Bonny Hill is a contemporary artist who was selected
for the 2017 emerging artists series, Studio Watch at
the Lord Beaverbrook Art Gallery for her series, I Dont
Know Anything About Art. I Just Want Something Nice to Hang
Over My Sofa to Match My Living Room. This series of paintings
and installations was first shown in solo shows at Sunbury Shores
(2015) and Saint John Arts Centre (2016) and included in Studio
Watch at the Lord Beaverbrook Art Gallery (2017) and Galerie
Restigouche (2017). The show will travel to the AX Gallery at
the Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex in August, 2017.
Bonny Hill completed a Bachelor of Art in Art
Education at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1984 and
has been teaching art in public schools in for 30 years. In
2011, she was recognized by the Canadian Society for Education
Through the Arts with the Canadian Art educator of the Year
award for her work in the visual arts department at Sussex High
School. One highlight of her teaching accomplishments is The
Great Big Water Bottle Project which won first place in
the first annual national 21st Century Youth Creativity Challenge
sponsored by ArtsSmarts and Heritage Canada. Bonny
has also been active in theatre: directing spring musicals,
building and designing sets, teaching choreography, and performing.
She sits on the provincial Visual Arts Curriculum
Committee, is a board member of AX: Arts and Culture Centre
of Sussex, is a member of Class Act and the Sussex Choral
Society, and volunteers with the SLICE (Sussex Literacy
Initiatives and Cultural Events), Summerfest, and several other
community organizations..
Bonny has only been making serious work for about
ten years and plans to retire from teaching in 2018 to dedicate
her time to full time art making.
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