About Nancy

Nancy Corrigan, MA, is a seasoned artist/art facilitator based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
since 1978.

Main community areas: Staff artist on the wards for the University of Alberta Hospital from 1999-2017 sponsored by transplant, including the creation of programs, interviewing volunteer artists, University of Alberta Hospital, psychiatry, geriatrics, pulmonary, cardiology, general internal medicine, drop-in sessions, McMullen Art Gallery, Body Mapping, Sculpture at Cross Cancer Hospital for Spiritual and Psycho Services. Gallery of Alberta/City of Edmonton art classes for all ages, The Works International Visual Arts Festival Sculpture Zoo, Roster for
Alberta Artists in the Schools, etc.

Corrigan thrives on public engagement in art in the moment, animating audiences by introducing art-a-cises to warm up the session. Integrating drawing/painting/and playing on words toward a mixed media piece where the audience is engaged in discussing everyday experiences and has the experience of the creative process.

She was awarded her MA in Expressive Art Therapy in 2020, coaching and consulting in art, health, and
society. Some of her paintings are also now transferred from her paintings printed on fabric, such
as scarves.

How it all began

When I was 5 years old, I stood in front of the painting easel watching the colours fall down the page and shape into something new. I remember that like yesterday!

It feels like a metaphor for the way life is and the changes it brings.

I love this place we live in! And I delight in how we light each other up when in moments something touches us and brings new energy.

In my seasoned years, I see variety as the spice of life, and that it’s in our senses: in how we perceive ourselves, what surrounds us, and what’s within ourselves.

If we just let go, like a pirouette in ballet, we can spin, and in a moment, everything can change. We can dance with the way of life.

Learn More About Nancy

Nancy’s Bio

Acrylic/Watercolour/Paintings/Collage/Drawings on Canvas or Wood Established Artist exhibiting since 1978, email artist to purchase or contact gallery of Alberta art rental, email artist to purchase thesis.

Public Art Collections:

Alberta Foundation for the Arts, University of Alberta Hospital, Belgravia Elementary Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Numerous private collections

Education: (full resume below)

2020 M.A. Expressive Art Therapy, 2020, Coaching and Consulting, European Graduate School Thesis: Drawing on Life Stories: An Inquiry into the Phenomenological Sensing of Beauty
Alberta College of Art, Advertising Art, Red Deer College, Banff School of Fine Art, Painting, 1973-1982, Grant MacEwan Early Childhood Studies, Play Therapy Studies

Presently Semi-Retired/redirecting to all art media/creativity coach-writing.

Art Practitioner/Mentor Calming Canvases. To Be is beauty moving with life in joy.
Founding Staff Artist on the Wards, 1999-2017, the University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Art facilitator/mentor for schools, festivals, hospitals, and community classes

Education

Mar-Dec 2023, Creativity Coach Certification, World Arts Organization, Edmonton, Alberta.
2021 Magical Child, Dance of Movement, Staying with the Question, Phenomenon and Poly aesthetics, World Arts Organization
June 2020, Master’s with Distinction in Expressive Arts Coaching and Consulting, Art, Health, and Society, European Graduate School, Saas Fee, Switzerland Thesis: Drawing on Life Stories: An Inquiry into the Phenomenology of Sensing Beauty.
Nov-Dec 2019, The Mystic and the Artist with Markus Scott-Alexander, week intensive training, St Stephens Theology College, The University of Alberta
Jul-Aug 2019, Master’s studies in MA Coaching and Education Expressive Arts Therapy, European Graduate School, Saas Fee, Switzerland
2018-19, Interned as Educator/Mentor in Expressive Art Therapy with Markus Scott Alexander, World Arts Organization, Edmonton, Alberta
Nov 2018, ‘Aesthetics of Devotion’ week intensive, St. Stephen’s College, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
June-July 2018, 3 weeks Intensive Training Expressive Art Therapy, World Arts Organization, Saas Fee, Switzerland
Oct-Nov 2017, 10-day Intensive Training Expressive Arts Therapy, Trauma Intervention, Valetta, Malta
2013-20, Expressive Art Therapy Training
1992-1998, 15-month private hands-on studies with Play Therapy, Dr. Joanna Hammond-Miers, Edmonton, Alberta
1985-86, Early Childhood Studies, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Alberta
1978-79, Painting, Banff Center School of Fine Art, Banff, Alberta
1975-76, Painting, Red Deer College Art and Design
1973-75, Art & Design Fundamentals & Advertising Art, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta

