Education

Honors

B.A. with a Major in Fine Art and a Minor in History
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario. 1983-1987

Awards

Canada Council Grant: Assistance to Contemporary Fine Craft Artists and Curators: Project Grant, 2006

HGA Award, “Don’t Fence Me In” , Convergence: Handweavers Guild of America Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2004

HGA Award, “Cross Currents”, Convergence: Handweavers Guild of America Conference, Vancouver, BC 2002

Salt Spring Island Community recognition Award on International Woman’s Day 2000

Professional Studies

Conferences Attended:

Basketry Focus '91: Workshop with Flo Hoppe, Dorothy Gill Barnes.

Basketry Focus '93: Workshop with Connie McColley, Delores Churchill, John McQueen.

Basketry Focus '97: Workshop with Dorothy Gill Barnes, Olivia Elton Barratt, Joleen Gordon.

Basketry Focus '99: Workshop with Nina Kiaykina, Arline Fisch.

Tradition & Innovation: Basketry Today. HGA sponsored conference at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Tennessee, 1999. Workshop with Lissa Hunter.

Participated in Workshops Taught By: Ankaret Dean, Melinda Mayhall, Alastair Heseltine, Sue Marvin, Marilyn Moore, Holly Churchill, Adrian Charlton, Jackie Abrams, Delores Churchill, Andris Lapins, Eva Seidenfaden.

Work experience with Dorothy Gill Barnes.

Teaching Experience

Salt Spring Basketry Workshops, Joan Carrigan’s Studio,
Salt Spring Is. B.C., 2000-2009

Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts,
Metchosin, B.C., 2003, 2005

British Basketmakers Association Spring School,
York, England, 2004

Fibre Arts Symposium, Comox Valley Community Arts Council,
Comox Valley, B.C., 2004

Powell River Arts Club,
Powell River, B.C., 2003, 2004, 2006

Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival,
Gibson’s Landing, B.C., 2001-2008

Branching Out: Basketry on Salt Spring Island,
Salt Spring Island, B.C., 2003

Nova Scotia Basketry Guild,
Halifax, NS, 2003, 2004

Queen Charlotte Islands Arts Council,
Queen Charlotte Island, B.C., 2003, 2004, 2006

Vancouver Weavers Guild,
Vancouver, B.C., 2007

Whonnack Weavers Guild,
Whonnack, B.C. 2007

Victoria Handweavers Guild,
Victoria, B.C., 2002, 2003

Edward Milne Community Center,
Sooke, B.C. 1998-2009

Salt Spring Island Parks and Recreation Commission,
Salt Spring Is. B.C., 1997-2000

Pacific Basketry,
Salt Spring Island, B.C., 1998-2003

Straits and Strands, Assoc. of NW Weavers Guilds Conference,
Victoria, B.C., 1997

Exhibitions

2009 "Unity and Diversity"
Cheongju International Craft Biennale,
Korea, Juried Group

2009 "Containers, Containment and Contents"
Arts Council of Snohomish,
Evertt, WA, Juried Group

2008 "Hold That Thought: Woven Vessels by Joan Carrigan"
Circle Craft Gallery,
Vancouver BC, Solo

2008 "Sticks & Stone: A Collaborative Show of the Potters and
Basketry Guilds of Salt Spring Island"
Art Spring Island Art Center,
Salt Spring Island, BC, Group

2008 "Weaving Nature: Contemporary Baskets"
Bainbridge Arts and Craft Gallery,
Bainbridge Island, WA, Invitational Group

2008 "Contemporary Craft in BC: Excellence with Diversity"
Vancouver Museum,
Vancouver, BC, Juried Group

2007 "Split Ends"
Trelowarren Gallery,
Cornwall, England, Invitational

2006 "Basketry Currents"
Carnegie Visual + Performing Arts Center,
Covington, Kentucky, Group Invitational

2005 "Reflections"
Yukon Arts Center,
Whitehorse, Yukon, Solo

2005 "Small Expressions 2005"
Mable House Cultural Center,
Mableton, Georgia, Juried Group.

2005 “A Salt Spring Showcase”
Yamanaka, Japan, Group

2004 "A Common Strand: Works by the Salt Spring Island Basketry Guild"
Salt Spring Island, B.C., Group

2004 "Don’t Fence Me In", Convergence Conference
Denver, Colorado, Juried Group

2004 "A Case for Baskets"
Gallery of Canadian Folk Art,
Calgary. AB., Invitational Group

2003 "Baskets from Salt Spring Island"
The Foyer Gallery,
Squamish, B.C., Group

2003 "Reflections: Baskets by Joan Carrigan"
The Gallery Wall,
Duncan, B.C., Solo

2002 "Common Thread"
The Gallery, Sheridan College,
Oakville, ON., Juried Group

2002 "Small Expressions 2002"
Pendulum Gallery,
Vancouver, B.C., Juried Group

2002 "Island Tides"
Fran Willis Gallery,
Victoria, B.C., Juried Group

2002 "Cross Currents"
Convergence Conference,
Vancouver, B.C., Juried Group

2001 "Branching Out: an exhibition of Three Salt Spring Island Basket Makers"
WoodWorks Gallery,
Vancouver, B.C., Group

2001 "Fibrations: Charting Natures Course"
Robert Bateman Gallery,
Salt Spring Island, B.C., Invitational

2000 "Northwest/Southwest"
Jill Louise Campbell Art Gallery,
Salt Spring Is, B.C., Group

2000 "Fibrations:a New Wave"
Robert Bateman Gallery,
Salt Spring Is., B.C., Invitational

1999 "A Basket Case - a group of contemporary and traditional baskets"
Crafthouse Gallery,
Vancouver, B.C., Invitational

Publications

"HGA’s Small Expressions 2005",
Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot, Vol. XXXVI No. 4, Fall ‘05

"HGA Award Recipients for 2004",
Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot, Vol. XXXVI, No. 2, ‘05

"Coming Home",
Natural Home and Garden, Vol. VII No. 5, Sept/Oct. 2005

"Joan Carrigan: Basket Maker & Basketry Teacher",
The Basketry Express, Winter ‘05

"BA Spring School’s course with Joan Carrigan",
The Basketmakers’ Association Newsletter, Summer 2004

"Salt Spring: The people, the place a visual odyssey of an island",
Howard Fry, Michael Levy, Osman Phillips, Chu’an Publishing, 2004.

"Don’t Fence Me In - Containing the West",
Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot, Vol. XXXV No. 4, Fall 2004

"Cross Currents Basketry Exhibition",
Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot, Vol. XXXIV, No. 2, ‘03

"HGA’s Small Expressions 2002",
Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot, Vol. XXXIII No. 4, Fall 02

"HGA 2002 Award Recipients",
Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot, Vol. XXXIV, No. 2,Spring 02

Gallery Affiliations

Crafthouse Gallery, Granville Island, Vancouver, B.C.

Artcraft, Salt Spring Island, B.C.

Knotty Threads, Salt Spring Island, B.C.

Memberships

Salt Spring Island Basketry Guild,

NW Basket Weavers' Guild,

Craft Council of British Columbia,

Gulf Islands Community Arts Council,

Handweavers Guild of America.