Melanie MacVoy - CV
EDUCATION
1995 BFA, University of Waterloo, ON
1994-95 Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
1994-95 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
1991-93 Arts Administration Specialization, University of Waterloo, ON
AWARDS and GRANTS
2021 2nd Place Award of Excellence, Spring Into Hope, FCA Calgary
2020 Columbia Basin Trust, CKCA, grant awarded for Professional Development
2019 Columbia Basin Trust, CKCA. grant awarded for Professional Development
2018 Columbia Basin Trust, CKCA, grant awarded for Professional Development
1992 McDonald’s Second Year Fine Arts Scholarship, U of Waterloo
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2022 Mike Svob – 3 Day Heli Painting Workshop at CMH Bugaboos, En Plein Air
2021 Brent Lynch – En Plein Air To Studio, painting development, 3 day workshop
2021 Susan Woolgar, Abstracting the Landscape, 2 Day Workshop, online
2021 Dominique Modlinsky, Painting Mountains, 1 Day Workshop, online
2021 Charlie Easton – Group Mentorship Program with Mastrius, online, 10 months
2020 Randy Hyashi – Acrylic Landscape Painting, 2 Day Workshop, Calgary
2019 David Langevin, Mastering Acrylics, 3 Day Workshop, Calgary
2018 Charlie Easton – Acrylics En Plein Air, Jasper National Park, 3 Day Workshop
ARTIST RESIDENCY
2016 Art in the Park, Glacier National Park, Canada, through Parks Canada and the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre.
TEACHING AND VOLUNTEER WORK
2023 Instructor, Creating Depth and Atmosphere in Landscape Painting, Cranbrook Arts
2022, 2023 Instructor, Intro to Plein Air Painting, Fernie Alpine Resort, Fernie Arts Council
2020, 2021 Instructor, Intro to Plein Air Painting, Island Lake Lodge, Fernie Arts Council
2021, 2022 Juror, CKCA funding recommendations, Fernie Arts Council
2020 Juror, Fernie Mural Project funding recommendation, Fernie Arts Council
2019-2021 President, Jury and Display Committee, Fernie Arts Co-op, Fernie
SELECT RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2024, Elevation Fernie, Noctalgia, group exhibit, Fernie, BC
2023 Faimont Commons, Recent Work, solo exhibit, Lethbridge, Alberta
2023 Art Gallery of Golden, Painting The Purcells, group exhibit, Golden, BC
2023 Elevation Gallery, Renewal, group exhibit, Canmore, AB
2022 Pynelogs Art Gallery, Resonate, group exhibition, Invermere, BC
2022 Elevation Fernie, Lion and Lamb, group exhibition, Fernie, BC
2022 Federation Gallery, 2022 Landscapes Exhibition, group exhibition, Vancouver, BC
2021 The Fernie Museum, Gift Giving x2, juried group exhibition, Fernie, BC
2021 Federation Gallery, The Nature Trust of BC Award and Exhibition, Vancouver, BC
2021 Leighton Art Centre, In The Open Air, juried group exhibition, Millarville, AB
2021 Cranbrook Art Gallery, Kootenay’s Best, juried group exhibition, Cranbrook, BC
2021 Federation Gallery, Landscapes, juried group exhibition, Vancouver, BC
2021 Spring Into Hope, FCA Calgary, juried group exhibition, online.
2020 Lineham House Galleries, Rosebud Plein Air, juried group, Okotoks, AB.
2020 Akokiniskawy Gallery, Rosebud Paint-Out, juried group exhibition, Rosebud, AB.
2020 Art on Ninth Gallery, The Pop Up Edition, juried group exhibition, Calgary, Alberta.
2020 Hockaday Museum of Art, Plein Air Glacier 2020, online, Kalispell, Montana
2020 Gallery 378, The Craft Connection, Nelson, BC
2020 Federation Gallery, Group of Seven 100th Anniversary, juried, Vancouver, BC
PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS
2019 Cover Image, Fernie Cultural Guide, Summer, Fernie Tourism
2018-2023 Selected Feature Artist for The Kootenay Art Calendar, Blue Heron Publishing and Plum Tree Publishing
2019-2016 Wapiti Art Expo, Wapiti Music Festival, Fernie
2023-2008 Selected Feature Artist, Fernie Banner Project, Downtown Fernie
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Island Lake Lodge, Fernie, BC
Elkview Lodge, Fernie, BC
CMH Cariboos Lodge, Valemount, BC
Parks Canada, Revelstoke, BC