User:Nerdylibrariangirl/Jennifer Morgan

Overview

Jennifer Morgan is a painter, printmaker, educator, and author born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Morgan's work has been supported by the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, The City of St.Johns, and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador Art Procurement.

Regarding her work, the artist says, "My work is inspired by my family history in Conception Bay North, and St. John's. I am caught up in the artifacts that my ancestors left on the landscape and in houses. My prints and paintings explore the stories that these artifacts tell and the people they describe."

Education


 * Bachelor of Arts Fine Arts and Theology (honors), Andrew's University, Michigan, 1985.
 * Bachelor of Education Social Studies, Canadian Union College, Alberta, 1995.
 * Printing Certificate (honors) College of Trades and Technology, Newfoundland,1978

Memberships


 * Book Arts Association of Newfoundland & Labrador
 * Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador
 * St. Michael’s Printshop
 * Visual Artists of Newfoundland & Labrador

Grants and Collections


 * Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council: ArtsSmarts and Professional Projects Grants
 * City of St. John’s Art Bank
 * Province of Newfoundland & Labrador Art Procurement

Shows


 * Ephemera, two-woman show with Caroline Clarke, Devon House Gallery, Craft Council of NL, St. John's, NL, 2017
 * Jennifer Morgan: Art Meets History, solo show, the Annex, Admiralty House Museum, Mount Pearl, NL, 2017
 * The Spirit of the Caribou, group show, Devon House Gallery, St. John's, NL, 2014
 * Christmas Mummers, group show, Red Ochre Gallery, St. John's, NL, December 2014
 * Dear Emma…, solo show, Red Ochre Gallery, St. John’s, NL, March 2014
 * Annual Members Exhibit, juried group show, Craft Council of NL, Devon House Gallery, St. John’s, NL, 2013
 * Blooms, Breezes & Bergs, group show, Red Ochre Gallery, St. John’s, NL, 2012
 * Comfort & Joy, juried group show, Craft Council of NL, Devon House Gallery, St. John’s, NL, 2012
 * A Breath of Fresh Air, group show, Red Ochre Gallery, St. John’s, NL, 2011
 * Lovely as a Tree, solo show, Rogue Gallery, Eastern Edge, St. John’s, NL, 2008
 *  Maaps Bienniel, juried group show, Halifax, NS, 2007
 * All Around The Mulberry Bush, group show, Craft Council of NL, Devon House Gallery, St. John’s, NL, 2005
 * The Coley’s Point House, solo show, The Christopher Pratt Gallery, Bay Roberts, NL, 2003
 * What People Leave Behind, solo show, St. Michael’s Printshop Gallery,                 St. John’s, NL, 2002
 * Pacific Prints, juried group show, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California, 2000
 * Signatures, group show, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL, 1996
 * Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters, juried show, St John’s, NL, 1995, 1996, 2002-2009

Publications Illustrated


 * Dear Emma… Morgan, Bernice. Dragon’s Song. St. John’s: Running the Goat Press, 2015.
 * Dear Emma… Morgan, Jennifer. Almost Home: The Sinking of the S.S. Caribou. St. John’s: Breakwater Books, November 2012.
 * Dear Emma… (illustrations in) Culture & Heritage Identity: Selected Topics in Nfld. and Lab. Studies. Dept. of Ed, 2010.
 * Dear Emma… Queller, Buchanan, Rubia eds. A Charm Against the Pain. St. John’s: Flanker, 2006.
 * Dear Emma… Swanson, Gary B., ed.  Amos. Collegiate Quarterly, October-December, Pacific Press, 2001.
 * Dear Emma… Morgan, George M., Alcock and Brown and the Boy in the Middle.  St. John’s: Tuckamore Books, 1994.
 * Dear Emma… Krachun, Peggy Smith, ed. Life Sentences. St. John’s: Creative Publishers, 1993.
 * Dear Emma… Rubia, Geraldine. A Poem in My Soup. St. John’s: Jesperson, 1980.
 * Dear Emma… Morgan, Rubia and Porter, eds. From This Place. St. John’s: Jesperson, 1977

Residences


 * St. Micheal’s Printshop, St. John’s, NL
 * Advocate Press, Coaker Foundation, Port Union, NL