INTRO Blurb re Service (institutional and communities)
Committees served
One of the most important, but often overlooked aspects of the Tenured Professor is institutional service. Universities do not run themselves, and the reality is that as more and more emphasis is placed on Sessional Instructors for teaching, there is more administration to be covered by a decreasing number of full-time, continuing faculty. As such, it is both a privilege and responsibility to take on the myriad committees of the university.
Department of Visual Arts
UPDATE 2022-present
Head of the Department of Visual Arts (Chair) 2013, 2017-19, 2023-25, 2025-2027
Hiring Committee – Term position in Painting & Drawing 2019-20
Hiring Committee – Tenure-track Studio 2018-19 (Chair)
Graduate Program Coordinator 2013, 2014-17
Hiring Committee – Tenure-track Art History 2016-17 (Chair)
Co-Chair, Art For Lunch Weekly Lecture Series - 2014-17
Hiring Committee - Term position in 3D Studio
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Dept. of Visual Arts
Scholarship Committee
Sessional Recruitment Committee
Hiring Committee - Term position in Ceramics
Hiring Committee - Tenure-track position in Studio Arts
BFA Reviews (entrance)
BFA Reviews (4th year)
MFA Reviews
MFA Committee
ART220/221 Curriculum sub-committee
Acting Department Head on several occasions
Faculty of Media + Art + Performance (Formerly Faculty of Fine Arts)
UPDATE 2022-present
Performance Review Committee 2015-2017, (Chair 2016-17)
Hiring Committee, Dean's Representative – Term position in Music, Piano 2019-20
Hiring Committee Dean's Representative – Term position in Music, Trombone 2017-18
Committee on Admissions, Studies, and Procedures, (Chair 2014-16)
Nominating Committee Chair 2011-2012
UR Connected Faculty of Fine Arts Tours
Fine Arts Presentation Series (Organizer 2009-10, 2010-2011) See the posters here.
UPDATE 2022-present
Performance Review Committee 2015-2017, (Chair 2016-17)
Hiring Committee, Dean's Representative – Term position in Music, Piano 2019-20
Hiring Committee Dean's Representative – Term position in Music, Trombone 2017-18
Committee on Admissions, Studies, and Procedures, (Chair 2014-16)
Nominating Committee Chair 2011-2012
UR Connected Faculty of Fine Arts Tours
Fine Arts Presentation Series (Organizer 2009-10, 2010-2011) See the posters here.
University of Regina
UPDATE 2022-present
Executive of Council - 2019-21
Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Scholarship Committee 2019-21
University of Regina Faculty Association – Committee of Representatives 2019-
University of Regina Faculty Association – Parking Advisory Committee 2019-
Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Thesis Chair (10+ since 2012)
University Registrar Search Advisory Committee 2012-13
Faculty of Graduate Studies Council 2012-2014
Council Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Studies Chair 2010-2012
Council Committee on Student Appeals 2010-2012
Senate and Council Joint Committee on Ceremonies 2010-2012
University of Regina Faculty Association – Occupational Health & Safety Committee 2009-2011
UPDATE 2022-present
Executive of Council - 2019-21
Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Scholarship Committee 2019-21
University of Regina Faculty Association – Committee of Representatives 2019-
University of Regina Faculty Association – Parking Advisory Committee 2019-
Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Thesis Chair (10+ since 2012)
University Registrar Search Advisory Committee 2012-13
Faculty of Graduate Studies Council 2012-2014
Council Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Studies Chair 2010-2012
Council Committee on Student Appeals 2010-2012
Senate and Council Joint Committee on Ceremonies 2010-2012
University of Regina Faculty Association – Occupational Health & Safety Committee 2009-2011
Service to my communities
Blurb about service to communities, and the tangle involved with trying to separate and distill service contributions
Recent Service Hightlights
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Cathedral Village Arts Festival CHAIR 2024, 2025, 2026
Society memberships
SK Printmakers 2022-present (inaugural and ongoing public board member) 2022-present. Read about SKP by clicking HERE.
