Joan Thornborrow Steacy. Illustrator Sculptor Teacher Writer

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1 Joan Thornborrow Steacy Illustrator Sculptor Teacher Writer Joan Thornborrow Steacy is a visual artist who has worked in a variety of disciplines, including sculpture, traditional illustration, and digital imaging. She grew up in southern Ontario, and is a graduate of Sheridan College, The Ontario College of Art & Design, and The University of Victoria. She teaches life drawing, and is currently working on an autobio-graphic novel.

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5 Joan Thornborrow Steacy AOCA HUMA.DIP Merriman Drive Victoria, British Columbia Canada V8P 2S9 TEL: (250) CEL: (250) EDUCATION 1975 Sheridan College - Oakville, Ontario Graduated from one year Art Fundamentals Program 1979 Ontario College of Art and Design - Toronto, Ontario Graduated from Fine Arts/General Studies Program - studied Art History, Art & Perception, Photo-Electric Arts, Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture University of Toronto - Center for Culture and Technology Postgraduate studies with Eric McLuhan Attended numerous stone-carving and sculpting symposia in British Columbia and Washington State 2002 University of Victoria - Victoria, British Columbia Graduated with a Humanities Diploma, studied Art Education, Art History, Film Studies, Philosophy, and Japanese WORK EXPERIENCE Toronto, Ontario, Victoria, British Columbia - caricaturist 1980 Parks and Recreation Department - Toronto, Ontario Created and taught art programs for children 1981 General Brock High School - Burlington, Ontario Created and taught a three-day workshop and slide presentation on the subject of Art & Perception Toronto, Ontario - Produced numerous sculptural illustrations for various clients on a freelance basis, including Star Week magazine, Vortex Comics, Billboard magazine, and The Shaw Festival Beach Arts Center - Toronto, Ontario Organized and taught the Visual Arts Program for children and teens, curriculum included painting, sculpting, animation, and cartooning. Designed and coordinated sets and prop construction for student productions Victoria, British Columbia Assisted illustrator Ken Steacy in production of numerous comic books and children s books in both traditional and digital media for clients including Lucasfilm, Disney, Marvel, and Telus World of Science Edmonton Guest lectured on the subject of sculptural illustration to the Island lllustrators Society, and worked on animated logo for CHEK-6 TV station Created and taught Life Drawing For Beginners program at Xchanges Gallery Wrote and illustrated storybook titled So,That s That! Taught Life Drawing, Visual Storytelling, and Caricature at Island Blue 2009 Pacific Festival of the Book - Storybook Production As Author/Illustrator, slide presentation and lecture Currently writing and illustrating autobio-graphic novel VOLUNTEER WORK Involved in Margaret Jenkins Elementary School s art enhancement program, including production of a number of murals Created and presented slide shows and workshops for students in kindergarten to middle school on the subject of Art & Perception Member, Vancouver Island Sculptor s Guild - chaired advertising committee Presenter for the Gallery in the Schools Program through the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 2001 Created and presented slide show on historical and contemporary sculpture to Washington State Stone Carvers Symposium Oak Bay High Community Theatre Group - designed and constructed working life-sized puppets for production of Little Shop of Horrors, co-ordinated set painting for numerous other productions Pacific Festival of the Book - Victoria, British Columbia Co-ordinated and hung show of The Book As Art Object GROUP SHOWS 1994 Bastion Square, Island Illustrators show - Victoria, British Columbia 1995 Maltwood Gallery, Site Specific show - University of Victoria Bamberton Cement Plant Gallery - Bamberton, British Columbia 1997 Vancouver Holocaust Education Center - Primo Levi exhibition 1998 Maritime Museum Gallery, Sculptors Guild - Victoria, British Columbia 1999 Sooke Fine Arts 99 show - Sooke, British Columbia 2001 University of Victoria Fine Arts Building - Red Tide Alert show 2004 Arts Council Gallery Victoria, Foreign Exchange Show 2006 Victoria International Arts Symposium - Victoria, British Columbia 2007 Pacific Festival of the Book - Victoria, British Columbia SOLO SHOWS 2003 Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton, Ontario - public sculpture installation 2005 The Green Room, Xchanges Gallery, Victoria BC - life drawings 2006 The Village Gallery, Waterdown Ontario - original illustrations SKILLS Sculpting, Stone Carving, Drawing, Painting, Cartooning, Caricature, Sequential Narrative, Digital Colouring

KEYWORDS THAT DESCRIBE MY PRACTICE

KEYWORDS THAT DESCRIBE MY PRACTICE DEGREES Doctorate of Philosophy (Art Education) (ABD) University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (In Process) Master of Education (Art Education) University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., 2007 Bachelor of Fine