Carol Knowlton-Dority
Visual Artist, B.A., B.Ed.
 
416-223-5197
www.carolknowlton-dority.com
carol@carolknowlton-dority.com

Knowlton-Dority aspires to be open to new and sometimes surprising thoughts which develop as she considers her part in the human experience. Creating visual art is a way of reviewing and reflecting upon these ideas. She has welcomed opportunities to engage in dialogue and explore ideas at Brock University and the University or Toronto.

Part of her practice as a Visual Artist includes opportunity to be involved in educational and community experiences. As President of Mural Routes, Knowlton-Dority is part of a vital team whose purpose is to educate, engage and enhance communities through the creation of mural and public art. As well, she has developed projects for, and in conjunction with, groups such as Fairlawn Community Centre, Youth Without Shelter and Delisle Youth Centre.

Knowlton-Dority has enjoyed a variety of opportunities to bring children and visual arts together; as a classroom teacher in both public and private school settings, and as an art educator for the Toronto District School Board, The Bishop Strachan School, Branksome Hall and organizations such as City of Toronto Public Health, City of Toronto Special Events, DiscoverAbility and the RedEye Studio Gallery in the Distillery District. She created and implemented in two Ontario District School Boards, Journey Into Peace: A Bullying Prevention Program Through Visual Arts.

Knowlton-Dority is also active in the arts community through Mural Routes, the University of Toronto, the Royal Conservatory of Music, and Visual Arts Ontario.

Photo: rollover alert!

• 2010
  • Visual-Tactile Murals, DeafBlind Ontario Services
• 2006-10
  • New work on exhibit at Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto
• 2009
  • “Reflections”, Brock University Philosophy Society, St. Catherine’s, Ontario
  • “Meditation”, commission, Westminster United Church, Whitby, Ontario
• 2007
  • “Moments in Eternal Time: Art and Theology in Dialogue” University of Toronto
  • “Hope and Fragility” Multifaith Art Exhibition, St. James’ Cathedral Museum, Toronto
• 2005
  • "Exploring the Threshold: Art and Theology in Dialogue" University of Toronto
  • "Facing the Dark Side", RedEye Studio Gallery, The Historic Distillery District
• 2004
  • "Think Tank" The Anglican Centre for Theological Dialogue
    
    

• TRILLIUM LAKELANDS DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD (2007- Present)
  • Journey Into Peace: A Bullying Prevention Program Through Visual Arts
  • Knowlton-Dority’s program is presented by Artist/Educator Nancy Gray Ogle
  • See below for program description.
    
    
• TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD (1992-2006)
  • Journey Into Peace: A Bullying Prevention Program Through Visual Arts is a six lesson empathy development/social responsibility program. Through the experience of viewing fine art and making art expressions, students are given the opportunity to explore and process key bullying prevention concepts. Expressive arts are a widely accessible means of language and culture neutral communication and learning for students, and are therefore recommended as an effective and highly equitable approach for learning.
    
    Additional workshops and courses for students, teachers and consultants have featured setting up a Visual Arts Studio, paper sculpture, cartooning, drawing and painting techniques. Knowlton-Dority has been involved in many projects including a Millennium Mural, the design and creation of a Bubble Curtain, and a series of murals featuring active healthy lifestyle in a setting of great food, which support the Eat Smart! initiatives of Toronto Public Health and the school community.. [TDSB website »]
    
    
• REDEYE STUDIO GALLERY (2005)
  • Created a workshop, "Looking At Paintings" for the Grade 6 students of Branksome Hall.  Their study of justice/injustice brought them to the gallery to see some of Knowlton-Dority’s work which featured themes of social justice. [Redeye website »]
    
    
• FAIRLAWN NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE YOUTH MURAL (2005-06)
  • In conjunction with the City Councillor, Yonge/Lawrence Business Improvement Area, Community Police and the Fairlawn Community Centre, Knowlton-Dority worked to develop a community mural walk as a Graffiti Transformation Project. Students from both private and public schools as well as the Delisle Youth Centre are involved in the project. [Fairlawn website »]
    
    
• CITY OF TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH (2004)
  • Worked with a group of Grade 6, 7 and 8 students to create the visual images that were used to develop promotional and information materials to support the new "Eat Smart! School Cafeteria Program". [Eat Smart website »]
    
    
• YOUTH WITHOUT SHELTER, TRILLIUM FOUNDATION (2002-04)
  • Conducted day-long workshops for groups of the clients on topics: sculpture, wire mesh, examination of historic and contemporary icons, drawing, colour study and mixed media. [Trillium Foundation website »]
    
    
• CITY OF TORONTO: SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT (2000-2003)
  • Created events for presentation for the following city-wide celebrations:
    • WINTERFEST, The Northern Exposure Event in the Rotunda of Nathan Philips Square (2002), and North York Civic Centre (2003)
    • CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS and KIDS SUMMER (2001-2003)
    • MOOSE IN THE CITY (2000) Algonquin, Moose Under Construction, ImagiMoose [details »]
      
      
• DISCOVERABILITY (2000-2003)
  • Developed and taught courses this culminated in the Annual Children's Arts Festival.
    
    
• THE BISHOP STRACHAN SCHOOL (1992-2002)
  • PORTRAIT OF THE JUNIOR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL (2002) pastel, 24"x 20".
• COMMEMORATIVE MURAL (1999) acrylic, 2 connecting panels 9'x7'x 7'.
• Conducted student workshops including; cartooning, figure and wildlife drawing and costume design for multicultural events - BSS website »
  
  
• THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND (1994-2002) Created 26 paintings, as well as large scale images for WWF’s Royal Winter Fair booth[ WWF website »]
  
  
• MASTERMIND EDUCATIONAL MURAL (2002) Yonge St. and Lawrence Ave. Designed and painted 20’ x 104’, and 8’ x 30’ Murals for building’s exterior
  
  
• THE HOT (Historic Old Toronto) MUSIC FESTIVAL (Toronto, 2001-2002)
  
  
• S & S PRODUCTIONS, "RED GREEN: DUCT TAPE FOREVER" (2002)
  
  
• DESIGNER SHOWCASE, GRAYDON HALL MANOR (2000)
  
  

• Sacred Expressions, published by Anglican Church of Canada 2007 [details »]
  
  
• Off the Wall, published by Mural Routes 2004-2005, Surface and Symbol, published by Scarborough Arts Council, 2005 [Mural Routes website » / Scarborough Arts Council website »]
  
  
• Ferment: Christianity in Transition, published by The Anglican Centre for Theological Dialogue, Special Edition 2004
  
  
• Image and Artist Statement, Spring/Summer 2003, Article and 5 images, Winter 2002, Image and Artist Statement
  
  
• Toronto Moose Prints, 2000, Graydon Hall Designer Showcase Catalogue, 2000, The BSS Magazine, Fall 1999, produced by The Bishop Strachan School [details on Moose in the City here »]
  

• President of Mural Routes: since 2005: Not-for-Profit organization which promotes the development of Murals in Canada. [www.muralroutes.com]
  
  
• Royal Conservatory of Music, Resonant Learning Symposium Speaker: Transforming Conflict: Crossing Cultural Boundaries in Arts Education (2007)
  
  
• Art & Theology Committee, University of Toronto
  
  
• Meditation and Art Committee, Nalanda College, University of Toronto
  
  
• Member of Visual Arts Ontario [website]