VAUGHN LENORE GILLSON
Résumé
Profile
- Vaughn Gillson is a visual artist whose portrayals of our society and environment are orchestrated with the craft and artistry of classical technique. Her drawings and paintings in oil and charcoal interpret the basic ideas of form, shape and space.
- Vaughn is currently based in Toronto, Canada.
Training
- Ryerson Polytechnical University, Certificate Program Training & Development
- National Theatre School, Montreal, set & costume design
- Private studies, classical painting with John Michael Angel
- Art Students’ League, New York, classical painting and drawing with Frank Mason and John Beverly Hale
- Royal Conservatory of Music
Educational Activities
- Instructional Design
- Curriculum design and teaching guides for art instruction at academic and professional levels.
- Founder of DiZegno, a company that produces resources for art education aimed at generalist elementary teachers.
- Teaching
- Continuing Education Program: East York, Scarborough, Toronto Boards of Education, 1990 - 1994
- Humber College, 2 dimensional design, 1991, 1992
- Studio classes, Toronto, drawing and oil painting, 1993 - 1998
- Visual Arts Mississauga, oil and portrait painting, 1990, 1993
- Workshops
- Buckhorn School of Art, drawing figure & portrait, 1989
- Haliburton School of Fine Art, portrait painting, 1991 - 1994
- Oshawa Art Association, drawing figure & portrait, 1990
- Richmond Hill Artists Group, landscape painting, 1994
- Presentations
- Art Guild of Scarborough, Don Valley Art Club,1995, 1996
Group Exhibitions
- Juried / by Invitation
- Burlington Cultural Centre Annual Juried Show, 1984, 1985
- Multi-disciplinary International Conference on Mental Health Care, Toronto, 1995
- Commercial Galleries
- Gallery 133, Toronto, ON, 2001 - 2002
- Brannagh Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2001
- Impressions Gallery, Toronto, ON, 1998
- Schieder & Associates, Toronto, ON, 1992-1994
- Westmount Gallery, Toronto, ON, 1990 -1992
- Mazelow Gallery, Toronto, ON, 1986-1987
- Sandy Snelgrove Gallery, London, ON, 1994 -1995
- Gallery on the Lake, Buckhorn, ON, 1989
- Leon Loard Gallery, Montgomery, AL, 1995
- Discovery Galleries, Chevy Chase, MD, 1994
Awards
- Ontario Arts Council - Materials Assistance Grant, 1989
- Ontario Arts Council - Student Assistance Grant while at National Theatre School, 1972, 1973
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