Employment

1981-2017: Adults, Acrylics Levels 1 & 2 & Mandala Workshops, City Arts Center, Edmonton, Alberta (many children’s classes in drawing/painting and mixed media)
1982 Past Artist in Residence with the provincial government, Charles Camsell Hospital, Alexandra Reserve, Alberta
1994-2017: Workshops in Painting Expressions, Mixed Media Acrylics, Watercolor Crayons/Pencils, Artelier Studios, The Paint Spot Art Store, Edmonton, Alberta
1994-Present: Workshops in Painting Expressions, Mixed Media Acrylics, Watercolor Crayons/Pencils, Artelier Studios, The Paint Spot Art Store, Edmonton, Alberta
1995-2012: Seventy School Murals in Acrylic or Mixed Media, Drawing and Painting in Edmonton and Northern Alberta (full list available on the website or from the artist)
1997-2006, Cross Cancer Hospital, Contracts in multimedia sessions with breast cancer patients, Spiritual and Psycho Services, Edmonton, Alberta
1999-2017: Staff Artist on the Wards, the University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta Offering Joyful Expressive Experiences for all Adult Patients at Bedside and Facilitating groups sessions for Psychiatry, Eating Disorders and Geriatrics Acrylics Levels 1 & 2 & Mandala Workshops, City Arts Center, Edmonton, Alberta Mixed Media Expression “Art from the Heart” Painting, Central Lions Center, Edmonton, Alberta Workshops in Mixed Media Acrylics, Watercolor Crayons/Pencils etc, The Paint Spot Art Store, Edmonton, Alberta
2000-2018: Mixed Media Expression Painting and Drawing, Central Lions Seniors Center, Edmonton, Alberta
2017-Present: Resident Artist, Lorenzo Lawrence Hair Salon, Edmonton, Alberta
2018-2019 Intern with Markus Scott Alexander, PhD, Drama/Theatre Dance, Expressive Arts Therapy Training, Edmonton, Alberta
2020 Re Directing Community Output, Semi Retired, Private sessions for individuals. Sessions can be a mix of expressing yourself using intermodal arts. Can offer tips on techniques formally but focus on natural attractors and responses as an art mentor.
Presently: Artist/Art Mentor/Workshops for Painting and Expressive Arts

Recent Contracts

2018, “Flower Self,” (words, body movement, painting for ways of thinking about self and being with the way things are) staff/public/families, McMullen Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
2018, Abstract Art/Making Clarity, Central Lions Seniors Center, Edmonton, Alberta
2017, Evolving with Acrylics, More of Evolving with Acrylics using one angled brush, the Paint Spot, Edmonton, Alberta
2017, Mandala, Color Study, Unfold Be Bold, Let Go with Acrylics, Central Lions Seniors Center, Edmonton, Alberta
2017 More of Letting Go, Strathcona Art Society Arts Barn, Sherwood Park, Alberta
2016 Unfold, Be Bold, Let Go
2016 Jury Committee for Spruce Grove Art Society Member Show
2013-Present Arts Interest Group, McEwan University Nursing Department, Edmonton, Alberta
2013 ‘This is Me’ Women’s Self Portraits (with several Edmonton women’s shelters), the Works International Art Festival, Edmonton, Alberta

Public Lectures

2019, ‘Birds,’ lecture, Strathcona Art Society general meeting, Sherwood Park, Alberta, promoting Bird Painting Workshop end of January 2019
2018, “Art as Therapy” talk, Spruce Grove Allied Arts Council, Spruce Grove, Alberta
2017 Talks on “Being an Artist in the Hospital,” St Stephen’s College, University of Alberta and to Nursing Students, Robbins Learning Center, McEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta
2016 Presentation and Hands-On Projects for Geriatric Medical Conference, University of Alberta by Lidija Peers, Recreation Therapist and Nancy Corrigan, Staff Artist on the Wards, The Benefits of Recreation Therapy and Art for Geriatric Patients
2016 Medical Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Two Digital Images representing a group mural done with University of Alberta medical students and a drawing of a Geriatric Recreation Therapist and a patient
2016 Two Lectures and Hands-On Projects on Presence with McEwan Nursing Students, Robbins Learning Center on Artist in the Hospital Experiences for their Communications Classes
2016 McMullen Art Gallery, Connections Made Visible, Connecting with Patients at the University of Alberta Hospital

