PhD Dissertation Award, Canadian Society for Education through Art (CSEA) (2014)
Annual blind review award for best 2013-2014 doctoral thesis in matters of interest to visual art education in Canada.
Art Project “Mental Note: It’s Not You”
When displayed as a whole, these drawings create a visual representation of a mental landscape. The drawings reveal aspects of the psychological survival individuals partake in as they search to find meaning and a sense of direction within reality.
Journal article “Processing: Understanding Art as Encountering Ongoing Narrative” (2011)
This article published in the International Digital Media Arts Association Journal examines artworks that explore the invisible processes of our relationships with digital technologies, in which there exists a continual state of processing and a desire to understand.
Journal Article “Shifting the Curriculum: Decentralization in the Art Education Experience” (2011)
This article published in the journal Art Education examines the decentralized approach to art curriculum from a pedagogical point of view, acknowledging advantages and disadvantages for art educators, and its contribution to a curriculum that captures the current cultural aesthetic experience.
Art Project “Recall series”
In this mixed media series I have created a diptych system that consists of painted videodisk covers and digital images. The left half of each diptych consists of a digital print mounted on sintra (12.5 x 12.5 in.). The right half of each diptych consists of the videodisk with acrylic and gouache (12.75 x 14 in.).
Journal article “Interrupting the Program: Descrambling TV through Video” (2001)
This article published in a 2001 issue of Canadian Art is an edited version of my MFA thesis. The essay discusses how video artworks address technology and the variety of effects it has on identity issues within an increasing digital world. I discuss how certain video works examine television not only for the content that it airs but also for its ability to intrude into the everyday lives of its viewers.