Citizenship: Canadian and U.S.(Colorado)
Languages:  English/French

Professional Associations

SOCAN, ELAN, PEN SAN MIGUEL, PEN Québec. L’UNEQ. League of Canadian Poets

ACADEMIC STUDIES

MAITRISE ÈS ARTS (mention très bien) 1981; 20th Century French Literature, L’Université Aix-Marseille, France

SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING ACCREDITATION(French/English) 1970. Université Laval, Québec Canada

BACHELOR OF ARTS 1968 Loretto Heights College, Denver, Colorado 

Major:  French and English Language and Literature; minor: Education 

Honors:  Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges 1968

WRITER RESIDENCIES

Mythic Porcupine Productions. Cacouna, QC. Independent writing workshop.

Maine & Station, Nova Scotia. Self-directed fossil study related to development of an inter-disciplinary installation and performance.

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity: Critic Workshop with Mark Abley.

VISUAL ART TRAINING

1988 Ateliers Idlywild School for the Arts, California. Clay workshop with traditional Acoma potters in Chaco Canyon , New Mexico

Quebec City:  Self and Les Ateliers de Réalisations graphiques (Lithography and woodcut) 1987

1987 Pena monotype workshops. Santa Fe, New Mexico 

L’Université Laval (with Paul Lacroix, painting) 1985 

Les Ateliers Imagines (ceramic sculpture) 1984-’86

Sylvia Araya Académie de Beaux Arts (Traditional oil painting and watercolor) 1979-’83