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BIO

Regular Part-Time

Joanna Close

Regular Part-Time Faculty
Division of Craft

CONTACT INFORMATION

Office Number: S413
Email: Jclose@nscad.ca

Background

2004 BFA Textiles NSCAD University
2006 MA Textiles and Fibre Art Winchester School of Art at the University of Southampton
2019 Grants to Individuals from Arts NS
2010 Creation Grant from the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture.
2008 Arts New Brunswick Creation Grant.

CURRENT RESEARCH AND/OR CREATIVE PRACTICE

My artwork involves exploring the rural imagery of landscapes and domestic life through textiles and illustration. Dyeing, weaving, silk-screen printing, rug hooking, drawing and stitching are amongst the mediums that I work with.
Recent years have yielded extensive research in the creation and application of natural dyes from local and non-local plant, mineral and insect sources.
www.joannaclose.ca

SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS/EXHIBITIONS

Publications and exhibitions list can be found at http://joannaclose.ca/index.php/about/cv/2/