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 Mary Intven Wallace
Author/Illustrator
120 Axford Parkway
St. Thomas, Ontario
N5R 6J4
Phone: (519) 637-8561
Fax: (519) 631-0818
Email: intven.wallace@sympatico.ca
Born: Nov 26, 1950. Port Burwell, Ontario
Biography
Mary Intven Wallace works as a professional artist, author and educator. Her artwork is shown across Canada, as well in the books she writes. Mary has written many, including 'The Inuksuk Book'. Awards for her work include the
National Outdoor Book Award, White Raven Award, and Voice of Youth Advocates Honor List. Her latest book, 'Art for the Heart' (2002), offers creative art exercises for young women. As well as painting and writing, Mary is a teacher and facilitator for interactive art workshops (including the author visits to schools around Canada, the Haliburton School of the Arts, the University of Western Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Ontario Science Center).
Published Works
Art for the Heart, Maple Tree Press, Toronto, 2002
Make Your Own Inuksuk, Owl Books, Toronto, 2000
The Inuksuk Book Owl Books (1999)
I Can Make Art (I Can Make Series) Owl Books (1997)
I Can Make Jewelry (I Can Make Series) Owl Books (1997)
I Can Make Costumes (I Can Make Series) Owl Books (1996)
I Can Make Nature Crafts (I Can Make Series) Owl Books (1996)
I Can Make Games (I Can Make Series) Owl Books (1995)
I Can Make Gifts (I Can Make Series) Owl Books (1995)
I Can Make Puppets (I Can Make Series) Owl Books (1994)
I Can Make Toys (I Can Make Series) Owl Books (1994)
How to Make Great Stuff for Your Room Greey de Pencier Books (1992)
How to Make Great Stuff to Wear Greey de Pencier Books (1991)
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions:
2001 "Experience an Inuksuk", St. Thomas Public Art Center, Ontario
2000 "Northern Landscapes", Government Buildings, Iqualuit, Nunavut
2000 "Inuksuk", Indigo Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1999 "Canadian Landscape", Port Stanley Artist's Studio Tour, Port
Stanley, Ontario
1997 "Sea, Sky and Water", Haliburton County Studio Tour, Haliburton,
Ontario
1995 "Skies, Lakes and Forests", Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden,
Ontario.
1990 "Ontario Landscapes", Glenhyrst Gallery, Brantford, Ontario.
Group Exhibitions:
1999 Collaborative Exhibition, "The Healing Art", Art Lab, University of
Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
1999 Collaborative Exhibition, "The Creative Path into the New
Millennium", King's College, London, Ontario
2002-80 "Annual Faculty Show, Haliburton School of Fine Arts", Rails
End Gallery, Haliburton, Ontario.
1996 "Summer Show", Haliburton Highlands Guild of Fine Arts,
Haliburton, Ontario.
1994 "Ontario Crafts Council Show", Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto,
Ontario.
Awards
The Inuksuk Book (Owl 1999):
- The National Outdoor Book Award, 2000
- White Raven Award - UNESCO International Youth Library, 2000
- Voice of Youth Advocates (US) - Honor list, 2000
- Short listed for the Norma Fleck award, the Hackmatack, Red Cedar and
Silver Birch awards, 2001
I Can Make series:
-Six 'Our Choice' selections
-3 Parent's Choice Awards
Great Stuff to Wear-Canadian Library Assoc. Award, 1993
Other Memberships
The Ontario College of Teachers
The Writer's Union of Canada
The Ontario Crafts Council
Canadian Society for Education in Art
Available For
Author visits:
"EXPERIENCE AN INUKSUK": Children of all ages will enjoy this wonderful interactive presentation.
Participants will:
- Hear about why the inuksuk is a strong symbol of our Canadian north
- See slides portraying Inuit life and the Arctic landscape
- Learn about Nunavut and Inuit culture
- View large, luminescent original silk paintings (the book's illustrations)
- Build a stone inuksuk for the school or library (yes, I will supply the stones)
- Optional activity: Create an inuksuk message using a torn paper collage technique and learn to write your name and a message in Inuktitut syllabics (this can be done as a follow-up activity; I will leave a sample and instructions)
"ART FOR THE HEART - CREATIVE EXPRESSION FOR YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS":
- An exciting workshop for those interested in creativity.
- Participants will be guided through an exploration of the creative process involved in art making.
- Within a structured and supportive environment participants will learn methods for accessing the personal, inner source of their creativity. They will investigate and express personal themes through experimentation with the language of colour and design.
- Workshop activities will include demonstration, interactive group exercises, slides, guided visualization, and lots of hands on experimentation.
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