Public Art As Social Interventions: Teaching & Research: Print Media

PRINT MEDIA :
	Bonnie Baxter

Bonnie Baxter is an artist, educator and director of Atelier du Scarabée, which she founded in 1982. She has maintained an extensive exhibition record for 3 decades. She has created installation and public art works as well as large-scale pieces in Print Media and Sculpture.
Her current work has expanded to include performance, video and electronic imaging. Her web site entitled Eros / Ecstasy / Death is a reflection on non-rational states. Her work addresses issues dealing with intersections of representation and the construction and deconstruction of identity in a social, psychological and physiological context.
Presently she is working within a collective of Concordia students named TCHOU, which was formed with the objective to create art projects through community action. TCHOU’s work will be presented in the context of the International Symposium and Exhibition entitled Mythologie des Lieux held in St. Jérôme, Québec September 1999.

ARTIST STATEMENT / TEACHING PHILOSOPHY:

In my professional practice, I am committed to an interdisciplinary approach. Although my work
has evolved from a primary grounding in printmaking, my current focus is the intersection(s) of representation, critical theory and technology.

Étate d'Âme,1998
video installation

My personal practice seems to be evolving again to include a more direct accountability of the interaction between art production, politics and the communities
that could most benefit from the cultural expertise of the artist.

As such, I am becoming more interested in direct and experiential interaction with the viewer, especially as the viewer becomes a participant, alive in cultural production. My teaching mirrors and reinforces this evolution of my art practice.

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Étate d'Âme, 1998
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video installation

I have faith in the wisdom of student centered teaching.
I favor a pedagogy that focuses on the relationship between art and societal values
as it questions the context of production and cultural meanings.
To this end helping students create art informed with the knowledge
that artists are part of the social, economical, political and cultural context which they influence and which in part influences them.
My desire is to motivate students artistically and intellectually so that they might find their own distinctive voice in the construction of meaning in art.

bBurnings, 1996
video installation

Chaconne, 1997

And that they might recognize how art impacts on society and how art making is a laboratory for the understanding of one's self and one's relationship to the world.

Étate d'Âme, 1998
video installation

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Education / Études
	Monticello College, Illinois, USA Kansas University, USA Cranbrook Art Academy, Michigan, USA Vermont College at Norwich University, Vermont, USA / MFA

Solo Exhibitions / Expositions solo
1998	Étate d’Âme, video installation Musée de Lachine, Lachine Québec
1995	Relief Prints, Trinity College, Burlington, Vermont, USA
1995	Gueule de Bois, Là Galerie Centre Art Actuel, Trois-Rivières, Québec
1994	Le Bal des Animaux, Édifice Belgo, Montréal, Québec
1993	Icônes – Reliefs en Lumière, Installation, Centre d’Exposition du Vieux-Palais, Saint-Jérôme, Québec Illusions – Chimères, Galerie Rodrique Lemay, Ottawa, Ontario
1992	Shazam, Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montréal, Québec Deux Mille et Une Nuit, Galerie Estampe Plus, Québec, Québec Fétiches, Centre d’Exposition de La Gare, L’Annonciation, Québec Tryfuss, Le Centre d’Exposition de Mont-Laurier, Québec (3 person show) Wood Imprints, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, Ontario (3 person show) Recent Prints, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario (3 person show)

Video Screenings / Performances / New Media
1999	Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, performance Mad-Hatter, performance project by Louise W. May in conjunction with the World Tea Party, St. François-Xavier, Manitoba,Canada
1999	Mythologie des Lieux, performance with the collective TCHOU, St. Jérôme, Québec Right Brain / Left Brain / Configurations, video installation, Vermont College, Montpellier, Vermont, USA
1998	Burnings, video documentation and installation / Concordia Faculty Exhibition, Ellen Leonard Bini Gallery, Montréal , Québec
1997	Eros - Death – Ecstasy, web site, http://baxter.inrs-urb.uquebec.ca/
1997	Chaconne, video performance, Vermont College, Montpelier, Vermont, USA
1996	Burnings, video documentation and installation, Vermont College, Montpelier, Vermont, USA

