and affiliated with the Madawaska, ME Moncton in Moncton, NB. He has also participated University of Moncton, Edmundston campus. Phone: (207) 728-7781 in several music festivals in New Brunswick, includ-

Email: [email protected] ing the Restigouche Music Festival in Campbellton Website: N/A and the CMC competitions in Saint John and Monc- ton. He currently works for Sistema, New Bruns- /events/255310218445050/ wick which is an after-school program for “at-risk” N/A youth where students learn to play string instruments in a large orchestral setting. N/A Nicholas is happy to be back in the region and Preferred School District(s): wants to be an active member of the Edmundston- ASD-East, ASD-South, ASD-North, Madawaska music community.

ASD-West, First Nation Band-Operated

Preferred Grade Level(s): K-12 Residency Project My proposal is to, with a grant, purchase a class- Can provide residency in: English / French room set consisting of 22 Djembre drums and a cart on wheels so that the drums will be accessible Indigenous Artist: No to all teachers and all students at St. Mary’s and Completed Policy 701: Yes other schools in the district with. As a qualified Djembre drum instructor, I would lead all the teach- Space/material requirements: ers to learn how to lead a cohesive drum circle that N/A

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DILLON RYAN private one on one classes of either Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano etc. Dillon Ryan is a Miramichi/Moncton based Singer/ Songwriter/Multi-Instrumentalist & Producer. Ryan and his project “The Dream Romantic” are a 3 time Nominee/Winner at the Music New Brunswick Awards for “Solo Album of the year”, “Emerging Artist Of TheYear” & “Rock Artist Of The Year”. As well as playing over 400 shows in Canada. Ryan has been working closely with Halifax based Producer John Mullane from Juno Nominated band “In-Flight Safety”. Ryan also works with younger musicians in his hometown of Miramichi, offering Music lessons teaching Guitar, Bass, Drums & Pi- CONTACT ano.

Miramichi

Phone: (506) 773-4220 Email: [email protected] Residency Project Website: N/A I think the idea of having a working musician/ /dillonryanmusic songwriter coming into the Music Programs can offer a lot more than just what’s on the surface of @dillonryanmusic these programs. After spending 2 years working @dillonryanmusic with an experienced producer who has written and composed music which has been featured in such Preferred School District(s): high profile shows as “The Office”, “Vampire Dia- ASD-North ries”, “Degrassi” and countless. I’ve really gotten a Preferred Grade Level(s): crash course in Song Composition / Design Pro- K-12 duction. I think this is something that’s been lacking in school-based Music classes that I think I could Can provide residency in: really contribute to the development of.

English

Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Teaching Experience Space/material requirements: Since 2014 I have taught yearly classes (both pri- N/A vate & class-based) within the Miramichi area.

Group classes teaching Guitar 101. Also offering

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TOMATO/TOMATO

Hang onto your hats because this genre-bending power duo is ready to take you on a ride! Tomato/ Tomato perform an eclectic mix of folk and country that will have you rolling down your windows and singing at the top of your lungs. Their live show includes jaw dropping multitasking, dynamic guitar arrangements, and soaring vocal harmonies. Stitch these elements together with compelling, heartfelt songwriting and you have an unforgettable musical experience. Whether you say “Tom-ay-to” or “Tom-ah-to” - this high energy duo will have you stomping your feet, CONTACT clapping your hands, and playing your air wash- Grand Bay board with reckless abandon! With two acclaimed Phone: (506) 608-2742 albums (So it Goes / I Go Where You Go), Tomato/

Email: [email protected] Tomato is sure to be cooking up something fresh.

Website: www.tomatotomato.ca /TomatoTomato.SJ Residency Project @tomatotomato_sj We would like to carry out a songwriting clinic with topics including but not limited to the basics of @tomatotomato.sj rhyming, song forms, harmony, plot development, Preferred School District(s): metaphor, and free writing.

ASD-East, ASD-South,

ASD-West, First Nation Band-Operated Teaching Experience Preferred Grade Level(s): Yes. We have both taught at the University level 9-12 (STFX and Southwestern Community College Io-

Can provide residency in: wa) and held clinics for all ages. Lisa has taught all English levels from K-12. Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: Small PA system

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JILLIAN WONG

Jill Wong — Musician — Member of two local bands “Womb to Tomb” and “Dumpster Cub”. I consider myself a folk/alternative/electronic artist. Roles in bands include vocals/guitar/ukulele/ per-

cussion/synthesizer/songwriter.

Residency Project Song writing residency project with students.

Teaching Experience CONTACT 2 years experience as a mentor for Fredericton Grand Bay-Westfield Girls rock camp. Have lead children’s song writing Phone: (506) 333-2649 workshops at local music festival called “Quality Email: [email protected] Block Party” 2 years in a row. Website: https://wombtotomb.bandcamp.com/ releases /wombtotombmusic /dumpstercub N/A @womb2tomb_music @__dumpstercub__ Preferred School District(s): ASD-South, Preferred Grade Level(s): K-5

Can provide residency in: English Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: Classroom space / my instruments

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CALITHUMPIANS this for students of all ages and across the province. We often use poetry in our presentations and Calithumpians, also known as Fredericton Outdoor are able to do workshops in poetry writing, appreci- Summer Theatre, have performed in schools since ation and recitation. Our premier school residency 1979. We do all sorts of educational programs project is in devised theatre wherein we demon- throughout the school year. We have toured to strate our “collective creation” process and then schools extensively in the past 5 years offering lead groups through the essential steps in creating shows on subjects integrally related to the curricu- their own plays. lum. We have also offered theatre workshops to

countless schools and students in that time. Our shows are professional and entertaining combining Teaching Experience music and humour in engaging educational theatri- We have been performing in educational settings cal experiences. We also offer workshops on a vari- for forty years and have shared our methodology in ety of themes and methods in theatre and drama this period. We like to combine performance of edu- CONTACT (plus poetry & storytelling ) that have been very well cational shows with our workshop process with received. Fredericton classes and drama clubs so that schools may mount their own productions in our style and for- Phone: (506) 457-1975 Residency Project mat. We have received rave reviews from teachers Email: [email protected] and principals all over NB and our programs are a Website: www.calithumpians.com We have completed projects in partnership with sure hit with the students of all ages. We do work- schools including promotional campaigns and envi- /Calithumpians shops and programs of varying lengths and we are ronmental projects using our patented collaborative eager to travel and tour anywhere in the province to @Calithumpians process. Our “Young Environmental Stew- share our unique form of theatre. ards” (YES) programs have been a huge hit with @Calithumpians schools around the province over the past five years. We have celebrated all sorts of aspects of Preferred School District(s): ASD-East / ASD-North / ASD-West Canadian history and literature and take great pride ASD-South / First Nation Band-Operated in our programs designed to raise the profile of province’s leadership role in Confederation. These Preferred Grade Level(s): programs are devised to raise the pride of our tar- K-12 get audiences. We specialize in a process we call Can provide residency in: collective creation wherein participants in our work- English, French shops are engaged in the process of developing their own scripts for plays. We use theatre exercis- Indigenous Artist: No es and drama games to engage students and then Completed Policy 701: Yes we pivot to brainstorming themes and begin a process that includes research, improvisation, writing, Space/material requirements: editing, rehearsal and performance. We have done Gymnasium or auditorium

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JOANNA DOAK Teaching Experience Joanna has taught groups small and large (from Joanna Doak is the founder and artistic director of two to several hundred) in schools, churches, and Chameleon Jo Productions. Her goal is to empower camps across NB, Canada, and several countries young people by developing their skills in the crea- over the last 25 years in both professional and vol- tive arts. Jo’s approach involves building communi- unteer settings. She works with children from pre- ty among her actors that extends beyond the stage. school aged to university. She is comfortable in formal and informal training situations. For 25 years, Jo has trained, counselled, and edu- cated children and young adults in a variety of professional and volunteer settings. Jo has performed internationally on three continents and in two cross- Canada tours. Joanna is currently an adjunct professor in Commu- CONTACT nication Arts (theatre) at Crandall University and working on her doctorate (Acadia). She has a Mas- Whites Cove ters of Divinity (Acadia) and a Bachelor of Arts in Phone: (506) 292-0057 English and Fine Arts (UNB). Email: [email protected] Website: www.chameleonjoproductions.com

/ChameleonJoProductions/ Residency Project N/A A possible project would be to work with a class to N/A create a theatre production where the students would be guided through process of creating a Preferred School District(s): show (coming up with the characters, the storyline, ASD-East / ASD-North / ASD-West set, script, and blocking) and would perform their ASD-South / First Nation Band-Operated show. Multiple disciplines could be taught in this Preferred Grade Level(s): way. Language skills, confidence, public speaking, K-12 and community are some of the skills students would improve on through the creation of a theatre Can provide residency in: project. The subject of the production would follow English the course and offer opportunity for research and a creative way to learn material from any course Indigenous Artist: No (from physical education to science to music to lan- Completed Policy 701: Yes guage arts to social studies). Space/material requirements: N/A

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AMY GROENING of writing, editing, scene study, character development and eventually shooting of a short film. It was Amy Groening is a Canadian actress from Winni- finished off with an exclusive screening of the films peg, Manitoba. She now splits her time between at the ‘Night of the Arts’ for an audience of over 200 Atlantic Canada and Toronto, ON and has been people. We created 4 short films total. busy working on numerous feature films and hit television shows. Her most recent projects include the NBC Universal pilot Horizon with executive pro-

ducer Gale Anne Hurd of the Walking Dead series, eOne feature Teen Lust, a recurring character on CW’s Reign as well as a leading role on CW’s comedy Backpackers. Amy is also delighted to be spending more time recently in Atlantic Canada and has since starred in two feature films Halloween CONTACT Party and Hopeless Romantic.

Sackville Residency Project Phone: (506) 961-4420 Email: [email protected] I would love to offer an acting workshop with drama Website:www.amygroening.com students. More specifically if it fit with the curriculum and the age of the student, I would offer a Film /missamygroening and TV acting workshop. In this, each student @amygroening would receive an appropriate scene and I would work with them using a camera, a tv monitor and @amyg21 some basic lighting. Through this workshop stu- Preferred School District(s): dents would develop basic on camera acting tools, ASD-East scene study and character development. Depend- ing on the age of students, this workshop would be Preferred Grade Level(s): adapted to fit the needs and interests of the stu- K-12 dents.

Can provide residency in: English Teaching Experience Indigenous Artist: No I received this grant last year and offered an intensive ‘Short Film Class’ with students at Tantramar Completed Policy 701: Yes Regional High School. This was a wonderful project Space/material requirements: where I guided students through the entire process Classroom , projector/screen, film equipment if the project calls for it

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MATT HAMILTON-SNOW

Matt is an actor, stage manager and director with the SJTC, Loyalist City Shakespeare and Fundy Fringe Festival. Matt has worked with performers and directors from all over Canada and specializes in movement (choreography, stage fighting, inter- pretive movement) He is a keen student of Shake- speare and Elizabethan theatre as well as modern and conceptual theatre.

Residency Project CONTACT I hope to be able to bring a passion for Shake- Saint John speare to young students. Through paraphrasing and workshopping Shakespearean plays, I would Phone: (506) 701-6174 intend to help students understand context and his- Email: [email protected] tory of the themes of Shakespeare’s works to instill Website: N/A

a better understanding of his stories and his effects

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@matthamiltonsnow Teaching Experience Preferred School District(s): I have worked summer theatre camps as well as ASD-South worked on shows that include juvenile cast mem- Preferred Grade Level(s): bers in cluding: Wizard of Oz, The Miracle Worker, K-12 Diary of Anne Frank Can provide residency in: English Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: Rehearsal/performance venue.

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SHARISSE LEBRUN (THEATRE NB)

Theatre New Brunswick Theatre School is dedicated to providing outstanding theatre training that educates and awakens the imaginations of young New Brunswickers. Founded in 1999, we offer CONTACT young theatre artists first-class training in acting, singing, voice, and dance in a fun and supportive Fredericton environment. Phone: (506) 701-6174 Email: [email protected] Website: tnb.nb.ca/education Residency Project /theatrenewbrunswick/ Our instructors have a wide variety of expertise, @theatreNB and are able to offer workshops in dance, move- @theatrenewbrunswick ment, voice, and acting, as well as many more specific aspects of performance such as improvisation, Preferred School District(s): stage combat, acting through song, playwriting, to ASD-East / ASD-South / ASD-North / ASD- name a few. We also have experience in collective West / First Nation Band-Operated Schools creation, in which students are guided through the Preferred Grade Level(s): process of creating their own performance from the writing to production stages. Through specific work- K-12 shops and collective creation, we can inspire and Can provide residency in: equip students to bring to life stories that matter to English / French them. Collective creation can also easily be applied across various curriculums. Indigenous Artist: No

Completed Policy 701: Yes

Space/material requirements: Teaching Experience Open classroom space or gymnasium. All of our instructors are professional performance Sound system preferred for dance and sound artists and have experience teaching in studio and system and keyboard for music. in classrooms. Together, our instructors have experience teaching students ages 4 through to adult-

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WALLY MACKINNON

Wally is an award-winning professional actor who has been entertaining audiences for over 30 years acting (and directing) in theatre, television and film across Canada.

Residency Project Working with students to help them express themselves, build confidence and make meaningful connections using the art of acting, improv, and theatre production.

CONTACT Teaching Experience

Fredericton I have taught Acting for Film at UNB for 15 years. I Phone: (506) 444-1983 have also hosted dozens of workshops on acting Email: [email protected] and auditioning for ACTRA, Equity, NB Film Co-op Website: www.wallymackinnon.com and others. I directed TNB Young Company and

adjudicated many high-school productions. N/A

N/A N/A Preferred School District(s): ASD-West Preferred Grade Level(s): 6-12 Can provide residency in: English Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: Classroom or theatre, scripts, printing, props TDB.

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KAREN TANNER

Karen is a career teacher and arts and culture educator with deep roots in the Professional theatre, film and music communities. She has split he time between teaching in Anglophone East in lan- guages, culture and theatre arts while performing, and working in the production areas of professional theatre, film, television and music. Retired early from her teaching career, Karen is building her second career squarely in the area of integrating arts to literacy and higher-level thinking in schools and in the community through public performance.

CONTACT Residency Project Riverview I would like to help a small school or a small group Phone: (506) 871-8073 of teachers learn how to use collaborative creation Email: [email protected] as a teaching tool and a learning tool. Cross curric- Website: N/A ular, social voice as the theme, - ELA, Science, Social Studies. N/A The product : a student created production either N/A for theatre or internet that uses the curriculum ma- N/A terials as the message for a school lead/ community supported public service message. Preferred School District(s):

ASD-East / ASD-North Teaching Experience Preferred Grade Level(s): I have 32 years of teaching experience in the class- K-12 room. I have had a dual career as an theatre Artist Can provide residency in: and a classroom teacher. English / French

Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: Some designated spaces to meet. This will depend on the project.

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STEPHEN BAUCKMAN After introducing myself and showing some sam- ples in a variety of graphics I have done, we would I have been creating art as far back as my early begin the project. I would work ahead of them and childhood and it has been a defining element of my coach them in a pencil layout and watercolour life ever since. Canada's Maritime provinces sur- painting of one of my thirteen "Kritter Kids" that I round me with beautiful landscapes and seascapes have created. I would first demonstrate each tech- which are a never-ending source of inspiration and nique involved and they would follow step-by-step are the cornerstone of my work. until completion. It would well fill the allotted time The style I'm best known for is high realism ex- for this project. pressed in watercolour. In addition to Maritime If you wish to see the subject matter of this project, landscapes and landmarks, I often paint, by re- please visit my website at bauckmanfinearts.com quest, pictures of people's homes, businesses, cus- and under "Kritter Kids" look for an orangutan. tomized cars, etc. I am often commissioned to do

charcoal portraits of people and even their pets. CONTACT Besides selling my original landscapes I regularly Teaching Experience Lower Coverdale sell framed reproductions of them. It has been my 25 years teaching art courses to groups of children Phone: (506) 386-1310 experience that an original painting will increase in (ages 6-9) & (10-12) — Freehand Drawing Email: [email protected] value as it becomes more widely recognized Teaching teens & adults. Two separate courses; Website: www.bauckmanfinearts.com through its reproductions. Freehand Drawing & Watercolour Painting N/A Living in the Maritime provinces provides an artist with a constant source of esthetic inspiration. It is Supply Teacher for School District 2 (from Sept. N/A 1996 —Jun. 2001) — Often but not exclusively sub-

simply a beautiful region of Canada in which to live, bing for art teachers in the system N/A to vacation and indeed, to paint. Guest Artist & lecturer at various venues ; Preferred School District(s): Residency Project ASD-East • Petitcodiac Regional School (circa 2001) My life has been enriched by my choice from child- Preferred Grade Level(s): hood to pursue a life in the arts. I have followed that • Moncton City Hall council chambers regarding K-5 path through my teens and into adulthood both as a Robert Bateman Contest: Guest lecturer and teacher; demonstrating art techniques Can provide residency in: university student and into my chosen lifelong ca- English reer as an artist it has been truly fulfilling. • BKM School of Business Technology — Owner My goal in this "Artist in Residency" program would Beverly McIntyre Guest lecturer in graphic arts Indigenous Artist: No be first and foremost to inspire the students to tap • MacKenzie College: Guest lecturer in Graphic Completed Policy 701: Yes into their "creative adrenalin" whenever possible. it Arts is how great paintings and great symphonies are Space/material requirements: composed; it could be someday how cancer is N/A cured.

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JARED BETTS Teaching Experience Jared Betts earned a BFA from NSCAD University 2017 MacNaughton High School residency – Monc- in 2010 and is a New Brunswick based neo ab- ton, New Brunswick, Canada stract expressionist. He has exhibited in over 130 group and solo exhibitions in Canada, Paris, Tokyo, 2017 INSPIRE 3 workshops —Moncton, New New York, Germany, Costa Rica and Iceland. He Brunswick, Canada has exhibited at the National Gallery of Costa Rica, 2017 NBCCD Winter Leap course, 7 weeks, Fred- the Beaverbrook Gallery and last year he exhibited ericton, New Brunswick, Canada at the Tokyo Art Fair in Japan. Jared has taken part in artist residencies in Iceland, New Brunswick, a 2013 Aberdeen Cultural Centre, private classes, castle in Ireland, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Costa Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Rica. Jared Betts is the recipient of eight ARTSNB 2012 Beaverbrook Gallery, Fredericton, New grants and currently works out of a studio in Monc- Brunswick, Canada CONTACT ton, New Brunswick. His work is included in numerous corporate and private collections in Canada, 2012 Aberdeen Cultural Centre, private classes, Moncton Paris, California, China and Iceland. Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Phone: (506) 878-1115

Email: [email protected] 2012 Mckenzie College, Portfolio workshop Monc- Residency Project Website: www.jaredbetts.com ton, New Brunswick, Canada 7 days /jaredbetts.art 2012 School District 2 Art enrichment program, 3 artist talks Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

@jaredbetts

My Arts education 2011 Aberdeen Cultural Centre, private classes, @jaredbetts Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada After university, artist residency experience Preferred School District(s): ASD-East Mural practice and exhibiting in Tokyo. Preferred Grade Level(s): For the rest of the classes I would go around giving K-12 critiques on their current works and we could have a group painting on the go. I could also give clas- Can provide residency in: ses on abstract art and collage. English I could bring in some art that I am working on. That Indigenous Artist: No way they can see me work with them. Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: N/A

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DARREN BYERS Teaching Experience My education of wood began while working in my I have taught numerous carving workshops at father’s woodworking shop at the age of sixteen. I Hooper Studios in Hampton as well as teaching was exposed to the wonders of working with raw sculpture during the sculpture symposium in Saint materials and transforming these fragments into a John through the Saint John Arts Centre. I have functional piece of furniture. For the past thirty also been an instructor of sculpture for the portfolio years, I continue to learn the secrets that lie within development program at the Arts Centre in Saint the grains of wood and search for the next piece of John. living history to be used in my next sculpture. I enjoy discovering the unexpected in the expected, asking questions and exploring new things that challenge and excite me. I think of sculpture as a puzzle, with its man pieces fitting together to create CONTACT the story I want to share. Are the hands clinched or Wards Creek relaxed? Is the head tilted or held straight, slightly Phone: (506) 432-6256 upward? The ever-telling eyes or the curl of a lip, all Email: [email protected] of these when put together create the whole piece Website: www.byersstudios.com and the potential and relate that story to the viewer. N/A I am a visual problem solver who invites the chal- lenges of working with various materials; this often N/A

leads to new and exciting developments that keep N/A me learning as an artist. I continue to work on private and public commissions, enjoying the freedom Preferred School District(s): this life offers me to enjoy time with family and ASD-South friends, to help within my community, contemplate life and react to what I feel passionate about. Preferred Grade Level(s): 6-12 Can provide residency in: Residency Project English I am interested in creating three dimensional sculp- Indigenous Artist: No tures as a collaborative effort. Working with the students on all aspects of the process from designing Completed Policy 701: Yes a piece to fit into its surroundings through to in- Space/material requirements: stalling the work. It is exciting to be a part of the Classroom space is fine. Wood, Plaster, increase of skills that allows people to work in three Clay. dimensions.

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SHERYL CROWLEY

Sheryl has worked on many private and public to them. You may see past projects I have done commissions and exhibited most recently in a solo with children on my website at show “Inside-Out” at Sunbury Shores Art and Na- www.fracturedartmosaics.net/outreach

ture Centre in St. Andrews, NB in September 2017. She has taught mosaic classes through University of NB Extended Learning, the Saint John Arts Cen- Teaching Experience tre, the Saint John Multicultural and Newcomers Please see bio above. Resource Centre, the ARTrageous Festival at Kingsbrae Gardens and has led both mosaic and painted mural projects in local schools. This summer she will be offering a workshop through the Sunbury Shores Art & Nature Centre. You may find CONTACT her painting in Hampton’s gardens for Bloomin’ Art- ists over the past summers. Her pieces are found at Saint John “Serendipin’ Art” in St. Andrews, NB. Phone: (506) 333-9091 / (506) 693-8262 Email: [email protected] Sheryl holds degrees in both music and education, Website: www.fracturedartmosaics.net teaching for many years in the schools of District 6. She has been a professional member of the Socie- /fracturedartmosaics/ ty of American Mosaic Artists, and currently holds N/A membership in Canadian Artists Representation Le Front Des Artistes Canadiens (CARFAC) and Art- @fracturedartmosaics sLinkNB and is a juried member of CraftNB. Frac- Preferred School District(s): tured Art Mosaics and Sheryl may be found in Saint John, NB. ASD-South

Preferred Grade Level(s): Residency Project K-12 Translating children’s drawings into large scale mo- Can provide residency in: saic murals for installation in the schools. Young English / French (limited) children’s drawings have such joy and carefree Indigenous Artist: No whimsy that would be lovely to capture in a permanent piece that all students can enjoy. The theme of Completed Policy 701: Yes the drawings can tie into current themes explored in other curriculum such as friendship, welcoming new Space/material requirements: children into the community, empathy, joy, imagina- Art room area or other dedicated room where tion, dreams or what holds the greatest importance materials and works in progress can be laid

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This class is design for children or beginners, all JOËL CULLIGAN the way to seasoned photographers and can be tailored to any learning level. Instruction and con- Joël Culligan is a photographer and mixed media struction for children focuses on the con- artist from Moncton NB. Formally trained at NBCCD cepts ,principals and history, while advanced stu- in Fredericton he graduated in 2003 with a certifi- dents are taught the science and mathematics in- cate in Photography and Visual Arts. Joël began volved in making a camera. Students will use for- exhibiting professionally since graduation and has mula to take the highest quality image possible and produced several exhibitions every year since. His develop a metering system for future photography. chosen mediums are diverse and experimental they Advanced students also mix chemistry and handle range from photography, mixed media graffiti paint- developing of their own images, where younger ing, performance art, public digital installations on students are guided through the process and get to

buildings and artistic experiences. watch the images develop.

Since 2007 Joël has also been an educator and Teaching Experience mentor in photography , visual arts, and mixed multi CONTACT media. Since 2011 he has been a full time instruc- - Photography Instructor Ican Photography / Ivans Camera Moncton NB 2007- 2011 Dieppe tor at Mckenzie College in Moncton N.B. and has Phone: (506) 850-8919 helped countless students move forward artistically. - Visual Arts , Photography, Digital Media, Instruc- Email: [email protected] Joël’s plan for the future is to further blend his artist tor Mckenzie College Moncton NB 2011 - Present. Website: www.parktonarts.com practices with art education and community en- /urbanstyleart gagement through residency and community projects.

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@urbanstyleart @parktonarts Residency Project Preferred School District(s): This class brings history of photography to life, in a ASD-East / ASD-North / ASD-West hands on experience that brings together art, and ASD-South / First Nation Band-Operated science into a interactive forum. Preferred Grade Level(s): Students in this class will learn the basic concepts of photography and the camera, by discovering K-12 how to make a camera obscures and pinhole cam- Can provide residency in: eras. Students will load cameras with light sensitive English / French photographic paper, compose and take a photo. Students will then process the exposed paper in the Indigenous Artist: No darkroom and experience an image reveal it self in Completed Policy 701: Yes front of there eyes as a negative. Finally they will scan and create a positive image they can then Space/material requirements: email and share. None specified

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CURTIS DIONNE

Curtis Dionne was trained by master glass blower Daniel Vargas in Maple Ridge, British Colombia. Later settling in, and bringing his craft to New Brunswick, where his company Glass Roots was established in 2008, in New Horton NB. His focus on creating in the most sustainable way, using a completely wood fired furnace, makes his glass- work unique to North America. By using locally sourced materials and alternative carbon neutral fuel, Curtis Dionne and his Glass Roots team carry on the tradition of glass blowing for their families and for their province in the most efficient and Eco CONTACT friendly sustainable way.

Riverview Phone: (506) 386-1132 Residency Project Email: [email protected] The plan is to successfully execute and merge the Website: www.glassrootscanada.ca worlds of art and science. The students will experi- /cdglassrootsinc ence a glassblowing demonstration, in which they will be able to visualize the possibilities within this N/A project. They will then participate in a brainstorming @glassrootsnb session where the creative process will be empha- sized, to create a cohesive design that I will then Preferred School District(s): execute in blown glass. ASD-East

Preferred Grade Level(s): 9-12 Teaching Experience Can provide residency in: In addition to teaching and collaborating with many English glassblowing apprentices over the years, I also have experience teaching glassblowing lessons at Indigenous Artist: No my studio in New Horton, NB. Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: Hot shop/studio, furnace, kiln, wood/fuel, silica sand, blow pipe(s), sculpting tools

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and the Nursing Community College of Lethbridge, NICOLE DUBE she is now continuing her educational pursuits through language study programs and by connect- Nicole Dube works for Mi’kmaq Child and Families ing to the larger First Nations community.

Services as a Cultural Coordinator in her home community of Fort Folly First Nations. She is a Residency Project proud Community Member of Fort Folly First Na- tions, sharing her knowledge as an educational cul- Traditional teachings of the Drum – teach how to ture mentor in a variety of roles while also raising prepare the hide, importance of the Drum to two proud Mi’kmaq children who are sure to contin- Mi’kmaq Culture, Drum teachings, How to make a ue her mission of acceptance, connection, diversity drum, use the drum to learn the Mi’kmaq Honor celebration, and active participation towards Truth Song, do traditional hieroglyphic art on the drum, and Reconciliation. She has formed a strong part- hieroglyphic teachings, sing the song, play the nership with the Anglophone East School District drums, etc… First Nations coalition and is committed to ongoing CONTACT involvement in several school-wide and classroom- specific projects, while also leading cultural nights Teaching Experience Dorchester to explore and connect with traditional practices I have been in several schools in Anglophone East Phone: (506) 878-3473 and teachings. Nicole is a passionate advocate for Email: [email protected] teaching about my culture, my arts and my crafts. First Nations cultural presence and intentional rep- This teaching in schools has ranged from grade K Website: N/A resentation in the school system and larger com- to 8 with groups from 3 children to 120 children. /MotherMuin munity, facilitating workshops such as the Blanket Exercise, quill work activities, basket making les- N/A sons, beading sessions, drum making, medicine N/A walks, dream catcher explorations, talking piece and sharing circle discussions, smudge ceremo- Preferred School District(s): nies, and regalia creation. In partnering with sup- ASD-East portive organizations (ex: Mount Allison University’s Owens Art Gallery, EOS Eco-Energy, Iris Commu- Preferred Grade Level(s): nity Counselling, etc.), her modeled message of K-5 First Nations celebration and belonging continues Can provide residency in: to be heard through the echoes of her work. With a English focus on raising environmental awareness and living with respect for nature, Nicole’s work is driven Indigenous Artist: Yes by her message of healing the earth through foster- Completed Policy 701: No ing education about the connection between people and the planet. As the founder of Mother Muin Art- Space/material requirements: istry, Nicole has also launched her own business as None specified another medium to celebrate her Mi’kmaq culture and to share its beauty and art. With her founda- tional studies at both the University of Lethbridge

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DARREN EMENAU Teaching Experience I have been teaching people of all ages since 1997. Living on the St. John River, Darren Emenau uses As a professional ceramic artist, I have taught in materials from the local landscape to create his schools as an artist in residence from Grades K – forms and glazes. His dedication to exploration and 12, I have been a workshop instructor at the Boys experimentation has awarded him with consistent and Girls Club – Saint John, I have taught for recognition for his art practice and professional Teens in Transition, the Saint John Arts Centre, achievements over the past 20 years, with numer- Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre, and for ous international publications and exhibitions. the Horrance Mann School in the Bronx. Additional- ly, I was an instructor at the New Brunwick College Recently Emenau’s work was shown at the Ceram- of Craft and Design for several years and at the ic Education Conference (NCECA) in Portland, OR, Charlotte Street Arts Centre. USA, and at Wanted Design, Manhattan, NY. USA. There are two large solo exhibitions scheduled in 2018/19 at the Saskatchewan Craft Council, and CONTACT the University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Saint John Maine, USA. Phone: (506) 608-5955 Email: [email protected] Residency Project Website: www.mnoclay.com Students will have the opportunity to learn about /mnoclay ceramic arts through hands-on exploration and Mr. Emenau’s interactive teaching approach. Students N/A will learn how to sculpt and form clay using different @darren_emenau sculpting techniques and tools, all while planning their final piece(s) through drawing, writing, and Preferred School District(s): speaking about their work. Each student will be giv- ASD-South en the freedom to express themselves while plan- Preferred Grade Level(s): ning and creating three works; a personalized tile, a K-12 hanging planter, and a pinch pot. Students will also learn how to collect and use local clays for a better Can provide residency in: appreciation of their local surroundings. English In addition, an introduction to the history of ceramic Indigenous Artist: No arts will be incorporated into the project, with an emphasis placed on self-expression of culture and Completed Policy 701: No community. Included in the project will be a close- Space/material requirements: up look of what working as a potter looks like in N/A 2018-2019.

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ADRIENNE ELFNER-HAZEN

Adrienne Graduated from the University of Calgary in 1987 with a degree in Fine Arts and moved to Bathurst, N.B. In 1991. She became a founding member of the Bathurst Art Society and served as President for 11 years. She has taught art in Bathurst since 1989, privately, in the school system and with UNB. Adrienne teaches all mediums of visual art as in water colours, acrylic, oil, collage and children’s art in art camps and classes at the Bay Breeze Art Gallery.

Residency Project CONTACT I prefer to teach art projects that have a positive Bathurst outcome in an age related program. Those could Phone: (506) 548-2160 be exploring techniques in water colour or acrylics with some basic colour, composition and perspec- Email: [email protected] tive theory to name a few. Website: N/A Those might include painting landscapes, still life, /adrienne.elfnerhazen / /baybreeze.16 or drawing based on line, shading, balance and the use of values which is extremely important in all art

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N/A Preferred School District(s): Teaching Experience ASD-North / First Nation Band-Operated Adrienne has consistently taught art since 1989 Preferred Grade Level(s): with children, young adults, adults and seniors in the mediums of watercolours, acrylics, oils, collage K-12 and special studies of the masters such as Monet, Can provide residency in: Van Gogh, Klimt, O’Keefe and Kahlo in 10 week English courses Fall, Winter and Spring at the Bay Breeze Art Gallery and gives two Children’s Art Camps of 1 Indigenous Artist: No week duration every July. Completed Policy 701: Yes

Space/material requirements: Art supplies determined by the project

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SYLVETTE FORTIN

It’s at the New Brunswick College of Craft and De- sign, during her Textile diploma that Sylvette Fortin discovered the knitting machine. Since then, most of her creations come to life at the tip of those nee- dles. Boiled wool is her favourite material to work with. She also loves to touch everything that involves textile and is curious to try new techniques. Fortin is from Lamèque, NB, enjoy life with her husband, her 2 teenagers and is now the head of the textile department at the Village Historique Acadien in Bertrand, NB.

CONTACT Residency Project Fredericton The idea is to create some sort of stuffed shapes in Phone: (506) 478-0169 relation with a theme (ex: vegetables and fruits). Email: [email protected] The kids would draw their own characters, paint it Website: www.petiteforet.ca on fabric, sew it together with a sewing machine and stuff it to create their very own cushion. /petiteforet13/

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Teaching Experience @petiteforet13 I’ve done several after school sewing classes with Preferred School District(s): 10-11 years old kids. I also had a grant with Les Batisseurs school to create a project with all their ASD-West students (in their lobby, they have 10 kites which Preferred Grade Level(s): we created together). I was also part of a project K-12 with the Connaught Street School where we did sock puppets. I also taught part time at the New Can provide residency in: Brunswick College of Craft and Design. English / French

Indigenous Artist: No

Completed Policy 701: Yes

Space/material requirements: N/A

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ANDREW GIFFIN

Andrew was born in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1960. He left the Maritimes in 1981 to study art at the University of Manitoba. Since 1987, he has maintained his own studio, initially in Winnipeg until 2005 and most recently in Roachville, NB. Andrew's work has been featured in The Fly Fish Journal, the Atlantic Salmon Federation Jour- nal, Style Manitoba, the Winnipeg Free Press, Uptown Magazine, the New Brunswick Reader and Salon. His paintings are in private and corporate collections across Canada and the Unit- ed States, Australia and Europe. CONTACT Giffin Artworks features Andrew's creativity in com- Roachville mercial ventures: he builds large-scale sculptural Phone: (506) 434-1172 landscapes and waterfalls from concrete, or pro- Email: [email protected] duces artwork for the film industry, as well as spe- Website: www.giffinartworks.com cialty finishes for homes and businesses

N/A Residency Project

N/A Creating a large painting in multiple panels that al- N/A lows for all of the students to be engaged in the Preferred School District(s): process allowing for collaboration. The students learn how to cooperate to create an art piece that is ASD-East / ASD-South uniform even though it has had many hands in the Preferred Grade Level(s): process.

