Professional Information

MARY WEYMARK GOSS

Artist and Writer
Box 279 Moonbeam, Ontario P0L 1V0
Telephone:(705) 367-2420
E-mail: maryrgoss@live.ca

Web sites:
Art http://mwg1.blogspot.com
Books http://flutterbookpress.blogspot.com


SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS

2008 Cobalt Artists Colony 50th retrospective, Englehart
2008 Moonbeam Arts Festival, group exhibit
2008 Moonbeam Art Gallery
2007 Moonbeam Arts Festival, group exhibit
2007 Leonard Cultural Centre
2006 Moonbeam Arts Festival, group exhibit
2005 Moonbeam Arts Festival, group exhibit
2005 Kapuskasing Centre de Loisirs, new work
2004 Moonbeam Arts Festival, group exhibit
2003 Moonbeam Arts Festival, group exhibit
2002 Moonbeam Arts Festival, group exhibit
2001 Interfaces Online, group exhibit
2001 Arts Circle gallery, Kapuskasing
2000 Kapuskasing Heritage Festival
2000 Kapuskasing Centre de Loisirs, new work
1999 Hearst Gallery, new work
1998 Centre de Loisirs, Kapuskasing; group exhibit
1997 Temiskaming Library/Gallery; new work
1996 75th Anniversary Art Exhibit, Kapuskasing Civic Center; new work
1995 Timmins Hospital; new work


PUBLISHED WORKS by Mary Weymark Goss

Paleozoic Series, complete paintings, drawings and notes (flutterbook press)
A Book of Complaints, poetry and drawings (flutterbook press)
Drawings of Rural Moonbeam, limited edition folio
In Hiding, poetry and drawings (Penumbra Press)
Journals, Northward Journal
The Poetry of Allan Brown, critical essay, Northward Journal

drawings, poems and commentaries in various publications


ILLUSTRATIONS

Moondance ezine
Le Musée des Lèvres by Sylvie Filion (Le Nordir)
Looking Out/Looking In by R.B.Adler, N.Towne, J.Rolls (Harcourt Canada)
Writers' Magazine
Black Moss Magazine
Northward Journal Magazine
Inscription Rock by Gordon Johnston
Country You Can't Walk In by M.T. Kelly
The Burden of Joseph ben Amittai by Allan Brown


SELECTED RECENT WORKSHOPS, COMMUNITY PROJECTS & ARTS ADVOCACY (conducted by M.W. Goss)

1996-2008 Arts Circle Community Art Group, director, Kapuskasing; free year-round programs including community workshops, painting & drawing; projects for community groups; consultation for adults and students (unfunded)
2008 St. Rita Public School book publishing project
2007 NOAA workshops
2005 André-Cary Public School, grade six mural project
1998-2004 Arts Circle art gallery (for local non-professional and student artists)(unfunded)
2003 Val Rita public school, techniques of the Group of Seven
1999 Youth Centre free workshop for teens (volunteer)
1998-1999 Student Mural Projects, Diamond Jubilee Public School (unfunded)
1998 Art for Children’s Aid Project (unfunded)
1997-1999 Regional Artists Showcases at local mall & high school
1998 Cobalt Artists Colony
1997 Kapuskasing; St. John's group workshop, mixed media
1997 Cobalt Artists Colony
1996 curator, Kapuskasing 75th anniversary Art Exhibit, civic centre (unfunded)
1996 Smooth Rock Falls High School; painting & drawing
1995-6 Kapuskasing Regional Resource Center for Independent Living; community art workshops
1995 Kapuskasing District High School; computer art and desktop publishing
1995 Cité des Jeunes; student workshops on writing, illustrating and publishing books for children; continuing consultation
1995 Kapuskasing District High School; grade nine poetry workshop
1994 Collège Universitaire de Hearst (Kapuskasing); teachers' workshops on pastel techniques and anatomy for grade school students
1994 Diamond Jubilee Public School, Kapuskasing; 16-week workshop, drawing and painting
1994 teachers' workshops, Kapuskasing; watercolour techniques
1994 Diamond Jubilee Public School, Kapuskasing; grade 3, drawing faces
1993 École Jeanne d'Arc, Fauquier; 16-week workshop, drawing and painting
1993 École Sacre Coeur, Kapuskasing; grade four workshop, anatomy drawing
1993-4 Kapuskasing District High School; open workshops Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the school year
1993 Collège Universitaire de Hearst (Kapuskasing); teachers' workshop on gouache and drawing techniques for primary school students


GRANTS & JURIES

2007 jurist and speaker, Northern Ontario Arts Association annual meeting
1999 jury, Ontario Arts Council Senior grants
1999 juror, Northern Telephone phone book cover
1994 Ontario Arts Council artists in schools, Kapuskasing
1993 Ontario Arts Council artists in schools, Fauquier
1993 Ontario Arts Council artists in schools, Kapuskasing

Ontario Arts Council materials assistance for various exhibits


COLLECTIONS

Quatrain Mural project, Chapleau
Ontario Northland Telecommunications
Sensenbrenner Hospital, Kapuskasing
J.S. Redpath
Timmins Hospital
Ministry of Government Services, Provincial Court, North Bay

Private collections in Canada the United States and Great Britain

OTHER EXPERIENCE

2005-2009 member Moonbeam Artists Association
2007-2009 member Northern Ontario Arts Association
2005 Leonard Cultural Centre committee (Moonbeam)
2005 volunteer art instructor, World of Work adult workshop
2001-2005 coordinator, Moonbeam Arts Festival
1995-2005 director, The Arts Circle, community arts center, Kapuskasing
1995-2005 advisory board, Habitat Interlude shelter for women, Kapuskasing
2001 Art instructor, Kapuskasing District High School
1998 board of directors, Kap Alpha literacy for adults, Kapuskasing
1996 consultant/coordinator, Heritage Gallery, Kapuskasing
1972-5 Artistic consultant and instructor for City of Thunder Bay