PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

SOCAN, Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF); ELAN, PEN SAN MIGUEL, Centre quebecois de PEN international. L’UNEQ. League of Canadian Poets

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

VISUAL ART TRAINING

Quebec City:  Self and Les Ateliers de Réalisations graphiques (Lithography and woodcut) 1987

L'Université Laval (with Paul Lacroix, painting) 1985 

Les Ateliers Imagines (ceramic sculpture) 1984-'86

Sylvia Araya Académie de Beaux Arts (Traditional oil painting and watercolor) 1979-'83

1988 Ateliers Idlywild School for the Arts, California. Clay workshop with traditional Acoma potters in Chaco Canyon , New Mexico.

1987 Pena monotype workshops. Santa Fe, New Mexico 

Academic Training

MAITRISE ÈS ARTS (mention très bien) 1981; 20th Century French Literature, L'Université Aix-Marseille, France

SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING ACCREDITATION(French/English) 1970  

Université Laval, Québec Canada

BACHELOR OF ARTS 1968 Loretto Heights College, Denver, Colorado 

Major:  French and English Language and Literature; minor: Education 

Honors:  Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges 1968