9-12 Can provide residency in: Teaching Experience English I have taught privately in my studio for a number of Indigenous Artist: No years and have also had the opportunity to do an ArtSmart project at Sussex Elementary School that Completed Policy 701: Yes included every student in the school. I did a resi- Space/material requirements: dency in Salisbury at the high school in 2017. Classroom, paint brushes, canvas and stretchers

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FRED HARRISON Teaching Experience I have taught in Hampton with high school students Fred is a working artist since 1970 including murals and in Sussex Corner with grade five students. in Canada since 1985. 1985 Started doing murals in businesses and residences in London. 2000 - to present Doing occasional murals for Magic Lantern Theatre and Rainbow Cinemas

2006 won competition to do murals in Sussex, NB.

2007 did more murals in Sussex and one in Bouc- CONTACT touche. Moved to NB and continued doing murals for companies and residents. Portage Vale Phone: (506) 756-9050 2009 mural with students at Hampton High School. Email: [email protected] Website: N/A 2009 worked with Darren Byers to create the bronze workers memorial at Lily Lake, Saint John. N/A Subsequently we did a bronze of Northrop Frye at the Moncton Library and Victoria University in To- N/A ronto, a bronze and stainless steel tribute to Nova N/A Scotia in the Bedford Basin, Halifax and last year a Preferred School District(s): bronze of Kim Campbell for the Prime Ministers ASD-East / ASD-South walk near Kitchener. Preferred Grade Level(s): I am also exhibiting paintings at Hooper Studio in Hampton, and in the Fundy Gallery in Saint John. K-5 I do private commissions and continue to paint mu- Can provide residency in: rals, the latest being two murals in Petitcodiac and English / French one in Sussex this year. Indigenous Artist: No

Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: Residency Project In school will be sufficient Work with students to create murals that can be

mounted in the school. Updated: November 2019

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use of reusable bottles has increased, and filling BONNY HILL stations have been purchased by our student leadership team. Bonny Hill is a contemporary artist who was select- In 2020, Sussex Elementary School received a ed for the 2017 emerging artists’ series, “Studio grant through the NB Multicultural Association and Watch” at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery for her se- NBEECD to create a mural promoting diversity and ries, “I Don’t Know Anything About Art. I Just Want inclusion. I designed the mural in such a way that Something Nice to Hang Over My Sofa to Match each student in the school was able to work on My Living Room”. painting a piece in their classroom bubbles setting, Bonny completed a Bachelor of Arts in Art Educa- not knowing what the final image was until the offi- tion at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in cial unveiling. 1984 and has taught visual arts in public schools Details can be viewed at “Students at Sussex Ele- for 30 years. mentary School promote diversity with new mu- Bonny has also been active in theatre: directing ral” (CBC).

CONTACT spring musicals, building and designing sets, teaching choreography, and performing. Teaching Experience Sussex

Phone: (506) 433-8289 / (506) 567-3396 Residency Project 31 years teaching visual arts and theatre arts at Email: [email protected] high school and middle school level Two of the most ambitious student projects I have Website: www.bonnyhillart.com Canadian Art Educator of the Year 2011 done address the question, “How do we illustrate, N/A in a tangible way, the power of the individual to ef- Member of the NB Curriculum Advisory Committee fect change?” from 1999

N/A ArtSmarts Youth Creativity Challenge 2013 Nation- N/A “The Great Big Water Bottle Project” was a cross- curricular, project-based, 21st century learning unit al Winner Preferred School District(s): involving most of the 900 students at Sussex Re- NBTA Credit Union Award for Excellence in Teach- ASD-East / ASD-South / ASD-West gional High School. Students began by collecting ing, 2018 thousands of plastic water bottles which they as- Preferred Grade Level(s): sembled as a massive art piece installed on the Amos Tucker Award for Excellence in Teaching K-12 side of the Sussex Transfer Station. Visual arts stu- sponsored by Frank McKenna, 2018 Can provide residency in: dents painted the inside of each of the 7400 bottles ArtsNB Creation grants: 2007, 2010, 2019 English in the appropriate colours and which they then installed horizontally into a huge rectangular ‘bitmap’ Indigenous Artist: No of the image and framed with a wooden structure. Completed Policy 701: Yes Many teachers of other subjects made cross- curricular connections and the final piece received Space/material requirements: the grand prize of $5000 awarded by ArtsSmarts N/A and Heritage Canada in the first annual Youth Cre-

Updated: August 2021 ativity Challenge. As a result of the project, single

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VICTORIA HUTT Teaching Experience While ED of the McCain Art Gallery I greatly in- Victoria Hutt is an artist and freelance graphic de- creased art education programming - designing and signer in Florenceville-Bristol, NB. A 2005 NSCAD implementing the Young Artists in the Valley Sum- design graduate and former Executive Director & mer Outreach Program, traveling to 8 rural NB Curator of the Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery, communities once-weekly to provide art education Victoria currently sits on the artsnb board, ArtsLink opportunities, and a series of programs offered in NB board and on the Western Valley Wellness Net- each of our seven local elementary and middle work. schools, including Art Afternoons, Afterschool Art Clubs, In-Class Visits and an Annual Student Residency Project Showcase exhibit, highlighting local artists as com- Nature is an inspiring theme in my artwork, espe- munity role models and creating paid opportunities cially in our picturesque upper Saint John River for artists as instructors in schools. Before creating a our Art Education Coordinator position, I led CONTACT Valley region, and I have a strong connection between art, nature and wellness and so I love to these programs, leading classes in schools and in Riverbank Carleton bring this into my art classes. My strength is in afterschool programs, etc. and worked with teach- Phone: (506) 391-9819 teaching observational drawing - working with stu- ers in person to aid them with art curriculum com- Email: [email protected] dents to slow down and to really observe what they ponents they found challenging. I continue to direct the drama programs at our middle and elementary Website: www.blithebirch.ca are trying to draw. I would like to start a project by taking students outdoors with sketchbooks, to look school, and working with student groups in prop /blithebirch at nature close-up as their subject and learn funda- creation. mental drawing techniques. When we get back to N/A the classroom we could delve deeper into the sub- N/A jects that the students connect with, by collecting Preferred School District(s): reference material on their topic to start on their main artwork; to create with a mix of graphite, char- ASD-West coal, and/or paint. These individual artworks will Preferred Grade Level(s): inform their part of a larger collaborative mural. I K-12 have done this in the past with each student drawing and/or painting their own bird, which fit together Can provide residency in: on a background tree and I would like to take it in English the direction of larger ecosystems and on the Indigenous Artist: No theme of life cycles, with the end product a larger mural, of a pond or a field, etc. Completed Policy 701: Yes

Space/material requirements: Painting supplies (paint, brushes, canvas, pencils, masking tape, etc.), classroom spaces

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HEATHER A. JOHNSTON

Heather A. Johnston, artist, received her degree in Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax. She has worked in many First Nation schools as an Art mentor in the “Learning Through the Arts” program, has participated in and presented many different art workshops and is the owner of “Orginals by Heather” which markets and sells the art she creates.

Residency Project An example of an arts project I would like to carry CONTACT out in a classroom is Crayon Relief Print and Rub- bings. I would love to bring the fun of fall leaves Exmoor indoors.

Phone: (506) 836-2673 Email: [email protected] Teaching Experience Website: N/A Since 2005, Heather has been teaching art in the N/A First Nation Schools in Metepenagiag (Red Bank) and Eel Ground, NB, students in grades K to 5.

N/A She started with the Royal Conservatory of Music, N/A Learning through the Arts and she continues by contract with the First Nation Help Desk. Preferred School District(s): ASD-North / ASD-West Preferred Grade Level(s): K-5 Can provide residency in: English Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: Classroom/drawing paper, pencils, crayons, acrylic paint, assortment brushes, canvas, etc.

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KAREN KNIGHT

Karen Knight is a local Artist Potter and juried member of Craft NB. She studied Fine Art in the late 1980’s and taught handbuilding classes from 1997 to 2003 for the City of Guelph. In 2004, Karen established her pottery business Soul Impression Handbuilt Claywork and Fine Sculpture, which is located at 1509 Rothesay Road, Saint John, N.B. She continues to pursue her love of teaching through her annual handbuilding class offered at the SJAC as well as her participation in the Artist-in -Residency Program since 2015. She is represent- ed by Gallery78 in Fredericton.

CONTACT

Saint John Residency Project Phone: (506) 214-1869 I have run a very successful Artist-in-Residency Email: [email protected] project called “Animals around the World” with 3 Website: www.soulimpression.com different schools. It works very well for primary and /soulimpression middle school aged students. The participating teacher indicated what areas of the world he/she

N/A wanted the students to study and then I determined what animals we would create to represent those N/A regions. Usually the students created 5 different Preferred School District(s): animals. The students then created the habitats for ASD-South their animals. A gala event allowed parents to come and view the created animals in their habitats. This Preferred Grade Level(s): has been a very well received project. I am open to K-12 any project that a teacher would like to propose.

