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About Janna MariaJanna Maria Vallee is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in the media of plant dyeing and weft-faced tapestry weaving.
In 2008 Janna attended Capilano University’s technical Textile Arts program and in 2013 graduated with distinction with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Fibres and Material Practices program at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. In 2016 she returned with her family to her home-province of British Columbia where they now live on the Sunshine Coast. EVERLEA YARN is Janna's hand-dyed yarn business featuring consciously sourced wool yarn which is spun in Canada and dyed with plants by Janna. Visit www.everleayarn.ca
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Education
2013 Concordia University, Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction, major in Fibres and Material Practices. Montreal, Quebec Canada
2010 Capilano University, Diploma of Textile Art. North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Selected Teaching Experience
Textile art instruction in various public arenas teaching structural and surface design techniques like weaving, dyeing and printing.
Selected Exhibitions
Grants, Scholarships & Awards
2013 Concordia University, Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction, major in Fibres and Material Practices. Montreal, Quebec Canada
2010 Capilano University, Diploma of Textile Art. North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Selected Teaching Experience
Textile art instruction in various public arenas teaching structural and surface design techniques like weaving, dyeing and printing.
- Oct 2016 and Oct 2022, Knit City, one-day tapestry weaving workshop Vancouver BC
- 2019-Present, School of SweetGeorgia online, comprehensive tapestry weaving workshops
- March 2017, Fibres West, one-day tapestry weaving workshop, Cloverdale BC
- June 2016 Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, five-day natural dyeing workshop, Victoria BC
- 2015 Skill Share Project, 2-day natural dyeing workshop, Jersey City NJ
- Sept 2012 - Feb 2013 Lower Canada College, self designed twelve-week textile art program for grades 2-3, Montreal Quebec Canada
- April 7 - May 20 2011 Aurora College, self designed six-week textile program for the elderly in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories
Selected Exhibitions
- 2018
- Everlea with Katherine Earle, The Kube, Gibsons BC
- 2015
- Bronx Tale, Co-op for Better Life, New York NY USA
- Cathedral Arts Festival, Jersey City NJ USA
- 2012
- By Hook or By Crook, Eastern Bloc, Montreal QC Canada
- Don't Call it a Comeback, Galerie Diagonale, Montreal QC Canada
- WEIGHS, Studio Beluga, Montreal QC Canada
Grants, Scholarships & Awards
- 2020 Weave the Future grant for the Skill Share Project, American Tapestry Alliance
- 2016 Painter/Brown Scholarship, American Tapestry Alliance
- 2015 Small Events Grant for the Skill Share Project, Surface Design Association
- 2015 EMERGE Grant, American Tapestry Alliance
- 2013 The Betty Goodwin Prize in Studio Arts, Concordia University
- 2012 Surface Design Association Outstanding Student Award, Concordia University
- 2011 FASA Special Projects Grant for Anchor/Cradle, Concordia University
- 2011 Régine Mainberger Award, Concordia University
- 2011 FASA Special Projects Grant for Family Lines, Concordia University
- 2010 Emiko Masuhara Carley Scholarship, Capilano University
- 2010 Capilano University Bursary Fund
- 2009 BC Arts Council Junior Scholarship
- 2008 Capilano University Entrance Scholarship
