DEBRA FRANCES
Training and Education
2021 Even More Simplified Binding, Karen Hanmer Book Arts, online
2021 Fish Skin Tanning, Advanced Techniques, Janey Chang Ancestral Skills, online
2021 Fish Skin Leather: Oil Tanning, Janey Chang Ancestral Skills, online
2021 Rust Marks, Alice Fox Art, online
2020 Fish Skin Tanning: Tanning with Tea, Janey Chang Ancestral Skills, online
2020 Your Creative DNA: Developing Content for Artists’ Books, Brad Thomas, MCBA
Minnesota Center for Book Arts), Minneapolis, MN
2019 Core Certificate in the Book Arts, MCBA , Minneapolis, MN
2019 Simplified Binding, Karen Hanmer, Karen Hanmer Studio, Glenview, IL
2019 Keeping Tools Sharp, Paul Shipman Bronx Wood Shop, Winnipeg, MB
2019 Working with Hand Tools, Paul Shipman, Bronx Wood Shop, Winnipeg, MB
2018 Introduction to Woodworking, Michaelene Ness, Bronx Wood Shop, Winnipeg, MB
2018 Biblio Tech: Reverse Engineering Historical and Modern Binding Structures, Karen
Hannmer, Karen Hanmer Studio, Glenview, IL
2017 Approachable Metal Working for Book Artists, Shanna Leino, MCBA, Minneapolis,
MN
2017 Book Art Bienniel, MCBA, Minneapolis, MN
2017 Paper Marbling, Janet Carrol , Cre8ery, Winnipeg, MB
2016 Japanese Paper Making, Brigitte O-Malley, MCBA, Minneapolis, MN
2016 Beginning Book Repair, Jana Pullman , MCBA, Minneapolis, MN
2016 Intro to Coptic Binding, Sue Bjerke , MCBA, Minneapolis, MN
2016 Binding a Historical Model, Jana Pullman, MCBA, Minneapolis, MN
2016 Introduction to Screen Printing, Lisa Jorgensen, MCBA, Minneapolis, MN
2015 Gilding and Coloured Edge Decoration Techniques, Karen Hanmer, MCBA ,
Minneapolis, MN
2015 Screen Printing, Roy Liang, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, MB
2015 Traditional Codex, Jana Pullman, MC BA, Winnipeg, MB
2014 Bookbinding, Candice Femple, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, MB
2014 Dos Rapporté/Tue Mouche Advanced Bindings, Benjamin Elbel, MCBA, Minneapolis,
MN
2011 Bookbinding and Vintage Letterpress, Paul Phillips, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg,
MB
Exhibitions
2022 Feast, Famine, Shirley Henderson Gallery – c2 Centre for Craft
2022 Quiet Places, Craft Council of BC Gallery, Granville Island, BC
2022 Eco Craft, Shirley Richardson Gallery – c2 Centre for Craft
2020 For the Love of Craft, Pembina Trails Art Gallery
2020 Art of the Book (touring) Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, NL
Mary E. Black Gallery, Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design, Halifax, NS
Harriet Irving Library, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
Craft Ontario, Toronto, ON
McGill University, Montreal, PQ
Centre Cultural Franco-Manitobain, Winnipeg, MB
Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Audain Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC
2019 Stone Diary Project III, Café Postal, Winnipeg, MB
2018 For the Love of Craft, Shirley Richardson Gallery, c2 Centre for Craft, Winnipeg, MB
2018 Stone Diary Project II, Café Postal, Winnipeg, MB
2018 Holiday Exhibition 2018, Woodlands Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2018 Conservatory Files, Mennonite Heritage Museum Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2018 Are You Book Enough? Miniatures Exhibition,Editions Studio, Seattle, WA
2017 Stone Diary Project I, Café Postal, Winnipeg, MB
2017 Best, Shirley Richardson Gallery, C2 Centre for Craft, Winnipeg, MB
2017 Parts of a Whole 5, Lerner Bindery Gallery, MCBA, Minneapolis, MN
2017 For the Love of Craft, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2017 Conservatory Files, MAWA, Winnipeg, MB
2017 Conservatory Files, Ace Art, Winnipeg, MB
2015 Parts of a Whole 4, Lerner Bindery Gallery, MCBA, Minneapolis, MN
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Binding Interiors: Unity of Art, Craft and Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba
2022 Condensed Reality of Museums in the New Millennium: Beyond Meaning Making,
Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
2020 To Have and to Hold , Book Arts / arts du livre Canada, 2020
2020 To Have and to Hold, Fibre Arts Now, Volume 9, issue 4
2018 Art of the Book 2018, Catalogue of a touring exhibition, CBBAG
2018 Portfolio, Studio:Craft and Design in Canada | Summer 2018
2017 Stone Diary Project, Book Art / arts du livre Canada, 2017 Volume 8 Number 2
COLLECTIONS
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Bruce Peel Collections, University of Albera
Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 Malcolm Island Bookbinding Retreat, Sointula, BC
Dos Rapporté Binding, Debra Frances Book Arts Studio, Winnipeg, MB
Intro to Coptic Binding, Debra Frances Book Arts Studio, Winnipeg, MB
Coptic Endbands, Debra Frances Book Arts Studio, Winnipeg, MB
Bookbinding Basics, Youth Outreach Program, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, MB
2021 Tue-Mouche Binding, Debra Frances Book Arts Studio, Winnipeg, MB
Long Stitch and Link Stitch Binding, Debra Frances Book Arts Studio, Winnipeg, MB
Coptic Variations, University of Manitoba, Interior Design Masters Program,
Winnipeg, MB
Bookbinding Basics, Youth Outreach Program, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, MB
2020 Intro to Coptic Binding, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, MB
2019 Malcolm Island Bookbinding Retreat, five day intensive, Sointula, BC
Papermaking and Bookbinding, with Helen O-Connor, C2 Centre for Craft, Winnipeg,
MB
Long Stitch Link Stitch Binding, Runs with Scissors Studio, Winnipeg Beach, MB
Long Stitch Link Stitch Binding, Assiniboine Park Conservatory, Winnipeg, MB
Leather Bound Journal 1, Winnipeg Art Gallery Makers Lab, Winnipeg, MB
Leather Bound Journal 2, Winnipeg Art Gallery Makers Lab, Winnipeg, MB
Intro to Coptic Binding, C2 Centre for Craft, Winnipeg, MB
2018 Tacketed Binding, Debra Frances Book Arts Studio, Winnipeg, MB
Long Stitch-Link Stitch Binding, Debra Frances Book Arts Studio, Winnipeg, MB
Intro to Coptic Binding, Runs with Scissors Studio, Winnipeg Beach, MB
Coptic Binding with Wooden Covers, Runs With Scissors Studio, Winnipeg Beach, MB
Intro to Coptic Binding, C2 Centre for Craft, Winnipeg, MB
2017 Intro to Coptic Binding, Runs with Scissors Studio, Winnipeg Beach, MB
Arts and Culture Volunteer History
2018-2020 Board of Directors, Manitoba Craft Council
2018 Member of the fundraising committee, Manitoba Craft Council
2017 Member of the fundraising committee, Manitoba Craft Council
Professional Membership/Affiliations
2017-present Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild
2020-present CARFAC
2014-present Minnesota Centre for Book Arts
2015-present Manitoba Craft Council
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022 Explore and Create grant, Canada Council for the Arts
Create grant, Manitoba Arts Council
Support – Adapt grant, Manitoba Arts Council
Learn – Travel /Professional Development grant, Manitoba Arts Council
Professional Research and Development grant, Winnipeg Arts Council
2021 Individual Artist grant, Winnipeg Arts Council
2020 Share: Connecting at a Distance grant, Manitoba Arts Council
2019 Professional Development grant, Manitoba Arts Council
2018 Professional Development bursary, Manitoba Craft Council
Learn – Travel/Professional Development grant, Manitoba Arts Council
Professional Research and Development grant, Winnipeg Arts Council