Group Exhibitions / Expositions Collectives / 137 since 1972
1998	Mythologie Des Lieux, International Symposium and Exhibition, TCHOU collectif, Centre d’exposition du Vieux Palais, St. Jérôme (invitational) 48 Hours / 48 Rooms, 4004 rue St-Denis, Montréal, Québec, (Invitational) Loto Quebec 20 Ans, Loto Québec, Montréal, Québec Substances de L’Encre, artist book, célébration du 20ième anniversaire de L’Atelier de L’ile, Bibliothèque Nationale du Québec
1998	In Situ Canadian Prints Now, Sightlines Printmaking and Image Culture, University of Alberta, Edmonton (invitational)
1997	Un Fiction de L¹Atelier, en cause Brancusi, Axe Néo-7 Art Contemporain, Hull,Québec, (invitational)
1994	International Print Triennial – Cracow 94, Poland (jury) Le Lieu de l’Être, Musée du Québec, Québec (selected) The Feminine Viewpoint, Jacob, Montréal, Québec (jury)
1993	La Biennale du Dessin, de l’Estampe et du Papier du Québec, Alma, Québec (jury) Saga 65th National Print Exhibition, New York City, USA (jury) Écritures Sur Bois, Exposition Itinérante, Musée Laurier, Arthabaska, Musée de la Côte Nord, Québec What a Relief !, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York City, USA (selected) Paradise Endangered: The New World in Contempory Prints, Baltimore City Hall Courtyard Galleries, Maryland, USA (selected) Singulier / Pluriel, Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montréal, Québec (jury)
1992	Saga 92, FIAC Édition Grand Palais, Paris, France (selected) Contes, Légendes et Poèmes du Québec, Itinerary Exhibition, Musée d’Art Saint-Laurent, Québec (selected)
1991	Intergrafia 1991, Exposition Internationale de la Gravure, Katowice, Poland (jury) Plein la Vue L’Estampe, Galerie Loto-Québec, Mtl., Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent Rimouski,Québec (jury) Xth International Art Biennal Valparaiso, Chile (invitational) Totem de Piedras, Artist Book and Itinerary Exhibition, Galerie Simon Blais, Montréal, Québec Museo Nacional de l’Estampa Mexico; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Morelia, Mexico; Galeria Praxis, Mexico; Arte International, Mexico; Musée José Guadelupe Posada, Aguascalientes; Galeria Veracuz, Veracuz Print Types, Owatonna Art Center, Owatonna, New Mexico Medecine Hat Print Show, National Competition, Medicine Hat Museum, Alberta, Canada (jury) Teas 91, International Salon d’Art, Tokyo, Japon (selected) Official Opening of Canadian Embassy, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japon (selected) Quebec Prints/Estampes Québécoises, Itinarery Exhibition, Washington, USA (jury) Oeuvres Canadiennes Contemporaines, Mairie de Coaraze, France (selected) 6e Biennale de l’Estampe, Centre Municipal d’Arts Plastiques, Sarcelles, France (invitational) La Biennale du Dessin, de l’Estampe et du Papier du Québec, Galerie Lavalin, Montréal, Québec (jury) Saga 90, FIAC Édition, Grand Palais, Paris, France (selected)
1989	Biennale du Dessin, de l’Estampe et du Papier, Alma, Québec (jury) Estampes 89 : Mutations, Merit Award, CQE, Maison Hamel-Bruneau, Saint-Foy, Québec; (jury)

Grants / Bourses:
	Received grants from the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, Soutien à la Concertation Culture – Éducation (TCHOU Collective) and Concordia Part Time Faculty Association Professional Development Grant
Intégration des Arts à l’Architecture et à l’Environnement
	Ministère de la Culture et des Communications

1998	L’École Primaire Saint-Eustache, Le Capteur de Rêves Suite of 6 large format urethane resin and aluminium sculptures, suspended with selective lighting
1997	L’École de la Clairière, Les Animaux Célestes Suite de bois gravées en relief et découpées, mesurant chacun 3 pieds par 3.5 pieds Boisbriand, Québec
1995	Camp Musical des Laurentides, Brilliante Con Brio suite of 3 wood-cut murals, measuring 30’’ X 50’’ each, Saint-Adolphe d’Howard, Québec
1994	École Primaire de Blainville Nord, Le Bal des Animaux suite of 5 wood-cut murals measuring 5 feet by 57 feet long, Sainte-Thérèse, Québec
Teaching / Enseignements / 1985-1999
1985– 1999	Part-time lecturer in Print Media
1985- 1986	Coordinator of Intaglio Area
1997- 1998	Coordinator of Print Media
Lectures and Workshops / Conférences et stages
1999	Woodcut Workshop, 2 weekends, Atelier de I’île, Val-David, Québec Lecture: Context, Process and Renewal, FFAR Concordia University, Montréal, Québec
1998	Lecture, Personal Research, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey Lecture, Contemporary Canadian Prints, Ercument Kalmik Museum, Istanbul, Turkey Lecture, Personal Research: Process and Production, Bosporous University, Istanbul, Turkey
1998	Slide Presentation, California University at Long Beach, USA
1995	Lecture, Demonstration and Student Critiques, State University of New York, Plattsberg, New York, USA
1993	Personal Artistic Production and Process, Lecture and presentation, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec Lecture, Presentation, Critique, 2-day session, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario Project : Artist in the Classroom, Lecture, Atelier and Exhibition visit, École secondaire, Laurentides, Québec Atelier sur les différentes techniques de Collographie, Université du Québec à Hull, Québec
1992	Teaching Art in Primary School, Lecture and workshop, Concordia University, Art Education Department - Summer Institute Interactive Process of Collaboration, Atelier du Scarabée, Private and Public Workshop, Lecture Open Studio, Toronto, Canada Casting Paper from a Mould, Slide Presentation and Workshop, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec Large Format Color Wood-cut and Cast Paper Prints, 2-day Presentation and Workshop, Lee Art Center, Washington, USA
Professional Activities / Activités professionnelles
1993-1999	Board of Directors, American Print Alliance, USA
1994	Collaboration Chimère, Artist Residence, 1 month, Engramme, Québec, Québec
1992	Board of Directors, PDCC, The Print and Drawing Council of Canada, Toronto, Ontario Editorial Board, Extension Magazine, The Print and Drawing Council of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
1992-1994	Guest Artist, 2-month Residency, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario Board of Advisors, CIMA-Contemporary, International Museum of Art, Georgia, USA
1998-1994	Vice president, Conseil Québécois de l’Estampe, Montréal, Québec
1992-1993	Organizing Committee for 1993 IAPMA, International Association of Papermakers and Paper Artists
1989-1990	Jury Member (person ressource), Ministère de la Culture et des Communications : Intégration de l’Art à l’Architecture et l’Environnement
Master-Printer / Maître-imprimeur
1982-1999	Owner and Director of Custom Printshop, Atelier du Scarabée, Responsible for collaboration and production of etchings, lithography, relief prints, screen-prints and hand-made paper.

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