TIINA KUKKONEN
Artist - Researcher - Educator
ABOUT
Tiina Kukkonen is a visual artist, arts educator, and PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Her research focuses on the role of intermediary organizations in brokering partnerships and knowledge exchange in arts education. She holds an M.A. in Child Studies and a B.F.A./B.Ed. in Art Education from Concordia University in Montreal.
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.
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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."
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Edvard Munch
RESEARCH
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
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
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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.
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Kukkonen, T. (2020). A is for apple. In J. Wearing, M. Ingersoll, C. DeLuca, B. Bolden, H. Ogden, & T. Christou (Eds.), Key concepts in curriculum studies (pp. 181-183). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.
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.
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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
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RESEARCH PROJECTS
Project Manager
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/
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Research & Evaluation Consultant
Arts Education Initiatives
English Language Arts Network
Link: https://www.quebec-elan.org/art-ed/
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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
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Research Associate (past)
Eduarts Mapping Project
Canadian Network For Arts & Learning
Funded by: The Ontario Trillium Foundation
SELECT PRESENTATIONS
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.
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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.
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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
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AT THE TETT!
November & December 2020
I'll be hosting two physically-distanced workshops at the Tett Centre in Kingston this fall. The first is a drawing workshop on November 14th focusing on an old favourite method of mine: reverse drawing (white pencil on black paper). The second, on December 5th, will be a beginner's needle-felting workshop. For more info, click on the links below!
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TOP 20 MOST DOWNLOADED AND MORE!
Spring/Summer 2019
It's been a cold start to the summer but the life of a PhD candidate never cools down. I just got a notification informing me that one of my articles was in the top 20 most downloaded for 2017-18. It will remain open access from now until July: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jade.12116
I'm also looking forward to presenting and networking at the InSEA conference in Vancouver next month, as well as participating in the arts-based emergent PhD exhibit at UBC.
Keeping up with my art practice has been a struggle lately. It's always hard wearing so many hats. But my work will be on display at the Tett Centre in Kingston again from June 18-30 as part of the Tett Tuesday group show! Check it out if you can!
