Hi, I’m Rebecca. I’m so happy to connect with you!
I am a visual artist inspired by plants and nature.
My art studio + creative gardens & forest sanctuary are located on 6-acres of environmentally sensitive lands near Whitby, Ontario in Canada.
My passion is connecting people with nature through creativity.
I hope you enjoy my art!
XOXO,
2024 Soft and Wild (Selected, solo) — Colborne Street Gallery — Fenelon Falls, ON
2024 Art on the Fringe Festival (Selected, group) — Artists of Uxbridge — Uxbridge, ON
2024 Annual Juried Show (Juried, group) — Scugog Arts — Port Perry, ON
2024 Art in the Alley (Member, group) — Scugog Arts — Port Perry, ON
2024 37th Annual Pelham Art Festival (Juried, group) — Pelham / Niagara Region, ON
2024 Abstract Exhibition (Selected, group) — Part Crowd Art Gallery — Toronto, ON
2024 The Art of Sustainability (Juried, group) — Ontario Tech University — Oshawa, ON
2023-24 Life’s Moods Exhibition (Juried, group) — Station Gallery — Whitby, ON
2023 Latcham Art Centre’s Beyond Craft (Juried, group) — 19 On The Park - the Lebovic Centre for Arts and Entertainment — Stouffville, ON
2023 Art in the Alley (Member, group) — Scugog Arts — Port Perry, ON
2023 Flora and Fauna: We’re All Connected (Juried, duo) — Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences - Art Gallery — Whitby, ON
2023 Art in the Garden (Juried, group) — Glass Eagle Studios & Creative Garden Centre — Minden, ON
2023 Annual Exhibition (Juried, group) — Latcham Art Centre — Stouffville, ON
2022 Wrap It Up (Student, group) — Haliburton School of Art + Design — Haliburton, ON
2015 Annual Photography Exhibition (Juried, group) — PineRidge Arts Council — McLean Community Centre — Ajax, ON
2015 Near and Far (Selected, duo) — Forest Brook Community Gallery — Ajax, ON
2014 RMG Exposed Photography Exhibition (Juried, group) — Robert McLaughlin Gallery — Oshawa, ON
2023 Celebrating our Creative Journeys (workshop) — Adonai Creative Arts & West Wind on Myrtle — Ajax/Whitby, ON
2023 Annual Exhibition (artist talk) — Latcham Art Centre — Stouffville, ON
2021 Cripping the Story (workshop funded by Ontario Arts Council) — StoryCentre Canada — Online/Toronto, ON
2021 ArtStarts Digital Storytelling (workshop) — StoryCentre Canada — Online/Toronto, ON
2020 Compassionate Ottawa: Celebrating Faces of Help (workshop) — StoryCentre Canada — Online/Ottawa, ON
2020 Seasonal Sanctuaries: A time of connection with nature through attention, reverence & creativity (workshop series) — West Wind on Myrtle — Online/Whitby, ON
2017 Advancing Global Health Using the Arts and Media (artist talk) — Student Global Health Forum, Brock University — St. Catharine’s, ON
2009 Digital Story Telling (artist talk) — The Canadian Social Forum, Canadian Council on Social Development — Calgary, ALB
2006-08 I WAS HERE: Photo Blogging Project / Hand-held: Health and Homelessness (workshop funded by National Film Board of Canada) – National Film Board of Canada, Toronto Public Health, St. Michael’s Hospital – Toronto, ON
2023 Fortin R. A Work In Progress — PineRidge Arts Council — ArtScene — September/October Issue (page 10)
2023 Fortin R. Drawing & Painting Botanicals: Connecting Creatively with Nature — The Lion’s Tooth — March Issue
2014 Fortin R, et al. I WAS HERE: Young Mothers who have Experienced Homelessness use Photovoice — Global Health Promotion
2024 Curated into 2D/Mixed Media Online Gallery for 'Wildflowers on Blue’ — Pelham Art Festival — Pelham / Niagara Region, ON
2024 Honourable Mention for 'Wildflowers on Blue’ — The Art of Sustainability: Juried Exhibition — Ontario Tech University — Oshawa, ON
2023 Exhibition Assistance Grant — Ontario Arts Council — Ontario
2023 Drawing & Painting Award — Fleming - Haliburton School of Art + Design — Haliburton, ON
2023 Raymond Walters Visual Arts Award — Fleming - Haliburton School of Art + Design — Haliburton, ON
2016-17 Journalism Fellow — Monk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto — Toronto, ON
2014 Top 10 Finalist for ‘Foggiest Notion’ — RMG Exposed Photography Exhibition — Robert McLaughlin Gallery — Oshawa, ON
2022 Drawing & Painting — Fleming - Haliburton School of Art + Design — Haliburton, ON (President’s Honour Roll)
2020 Digital Storytelling — StoryCenter — Online/Berkeley, California
2021-22 Health Promoter / Director — Nature Therapy & Wellness Department, EClinic — Mississauga/Scarborough, ON
2021 Science & Art of Herbalism, An Intensive Program — Sage Mountain Herbal Center and The Gingko Tree — Home study/Cannington, ON
2011-16 Public Health Policy Advisor — Region of Peel, Public Health — Mississauga/Brampton, ON
2008-10 Community Health Developer — Community Development Council of Durham – Ajax, ON
2006-08 Master of Health Sciences — Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto — Toronto, ON
2001-05 Bachelor of Science in Health Studies — School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo — Waterloo, ON
Preston Gallery — Uxbridge, ON
Private and corporate collections in Canada, United States and Europe