Articulate Ink Printmaking Studio (inaugural public board member) 2019-2020
CARFAC Saskatchewan 2018-present
Alberta Printmakers 2018-2019
Saskatchewan Printmaking Association 2015-2020
Canadian Association of University Teachers 2007-present
Cathedral Village Arts Festival
For a number of years, I organized Printmaking in the Streets, as part of the Cathedral Village Arts Festival. With student and alumni volunteers, I have erected a portable Printmaking studio, complete with etching press and sundries, to perform feats of printing on 13th Avenue in Regina, during the annual street fair. Part performance, part community outreach and engagement, this project has permitted me to educate, entertain, and even recruit potential students to the Department of Visual Arts. In addition to the day-long street fair event, I served on the 2011 Planning Committee for the Festival. In 2024, I took on the role of Chair of CVAF, leading highly successful festivals in 2024 and 2025. I am in the midst of planning the 2026 iteration. To find out more, see the Recent Service Highlights sections, above ↑
Articulate Ink
I have acted as mentor and consultant to the members of Regina's only artist-run Printmaking centre. For complete information on how my teaching and community engagement cross over, see the Student Success Profile page, here.
Les Arts Vivants, Guest Artist and Co-organizer, Regina Public Schools, École Connaught – 2015, 16, 19
For each of the years listed above, I planned, and implemented day-long (sometimes two days) of Printmaking-related programming for elementary school students. In 2019, I printed letterpress and hand-assembled sketchbooks with more than 200 students!
City of Regina - Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee
From 2012-2014, I served on a City Council advisory board, related to built and natural heritage in Regina. As a citizen of the city, a taxpayer, and a member of the arts and cultural community (not to mention a prolific renovator of my own 100+ year old heritage home), I was a welcome addition to the diverse group. Meeting monthly, we discussed property heritage designations, renovation and rehabilitation projects, and best practices related the balance between growth and preservation of our ever-expanding city. The most meaningful project, originating from my time on this committee, was the designation, preservation, and public recognition of the unmarked and long-forgotten Regina Industrial School cemetery, which contained dozens of graves of undisclosed, indigenous children dating back many decades. Read a bit more about this story here.
I have, on many occasions, given artist lectures locally and nationally, served on juries for local or university art competitions, served on juries for the Saskatchewan Arts Board, donated artwork for fundraising at artist-run-centres and Printmaking programmes across Canada, and performed Printmaking and other arts-related outreach at local schools.
SK Printmakers 2022-present (inaugural and ongoing public board member) 2022-present. Read about SKP by clicking HERE.
Articulate Ink Printmaking Studio (inaugural public board member) 2019-2020
CARFAC Saskatchewan 2018-present
Alberta Printmakers 2018-2019
Saskatchewan Printmaking Association 2015-2020
Canadian Association of University Teachers 2007-present
Cathedral Village Arts Festival
For a number of years, I organized Printmaking in the Streets, as part of the Cathedral Village Arts Festival. With student and alumni volunteers, I have erected a portable Printmaking studio, complete with etching press and sundries, to perform feats of printing on 13th Avenue in Regina, during the annual street fair. Part performance, part community outreach and engagement, this project has permitted me to educate, entertain, and even recruit potential students to the Department of Visual Arts. In addition to the day-long street fair event, I served on the 2011 Planning Committee for the Festival. In 2024, I took on the role of Chair of CVAF, leading highly successful festivals in 2024 and 2025. I am in the midst of planning the 2026 iteration. To find out more, see the Recent Service Highlights sections, above ↑
Articulate Ink
I have acted as mentor and consultant to the members of Regina's only artist-run Printmaking centre. For complete information on how my teaching and community engagement cross over, see the Student Success Profile page, here.
Les Arts Vivants, Guest Artist and Co-organizer, Regina Public Schools, École Connaught – 2015, 16, 19
For each of the years listed above, I planned, and implemented day-long (sometimes two days) of Printmaking-related programming for elementary school students. In 2019, I printed letterpress and hand-assembled sketchbooks with more than 200 students!
City of Regina - Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee
From 2012-2014, I served on a City Council advisory board, related to built and natural heritage in Regina. As a citizen of the city, a taxpayer, and a member of the arts and cultural community (not to mention a prolific renovator of my own 100+ year old heritage home), I was a welcome addition to the diverse group. Meeting monthly, we discussed property heritage designations, renovation and rehabilitation projects, and best practices related the balance between growth and preservation of our ever-expanding city. The most meaningful project, originating from my time on this committee, was the designation, preservation, and public recognition of the unmarked and long-forgotten Regina Industrial School cemetery, which contained dozens of graves of undisclosed, indigenous children dating back many decades. Read a bit more about this story here.
I have, on many occasions, given artist lectures locally and nationally, served on juries for local or university art competitions, served on juries for the Saskatchewan Arts Board, donated artwork for fundraising at artist-run-centres and Printmaking programmes across Canada, and performed Printmaking and other arts-related outreach at local schools.