Can provide residency in: English Teaching Experience Indigenous Artist: No From 1997 to 2003 I taught children’s pottery classes for the City of Guelph Pottery Program in On- Completed Policy 701: Yes tario. Since 2015, I have participated in four Artist- Space/material requirements: in-Residency Programs and two ArtsSmart Pro- Art room to be left set up preferably but not grams. mandatory, clay, glazes and tools

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DAN MACDONALD

I have been interested in photography for 25 years, and have spent the last ten working as a professional photographer and photography instructor. I initially specialized in sports action and dance photography, and worked in those two genres for several years. I've also provided editorial services for media and government. Currently, my efforts are concentrated in landscape photography. Several of my fine art prints have been accepted into juried exhibitions. I am the recipient of both an arts residency and an arts grant.

CONTACT Residency Project Moncton My instruction emphasizes an introduction to the Phone: (506) 863-8394 fundamentals of photography – exposure and its Email: [email protected] components, important camera controls, and com- Website: www.madonald-photography.com positional basics. The intention is to provide students with a solid foundation from which they can N/A develop their own unique style and vision in a gen-

@danmacphotos re of their choosing. Students will be given an op-

portunity to practice their new skills on their own @danmacphotos and seek constructive criticism and feedback. Sub- Preferred School District(s): ject to time and material costs, the students may be ASD-East given an opportunity to display some of their work in either a physical or virtual exhibition. Preferred Grade Level(s):

9-12 Teaching Experience Can provide residency in: I regularly teach continuing education (Introduction English to Photography) via NBCC-Moncton and the Town Indigenous Artist: No of Sackville Department of Parks and Recreation. I also offer photography courses, workshops, and Completed Policy 701: Yes private lessons independently. I have prior experi- Space/material requirements: ence in adult and post-secondary education via Projector and screen. Students should have term contracts with NBCC Moncton in the Civil En- their own camera gineering Technology program.

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LINDSEY MACKAY Teaching Experience

After graduating as a Graphic Designer in 1991, I No experience to date. I have shared my experi- have successfully sold my work to numerous pri- ences as an artist and demonstrated my artwork vate commissioners with Canada, the United States with Elementary students at a Career day event. and Europe. My work is featured in many down- town restaurants throughout the city of Fredericton and I have been fortunate to be able to donate many paintings to charities and associations for fundraising initiatives. My work hangs in government offices and in the Fredericton City Hall Gal- lery. In the past, I have competed in Art-Battle events and placed in the top six in Art-Battle- Nationals at Toronto's Mattamy Athletic Center. I CONTACT have exhibited my work in various galleries locally and in Toronto. Fredericton Phone: (506) 458-9161 I specialize in modern impressionistic heavy tex- Email: [email protected] tured acrylic paintings. My work celebrates struc- Website: lindseymackayvisualartist.com ture and colour, and is current and relevant for people to behold and appreciate. I like to use unex- /lindseymackayartist pected colours and textures to give each painting a

@lindseyartist distinctive vibrancy and dimension.

@_lindsey_mackayart Residency Project Preferred School District(s): Through visual art, I will provide students with the ASD-West opportunity to experiment with different colour com- Preferred Grade Level(s): binations and composition to ensure that they have K-5 fun creating a fun piece and giving them certain tools and texture compounds for them to make their Can provide residency in: own special and unique creations. I will incorporate English my love of nature and community into the project by Indigenous Artist: No sharing with the students the inspirations behind some of my pieces and by actually displaying them Completed Policy 701: Yes in the classroom for students to study, and enjoy. Space/material requirements: N/A

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NATASHA MARTIN- Residency Project I would like to come in to speak to the students about the creation story of my regalia. I can show MITCHELL the various pieces that I created by hand with the students. This includes also showcasing beadwork, Natasha Martin-Mitchell is from the Listuguj fur hair-ties, feathers and medicines. Allowing the Mi’gmaq First Nation. She graduated from the Uni- students to inspect each piece individually gives versity of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Bachelor of Inte- them a closer glimpse into the creative process. grated studies with a double minor in Indigenous Studies and Adult Education (First Division) and also received a certificate in Leadership. She con- Teaching Experience tinued to pursue a Masters of Education degree. For the past several years, I have gone into my Natasha assisted the Mi’gmaq Wolastoqey Centre son’s school to talk about various indigenous is- (MWC) as they planned their first ever powwow sues. From past experience, talking about my rega- held on campus and was their first head female CONTACT lia has been pleasantly received as I allow the stu- dancer. She also co-founded (2016) and co-chaired dents to have a hands on experience with various the annual Red Shawl Campaign held to bring at- Fredericton indigenous pieces of art. Phone: (506) 999-6074 tention to the important social injustice issue of Email: [email protected] murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. Website: N/A Natasha was the first Indigenous post-graduate to present a traditional Mi’gmaq regalia to the Univer- N/A sity of New Brunswick (UNB) as a capstone project. N/A In October 2018, she was the first to forgo wearing traditional ceremonial cap and gown for convoca- N/A tion and chose to wear her traditional Mi’gmaq re- Preferred School District(s): galia as she received her Master’s degree. She ASD-West / First Nation Band-Operated created a traditional Mig’maq chiefs coat that is currently housed in the Legislative Assembly of New Schools Brunswick. In her spare time, she volunteers as a Preferred Grade Level(s): board member for Gignoo Women’s Transition K-12 House and Mawi’Art: Wabanaki Artist Collective. She is a daughter, sister, auntie, women’s tradition- Can provide residency in: al dancer. Her hobbies include traveling, sewing, English doing beadwork and walking their dog Sprocket.

Indigenous Artist: Yes

Completed Policy 701: Yes

Space/material requirements:

A chair and a table

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the artist, the educator and the students which also MARLENE MCCALLUM helps to foster community strength through respect of each other’s creations, talents, skills and abili- Textile & Mixed Media Artist ties.

Self taught creator using colours and textures as well as having attended the College of Craft & De- Teaching Experience sign, studying surface design. Marlene has a wide- Marlene was a suppoly teacher at Woodstock Jun- ranging curiosity for all artistic techniques. Maker of ior High School as well as teaching classes NBCC unique pieces using the joy of colour, fabric, paint, extended learning. The most rewarding teaching organic objects and other items which becomes an sessions were teaching her children, grandchildren unlimited expression of her work with no limits. and friends various mediums. She has facilitated Playing with techniques where results are not al- mandala, felting, wire sculpture, fabric painting, ways predictable is fascinating and inspiring. Mixed floorcloths, painted prayer shawls workshops at media allows the freedom to use whatever materi- Fredericton & LP Fisher public library, NB Power, als best suit the concept trying to be portrayed. CONTACT Wellness NB, Home Hardware and private classes. Creativity….constitutes the greatest legacy people

Nackawic can leave to their children, grandchildren and socie- Phone: (506) 575-2612 ty as a whole.

Email: [email protected] Website: N/A Residency Project /71sunflowerlane Providing the opportunity for students to explore the

N/A tools from my artist toolbox which consists of felt-

ing, wire sculpting, knitting, paper arts, painting on N/A canvas, fabric or wood. The hands-on approach Preferred School District(s): creates the opportunity for students to discover the ASD-West ‘spark’ that ignites their creativity. A safe space is provided for the students to create and learn to re- Preferred Grade Level(s): spect other student’s work. 6-12 An explanation is given of each media, so the stu- Can provide residency in: dent has a history of art form, understands the ma- English terials and safety issues before they design a project on paper then create their design with my as- Indigenous Artist: No sistance. Completed Policy 701: Yes This opportunity will create an intergenerational Space/material requirements: opportunity to share the joy, the creativity and the N/A accomplishment experienced through art. This initiative will help create a supportive environment to

enhance opportunities to share and create between

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BRIANNE MCKAY

Brianne McKay is an artist from Eel Ground First Nation. She paints and draws a variety of subjects such as animals, landscapes, portraits and subjects relating to Mikmaq culture.

Residency Project I would like to work with the Natoaganeg School (EGFN) with a project called Mikmaq Glooscap Legend. I was asked to teach a class to draw animals and landscapes so they can recreate their own interpretation of the legend.

CONTACT Teaching Experience Eel Ground Phone: (506) 627-0415 Not in schools, but I am interested in being a part of Email: [email protected] a school-based project. I was part of a four-week Website: marybriannemckay.wixsite.com/ practicum with NBCC for youth ages 12-18. marybriannemckay

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N/A N/A Preferred School District(s): ASD-North, First Nation Band-Operated Preferred Grade Level(s): K-5 Can provide residency in: English Indigenous Artist: Yes Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: N/A

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STARR PAYNE

Starr Payne was born and raised in Campbellton, NB. She is a self-taught artist who became interested in art as a child, secretly painting on her closet walls. She works mainly with acrylics as well as watercolour, pastels, charcoal and mixed media. She primarily paints realism and has also found a love for abstract realism. She has a strong desire for detail and captures it in her paintings. Although she had chosen other career paths she was always led back to Art. In 2013, she pursued her dream and opened an Art Studio called LITTLE PICASSO’S where she teaches painting to children CONTACT and adults. Her studio is a bustling hive of creativity McLeod’s with lots of laughter and love. Just recently she had Phone: (506) 760-1558 a painting displayed at the Art Gallery and it sold Email: [email protected] the first day. Many of her paintings have been sold Website: N/A over the years as she does commissioned work and she has painted many paintings for family /littlepicassosstudio members and friends. N/A Residency Project N/A “Les aventures de Pat le chat” - An art/literacy inte- Preferred School District(s): gration. Students will work with different mediums— ASD-North, First Nation Band-Operated pastels, acrylic paints, watercolour paints and learn Preferred Grade Level(s): techniques such as drawing, shadowing, highlight- K-12 ing, etc..

