ALISA ARSENAULT
Art Discipline(s)
- Media Arts
- Visual Arts
Moncton | (506) 961-2694
Preferred School District(s)
- ASD-South
- ASD-East
Preferred Grade Level(s)
- K-2
- 3-5
- 9-12
Can provide residency in
- English
- French
Indigenous Artist
- No
Completed Policy 701
- Yes
Space/Material Requirements
- Tables, chairs, access to outdoors and water (depending on workshop), screen and projection for visual presentation.
Bio
Trained in printmaking and photography with a bachelor's degree in visual arts from the Université de Moncton (2013), Alisa Arsenault combines printmaking, textiles, video projection and sound work in semi-autobiographical installation works questioning memory, its capacity for veracity, as well as its unconscious distortions. By discerning the space between truth and falsehood, she attempts to capture the moment when the imaginary is redefined as veritas within the brain. Alisa currently works out of Moncton, in her studio at the Aberdeen Cultural Centre. Her participation in several solo and group exhibitions, as well as creative residencies, have taken her all over New Brunswick, as well as to Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Côte d'Ivoire and most recently Ireland, thanks to a Sheila Hugh Mackay International Residency Grant. She has worked as Mediation Manager at Galerie d'art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen since 2019, in addition to curating the Volet des arts médiatiques (VAM) of the FICFA and independently curating exhibitions. She has also been Lili Lou's mom for 3 1/2 years, and this parenthood and that of others greatly inspire her current curatorial research.
Residency Project
WORKSHOP PROPOSAL
1. WATERCOLOR SCREEN PRINTING AND/OR TATAKIZOME
In this creative workshop, students will learn monotype printmaking techniques, i.e. printing with watercolor pencils and a silkscreen screen. By drawing directly on the screen to create unique works, they can then move on to printing on a variety of media, either paper or fabric.
Secondly, tatakizome printing (or "flower pounding" - prints made from natural pigments), which requires the cultivation of wild flowers outdoors if possible - depending on the time of year, flowers can also be purchased locally. Then how to transfer these natural pigments to paper or fabric supports, and how to enhance them with natural pigments or watercolours.
*Depending on the time allotted for the workshop, these two workshops can be offered in combination, so that the artist can also demonstrate how she combines these two types of monotype in her personal practice*.
2. CURATING
This workshop introduces students to the art of curating. What is curating? Much more than organizing an exhibition. I introduce the group to how and why it's an artistic practice in itself. The steps to follow and where the idea for a curatorial project comes from. Using cardboard models of a gallery space, students will create a small-scale exhibition model on the theme of their choice, exploring various practices of local contemporary artists and learning the basics of how to write about current art.
Teaching Experience
None specified.
