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Contact:
Phone: 604-202-5710
Email: josephineclarketextiles @ gmail.com
Education
Bachelors of Design. Wilson School of Design - Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Residencies:
July 2018 to present. Textile artist in residence. Customs House Artisan Incubator. Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
June 2017-July 2017. Paris and Documenta fine arts field school. Paris, France and Kassel, Germany
Exhibitions:
Group Exhibitions:
March 2021 (Upcoming) Pandemic perspectives: One year later. Cape Breton Centenaries for Craft and Design. Sydney, Nova Scotia
February 2020. Elements: Earth, Air, Water and Fire. Bear River Artworks Gallery. Bear River, Nova Scotia.
April 2018. The Show. Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Richmond, British Columbia
March 2017. International Arts Focus Week. Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Richmond, British Columbia
Solo Exhibitions
June 2021. (Upcoming.)What is left Behind? Corridor Gallery of Visual Arts Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
October 2020. Roads less travelled. Digital. In partnership with Canada Council for the arts.
September 2020. What is left behind? Lumiere Art at night Festival, Sydney NS
August 2020 Canada's Ocean Playground: Trash It! Third Shift Art at Night Festival. St. John, New Brunswick. Digital Project.
September 2019. Rebirth. Lumiere Art at Night Festival. Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Teaching Experience
July 2020. New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. Painting with Earth Pigments.
September 2020. Woolstock East Fibre Festival. Indigo Shibori Dyeing.
October 2019. Traditional Indigo. Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival. Amherst, Nova Scotia
November 2018. Hand Painting with Natural dyes. Cape Breton Centre For Craft and Design. Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
November 2018. Block Printing with Natural Dyes. Cape Breton Centre For Craft and Design. Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
October 2018. Painting with natural dyes. New Dawn Centre For Innovation. Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia.
October 2018. Rust Dyeing:How to make Unique Designs With Rusty Objects. Cape Breton Centre For Craft and Design. Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
November 2016. Guest Lecturer: Use of Natural Mordants and Dyes. Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Richmond, British Columbia
Grants awarded:
July 2020. Canada Council for the Arts: Digital Originals Micro Grants
July 2020. Nova Scotia Job Creation Project: Creative Legacy Arts Grants
Guild Memberships and Board Positions:
Visual Arts Nova Scotia- Board member October 2019-Present
Visual Arts Nova Scotia
PAINTS (Professional Artists in the Schools)
Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council
CARFAC Maritimes.
Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design
Awards and Scholarships
2018 Wildflower Scholarship2017 One World Study Abroad Grant
2016 John Fluevog Unique Soles award
2015 The Monty Endowed Award