Can provide residency in: Teaching Experience English / French Yes, I teach student classes (weekly) at my art stu- Indigenous Artist: Yes dio as well as offering weekend workshops (ex: for Completed Policy 701: No holidays). I have given many sessions at birthday parties. I have also worked in many of the local Space/material requirements: schools instructing all age groups. N/A

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CORTNEY RECTOR

Originally from Maine, Cortney now resides in Flor- enceville, NB with her husband, three children and sully black lab Bailey. She spends most of her time in her studio covered in clay and paint or at a rink or soccer field with her kids. After earning a BFA from the University of Maine, she spent several years searching for the right medium and settled on acrylic paint and polymer clay. Fueled by coffee, she sets out to make art that evokes a fun and whimsical feeling.

CONTACT Residency Project Florenceville I would like to create a ceramic mosaic with ele- Phone: (506) 392-7418 mentary students to be hung permanently in the Email: [email protected] school.

Website: www.cortneyrector.com /cortneyrectordesigns Teaching Experience N/A Yes, I’ve been the lead artist for an art Smarts grant at Bristol elementary for the past three years. I’ve @crectordesigns also taught many art lessons through our local art Preferred School District(s): gallery, the Andrew & McCain art gallery for local elementary and middle school students. ASD-West

Preferred Grade Level(s): K-8 Can provide residency in: English Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: N/A

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FABIOLA MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ

Fabiola Martinez Rodriguez was born in Mexico Fabiola is a jury member of Craft NB, Nova Scotia City and grew up in the City of Santiago de Queré- Designer Crafts Council, taro. WEAD-Women Eco Artist Dialog She studied Architecture in the Instituto Tecnologi- LACAP- Latin American- Canadian Art Projects in co de Querétaro and she move to Saint John New Toronto. Brunswick several years ago, where she got mar-

ried and raised two children, considering Mexico and Canada as her home. Residency Project Fabiola works as a professional artist, combining The artist Fabiola Martinez in collaboration with the knowledge acquired in her architecture studies students will create art works inspired by the Archi- with the use of natural materials. Her artistic work is tecture of their community, city or province. During CONTACT directed to the research and preservation of ances- the creation process the students will learn about tral techniques, distinguished by the use of Grana the construction materials, textures and colors. Quispamsis Cochinilla (Dactylopius coccus), which is natural Phone: (506) 651-5518 pigment that comes from a female insect that grows Teaching Experience Email: [email protected] on cacti in south America and produces the car- Website: www.fahrfireart.om 2012-2013 Rothesay Netherwood School Middle mine color. School Art teacher /FabiolaMartinezArtist Fabiola’s work has been exhibited in art centers, 2011-currently galleries and universities in the provinces of New N/A

Teaching art programs to children and teens from Brunswick and Nova Scotia as well as the city of Kinder garden to Grade 12 at Rothesay Elementary @fabiolamartinezvisualartist Vancouver, the Lancaster Museum of Art and His- School, Samuel de Champlain, Ecole des Pioners, tory in California, The New Brunswick Museum and Hazen White-St. Francis School, St. John the Bap- Preferred School District(s): Lotton Gellery in Chicago. in Mexico, her work has tist/King Edward School, Saint John Arts Centre, ASD-East / ASD-South / been exhibited at the Cineteatro Rosalio Solano in Sunbury shores arts and nature center, Charlotte ASD-West / First Nation Band-Operated Street Arts Center and KV Oasis Youth Centre. her hometown. Preferred Grade Level(s): 2011 “Art as a Peaceful Means of Expression” ’six- Her art work has recently been published in The K-12 month art project with The Joshua Group a American Art Collector Magazine. non-profit organization dedicated to improving the Can provide residency in: Fabiola is passionate about art education and was lives of children. This collaboration work enabled English named by the YMCA of Greater Saint John as a an audience with limited means to express them- Indigenous Artist: No Community Champion 2018. She has been the re- selves through art. cipient of several grants by the prestigious artsnb Completed Policy 701: Yes

Space/material requirements: N/A and the Department of Tourism and Cultural Herit- age of New Brunswick.

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AUDRÉE HAMELIN ST- Teaching Experience Yes, I have been teaching the outreach program for the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and I have taught as a AMOUR long term supply teacher visual arts to K-8 students at l’École les Éclaireurs. Audrée H. St-Amour is a metalsmith and an arts educator. She was first introduced to jewellery while travelling through Mexico and Central Ameri- ca. After studying visual arts in Montreal, QC, she received her Diploma in Fine Craft/Jewellery from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, and a Bachelor of Applied Arts from the University of New Brunswick. Since, she has been teaching jewellery and visual arts to elementary school, col- CONTACT lege and adult students. Audrée has been the recipient of funding from the provincial Arts board and Fredericton has exhibited her work both nationally and interna- Phone: (506) 471-8517 tionally. Her work distinguishes itself with an aes- Email: [email protected] thetic rich in composition with the use of dissimilar Website: www.audreehstamour.com design elements and materials. Audrée’s artistic practice bridges the visual arts and jewellery tradi- /audreehstamour/ tions by working with metal and mixed media.

N/A Residency Project @audreehstamour “Planter des sourires” is a mini-enterprise type pro- Preferred School District(s): ject in which students will be given the opportunity ASD-West to use art and their creativity as a means to raise Preferred Grade Level(s): money towards a charitable organization of their K-8 choice. Each student will create a plant pot out of clay, and then use acrylic paint to decorate them Can provide residency in: and make each one of them look unique. In the clay English / French planters created by each student, we will plant a Indigenous Artist: No bulb which will grow to become beautiful flowers to be sold at a mother’s day sale. The profits that will Completed Policy 701: No be collected from the sale will be donated to the charitable organization chosen by the students. Space/material requirements:

N/A

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CHANTAL STACY Teaching Experience Since 2007 I have been an instructor with Sunbury Shores teaching the CLASS program at VMES ele- VINCENT mentary and SJDA middle and high school.

Chantal Vincent graduated from Montreals Centre Sunbury Shores children summer camps, Saturday De Ceramic Bonsecours in 1996 and has been cre- Kids program and Homeschool Kids program. ating and selling her original porcelain works ever Milltown elementary and St Stephen middle school since. She worked out of her studio in Montreal, Outreach programs. Quebec, until moving to New Brunswick in 2004 I teach ceramics to seniors, toddlers and young where she opened a studio and gallery in Saint An- adults at the Dragonfly Centre in Saint Andrews. drews. In 2007 Chantal had the opportunity to teach a (credit) course in a local High School. Since Sunbury Shores Welcomes Back Bay and Blacks then she never looked back and has instructed Harbour and other special events. adults, teens, children, seniors as well as special CONTACT I participate in Kingsbrae Garden’s Annual Artra- needs individuals in a wide variety of art disciplines. geous event. Bocabec

Phone: (506) 529-3932

Email: [email protected] Residency Project Website: N/A My project is for the students to create unique and N/A time lasting clay artwork using tile work, mosaic, sculpting or hand building. This may be done indi-

N/A vidually or as a group. Fired clay is durable and has N/A endless ways becoming what you want of it. I am Preferred School District(s): always ready to facilitate any projects that a school ASD-South or organization may have in mind.I am flexible and knowledgeable in “art plastic” projects. Preferred Grade Level(s): K-12 I require a clean work space /classroom, news paper and access to water. I provide all materials and Can provide residency in: tools needed. I will be responsible for kiln firing the English / French completed works.

Indigenous Artist: No

Completed Policy 701: Yes

Space/material requirements:

Most of the materials I supply. Will need space,

table, floor and some water for the clay.

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ANDREA WATLING

Andrea Watling holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from NSCAD University (2008) and a Diploma in Fine Craft: Photography from NBCCD, Frederic- ton (1998). In 2011 Andrea was awarded an intern- ship at the library of the National Gallery of Canada after completing a Masters in Library and Infor- mation Management at Dalhousie University in 2010. Andrea was awarded a New Brunswick Arts Board Emerging Artist Creation Grant in 2006, exhibited with Fredericton’s Silverfish Photography collective from 2000-2007, has taught acrylic painting at NSCAD’s School of Extended Studies CONTACT (2009), and currently paints and teaches private art classes in Bathurst, New Brunswick. Bathurst Phone: (506) 252-9475 Residency Project Email: [email protected] I have many projects in mind, however I feel that art Website: N/A can act as a direct line specifically to a young per- N/A son's emotional life, and see great value in exploring emotion through art-making. Projects would N/A include exploring emotions through colour, music, N/A and imagery.

