Bio

Originally from Maine, Cortney now resides in Florenceville, NB with her husband, three children and two fun labs. She spends most of her time in her art studio covered in clay and paint or at the rink with her kids. After earning a BFA from the University of Maine, she spent several years searching for the right medium and settled on acrylic paint and clay.

Residency Project

I’m open to lots of projects but what I like doing are large scale group mosaic pieces. The students would work collaboratively with ceramic clay over the duration of the project to create a fully finished piece. It would be created, glazed and grouted by the students and would hang in the school. Individual pieces from clay, to take home, would be built into the learning process while the students explored the medium of ceramic clay. This could use any theme such as the schools’ motto, life cycles, history or a specific culture.

Teaching Experience

Cortney has consistently taught art since 2009 with children, young adults and adults in the mediums of acrylic, collage, polymer and ceramic clays. She’s taken part in over 10 large art projects with local schools through art grant ranging from large scale mosaics to smaller African masks. She’s also taught many art lessons through the local Andrew & Laura McCain art gallery for local elementary and middle school students.