Curriculum Vitae of
Blair M Thorson
EDUCATION:
2015 Artist in the School Learning Lab for Instructors
2013 Dealing with Galleries
2009 The Yukon and Beyond, Porfolio and Marketing Clinics
2008 Marketing Workshop, 2 days, Travel & Tourism Yukon
- Self taught, experimentation and discovery of techniques
Grades 9 & 12 Art Awards.
EXHIBITIONS and WORKSHOPS
2021 - 22 Covid affected us all in one way or another. I was not able to teach in the
schools but instructed to Seniors at the Three Robins in Red Deer, AB
I continued private commissions and was invited back to Inuvik, NT
Great Northern Arts Festival (Group, Inuvik, NT
2019 - 20 Children's Cartooning Classes in the School. Red Deer County, Alberta
Adult Cartooning Class at the Golden West Drop in Centre, Red Deer
County, Alberta
Illustrative Cartooning Video for Red Deer County Recreational website,
2018 Adaka Cultural Festival (Group), Kwanlin Dunn Cultural Center
Great Northern Arts Festival (Group, Inuvik, NT)
Artist in the School, caqrtooning with students in the schools, Yukon
2017 Adaka Cultural Festival (Group), Kwanlin Dunn Cultural Center
Great Northern Arts Festival (Group), Inuvik, NT
Arts in the Park, Whitehorse, Yukon
Augusto Children's Festival, Haines Junction, Yukon
Arts Edventure, teaching art to children in the schools, Whitehorse
Mayo, Teslin, Yukon
Artist in the School, cartooning with students in the schools, Yukon
2016 Adaka Cultural Festival (Group), Kwanlin Dunn Cultural Center
Great Northern Arts Festival (Group), Inuvik, NT
Atlin Art & Music Festival - Mural, Atlin, B.C.
Arts in the Park, cartooning with children, Whitehorse, YT
Arts Ed-Venture, teaching art to children in the schools, Whitehorse, YT
"All Over the Map" The Art of Knowing Where you Are (Solo),
Whitehorse, YT
Artist in the Schools, teaching cartoons to children, Yukon
Arts Up Front, (Group), Whitehorse, YT
The Hands of Time, Bush Women on the Land (Group), Arts
Underground, Whitehorse, YT
2015 Adaka Cultural Festival (Group), Kwanlin Dunn Cultural Center,
Arts Up Front Festival (Group), Whitehorse, YT
Yukon Art Society Member's Show (Group), Whitehorse, YT
Artist in the Schools, teaching cartoons to children, Yukon
2014 "All Over the Map " "North by Northwest" , (The Edge Private Gallery -
Solo) Arts Underground, Yukon Art Society, Whitehorse, YT
Yukon Conservation Society's,"Miles Canyon in Art", Whitehorse, YT
Great Northern Arts Festival Inuvik, NWT
Artists in the School, teach children cartoons, Yukon
Plein Air Arts Festival, Yukon Artists at Work Gallery, Whitehorse, YT
Adaka Cultural Festival, Whitehorse, Yukon
2013 North End Gallery, Solo Show (Private Gallery), Whitehorse, Yukon
Yukon River Intertribal Water Shed Councel, Mayo, Yukon
Great Northern Arts Festival, 25th Anniversary, Inuvik, N.W.T.
The Adaka Culteral Festival, Kwanlin Dunn Cultural Center,
Whitehorse, Yukon
Artist in the Schools, teach cartoons to children, Yukon
2012 Select pieces in a Group Exhibition, Gallery 22 in Whitehorse, YT
The Adaka Culteral Festival, Kwanlin Dunn Cultural Center,
Whitehorse, YT
Select pieces in a Solo Exhibition, The Cellar Steakhouse & Wine Bar in the
Edgewater Hotel, Whitehorse, Yukon
2011 Selected pieces in a Group Exhibition, Adaka Culteral Festival at the
Old Firehall, Whitehorse, Yukon
Selected pieces in a Group Exhibition, Gallery 22, Whitehorse, Yukon
West Coast Exhibition, Truffles Cafe, Gibson's Landing, B.C.
2010 All new artwork Exhibition, Baked Cafe, Whitehorse, Yukon
(Public Showing - Solo)
Selected pieces from "All Over the Map" Show Johnson's Crossing,
Yukon (Private Gallery - Solo)
“All Over The Map” Show. Arts Underground, Yukon Art Society,
Whitehorse, YT (Public Gallery - Solo)
“All Over The Map” Show. Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Dawson Creek,
B.C. (Public Gallery – Solo)
2009 “All Over The Map” Show. Yukon Art Center, Whitehorse, YT
(Community Grotto – Solo)
2008 “All Over The Map” Show. Yukon Art Center, Whitehorse, YT
(Community Grotto - Solo)
Member’s Exhibition & Show. Arts Underground, Yukon Art Society,
Whitehorse, YT (Public Gallery - Group)
Yukon Portraits at the “Old Fire Hall”, Yukon Art Center,
Whitehorse, YT (Public Gallery - Group)
2006 The Idea of North, Arts Underground, Yukon Art Society,
(Canada Winter Games), Group
ARTICLES :
Arts Quest, Gary Funk, February 2014, http://artsquest.ca
Arctic Council Calendar, "Coral Harbour Family", March 2014
http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2014-07/jul17_14art.html
ECHO Environment Canada, Vol. 2 - No. 2, Pg. 2, Mark Camarero
Yukon News, Whitehorse, YT, Pg. 26, April 14, 2010 - The Arts, Chris Oke
Dawson Creek Daily News, March 5, 2010, Front Page, Megan Gorecki
Alaska Highway News, Fort St. John, B.C., February 25, 2010, Front Page, David Bell
The Peace, Dawson Creek Daily News, February 25, 2010, Pg. A2 - David Bell
What’s Up Yukon, Sep. 10, 2009, Issue 150, Pg. 10 – Arts Imperative,
Tara McCarthy
Yukon - North of Ordinary, Fall 2009, Vol. 3, Issue 3, Pgs. 60/61 – ArtsNet Yukon, Elaine Corden
More of Our Canada, Sep. 2009, Premier Issue, Pgs. 58/59 – Crafty Canadians,
Linda Thorson
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
2008 – Present Member of CARFAC
1998 – 2018 Member of Yukon Art Society
1990 – 2016 South Peace Art Society, Dawson Creek, BC
1990 – 1998 Member of North Peace Art Society, Fort St. John, BC |
