STATEMENT…
“A slow release,
Of association, intimation, recognition.”
ÉNONCÉ…
“Une libération lente,
D’associations, de sentiments, de reconnaissances.”
EDUCATION
• Hons B.A., Art History, 1974, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
• University of New Brunswick, 1970 – 1971, History and Art History; Fredericton, NB
• Fine Arts Certificate, 1996, St.Lawrence College, Brockville, ON
• CEGEP du Vieux-Montréal, 1969 – 1970; Collège II: Arts Plastiques (Fine Arts), Montréal, QC
• CEGEP de Ste. Foy ,1968 – 1969; Collège I: Arts Plastiques (Fine Arts), Ste. Foy, QC
RESIDENCIES:
2013 Your Own Grad School, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston, ON, A six-week residency with 8 other artists followed by multi-day session with Cliff Eyland and Jeanne Randolph of Winnipeg. The focus was the purpose and necessity of graduate school in the fine arts, and involved participants and the public.
PUBLICATIONS:
2019: poems included in a printed poetry anthology for young people; “Inspired Heart for Teens”, Melinda Cochrane Publications, Montreal
2018: “The Elm Suite: Paintings and Poetry by Michèle LaRose, with invited poems by Bruce Kauffman”, self-published to accompany exhibition
2013: Colour illustrations for “X”, a poem sequence in 16 parts by award-winning poet Phil Hall (GG, Trillium, Griffin). Handmade book printed by Thee Hellbox Press, Kingston, ON.
2014: Colour illustration for “From the Mouths”, a book of poetry by Shane Neilson (doctor/poet). Handmade book printed by Thee Hellbox Press, Kingston, ON.
AFFILIATIONS:
CARFAC Ontario
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre (KAAI)
Organization of Kingston Women Artists (OKWA)
Union Gallery, Queens University
GRANTS:
2024 OAC Exhibition Assistance
2020 OAC Exhibition Assistance
2015 OAC Exhibition Assistance
2014 OAC Project Assistance (Agitated Plover Salon Collective)
2008 OAC Exhibition Assistance
ARTS ADMINISTRATION:
2024 Co-Juror, Annual Juried Show, Belleville Art Association, Belleville, ON
2018-21 Coordinator, Artists Talks, Organization of Kingston Women Artists, Kingston, ON
2017-18 Coordinator, Artists Talking at the Agnes, discussion group for artists, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
2016 Co-Juror, Annual Juried Show, Belleville Art Association, Belleville, ON
2015 Chair, Project Grants Jury, City of Kingston, ON
2015 Juror, Nan Yeoman’s Grant for Artistic Development, Kingston, ON
2010 & 2012 Juror, Operating Grants, City of Kingston Arts Fund, Kingston, ON
2007-2008 Board of Directors, Kingston Arts Council (KAC) (strategic planning)
1988 Project Manager, Archives Headquarters Accommodation Program National Archives of Canada (NAC), Ottawa
1986-1988 Assistant Director General, Conservation Branch, National Archives of Canada, (NAC) Ottawa
1985–1986 Director, Planning and Programme Coordination, Archives Branch, NAC, Ottawa
1983-1985 Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General and Vice-Chairman, National Museums of Canada (NMC), Ottawa
1982 – 1983 Manager, Government House Historic Property, Government of Saskatchewan, Regina
1981 – 1982 Policy and Planning Officer, NMC, Ottawa
1980 – 1981 Programme Coordinator, Museum Assistance Programmes (MAP), NMC, Ottawa
1978 – 1980 Training and Information Coordinator, Canadian Conservation Institute, NMC, Ottawa
1974 -1978 Paper Conservator, Canadian Conservation Institute: Headquarters (Ottawa), Atlantic Conservation Centre (Moncton) and Québec Conservation Centre (Québec), NMC
TEACHING / ENSEIGNEMENT
2008 Abstraction and Non-Representation; Composition and Design, (CLASS) Community Learning, Pawley’s Island, South Carolina
2006 Abstraction and Non-Representation, 6-week course, Rideau Lakes Artists Association, Westport, Ontario
2005 Applied Colour Theory Workshop,Rideau Lakes Artists Association, Westport, Ontario
2003 -2005 Rideau Lakes Township Recreation Programme, Elgin, Ontario
– The Creative Use of Colour: Applied Colour Theory, 10 weeks
– Creativity for Painters: Getting Out of Those Ruts, 8 weeks
– Drawing Fundamentals, 7 weeks
– Basic Watercolour, 9 weeks and 2-day workshop
– Intermediate Painting, 8 weeks
– Landscape Painting and Drawing, 10 weeks
– The Magic of Watercolour!, 5 weeks
1998 -2003 Courses offered at studio in Elgin, Ontario
– Composition and Design, Colour Theory
– Basic Watercolour, Intermediate Watercolour
– Outdoor Painting, Painting Flowers (offered in Crosby, Ontario)
2001 Watercolour Monotype Workshop, North Gower, Ontario