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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:
June 2021. (Upcoming.)What is left Behind? Corridor Gallery of Visual Arts Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
December 2020 (Upcoming.) Quiet Potentials. J. Franklin Wright Art Gallery. Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia.
August 2020 (Upcoming) Canada's Ocean Playground: Trash It! Third Shift Art at Night Festival. St. John, New Brunswick. Digital Project.
February 2020. Elements: Earth, Air, Water and Fire. Bear River Artworks Gallery. Bear River, Nova Scotia.
September 2019. Rebirth. Lumiere Art at Night Festival. Sydney, Nova Scotia.
April 2018. The Show. Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Richmond, British Columbia
March 2017. International Arts Focus Week. Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Richmond, British Columbia
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
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 Grants
2018 Wildflower Scholarship2017 One World Study Abroad Grant
2016 John Fluevog Unique Soles award
2015 The Monty Endowed Award