Liana Voia

Liana Voia is a vlogger in the area of arts with focus on the local artists, poets, multimedia professionals. She hosts the virtual educational program Contemplative, Expressive and Imaginative Arts.

Liana lives in France as of June 2016.

Contemplative, Expressive and Imaginative Arts Youtube Channel

Conferences and Special Events:

Collaborates with artists and artisans in France (2016 - onwards)

Multimedia Work in Canada (2012 - 2016)

Video interviews at Crichton Gallery (2016), Fibre Fling 5 (2016), Wallack's Gallery and Store (2016), Gaia Gallery (Varadero, Cuba - 2016), Enriched Bread Artists (2015), Studio Sixty-Six _2014-2015), Ottawa School of Art (Ceramics Studio, Gallery Orleans and Downtown Campus) : 2014-2015, Sawdust Poets (2015), Clay and Glass Gallery (Kitchener-Waterloo, 2015), Galerie Luz (Montreal), Diego Piccini da Todi's Gallery (Montreal), Centerpointe Gallery, Atrium Gallery, Rectory Art House, Arteast Juried Selections (2015), Ricky Ritza's Studio, Michael Kinghorn's Shop, VERSeFest 2015, Ottawa Grassroots Festival (Media Launch), Nepean Fine Arts League Show - 2014, Figureworks 2014, Galerie Old Chelsea (2014-2015), Artists' Open Studios (Enriched Bread Artists, The Loft Artists, Farrelton Artists' Space, Home-based Studios), Arts Council (AOE), Carp Fairgrounds, Trinity Art Gallery, Ottawa Expo (2014), Galerie La Fab, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Diefenbunker Museum, The Human Rights Research and Education Center (University of Ottawa), Fieldwork Project (Perth), Fritzi Gallery (Great Canadian Theatre Company), Ottawa Art Expo, ongoing
Video Interview with Karen Joan Watson in Gatineau Park (Eco-Art), August 2014,

LABORATORY FOR THE INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF FOOD (Presentation videorecording, 2015)

