Community-Focused Artist, Educator, Advocate, and Designer

DONNA MAE TKACHUK BLANCO Resume

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North York, ON M2N 2W6

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Artist, Academic, Child Advocate & Community Volunteer. Designer. Photographer. Taught Fine Arts in Public and Private Schools -Canada, USA and the UK. Advanced Communication Technologist. Honours Visual Art Specialist. 1st Nations & Career Studies Teacher. Future Trends in Technology Student Research.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Photography-Digital & Analog, Photoshop, Photographic Darkroom, Web Design, Dreamweaver. HTML & CSS. Teach via On-line Learning <elearningontario.ca>. Fine Arts Painting, Sculpture, Creative Writing, Iconography. Knowledge & Experience in Electronics & LED Design.

EDUCATION

Holistic Education with Professor Scott Forbes, Ojai, California July-Aug 2017

Additional Qualification-Teaching 1st Nations, Metis, Inuit Culture & Artmaking July 2017

IBDE Web Essentials Program Certificate, Selkirk College, British Columbia Oct 2015-May 2016 Honours Photographic Arts Certificate, Darkroom & Digital Humber College, Toronto 2011

Graduate Studies University of California Santa Barbara Summer Program June-July 2013 Advanced Communication Technology; OISE, U of T, Toronto, Canada. 2001 Honour Specialist Visual Arts; OISE, U of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 1997 Graduate Studies Dalhousie University Educational Psychology Halifax N.S. 1984-85 Nova Scotia College of Art & Design BFA in Art and Education 1985 Ontario College of Art & Design Graduate Photo-Electric Arts. Toronto, Canada

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Newtonbrook Secondary School Secondary School Teacher. Toronto, ON

Sept 1997 – Present

Brockwood Park School Fine Arts Teacher. Bramdean, UK

Sept 1986 - March 1987

Happy Valley School Visual Art Teacher. Ojai, CA

Sept. 1985-June 1986

VOLUNTEERISM

7Gardens700Students - Student-Community-School Project Sept 2018 to Present

Sculpture & Vertical Garden-Newtonbrook Secondary School. Jan 2013-July 2016

Fathers Across Cultures Jane & Finch Celebrating Fatherhood June 2013-Dec 2023 Many Faces of Newtonbrook. Diverse Multicultural School-Wide Event Teacher-Advisor 2009-2014 Main Photographer & Post-Production JOMAB July-Aug 2014 Jazz on the Mountain at Blue. Blue Mountain, ON Trauma-Focused Training Facilitator (7 week programme) Jan-Feb 2014

ART SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS

OCAD Alumni Group Exhibition Womens Art Association of Canada

Sept 2018

JOMAB Jazz on the Mountain at Blue’. Art & Photography Exhibition Blue Mountain Village, ON

July 2014

HUGH’S ROOM EXHIBITION Large Scale Digital Art Composites

Mar-Apr.2014

Contact 918 Alternative Photography Juried Exhibit Scotia Bank

Apr 2014

OCAD U Alumni Art Exhibit LED Sculptural Wall Hanging. The Gladstone Hotel

Apr 2014

Wychwood Barns Community Art Gallery Karma-Creative Artists Collective Group Art Show

May 2013

Unitarian Church St.Clair West Karma-Creative Artists Collective Group Show

June 2012

AWARDS, CERTIFICATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS

Womens Art Association of Canada WAAC

Feb 2016

OCAD U Alumni Member

2014- Present

House of Commons Recognition Certificate Hon. Judy Sgro MP Grief Support Facilitator

2014

Clean Air Champions Award Students & Teacher National Prize from Olympians

June 2012

IBDE Web Design & Optimization Certification On-Line Learning, Selkirk College, B.C

May 2012

House of Commons Recognition Certificate Hon. Judy Sgro MP Annual Volunteer Rally

Aug 2012

Honours Photographic Arts Humber College

June 2011

Ontario College of Teachers OCT Professional Association

Sept 1991

NSCAD Nova Scotia College of Art & Design BFA in Art and Education

June 1985

OCAD U Ontario College of Art & Design Scholarship Winner Photo-Electric Arts

June 1983

Canada Council Visual Arts Grants

1977,‘78,’79 ‘82

REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

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