DEBRA FRANCES PLETT
Training and Education
2021 Even More Simplified Binding, Karen Hanmer Book Arts
2021 Fish Skin Tanning, Advanced Techniques, Janey Chang Ancestral Skills
2021 Fish Skin Leather: Oil Tanning, Janey Chang Ancestral Skills
2021 Rust Marks, Alice Fox Art
2020 Fish Skin Tanning: Tanning with Tea, Janey Chang Ancestral Skills
2020 Your Creative DNA: Developing Content for Artists’ Books, MCBA – Brad Thomas
2019 Core Certificate in the Book Arts, MCBA
2019 Simplified Binding, Karen Hanmer Book Arts
2019 Keeping Tools Sharp, Bronx Wood Shop – Paul Shipman
2019 Working with Hand Tools, Bronx Wood Shop – Paul Shipman
2018 Introduction to Woodworking, Bronx Wood Shop – Michaelene Ness
2018 Biblio Tech: Reverse Engineering Historical and Modern Binding Structures, Karen Hanmer
2017 Approachable Metal Working for Book Artists, MCBA – Shanna Leino
2017 Book Art Bienniel, MCBA
2017 Paper Marbling, Cre8ery – Janet Carrol
2016 Japanese Paper Making, MCBA – Brigitte O-Malley
2016 Beginning Book Repair, MCBA – Jana Pullman
2016 Intro to Coptic Binding, MCBA – Sue Bjerke
2016 Binding a Historical Model, MCBA – Jana Pullman
2016 Introduction to Screen Printing, Martha Street Studio – Lisa Jogensen
2015 Gilding and Coloured Edge Decoration Techniques, MCBA – Karen Hanmer
2015 Screen Printing, Martha Street Studio – Roy Liang
2015 Traditional Codex, MCBA – Jana Pullman
2014 Bookbinding, Martha Street Studio – Candice Femple
2014 Dos Rapporté/Tue Mouche Advanced Bindings, MCBA – Benjamin Elbel
2011 Bookbinding and Vintage Letterpress, Martha Street Studio – Paul Phillips
Exhibitions
2022 Feast, Famine, Shirley Henderson Gallery – c2 Centre for Craft
2022 Quiet Places, CCCBC 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, Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
2020 Art of the Book, Mary E. Black Gallery, Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design
2020 Art of the Book, Harriet Irving Library, University of New Brunswick
2020 Art of the Book, Craft Ontario
2020 Art of the Book, McGill University
2019 Art of the Book, Centre Cultural Franco-Manitobain
2019 Art of the Book, Dunlop Art Gallery
2019 Art of the Book, Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Alberta
2019 Stone Diary Project III, Café Postal
2018 Art of the Book, University of the Fraser Valley Library
2018 Art of the Book, Audain Gallery, University of Victoria
2018 For the Love of Craft, Shirley Richardson Gallery – c2 Centre for Craft
2018 Stone Diary Project II, Café Postal
2018 Holiday Exhibition 2018, Woodlands Gallery
2018 Conservatory Files, Mennonite Heritage Museum Gallery
2018 Are You Book Enough Miniatures Exhibition, Editions Studio, Seattle, WA
2017 Stone Diary Project I, Café Postal
2017 Best, Shirley Richardson Gallery, c2 Centre for Craft
2017 Parts of a Whole 5, Lerner Bindery Gallery, MCBA
2017 For the Love of Craft, Winnipeg Art Gallery
2017 Conservatory Files, MAWA
2017 Conservatory Files, Ace Art
2015 Parts of a Whole 4, Lerner Bindery Gallery, MCBA
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
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
Give Me a Home, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Bow Low, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
You Seem So Far Away, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Offering, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Fish Tales, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Lake Trout Sculptural Fish Book, Bruce Peel Collections, University of Albera
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 Dos Rapporté Binding, Debra Frances Book Arts Studio
2022 Intro to Coptic Binding, Debra Frances Book Arts Studio
2022 Coptic Endbands, Debra Frances Book Arts Studio
2022 Bookbinding Basics, Martha Street Studio Youth Outreach Program
2021 Tue-Mouche Binding, Debra Frances Book Arts Studio
2021 Long Stitch and Link Stitch Binding, Debra Frances Book Arts Studio
2021 Coptic Variations, University of Manitoba, Interior Design Masters Program
2021 Bookbinding Basics, Martha Street Studio Youth Outreach Program, Winnipeg, MB
2020 Intro to Coptic Binding, Martha Street Studio
2019 Malcolm Island Bookbinding Retreat, five day intensive, Sointula, BC
2019 Paper Making and Bookbinding, with Helen O-Connor, c2 Centre for Craft
2019 Long Stitch Link Stitch Binding, Runs with Scissors Studio
2019 Long Stitch Link Stitch Binding, Assiniboine Park Conservatory
2019 Leather Bound Journal 1, Winnipeg Art Gallery Makers Lab
2019 Leather Bound Journal 2, Winnipeg Art Gallery Makers Lab
2019 Intro to Coptic Binding, c2 Centre for Craft
2018 Tacketed Binding, Debra Frances Book Arts Studio
2018 Long Stitch-Link Stitch Binding, Debra Frances Book Arts Studio
2018 Intro to Coptic Binding, Runs With Scissors Studio
2018 Coptic Binding with Wooden Covers, Runs With Scissors Studio
2018 Intro to Coptic Binding, c2 Centre for Craft
2017 Intro to Coptic Binding, Runs With Scissors Studio
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
2015-2021 Creative Manitoba
2011-2019 Martha Street Studio
2017-2020 Winnipeg Art Gallery
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022 Explore and Create grant,Canada Council for the Arts
2022 Create grant, Manitoba 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
2019 MAC On the Rise nominee, nominated by the Manitoba Craft Council
2018 Professional Development bursary, Manitoba Craft Council
2018 Professional Development grant, Manitoba Arts Council
2018 Professional Development grant, Winnipeg Arts Council