EDUCATION
2002-6 – BA in Fine Art, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
2004-5 – Study Abroad in Fine Art, University of Leeds, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 – Dear Diary, Mid-Century Dweller, Calgary, Alberta
2013 – Dear Diary, Northern Front Studio, Whitehorse, Yukon
2011 – Emotional Baggage, Yukon Arts Centre Community Gallery, Whitehorse
2009 – Unmentionables, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon
2008 – It Was A Special Occasion, Cambridge Cottage Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario
PUBLICATIONS
2014 – Strange Material: Storytelling Through Textiles by Leanne Prain
2014 – Craftivism: The Art of Craft and Activism by Betsy Greer
RESIDENCIES
2018– Artist in residence, School of the Arts, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
2012 – Artist in residence, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC), Dawson City, Yukon
2010 – Artists Down Under, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon
COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE ARTWORKS
2016 – present – Doily Webs, various locations across Canada
2015 – present – Mend & Make Well, Art Gallery of Burlington for the Can Craft? Craft Can! for the Canadian Craft Biennial 2017 and various locations across Canada.
2012 – present – Dear Diary
2013 – Yarnbombing IceAge Mammals, Beringia Interpretive Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon
2012 & 2014 – Interactive yarn bombing and knitting workshops, Atlin Arts and Music Festival, Atlin, British Columbia & Riverside Arts Festival, Dawson, Yukon
2012 – Knitting for History: Yarn Bombing a DC-3 airplane, Yukon Transportation Museum, Whitehorse, Yukon
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2015 – Northern Fibres Guild – members exhibition, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon
2014 – Jim Robb’s Yukon, Retrospective, Yukon Arts Centre Public Art Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon
2013 – 2016 – Encounters with the Sublime: Kluane National Park and Reserve through the lenses of Bradford Washburn and Sebastião Salgado, Haines Junction, YT (Oct 2013) Yukon Arts Centre Community Gallery (March 2014), Place Grand, Dawson, YT (2015), Alliance Francaise Toronto, ON (2016)
2012 – Alison McCreesh solo exhibit Squatters, Yukon Arts Centre Public Art Gallery
2008 – 2016 – Curator of Community Gallery and ATCO Electric Yukon Youth, Yukon Arts Centre Public Art Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon
2007 – Co-curator of No Fixed Address: Suitcase Art Galleries, Hamilton, Ontario
2005 – Curator of 1st Annual Winter Salon, Loose Cannon Gallery, Hamilton
COLLECTIONS
2012 – KIAC/ODD Gallery/McCaully House Residency Collection
2010 – Yukon Government Permanent Art Collection
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 – Can Craft? Craft Can! for the Canadian Craft Biennial Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, ON
2016 – CounterCraft: Voices of the Indie Craft Community, part of a community collaborative artwork YASVB organized by Betsy Greer, curated by Faith Levine, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
2015 – Northern Fibres Guild, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon
2012 – Plants & Animals, Northern Fibres Guild exhibit, Yukon Arts Centre Community Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon
2011 – 100 Ways, Celebration of International Women’s Day, Dawson City, Yukon
2010 – Capture: New Acquisitions by the Yukon Government Permanent Art Collection
2010 – Scrawl on the Wall, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon
2009 – Summer Days, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon
2009 – Dark Days, Red Wagon Union at the Old Fire Hall, Whitehorse
2008 – Abuse Against Women Awareness Exhibition, Whitehorse
2008 – Gender Matters, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
2007 – Annual Members’ Show, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario
2007 – 3rd Annual Winter Salon, Loose Cannon Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
2007 – In Design, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario
2007 – Artopia 2007: Star Buckets, fundraiser at Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario
2007 – No Fixed Address: Suitcase Art Galleries, various public spaces, Hamilton, Ontario
2007 – The Apartment Show, Loose Cannon Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
AWARDS & GRANTS
2012 – Yarn Bomb Yukon Collective, Arts Fund from Yukon Government
2011 – Sewing Training, Cultural Industries Training Fund from Yukon Government
2011 – Touring Artist Fund from Yukon Government, Great Northern Arts Festival, Inuvik, Northwest Territories
MEMBERSHIPS
2012 – present – Coordinator of Yarn Bomb Yukon
2008 – 2016 – Member of the Northern Fibres Guild, Whitehorse, Yukon
2011 – 2015 – Yukon Arts Society (Arts Underground), Whitehorse
2012 – Yukon Artists at Work co-op (YAW), Whitehorse, Yukon
2006-8 – Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario
EVENT PLANNING
2015 – Yukon Etsy Made In Canada, Whitehorse, Yukon
