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Education

Stephen Elliott

Dean of Education, Co-coordinator of Artist in Community Education, Associate Professor of Visual Arts, Graduate Faculty
BFA, BEd, MEd (Queen's), PhD (Concordia)

Contact Information

Room: A117
Phone: 613-533-3029
Email: steve.elliott@queensu.ca

Research Interests

  • Educative aspects of "talk about art"
  • Art criticism
  • Aesthetics
  • Art critiques
  • Art history

Biography

Stephen Elliott is currently Dean of the Faculty of Education and teaches in the Artist in Community Education program. He has received degrees from Queen's University in Fine Art (BFA,1979) in Education (BEd, 1980; MEd, 1989) and Art Education from Concordia University (PhD, 1999). He is a printmaker and painter with works in many private and corporate collections including The Husky Oil collection, The Toronto Dominion Bank Collection and Art Group Toronto. His current research interests focus on issues that deal with the educative aspects of "talk about art." Major topics of investigation include art criticism, aesthetics, art critiques, and art history.

A Sample of Recent Exhibitions and Publications

Dr. Elliott has shown his art work in numerous juried exhibitions both in Canada and internationally. His works are included in a number of private and corporate collections including those of Husky Oil, Toronto Dominion Bank, and Art Group Toronto.

Botanica. Eighteen Printmakers. Netherlands (Amsterdam), USA (Hawaii), Canada (Kingston). International Invited.

Toronto Outdoor. Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON.  National Juried Art Exhibition.

Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, ON. Gallery Artists. Exhibition of Gallery Artists works.

Across the Nation Invitational Juried Art Exhibition. University of Victoria Gallery. Victoria, BC. National Juried Art Exhibition.

Ontario Society of Artists Juried Exhibition. Cube Gallery, Ottawa, ON. Provincial Juried Art Exhibition.

Little Print Show. Juried regional print exhibition, Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON.

The Society of Canadian Artists Open National Juried Exhibitions. Awards

The Ontario Colour and Form Society Annual Open Juried Exhibition. Etobicoke, ON.  Provincial Juried Art Exhibition.

Elliott, S. (2007). Arts, the irreplaceable creative space in schools. A presentation given at the UNESCO international conference on creativity, Kingston, Ontario, November 2007.

Elliott, S. (2007). Viewing art in schools: Setting the stage. In K. Grauer & R. Irwin (Eds.), Readings in Secondary Art Education. Vancouver, BC: Canadian Society for Education Through Art.

Elliott, S. (2004). Art is like a bowl of fruit: Aesthetics and art criticism in the elementary school. In K. Grauer & R. Irwin (Eds.), Readings in Canadian elementary art education  (pp. 61-68). Kingston, ON: Canadian Society for Education Through Art.

Elliott, S. (2001). Some Thoughts about Viewing Art in Schools. “Building Viewing Art Categories with Students”. British Columbia Art Teachers Association Journal. 41(2), 17-21

Elliott, S. (1999). Unpacking broudy's aesthetic scanning framework in a postmodern-multicultural world. Canadian Review of Art Education. 25(2), 118-126.

Current Students

  • Amy Cadman
  • Irene Karagiorgakis
  • Heidi Mack (Committee)
  • Anna Peterson (Committee)

Courses Taught

Still Life with Lemon, Pepper and Three Kittys

by Stephen Elliott