Interview with Jo-Ann Zorzi at Trillium Arts Gallery, Ottawa, August 2014
Interview with Alejandra Vera at Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa, August 2014.
Interviews with Claudia Coutu Radmore and Philomene Kocher, Carleton Place, August 2014
Interviews with Carrie Colton, Jamie Kronick, Patrice Stanley, Delphine Sullivan, Studio 66, Ottawa, July 2014
Interview with Michael Parkin, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa, July 2014
Interview with Vladimir Frolov at the Arts Council, Shenkman Centre, July 2014
Interviews with Heather Munro and Mary Pal at Trinity Art Gallery, Shenkman Centre, July 2014
Interview with Malika Welsh at Fritzi Gallery, July 2014
Interviews with Ruirong Yu, Tina Sun and Huibo Sun at Centrepointe Gallery, Ottawa, July 2014
Video recorded drum and dance circle, Britannia Park, Ottawa, July 2014
Interview with Rashmi Rekha at TransVision Gallery, Ottawa, July 2014
Interviews with Jo-Ann Zorzi, Sharon Collins, and Ann Dunlap at Trinity Art Gallery, Salon B, Shenkman Centre, July 2014
Interview with Mary Ann Varley, Arteast and Ottawa School of Art (Orleans), June 2014
Interview with Han Shen at Trinity Art Gallery, Salon A, Shenkman Centre, July 2014
Interview with Anna Torma at Karsh Masson Gallery, City of Ottawa, July, 2014
Interview with Mary Kritz, 365 Days of Handwriting (book art project, Part 2, Ottawa, June 2015
Interview with Leslie Redmon, quilt artist, Ottawa, June 2014
Interview with Neera Huckvale at Gallery 200, The School of Dance, Ottawa, June 2014
Interview with Karen Joan Watson in her studio, Ottawa, June 2014
Interviews with Hannah Ranger, John F. Marok, Nathalie Poirier, Stephanie Hill and Rob Snikkar at the Farrellton Artists’ Space, Farrellton (Quebec), June 2014
Interviews with poets, writers, artists at the ottawa small press bookfair, spring edition, june 2014
Interview with Curator Malika Welsh and artists Barbara Cuerden, Rashmi Rekha, Zainab Hussain, and ElBagir Osman at Fritzi Gallery, Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa, June 2014
Video-documented Tianamen Massacre, 25 Years Later, an event organized by Amnesty International and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (Faculty of Law) at the University of Ottawa, June 2014
Interview with Pat Caffery at Trinity Art Gallery, Salon A, Shenkman Centre, June 2014
Interview with Ren Hui (and Rachael Bedlington) at Trinity Art Gallery, Salon B, Shenkman Centre, June 2014
Interview with Marc Gagne at the Arts Council, Shenkman Centre, June 2014
Interview with Karen Goetzinger at Shenkman Centre (Significant Connections Project), May 2014
Interviews with artists Bozica Radjenovic, Jenny McMaster, Cynthia O’Brien, Karina Kraenzle, Jean Jewer and Tami Galili Ellis at Blink Gallery, Ottawa, May 2014
Interview with Carol Howard Donati at The Wall Gallery, Ottawa School of Art (Orleans), Shenkman Centre, May 2014
Interviews and video-documentation of Haiku Canada Conference, Carleton University, May 2014
Interviews with Carrie Colton, Stephanie St. Jean Aubre, Tegan Alston, Dante Penman, Claudia Gutierrez, Melissa Blackman, Delphine Sullivan at Studio Sixty Six, Ottawa, May 2014
Interviews with Marc Carriere and Suzanne Villeneuve at Galerie Corrid’ART, Centre Culturel de Cornwall, Cornwall, May 2014
Interview with Lea Hamilton at University of Ottawa, May 2014
Interview with Miriam Silburt in her studio, Ottawa, May 2014
Interviews with artists at the Abbey for the Arts, Glens Nevis (Alexandria), May 2014
Interview with Patrick Gordon, Patrick Gordon Framing Studio, Ottawa, May 2014
Interview with Paula Collins in her studio and at Wallack’s Art and Drafting Supplies, Orleans (Ottawa), May 2014
Interview with Anna Marie House, Orange Art Galery (gallery and studio), Ottawa, April 2014
Interview with Lorena Ziraldo in her studio (Orange Art Gallery), Ottawa, April 2014
Interviews with Ed Pien, Nadine Argo at Ottawa School of Art, Orleans (Ottawa), April 2014
Interviews with Edna Lemyre, Karen Goetzinger, Cassandra Olsthoorn at Arts Council, Shenkman Centre, Orleans (Ottawa), April 2014
Interview with Karina Bergmans in her studio, Ottawa, April 2014
Interview with Josie De Meo at Tyros Lebanese Restaurant, Orleans, April 2014
Interview with Ingrid Hollander at Orange Art Gallery, New Location (290 City Centre Avenue), Ottawa, April 2014
Interview with Mary Kritz, 354 Days of Handwriting, Ottawa, April 2014
Interview with Barry Stemshorn, Fishing Bears – Photography Show, Art Brulant Cafe, Shawville, April 2014
Interview with David Kearn at Shenkman Arts Centre, March 2014
Video documented presentations and conducted interviews at International Symposium: Current Views on the Rule of Law, Transitional and Alternative Justice in Latin America: Shared Experiences, University of Ottawa, March 2014
Interview with Nath at the Arts Council, Shenkman Centre, March 2014
Interview with Sarah Anderson at Trinity Gallery, Studio B, March 2014
Interviews with Maureen Ballagh in her studio, Ottawa, March 2014
Interviews with Csaba Kertesz, Allan Andre, Rosemary Landry, Janet Mackay and Malika Welsh (Curator) at The Fritzi Gallery, March 2014
Interview with Armando Valdes Planas, Ottawa Public Library, Photo Exhibition, March 2014
Interviews with Komi Seshie, Amadou Ba, Najat Ghannou (Organizer), Shenkman Centre, Black History Month, February 2014
Interview with Hannah Ranger, The Table Vegetarian Restaurant, Ottawa, February 2014
Interview with John F. Marok at the Arts Council, Shenkman Centre, Ottawa, February 2014
Interviews with Mixed Media Artist Patti Normand, Writer Lesley Buxton, and Gallery Coordinator Meaghan Haughian, Karsh-Masson Gallery, City of Ottawa, February 2014
Interviews at Dawson College, the Department of Fine Arts Biennial, at Warren Flowers Gallery, Montreal, February 2014
Interviews with Curator Malika Welsh, Artists Dominique Dennery, Marjorie Lubin, Jane Ladan, Evelyn Duberry, and Prea Zwarych at Lorraine Fritzi Yale Gallery, February 2014.
Interviews with Dean Nathalie Des Rosiers, Professor John Packard, Dr. Penelope Simons, Curator Drew Ann Wake, Assistant Director Viviana Fernandez, and Whit Fraser, Bill Wake, Diana Beckett, Professor Larry Chartrand at Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry Art Exhibition at the Centre for Human Rights Education and Research, February 2014 (Event Planner: Michelle Phillips).
Interview with Ralph Nevins at Atrium Gallery, City of Ottawa, January 2014.
Interviews with Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) Director, Sandra Dyck, President of the University, Dr. Roseann O’Reilly Runte, Artists Juliana McDonald, Beth Shepherd, Danuta Sierhuis (also Curator), Joaquin Valenzuela, Irene Simm, Carmel Whittle, Pauline Gautain, Louise de Gorgendiere, Jeannie Koroluk, 2014
Interviews with Tavi Weisz, Mayor Jim Watson, Councillor Mark Taylor, Stefan St-Laurent and Gallery Coordinator Meaghan Haughian at Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa City Hall, December 2013
Interview with Mezzo-Soprano Katarzyna Sadej, Ottawa-Boston, December 2013
Video coverage of Breaking Point Vernissage, University of Ottawa, December 2013
Video documentation of Not on the Menu Meeting, facilitated by Dominique Dennery and Katherine Clarke-Nolan, Ottawa, December 2013
Interviews with Ottawa Poets Amanda Earl, Claudia Coutu Radmore, Pearl Pirie, Adam Thomlison and Kimberley Dawkins, November 2013
Interview with Matthew Thomson at his studio in Montreal, November 2013
Interview with Karen Goetzinger (artist) and Ingrid Hollander, owner of Orange Art Gallery, Ottawa, November 2013
Interview with Lilly Koltun, PhD at the University of Ottawa, Exhibition: Life Within (solo show), October 2013
Interview with Ming Tiampo, PhD, co-author of Gutai: Spendid Playground (published by Guggenhein Museum, New York, 2013) at Ottawa Arts Gallery, Ottawa, October 2013
Interviews with artists of the Ottawa Watercolour Society and organizers of the Wet and Wild Exbition at Arts Council/Conseil des Arts, Ottawa, October 2013
Interviews with artists and organizers at the University of Ottawa Human Rights Exhibition and Organizers, a collaboration between the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, Canadian Film Institute and Canadian Centre for International Justice, October 2013
Interviews of poets, writers, publishers, editors, book creators, book artists, The Ottawa Small Press Book Fair, Ottawa, October, 2013
Interview at Art Brulant, Shawville, Qc., October, 2013
Interviews at Stone School Gallery, Portage-du-Fort, October, 2013
Interviews with artists at the Glebe Fine Art Show, Ottawa, September 2013

Interviews with artists at Stafford Studios and Gardner’s House (Open Houses), September 2013

Interview with artist Sandra Hawkins at Atrium Gallery, Ben Franklin Place, September 2013

Video coverage of Nuit Blanche organized by Arts Council/Conseil des Arts, September 21, 2013

Interviewing artists and organizers (Rohini Bhalla and Heather Montgomery) for the International Day of Peace at Diefenbunker Museum, Carp, Ontario, September 2013

Video-coverage of the International Triennial of Textile Arts in Gatineau and Ottawa area, Moon Rain Centre, August/September 2013

Interview with artist Olga Radushkevich at the Centrepointe Theatre Gallery, Ottawa, July 2013

Village Museum Documentary (Timisoara), the Cob House Documentary (with architect and artist Ileana Mavrodin), Ethnography Collections from Sasca and Giroc (Victor Tautu and Marius Matei), July 2013

Juried Art Exhibition, Frederic Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, NY, video interviewed the Curator and artists, May 2013

City of Ottawa 25th Anniversary, Ben Franklin Place, interviewed organizers, artists, created video montages, May 2013

Video recorded solo exhibitions and interviewed the artists: Ixchel Suárez (Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, ON), Lilith Ohanessian (Atrium Gallery, Ben Franklin Place), Norman Pirollo (Atrium Gallery, Ben Franklin Place), Luminita Serbanescu (Arteast, Shenkman Arts Centre), Claudia Salguero (Galerie La Fab, Gatineau), Michel Luc Bellemare (Shenkman Arts Centre), 2013

Video recorded group exhibitions and interviewed the artists – The Abbey for the Arts (Glen Nevis), Frederic Remington Art Museum (Ogdensburg, NY), Fritzi Gallery (Ottawa), 2013

Interviewed Curators: Michael Rickley-Lancaster (Textile Museum, Almonte), Laura A. Foster (Frederic Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, NY), Malika Welsh (Fritzi Gallery), 2013

“Spring Into Art” – 2013 Spring Art Conference, Carp, Ontario – conducted video interviews with artists and video recorded their presentations, created all video montages; event organized by West Carleton Arts Society

Meeting with Professor of Poetry Maria Mazziotti Gillan at Binghamton University – State University of New York – , Binghamton, NY, video interview, 2013

Meeting with Professor of Poetry Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Poetry Center at Passaic Community College, Paterson, New Jersey, live radio interview and video interview, 2012

The Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2013 (accepted, unable to attend)

Mindfulness with Immigrants and Refugees

Annual General Meeting, The Canadian School of Contemplative, Expressive and Imaginative Arts, Ottawa, 2012

Integrative Modalities/Therapies: Benefits and Challenges for Integrative Practitioners – panel

5th International Stigma Conference, Open Minds Initiative, Together Against Stigma Conference, hosted by the Mental Health Commission of Canada and the World Psychiatric Association Section, Ottawa, 2012

The Stigma of Passive Suicidal Ideation (Poster 11)

Canadian Conference of Gerontology and Geriatrics and the Pan-American Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Ottawa, ON, 2011

Alternative Therapies for Older Adults with Early Onset of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease – oral presentation

Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society. University of Massachusetts. Medical School. Department of Medicine. Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, 2011

9th Annual International Scientific Conference for Clinicians, Researchers and Educators

Mindfulness-Based Resources to Work with Bullying Attitudes in Children – oral presentation

5th Annual Conference, M.O.M. (Museum Of Motherhood) & MFI (Motherhood Foundation Inc.) in collaboration with Mamapalooza at Marymount Manhattan College, New York City USA

Teaching Mindfulness and Meditation to Our Children – oral presentation

Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI) – Ryerson University, Toronto, 2010

Mindful Mothering – Teaching Mindfulness and Meditation to Our Children – oral presentation

On New Shores: Immigrant Children – The University of Guelph, Guelph, 2010

Mindfulness and Meditation With Children – poster presentation

The British Psychological Society. Psychology of Women Section. Annual Conference, Windsor, England, 2010

Feminine and Feminist Perspectives on Natural Childbirth – poster presentation

The Centre for Diversity in Counseling and Psychotherapy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Symposium: Mindfulness and Psychotherapy: Deepening our Theory and Practice, 2010

Mindfulness and Meditation for Pregnant Women – poster presentation

The Association for Research on Mothering, York University, Toronto, Mothering and the Environment: The Natural, The Social and The Built, 2009

Uses of Hypnosis for Natural Childbirth: Feminine and Feminist Perspectives – oral presentation

The 28thAnnual International Symposium on Social Work with Groups, The Association for Advancement of Social Work with Groups, San Diego, USA, 2006

Group Work and Communication Patterns with Older Men Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s – oral presentation

The 14th Annual Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Care Conference, Alzheimer’s Association, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., 2006

Group Work and Communication Patterns with Older Men Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s – poster presentation

The National Social Work Conference (NASW), Canadian Association for Social Work (CASW), Halifax, Canada, 2006

Mothering and (In)Equality – The Impact of Culture and Ethnicity on Mothering – oral presentation

The13th International Conference in Learning, Montego Bay Community College, St. James, Jamaica, 2006

The Role of Human Capital, Cultural Capital and Lifelong Learning In the Transition to School of Mature Black and Latina Women – oral presentation

The Association for Research on Mothering, York University, Toronto, 2006

The Role of Human Capital, Cultural Capital and Lifelong Learning in the Transition to School of Mature Black and Latina Women – oral presentation

The Association for Research on Mothering, York University, Toronto, 2005

Mothering and (In)Equality– The Impact of Culture and Ethnicity on Mothering – oral presentation

PUBLISHED WORK

Selection of Interviews from the 19th Ottawa Small Press Book Fair, The Conversant Staging, December 2013, visit http://theconversant.org/staging/?p=5966
Hypno-Pregnancy and Birth. Guidelines to Natural Birth Using Hypnosis, Mindfulness and other Modalities. Co-authored with Sonia Anjos, Psychologist. Canadian School of Hypnosis Training and Transformational Arts (currently Canadian School of Contemplative, Expressive and Imaginative Arts), Ottawa, Canada, 2010.

Using Transmissive Reminiscence Therapy in Dementia Care. Canadian Nursing Home Magazine, Volume 18, Number 12, June/July 2007

A Narrative Study of Refugee Women Who Experienced Violence in the Context of War, Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children, London, Ontario
Co-investigators: Helene Berman (PhD), Estella Rosa Irias Giron (MSW), Antonia Ponce Marroquin, Sarah Derby (B.Sc) and Liana Voia (M.A.), 2005