2010 – present – Culture Days & Doors Open Yukon
CONFERENCES
2015 – Etsy Made In Canada Summit, Yukon representative, Toronto, Ontario
2015 – Culture Days Congress, Yukon representative, Edmonton, Alberta
2013 – Canadian Museums Association Annual Conference, Yukon Arts Centre representative, Whitehorse, Yukon
2013 – It Takes a Community to Clothe an Airplane, Panel discussion presenter, Canadian Museums Association Annual Conference, Whitehorse, Yukon
2012 – Canadian Museums Association Annual Conference, Yukon Arts Centre representative, Ottawa, Ontario
2010 – Presentation on inclusion in the arts at the BC Association for Community Living, Family Focus Society and Canadian Association for Community Living national family Conference
TEXTILE SHOWS, DISPLAYS, & EXHIBITIONS (select)
2015 – Ten, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon
2015 – Redesign Market, the Old Fire Hall, Whitehorse
2009 – 2014 – Cranberry Fair, Northern Fibres Guild, Whitehorse
2010 – 2013 – Mardi Bra-a breast cancer fundraising event, Whitehorse
2011 & 2013 – Great Northern Arts Festival, Inuvik, NWT
2013 – Boundless: Fashion from Canada’s North, Northern Scene, Ottawa, Ontario
2012 – Holiday Exhibit, Cadence Cycle, Whitehorse
2012 – Catch My Eye Accessories Exhibit, Baked Cafe, Whitehorse
2007 – 2008 – Makers Market on James Street North, Hamilton, Ontario
2008 – RevWear, Fashion Art Show, Pearl Company Hamilton
ARTS RELATED EMPLOYMENT
2018 – present – Associate National Director artsvest – Business for the Arts
2016- 2018 – Executive Director, Hamilton Artists Inc, Hamilton Ontario
2008 – 2016 – Community Engagement Visual Arts, Yukon Arts Centre Public Art Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon
2009 – Collections Management Contractor, Yukon Government Permanent Art Collection, Whitehorse, Yukon
2008-2010 – Community Engagement & Artist Contractor, Yukon Association for Community Living, Whitehorse, Yukon
2006-7 – Gallery Assistant, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, Ontario
2006 – Coordinator, Living Wage Project, Hamilton, Ontario
2006 – Internship, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario
2005 – Internship, Loose Cannon Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
2003 – Gallery Assistant, Grimm Gallery, Port Carling, Ontario
2000-2 – Gallery Assistant, Framing Place and Gallery, Huntsville, Ontario
1999-2 – Gallery Assistant, Wildlife Art International/Algonquin Art Gallery, Algonquin Park, Ontario
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2016 – Curatorship: Topics in Critical Curatorship, University of Victoria, BC
2012 – 2016 – Yukon Government Adult French Language Training Centre
2015 – Exhibition Lighting, Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI)
2015 – Packing and Shipping Cultural Property, Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI)
2014 – Collections Management Certification Course, Ontario Museums Association
2014 – National Gallery of Canada, Museum Professionals Orientation Program,
2013 – Construction of Mannequins, Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI)
2013 – Science, Technology & Grandeur, Canadian Museums Association Annual Conference
2011 – Millinery, Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon
2011 – Advanced Design and Sewing Techniques, Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon
2011 – Re-claimed Clothing Construction/Design and Tailoring, Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon
2011 – Financial Management for Cultural Institutions, University of Victoria, BC
2010 – Heritage Facility Planning & Storage Planning, Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI)
2010 – Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Cultural Institutions, Canadian Conservation Institute
2009 – Mount Making, Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI)
2009 – Education Programs Certification Course, Ontario Museums Association
2008 – Museum Learning Certification Course, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
VOLUNTEER & COMMITTEES
2018 – 2019 – Accessibility in the Arts Advisory Committee, Arts Build Ontario
2016 – 2018 – Hamilton Artists Inc. Committees – Programming, Fundraising & Development, Communications & Membership Outreach, Special Events & Merchandising, Executive, Facilities, New Committee (Diversity & Decolonization)
2015 – Local Committee, Walking with our Sisters
2010 – 2016 – National Committee Member, Culture Days
2013 – 2016 – Youth Committee Member for Douglas Phillips, Commissioner of Yukon
2013 – Local Committee, Canadian Museums Association Conference, Whitehorse, Yukon
2010 – 2014 – Vice President, Northern Fibres Guild, Whitehorse, Yukon
2011 – 2016 – Steering committee, Yukon Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, Whitehorse Yukon
2006 – Curatorial and fundraising committee, 705600, SUMMA at McMaster University
2006 – Committee for Y.E.A.H. (Young Emerging Artists of Hamilton), Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario
2005 – Committee for Merge, Hyde Park Social Club (Leeds)