TIINA KUKKONEN
Artist - Researcher - Educator
ABOUT
Tiina Kukkonen is a visual artist, arts educator, and researcher. She holds a Ph.D. in Education from Queen's University in Kingston (ON), as well as a M.A. in Child Studies and a B.F.A./B.Ed. in Art Education from Concordia University in Montreal (QC). Her doctoral research focused on the role of intermediary organizations in brokering rural arts education partnerships.
Tiina has taught visual arts in various community and school environments in Quebec and Ontario, and actively participates in arts markets and exhibitions. As a Finnish-Canadian artist, her work primarily explores themes inspired by northern nature, craft, and design.
She currently serves on the executive committee of the Canadian Society for Education through Art (CSEA) in the role of Director of Provincial Liaison, Social Media, and Advocacy.
"Nature is not something that can be seen with the eye alone - it lies within the soul, in pictures seen by the inner eye."
Edvard Munch
RESEARCH
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Kukkonen, T. (in press). Conceptualizing intermediary organizations in arts education through a cross-sector review of the literature. Studies in Art Education.
Kukkonen, T. (2021). Supporting youth mental health in and through the arts: An evidence base and guide for teaching artists. Prepared for the English Language Arts Network. https://www.quebec-elan.org/2021/10/25/39884/
Kukkonen, T. (2020). An ecological model of artist-school partnerships for policy makers and practitioners. Arts Education Policy Review, 12(2), 43-54. doi: 10.1080/10632913.2019.1576150
Kukkonen, T., Bolden, B., & Chang-Kredl, S. (2020). Creative collaboration in young children's playful group drawing. Journal of Creative Behavior, 54(4), 897-911.
Kukkonen, T., & Cooper, A. (2019). An arts-based knowledge translation (ABKT) planning framework for researchers. Evidence & Policy, 15(2), 293-311. doi: 10.1332/174426417X15006249072134
Kukkonen, T., & Bolden, B. (2018). Teaching lives: An arts-informed exploration of teacher experience. Art/Research International, 3(2), 150-171.
Kukkonen, T., & Chang-Kredl, S. (2018). Drawing as social play: Shared meaning-making in
young children’s collective drawing activities. The International Journal of Art and Design Education, 37(1), 74-87. doi: 10.1111/jade.12116
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Co-Evaluator
Building a Digital Future for Arts and Learning in Canada
Canadian Network for Arts & Learning
Funded by: Canada Council for the Arts
Research & Evaluation Consultant
Arts Education Initiatives
English Language Arts Network
Link: https://www.quebec-elan.org/art-ed/
Research Associate & Co-Author
Transformative Action on Arts Education: Re-invigorating the Seoul Agenda
The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning, The Canadian Commission for UNESCO, and the UNESCO Chair in Arts & Learning
Link: http://unesco.ca/~/media/unesco/unesco/position%20paper.pdf
Project Manager (past)
Building Creative Capacity through Assessment for Learning in the Arts
Lead researcher: Dr. Benjamin Bolden, Queen's University
Funded by: SSHRC
Link: http://benjaminbolden.ca/aflia/
Research Associate (past)
Eduarts Mapping Project
Canadian Network For Arts & Learning
Funded by: The Ontario Trillium Foundation
SELECT PRESENTATIONS
Kukkonen, T. (2021, March). Supporting rural arts education in Ontario and Quebec: A multi-case
study of intermediary organizations. Presentation at the National Congress on Rural Education in Canada, hosted virtually through the University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan.
Kukkonen, T., & Bolden, B. (2019, July). Enhancing creativity in the arts classroom through assessment for learning. Presentation at the International Society for Education through Art world congress, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Kukkonen, T. (2018, May). Connecting the dots: A cross-case exploration of arts partnership brokering in rural Canada. Presentation at the graduate symposium of the Canadian Society for Education through Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Kukkonen, T., & Cooper, A. (2017, October). Building bridges through the Arts: An arts-based knowledge translation (ABKT) planning framework for researchers. Paper presentation at the national conference of the Canadian Network for Arts and Learning, Ottawa, Ontario.
TEACHING
WORKSHOPS
Tiina facilitates a variety of visual arts workshops. Past workshops include:
Block printing
Needle felting
Card-making
Painting & Drawing
UNIVERSITY
Tiina has been an instructor, teaching assistant, and guest lecturer at the undergraduate level. She has taught courses in visual arts for teacher candidates at Queen's University and has supervised ECE student teachers in their placement settings.
K-12
Tiina has taught visual arts to children and teens in both community and school environments. She has worked full-time as a high school arts teacher and has held several contract positions as an arts instructor.
NEWS & EVENTS
FALL TEACHING & WORKSHOPS
Lots happening this fall for me! Aside from teaching at Queen's University, I have two felting workshops:
1. Sunset Landscape for Beginners (Nov. 10, 6-8PM) at the Tett Centre. SOLD OUT.
2. Felted Holiday Ornaments (Dec. 8, 6-8PM) at the Kingston School of Art.
I am busy developing new workshops for 2022, so stay tuned through my Instagram @artoftiina
ART NOISE SHOW OF SMALLS 2021
I have four new felt pieces in this year's Show of Smalls happening at Art Noise in Kingston! Check them out at 290 Princess Street from November 5 to December 24, 2021.