Preferred School District(s): Teaching Experience ASD-North I have taught Introduction to Acrylic Painting at Preferred Grade Level(s): NSCAD’s School of Extended Studies in 2010 and K-12 have been teaching private art classes for children Can provide residency in: and adults since the fall of 2017. In May of 2018 I was invited to teach a Kindergarten class at Terry English Fox Elementary school where we covered portrai- Indigenous Artist: No ture. Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: N/A

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RAINER WENZL

Rainer Wenzl is a multi-media artist/photographer whose work has been published in many international publications and exhibited in numerous galleries. He retired from working as a visual arts/ media arts educator in Toronto, ON, and now focuses on working fulltime as an artist in Shediac, NB.

Rainer uses a combination of contemporary techniques and traditional processes with watercolours, printmaking, leaded glass and historical photographic techniques. CONTACT

Shediac Residency Project Phone: (506) 863-8920 I'm able to provide workshops is a variety of medi- Email: [email protected] ums. I work with watercolours, acrylics, historical Website: www.frozengecko.com photography (gum-bichromate printing), printmak- /gallerywenzl ing (etching) and stained glass. I have taught classes in these mediums at the high school level for @gallerywenzl.com 30 years and have numerous lessons that can @gallerywenzl.com serve a wide range of students and abilities.

Preferred School District(s): ASD-East Teaching Experience Preferred Grade Level(s): Taught visual arts, communication technology and 9-12 photography at the high school level with the To- Can provide residency in: ronto District Catholic School Board for 30 years. English Indigenous Artist: No Completed Policy 701: Yes Space/material requirements: N/A

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HANNAH WILLIAMS

Hannah is a Surface Design graduate of the NB College of Craft and Design, and an entrepreneur. Through her company, Whimsy Birch, Hannah shares children’s yoga and art with children, families, and educators. She is a strong believer in the healing powers of art, and incorporates art in to her yoga classes as a tool for meditation and relaxation whenever possible. Hannah wants to inspire and empower children to express themselves creatively by giving them the freedom to explore, and find joy in the process of making.

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Fredericton My ideal residency project would be leading a large Phone: (506) 402-1575 -scale collaboration, a school beautification project, or a fund-raising project. For the special Canada Email: [email protected] 150 in-school residency, I led a class of 20 stu- Website: www.whimsybirch.com dents, to create 150 maple leaves, using various /whimsybirch printmaking techniques. Children were introduced to new techniques, and given the freedom to ex- N/A plore them. The final piece was a poster composi- @whimsybirch tion of all 150 of the leaves.

Preferred School District(s): ASD-West Teaching Experience Preferred Grade Level(s): I have several years teaching and programming experience, at various organizations with children K-5, 6-8 ages 4-13 years. Currently, through my own busi- Can provide residency in: ness, I teach yoga and art to children of all ages. English The Estey Art Initiative also employs me, where I teach art afterschool, in schools all over Frederic- Indigenous Artist: No ton. Completed Policy 701: Yes

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provide too many details, as I would vastly prefer ANDREA WILSON the students collaborate in defining the direction this project would take. Responding to their own I am an emerging artist who came to realize the creative inspiration will evoke a more genuine en- importance of creativity late in life. I completed my gagement and more exciting results.

BFA in 2017 at the age of fifty-six. I intend to de- vote much of my energy in my latter years to mak- Teaching Experience ing my own art and encouraging those younger than me to explore and use their creativity earlier in I have experience teaching both English and their lives. This world needs more artistic souls. My French second language skills. I was a frequent creativity has found expression through multiple volunteer in French immersion classrooms for sev- avenues throughout my life. I used drawing as a eral years, while my children were going to school tool for expression in my work as a psychiatric in Sackville. In my former profession as a nurse, I nurse. Art was ever-present in my parenting. I have taught prenatal classes. For several years I have been a costume designer for over a dozen theatre given private lessons in sewing, drawing, art, and CONTACT productions. As a caterer, I made elaborate visual culinary skills. Within the past year, I have conduct- and edible displays. When finally I decided to pur- ed two youth workshops. EOS Eco Energy hired Sackville sue a degree in Fine Arts, I was already practising me to run a six week workshop on up-fashioning Phone: (506) 536-7536 fibre and textile arts, exhibiting and selling my work. used clothing, which culminated in a fashion show. Email: [email protected] Since graduating, I have focused on sculpture, wet I also ran a youth workshop for the Town of Sack- Website: www.andreawilsonart.com felting in three dimensions, print making and teach- ville this past summer. The children learned to make bent-willow sculptures and installed the work N/A ing. At present, I find myself increasingly combining my artistic endeavours with environmental activism. in the Sackville Waterfowl Park.

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N/A Residency Project Preferred School District(s): I am motivated to carry on my exploration of envi- ASD-East ronmental art using natural elements and would like to involve youth in that process. I enjoy making inci- Preferred Grade Level(s): dental artworks that people can come across in K-5 their daily lives. I see it as gift-giving, According to Can provide residency in: the positive feed-back I have received, it often English, French seems to create delight. I feel that children would benefit from practising this type of anonymous gen- Indigenous Artist: No erosity. As an adjunct to this project, I would also Completed Policy 701: Yes like to explore using trash to create artworks. This could be done during the winter months, when for- Space/material requirements: aging for natural elements is more challenging. The An indoor and outdoor space would be children could collect the raw materials an either required. individually or collectively recycle their trash into a

creation of their own design. I am chasing not to

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MICHAEL JAMES WOOD

My journey started with an introduction to ceramics through a night class offered at a community studio; I quickly completed the courses offered and began working inside the same studio teaching workshops and classes. Wanting to learn more and grow as rapidly as possible I spent my time assisting other ceramic artists, attending conferences and taking online classes. Three years ago, I started my own studio practice, developed my online presence and started selling at local craft shows, stores and online retailers. My inspiration is driven through my passion for self-growth and my desire to use the CONTACT knowledge that I have gained to help grow others.

Salisbury Phone: (506) 229-2305 Email: [email protected] Residency Project Website: www.woodstoneware.com Everyone has a mug that fits in their hand just right, /michaeljameswood a plate that makes every serving look exceptional or a planter that breaths life into a neglected plant. N/A My goal is for students to have the opportunity to @michaeljameswood create functional forms with hand build ceramics. Learning how to decide the function, work out pro- Preferred School District(s): portions, and consider design decisions, then cre- ASD-East ate the ideal form. Preferred Grade Level(s): K-12 Teaching Experience Can provide residency in: English Having worked in community studio I had the privi- lege to teach students of all ages. I have hosted; Indigenous Artist: No Clay pumpkins carving, wheel throwing classes, Completed Policy 701: Yes slab built plates and platters, and pinch pots. Space/material requirements: N/A

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DAN XU I immigrated to Canada in January of 2001 and 4) Provide students ink and xuan paper and teach have lived in Saint John ever since; creating many students how to start, practice and how to control artworks of landscapes and historic sites during this the ink-wash. time. 5) Explain how to fix mistakes in painting such as In 2020, “The Beauty of Canada–Using Ancient creating something Chinese perspective” was awarded the Canada

Council for the Arts “Research and Creation” grant . From 2012 to 2017, I received three NB art grants Teaching Experience for my visual art projects. From 2014 to 2020, I had 2021 Art Smart program, M. Gerald Teed School seven solo exhibitions. 2021 Fine Art workshops in Saint John Arts Centre In 2012 and 2017, the paintings “Millidgeville Tuck- 2021 Chinese Painting workshop in Sunbury CONTACT er Park Beach” and “Uptown of Saint John'' were Shores Arts and Nature Centre Saint John purchased by the NB Art Bank and my painting Phone: (506) 642-3110 “Collapse - Gothic Church, 2020” was collected by 2019 Art Smart program and Art Residency, Email: [email protected] collectionArtNB. Bayside School Saint John Website: danxuart.weebly.com The paintings I create mostly present the local land- 2018 Chinese painting Workshop in Beaverbrook scapes and historic sites from New Brunswick. /danxuca Art Gallery 2015--2018 Teach young students in my workshop

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every weekend, hold three young N/A Residency Project students exhibitions and Make a book for students Preferred School District(s): Traditional Chinese ink-wash painting: through ASD-South painting a single tree to demonstrate the traditional 1995 – 2000 Worked as a Fine Art teacher of Shenzhen Hai-Bin Middle School in Preferred Grade Level(s): Chinese ink-wash painting skill, which includes: China K-12 1) Introducing the Chinese ink painting history and teaching students how to hold the brush. (Chinese 1992 – 1995 Worked as a Fine Art teacher of Can provide residency in: wool brush) Shenzhen Bao-Cheng Primary English School in China 2) Demonstrate how to use the Chinese wool Indigenous Artist: No brush to paint a tree trunk and how to paint branch- Completed Policy 701: Yes es. Space/material requirements: 3) Explain how different angles of the tree are dif- Classroom, pen/brush, Chinese xuan paper ferent when painting it, and how to let them slowly and ink grow from your brush.

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