Feature Public Murals

“MosEyeics” Mural facilitated with I Human High-Risk Youth for Inner City Youth Project for the Works International Arts Festival installed on 97 Street and 103 Avenue
History in the Making, Co-Artist, West Side of When Pig’s Fly Store, 82 Ave & 104 Street, Edmonton, Alberta
The History of McKernan Lake, 114 Street, and 78 Avenue, McKernan Community League Building, with McKernan School Grade 9 Students 1997, Alberta Foundation for the Arts and Clifford E Lee Foundation *Aboriginal Mural in Aboriginal Chapel, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta

Solo Exhibitions (selected most recent)

Ongoing “Resident Artist,” Lorenzo Lawrence Hair Salon, Edmonton, Alberta
Ongoing “Representation,” at Gallery of Alberta Art Rental, Edmonton, Alberta
2020-21 Gestural and Mystical Acrylic Paintings, Urban Roots Building, Whyte Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta
2019 Paintings by Nancy Corrigan, Nov/Dec the Roots Community Arts Building, 82 Avenue and 101 Street, Edmonton, Alberta
2019: Fun Paintings by Nancy Corrigan, Cest Sera Women’s Boutique, 104 Street and 83 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta
2018 “Revive,” Echo Hair Design, Roots Building, 82 Avenue and 101 Street, Edmonton, Alberta
2016 “Connections Made Visible,” Staff Artist on the Wards, how I connected with patients, their artwork, 3 of my works in response to 3 patient works and experiences, McMullen Art Gallery, University of Alberta Hospital
2015 “Compact Layers,” mini-works of Au Plein Air, Memory, and Class Demonstrations Works, Artisan Nook, The Paint Spot Art Store, Edmonton, Alberta
2014 “Kinetic Expressions,” The Stony Plain Multicultural Dining Room Gallery Mixed Media
2013 “The Texture of Light and Love,” After Hours Space, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
2013 “Texture Expressions,” The Quirky Art Cafe, Edmonton, Alberta, Acrylic on Canvas
2013 “Texture Paintings,” Fresh Cafe, Edmonton, Alberta, Acrylic on Canvas and Panel
2012 “Nature Expressions,” Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta, Acrylic on Canvas
2009 “Inside and Out with Nature,” Fringe Gallery (the Paint Spot Gallery) Edmonton, Alberta Acrylic on Canvas

Group Exhibitions (selected most recent)

2019 Sept-Dec. 2019 World Arts Organization Students: Nancy Corrigan and Levi Etherington, Roots on Whyte Building, Edmonton, Alberta
2016 Drawing on Life, Figure Drawing Group Show, VASA Art Gallery, St Albert, Alberta
2016 White Coat Black Art Exhibition, Montreal, Quebec, Medical Conference
2016 Art on the Block, Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2015 Ever-New, 3 Mixed Media Artists and Nature, Naess Gallery, The Paint Spot, Edmonton, Alberta
2014 Deep Freeze Festival, Stollery Gallery Nina Haggerty Center, Edmonton, Alberta
2013 Harcourt Art Market, Members Show & Sale, Edmonton, Alberta
2013-15 “Artists on the Ward Fundraiser, Mini Show,” McMullen Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
2010-13 “Harcourt Members Show,” Edmonton, Alberta, Acrylic on Canvas
2012 “Mini Show,” Visual Arts Alberta Association, Edmonton, Alberta
2011 “Converge,” City Arts Instructors, Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta
2011 “Energize,” Visual Arts Alberta Association, Edmonton, Alberta
2009-11 “After Hours & 25th Anniversary Staff Exhibitions,” McMullen Art Gallery, The University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
2009 Urban Roots, “Flesh Flowers Feathers & Stone,” Five Women Artists, Edmonton, Alberta
2009 “Celebration of Life”, Glenrose Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta

Memberships

Expressive Arts Without Borders
Gallery of Alberta
World Arts Organization, Expressive Arts, Edmonton, Alberta
Brian Webb Dance Company
McKernan Community League
Alberta Museums Association
Alberta Society of Artists/Carfac Membership
Harcourt House, non-profit Arts Society
Mile Zero Dance Company, Edmonton, Alberta

Collections

Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Numerous Private Collections
Belgravia Elementary School, Edmonton, Alberta
Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta