Bio/cv

My academic studies include Fine Arts, Philosophy, Comparative Religion, Women’s Studies and Adult Education at the University of Western Ontario, University of Michigan and St. Francis Xavier University. Upon completion of these studies I taught creative arts courses at the University of Western Ontario and Fanshawe College in London Ontario.  My career in the arts led to a position in professional theatre starting with the Stratford Festival Theatre.  I am the recipient of a Canada Council grant and an Ontario Arts Council Grant.
 

Education
 

1978 Professional Spinners and Weavers Masters Designation
1979 – Fine Arts Fanshawe College – London, ON
1980 – 81 Studied Printmaking with Methius Muleme – London, ON
1981 - 84 Fine Arts, University of Western Ontario
1981– Ed Zelenak – Sculpture -University of Western Ontario
1984 – Delvia DeSilva – Pottery Workshop – Stratford, ON
1988 – Diploma in Adult Education – St. Francis Xavier University
2008 – Workshop with Lynn Conell, Dunedin, Ontario
2010 – Workshop with Jean Myers – Seattle Washington
2010 – Workshop with Don Cavin – Abstracting the Landscape
2011 -  Cold Wax Painting with Janice Mason-Steeves – Elora, ON
2014 -  Abstracted landscapes with Valerie Kent
2014 -  Painting Florals with Marianne Broome
 

Professional & Teaching Experience
1981-1985 Visual Art and jewellery design – Zappha Studios – Stratford
1981 –1985 Stratford Festival Theatre – Costume Dyer, Jewellery Designer
1987 – 1992 Fashion Merchandizing and Design – Toronto School of Business and CCI Oshawa, ON
1989 - 2003  Costume Design: Oshawa Little Theatre; Peterborough Theatre
1997 - 2003 Computer Graphics and Design – Creative Career Systems
2007-2008 – Shanxi Modern Bilingual School – China
2003- Present Graphic Design. Fine Art and Director of My One Square Mile Project and Art Quest Consulting
2008-2010 – Director, Southampton Art School
2011/2014 Instructor at Southampton Art School
2014 Instructor at ArtSpark, Thornbury, ON
2011 Workshop Facilitator at Studio XX – Owen Sound, ON
2003  Curator – Mile One Square Mile Project
2010  Curator – The Shilling Experience: Past and Present
2011  Curator Imagining Ourselves: A Perspective on the Lives of Women - Southampton Museum
2012 Curator -  group exhibit   Abstractions: Works on Paper - Meaford Hall, Meaford, Ontario

2016 Curator – A Retrospective of Drawings by Bert Henderson – Southampton Art Gallery

2017 Curator – Living Legacy – Southampton Art Gallery

Directorship
1982 – Gallery 96 – Stratford
2004-2006 Board of Directors Bruce Trail Association
2009 – 2010 Director, Shoreline Artists – Education
2010 – 2014 Board of Directors – Shoreline Artists – Vice President/President
2008 – 2010 Director of Southampton Art School
 

Awards and Exhibitions
1984  Canada Council Grant
1985  Stratford – Art in the Park
1986  Solo Exhibit – Gallery 96, Stratford, Ontario Canada
1986 – Ontario Arts Council Grant
1987  Solo Exhibit – Gallery 96 Stratford, Ontario Canada
1988  Group Exhibit – Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario Canada
1988  Visual Arts Exhibition, Juried -  Faculty of Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
1992  Art at the Station – Group exhibit Station Gallery, Whitby Ontario Canada
2006  Collingwood Juried Exhibition – Collingwood Ontario
2009  Visionary Artist Award – Feast for the Eyes – Southampton Art Gallery
2009  Editor’s Choice Award – Downtown LA Life Magazine
2009  Owen Sound Banner Project Juried Competition
2010  Collingwood Juried Exhibition – Collingwood Ontario
2010  Doors Open – Owen Sound, ON
2010/11/12  Owen Sound Banner Project Juried Competition
2010  Meaford Hall Gallery – Juried Exhibition – Third Place
2010  Owen Sound Banner Project Juried Competition
2010  Group Exhibition – Three Ravens Gallery, Ardmore, PA
2011 Group Exhibition – Three Ravens Galley, Ardmore, PA
2011  Studio XIII – A Printmaker’s Vision
2011  Meaford Hall – Solo Show
2011  Bluemountain Foundation for the Arts – Juried Exhibition – two pieces accepted
2011  Group Exhibition -  ‘In the Name of Honour – Jharoka Art Gallery, Islamabad Pakistan
2011  Group Exhibition – ‘ United in the Age of Dialogue – National Art Gallery, Islamabed Pakistan
2011  Artist in Residence and exhibit – Cobble Beach Cultural Center
2012  Group Exhibit - Abstractions:  Works on Paper - Meaford Hall, Meaford, Ontario
2012  Pushing Colour -  Recent work by Sharon Barfoot and Susan Seitz  - Bruce County Museum and Cultural Center - Southampton, Ontario
2013  BMFA Collingwood juried exhibition
2013  Infinite Shores Gallery, Southampton, ON
2014  Spirit of Place - Santa Fe Gallery -Owen Sound ON
2015 BMFA Collingwood Juried Exhibition
2016 Open Studio Group Exhibition – Southampton, ON
2016 Included in the Cold Wax Medium Book published by Squeegee Press – Jerry Mclaughlin and Rebecca Crowell
2017 BMFA Collingwood Juried Exhibition – Honourable Mention

2019 Bruce County Museum – Good Eye- solo exhibition

2024 Bruce County Museum – The Thread of the Story – group exhibit

2025 Homer Watson Gallery – Blue - group exhibit