Artist CV

Meg Leslie/Atherley Arts

2020 Toronto Interior Design Show, Studio North and Prototype, Toronto ON
2020 Leftie Selfie, left-handed self portraits, Apple Annies Cafe, Orillia, ON
2019 Instructor Show, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2019 Group Show, Rancho Relaxo , Lee Contemporary Art, Orillia ON
2019 Solo Exhibition, Leftie Selfie, Kitchener Public Library, Kitchener, ON
2019 Juried Art Exhibition, Ebar Guelph ON
2019 International Women’s Day Annual Exhibition, Connections, Orillia Museum of Art and History
2016 Handmade recycled rug installation/community participation, Maker-Expo, Kitchener ON
2016 Interior Design Show, Studio North and Prototype, Toronto ON
2015 Leftie, co-created with Patti Agapi selected promotional material for the 19th Annual International Women’s Day Exhibition, Eye to Eye, Orillia ON
2008 Solo Show, My Florals/Watercolours, The Bruce Restaurant, Cambridge ON
2002 Painted Muskoka Chair Exhibition, Arts on King, Toronto ON
2001 Solo Show of multimedia work, Rosenbalm Gallery, Toronto

PUBLIC ART:

2022 My_Ceramic_Selfie installed at the Orillia Museum of Art & History
2020 Gimme Shelter Community Art Project with the participants and staff of the Lighthouse Shelter, Orillia, ON
2020 Mosaic Demonstration, City of Orillia & Creative Nomad Studios, Orillia, ON
2019 Orillia Streets Alive, Pedal Powered, Public Art Installation, Orillia ON
2017 Designed and managed, Homewood Green Mosaic Art Wall, City of Kitchener, ON
2016 The aWEsoME Wall, mosaic wall/community art installation, House of Friendship, Kitchener ON, supported by KW Awesome Foundation
2015 Hespeler Village Mosaic Installation, community mosaics sponsored by Toyota, Cambridge ON
2014 Orillia Streets Alive public art competition, benches, mosaic sculpture
2013 Mosaic Installation, Surgeon’s House Bed & Breakfast, Jerome, Arizona
2013 Orillia Streets Alive public art competition, large letters, mosaic sculpture
2008 Designed Memorial Wall for the City of Waterloo, Waterloo Recreation Complex
2007 Designed main signage for The Waterloo Public Library, Waterloo ON

EDUCATION:

2021 Lakehead University, Orillia, ON - Master Naturalist Certificate
1989 Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology, Barrie ON - School of Design and Visual Arts: Diploma in Interior Design and received the Wayne Busch Award for Design 3rd year Scholarship

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

2022 Nominatee Orillia Regional Arts Heritage Awards, Visual Arts Educator
2022 Co-ordinator #Art_Trees of Oro-Medonte, ON
2019 Orillia Streets Alive juried art competition - indoor sculpture - 1st Prize
2019 Founder, Urban Sketchers Orillia, Orillia ON
2017 Nominated Oktoberfest Woman of the Year for Arts and Culture, Waterloo Region ON
2013 and 2014 Nominated Artist of the Year, Waterloo Regional Arts Award, Waterloo Region, ON
2013 Orillia Streets Alive juried art competition – 2nd prize, Orillia, ON
2013 KW Awesome Award winner, Kitchener ON
2012 Orillia City Hall, Annual Awards Board design competition winner, Orillia ON

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTION:

2021 - 2022 On-going visual arts instructor with Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia
2019 - 2020 Ceramics and Mosaics Workshops, Atherley Arts Studio, Ramara ON
2018 Ceramics and Mosaics Workshops, Homer Watson House, Kitchener ON
2010-2018 Ceramics and Mosaics Workshops, Kitchener ON
2014 Led 20 Before-Hand Workshops teaching the public how to tile their hand to be used in the aWEsoME wall at House of Friendship, Kitchener ON
2014 Created a one-day arts extravaganza called Flirting with the Arts, hired 12 artists of varying disciplines to teach 6 half hour mini make and take workshops to 60 ticket buyers. Tickets were sold out. 10% of ticket sales went to the local charity, House of Friendship, Kitchener ON
2013 Mosaic Workshop, Zephyr Gallery, Orillia ON

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PUBLIC SPEAKING:

2018 Peer to Peer Presentation, Building Community Piece by Piece, Amplify Culture Summit, Centre for International Governance, Waterloo ON
2009-2010 Spokesperson for United Way Corporate Campaign, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON