Visual and Literary Artist Curriculum Vitae
Wanda Hurren, PhD 250.721.7757 250.580.0547 (cell)
www.hurrenaestheticsatwork.com whurren@uvic.ca
Selected Publications (highlighting creative nonfiction, poetry, fiction, and image)
Hurren, W. (2015). Rain Barrel. The Malahat Review, 190: 41-43. (Winner: Open Season
Fiction Award).
Hurren, W. (2014). Atlas Interrupted. In A. Reid, P. Hart, & M. Peters (Eds.), Sage Companion
to Research In Education (pp. 533-538). London, UK: Sage Publications.
Hurren, W. (2012). …and topography. In Anita Sinner & Christine Lowther (Eds.). Living
artfully: Reflections from the far West Coast (pp. 49-54; colour plates pp. 137-40).
Hurren, W. (2012). Kissing lessons. In C. Chambers, E. Hasebe-Ludt, A. Sinner, & C. Leggo
(Eds.) A heart of wisdom: Life writing as empathetic inquiry (pp. 43-50). New York:
Peter Lang.
Hurren, W. and Hasebe-Ludt, E. (2011). The Terroir That we Are: Bringing Curriculum Down
to Earth. JCT: Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 27(2), 17-34. (poetry, creative non-
fiction)
Hurren, W. (2010). 2 poems, postcard story and cover poem. Island Writer, 8:1: 75-77.
Hurren, W. (2009). The convenient portability of words: Aesthetic possibilities of words on
paper/postcards/maps/etc. In M. Prendergast, C. Leggo & P. Sameshima (Eds.) Poetic
inquiry: A critical survey (pp. 229-38).Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Hurren, W. (2009). Mapwork: Constructing sights in Exhibition Catalogue for Opening
Spaces: Art practice, studio-based scholarship and research. p. 16-17.
Hurren, W. (2008): Postc(art)ographia: A mapwork project about identity and place.
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, Special Issue on Art, Literature, &
Place, 13(2), 43-50.
Hurren, W. (2007). 2 poems. Fast Forward: Saskatchewan’s New Poets, Hagios Press.
Hurren, W. (2000). Line Dancing: An Atlas of Geography, Curriculum, and Poetic
Possibilities. New York, NY: Peter Lang. (poetry, creative non-fiction, academic text)
Hurren, W. (1998). Living With/in the Lines: Poetic possibilities in world writing. Gender,
Place and Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, 5(3). 301-304.
Hurren, W. (2000). Borderlands (poem). Canadian Women’s Studies, 20.2: 10.
Hurren, W. (1998). Definition (poem). Canadian Women’s Studies, 18(2&3): 155.
Hurren, W. (1997). 3 poems. The Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature, 31: 7, 8, 17.
Teaching and Community Engagement with Creative Writing
1980-present Teaching in elementary + secondary schools (12 years) and post-secondary
settings, including university courses in writing as research, with writing
studio components (URegina faculty member: 8 years, UVic faculty member:
10 years, continuing; on study leave July 1, 2016)
2013 Happy Valley School Poetry workshop, Victoria, BC
2011 Central Middle School ‘mapwork’ writing and photography, Victoria, BC
2009, 2008 Instructor (1-day writing and photographic studio): UBC
2008 Victoria Intercultural Association Seniors and Youth, Postcartographia
creative writing and photography project
Published Reviews and Judges Comments for Literary Publications
Judges Comments: Cynthia Flood: Contest judge for 2015 Mahalat Review Open Season Fiction Award
http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/open_season/2015_winner.html#fiction
Danielle Hogan: “Picture Perfect: Postcartographia shows Victoria isn’t just another spot on
the Map,” Monday Magazine, May 8-14, 2008, p. 18.
Responses to Wanda Hurren’s ‘Living with/in the lines: Poetic possibilities for world writing’,
Gender, Place & Culture, 6:3, 273-279. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/7136688266
Juried Exhibits
2011 Constructing Sights in the Workplace, Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
2010 Re:Creating Place (with Susan Underwood), The Arts Centre at Cedar Hill, Victoria, BC
2010 black is the new black (Crossgrain Group Exhibit), Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC
2008: postcartographia (with Susan Underwood), Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC
(re: SSHRC grant 410-2005-298)
Group Exhibits/Professionally Selected Exhibits
2011 KIP Completion Exhibition (MacLaurin bldg. and University Centre), University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
2008-present Faculty of Education Group Show, McPherson Library Gallery, and Legacy Art Gallery, Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery
University of Victoria
2009 Crossgrain Photographic Society. Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria.
2009 Work/Place. MacLaurin Lounge. UVic.
2009 Opening Spaces. Wilfred Johns Gallery, University of Victoria.
2007/08 Crossgrain Photographic Society Show, Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC
2006/07 Xchanges Gallery Member Shows, Victoria, BC
Curatorial
2012 The Art of Nursing, Victoria General Hospital, Ward 7 A/B. Victoria, BC
2011 Constructing Sights, Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
2009 Work/Place (with Susan Underwood). MacLaurin Building, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
2005 Found in the Halls (re: SSHRC grant 410-2001-1614). University of Regina, Regina, SK
Photography-based Funded Research and Awards
2005 Mapwork, place and identity; SSHRC: 410-2005-298
2001 Photography Award: 2nd Place, Photo Contest, Don’s Photo, Regina, SK
2001 Spatial practices and identity; SSHRC: 410-2001-1614
Educational Background
1998 Ph.D University of British Columbia
1995 M.Ed University of Saskatchewan
1980 B.Ed University of Saskatchewan
Photo-based Studies and Professional Development
2010 Lúz Gallery Photography workshop: Photoshop
2009 Lúz Gallery Photography workshop: Low Fidelity Camera workshop
2009 The Art of the Photo Essay workshop, Studio 42, Vancouver, BC
2004/05 Miksang Contemplative Photography Levels I-III, Vancouver, BC
2002-04 Levels I – IV photography & darkrooom: SIAST/Regina Community Arts
Arts Community Involvement
2006-2013 Crossgrain Photographic Society (Darkroom) Member
2006-2013 Xchanges Artists’ Co-op Member
2006-13 Gallery sitter, Xchanges Gallery
2007-08 Gallery Co-ordinator, Xchanges Artists’ Co-op
2007-08 Executive, Crossgrain Photographic Society (Darkroom)
2007 Volunteer photographer, Launch of Bike-to-Work Week Victoria
2004-05 Regina Photo Club
Literary and Arts-Focused Memberships
2015-present Creative Nonfiction Collective Society (CNFS)
2011-present ABER (Arts-based Educational Researchers), AERA: American Educational Researchers Association
2010-present ARTS (Arts Researchers and Teachers Society), CACS: Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies
Commissioned/Requested Photographic Art
2013 Commissioned/Requested photo: framed photo as gift of recognition, UVic
2009 Commissioned/Requested photos: 400 photo cards of recognition, UVic
2007 Commissioned/Requested photos: 2 framed photos, gifts of recognition, UVic
2000/03/09 3 Book Cover Photographs for Peter Lang Publishers, New York.
Private Collection Purchases
2012 Purchased: rain on rue daguerre, Hurren, 2005, traditional silver gelatin, 5 x 7
2012 Purchased: rain on rue daguerre, Hurren, 2005, traditional silver gelatin, 4 x 6
2011 Purchased: late afternoon beach, Hurren, 2005, traditional silver gelatin, 11x14
Artist’s Talks and Community Leadership
Fresh Brew: Open Mic Poetry Reading Organizer/Host, October 2015
Aesthetics at Work: Esquimalt Photography Club, Victoria, June, 2014
Aesthetics at Work. Scotiabank Main Branch, Victoria, September, 2014
The Art of Nursing. Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, March 21, 2013
Constructing Sights in the Workplace. Maltwood Museum + Art Gallery, UVic, May 13, 2011
postcartographia: Maps and postcards. Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, May 12, 2008
Publications featuring my photography:
Hurren, W. (2012): …and topography. In Anita Sinner & Christine Lowther (Eds.). Living artfully: Reflections from the far West Coast (pp. 49-54; colour plates pp. 137-40).
Hurren, W. (2012). Kissing lessons. In C. Chambers, E. Hasebe-Ludt, A. Sinner, & C. Leggo (Eds.) A heart of wisdom: Life writing as empathetic inquiry (pp. 43-50). New York: Peter Lang.
Hurren, W. (2009). The convenient portability of words: Aesthetic possibilities of words on paper/postcards/maps/etc. In M. Prendergast,
C. Leggo & P. Sameshima (Eds.) Poetic inquiry: A critical survey (pp. 229-38).Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Hurren, W. (2009). Mapwork: Constructing sights in Exhibition Catalogue for Opening Spaces: Art practice, studio-based scholarship
and research. p. 16-17.
Hurren, W. (2008): Postc(art)ographia: A mapwork project about identity and place. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, Special Issue on Art, Literature, & Place, 13(2), 43-50.
Wanda Hurren, PhD 250.721.7757 250.580.0547 (cell)
www.hurrenaestheticsatwork.com whurren@uvic.ca
Selected Publications (highlighting creative nonfiction, poetry, fiction, and image)
Hurren, W. (2015). Rain Barrel. The Malahat Review, 190: 41-43. (Winner: Open Season
Fiction Award).
Hurren, W. (2014). Atlas Interrupted. In A. Reid, P. Hart, & M. Peters (Eds.), Sage Companion
to Research In Education (pp. 533-538). London, UK: Sage Publications.
Hurren, W. (2012). …and topography. In Anita Sinner & Christine Lowther (Eds.). Living
artfully: Reflections from the far West Coast (pp. 49-54; colour plates pp. 137-40).
Hurren, W. (2012). Kissing lessons. In C. Chambers, E. Hasebe-Ludt, A. Sinner, & C. Leggo
(Eds.) A heart of wisdom: Life writing as empathetic inquiry (pp. 43-50). New York:
Peter Lang.
Hurren, W. and Hasebe-Ludt, E. (2011). The Terroir That we Are: Bringing Curriculum Down
to Earth. JCT: Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 27(2), 17-34. (poetry, creative non-
fiction)
Hurren, W. (2010). 2 poems, postcard story and cover poem. Island Writer, 8:1: 75-77.
Hurren, W. (2009). The convenient portability of words: Aesthetic possibilities of words on
paper/postcards/maps/etc. In M. Prendergast, C. Leggo & P. Sameshima (Eds.) Poetic
inquiry: A critical survey (pp. 229-38).Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Hurren, W. (2009). Mapwork: Constructing sights in Exhibition Catalogue for Opening
Spaces: Art practice, studio-based scholarship and research. p. 16-17.
Hurren, W. (2008): Postc(art)ographia: A mapwork project about identity and place.
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, Special Issue on Art, Literature, &
Place, 13(2), 43-50.
Hurren, W. (2007). 2 poems. Fast Forward: Saskatchewan’s New Poets, Hagios Press.
Hurren, W. (2000). Line Dancing: An Atlas of Geography, Curriculum, and Poetic
Possibilities. New York, NY: Peter Lang. (poetry, creative non-fiction, academic text)
Hurren, W. (1998). Living With/in the Lines: Poetic possibilities in world writing. Gender,
Place and Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, 5(3). 301-304.
Hurren, W. (2000). Borderlands (poem). Canadian Women’s Studies, 20.2: 10.
Hurren, W. (1998). Definition (poem). Canadian Women’s Studies, 18(2&3): 155.
Hurren, W. (1997). 3 poems. The Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature, 31: 7, 8, 17.
Teaching and Community Engagement with Creative Writing
1980-present Teaching in elementary + secondary schools (12 years) and post-secondary
settings, including university courses in writing as research, with writing
studio components (URegina faculty member: 8 years, UVic faculty member:
10 years, continuing; on study leave July 1, 2016)
2013 Happy Valley School Poetry workshop, Victoria, BC
2011 Central Middle School ‘mapwork’ writing and photography, Victoria, BC
2009, 2008 Instructor (1-day writing and photographic studio): UBC
2008 Victoria Intercultural Association Seniors and Youth, Postcartographia
creative writing and photography project
Published Reviews and Judges Comments for Literary Publications
Judges Comments: Cynthia Flood: Contest judge for 2015 Mahalat Review Open Season Fiction Award
http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/open_season/2015_winner.html#fiction
Danielle Hogan: “Picture Perfect: Postcartographia shows Victoria isn’t just another spot on
the Map,” Monday Magazine, May 8-14, 2008, p. 18.
Responses to Wanda Hurren’s ‘Living with/in the lines: Poetic possibilities for world writing’,
Gender, Place & Culture, 6:3, 273-279. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/7136688266
Juried Exhibits
2011 Constructing Sights in the Workplace, Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
2010 Re:Creating Place (with Susan Underwood), The Arts Centre at Cedar Hill, Victoria, BC
2010 black is the new black (Crossgrain Group Exhibit), Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC
2008: postcartographia (with Susan Underwood), Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC
(re: SSHRC grant 410-2005-298)
Group Exhibits/Professionally Selected Exhibits
2011 KIP Completion Exhibition (MacLaurin bldg. and University Centre), University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
2008-present Faculty of Education Group Show, McPherson Library Gallery, and Legacy Art Gallery, Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery
University of Victoria
2009 Crossgrain Photographic Society. Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria.
2009 Work/Place. MacLaurin Lounge. UVic.
2009 Opening Spaces. Wilfred Johns Gallery, University of Victoria.
2007/08 Crossgrain Photographic Society Show, Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC
2006/07 Xchanges Gallery Member Shows, Victoria, BC
Curatorial
2012 The Art of Nursing, Victoria General Hospital, Ward 7 A/B. Victoria, BC
2011 Constructing Sights, Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
2009 Work/Place (with Susan Underwood). MacLaurin Building, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
2005 Found in the Halls (re: SSHRC grant 410-2001-1614). University of Regina, Regina, SK
Photography-based Funded Research and Awards
2005 Mapwork, place and identity; SSHRC: 410-2005-298
2001 Photography Award: 2nd Place, Photo Contest, Don’s Photo, Regina, SK
2001 Spatial practices and identity; SSHRC: 410-2001-1614
Educational Background
1998 Ph.D University of British Columbia
1995 M.Ed University of Saskatchewan
1980 B.Ed University of Saskatchewan
Photo-based Studies and Professional Development
2010 Lúz Gallery Photography workshop: Photoshop
2009 Lúz Gallery Photography workshop: Low Fidelity Camera workshop
2009 The Art of the Photo Essay workshop, Studio 42, Vancouver, BC
2004/05 Miksang Contemplative Photography Levels I-III, Vancouver, BC
2002-04 Levels I – IV photography & darkrooom: SIAST/Regina Community Arts
Arts Community Involvement
2006-2013 Crossgrain Photographic Society (Darkroom) Member
2006-2013 Xchanges Artists’ Co-op Member
2006-13 Gallery sitter, Xchanges Gallery
2007-08 Gallery Co-ordinator, Xchanges Artists’ Co-op
2007-08 Executive, Crossgrain Photographic Society (Darkroom)
2007 Volunteer photographer, Launch of Bike-to-Work Week Victoria
2004-05 Regina Photo Club
Literary and Arts-Focused Memberships
2015-present Creative Nonfiction Collective Society (CNFS)
2011-present ABER (Arts-based Educational Researchers), AERA: American Educational Researchers Association
2010-present ARTS (Arts Researchers and Teachers Society), CACS: Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies
Commissioned/Requested Photographic Art
2013 Commissioned/Requested photo: framed photo as gift of recognition, UVic
2009 Commissioned/Requested photos: 400 photo cards of recognition, UVic
2007 Commissioned/Requested photos: 2 framed photos, gifts of recognition, UVic
2000/03/09 3 Book Cover Photographs for Peter Lang Publishers, New York.
Private Collection Purchases
2012 Purchased: rain on rue daguerre, Hurren, 2005, traditional silver gelatin, 5 x 7
2012 Purchased: rain on rue daguerre, Hurren, 2005, traditional silver gelatin, 4 x 6
2011 Purchased: late afternoon beach, Hurren, 2005, traditional silver gelatin, 11x14
Artist’s Talks and Community Leadership
Fresh Brew: Open Mic Poetry Reading Organizer/Host, October 2015
Aesthetics at Work: Esquimalt Photography Club, Victoria, June, 2014
Aesthetics at Work. Scotiabank Main Branch, Victoria, September, 2014
The Art of Nursing. Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, March 21, 2013
Constructing Sights in the Workplace. Maltwood Museum + Art Gallery, UVic, May 13, 2011
postcartographia: Maps and postcards. Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, May 12, 2008
Publications featuring my photography:
Hurren, W. (2012): …and topography. In Anita Sinner & Christine Lowther (Eds.). Living artfully: Reflections from the far West Coast (pp. 49-54; colour plates pp. 137-40).
Hurren, W. (2012). Kissing lessons. In C. Chambers, E. Hasebe-Ludt, A. Sinner, & C. Leggo (Eds.) A heart of wisdom: Life writing as empathetic inquiry (pp. 43-50). New York: Peter Lang.
Hurren, W. (2009). The convenient portability of words: Aesthetic possibilities of words on paper/postcards/maps/etc. In M. Prendergast,
C. Leggo & P. Sameshima (Eds.) Poetic inquiry: A critical survey (pp. 229-38).Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Hurren, W. (2009). Mapwork: Constructing sights in Exhibition Catalogue for Opening Spaces: Art practice, studio-based scholarship
and research. p. 16-17.
Hurren, W. (2008): Postc(art)ographia: A mapwork project about identity and place. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, Special Issue on Art, Literature, & Place, 13(2), 43-50.