Blaine Thornton
CURRICULUM VITAE
WORK EXPERIENCE
Workshop Facilitator
Arts Etobicoke
Workshop Facilitator
Montgomery's Inn
​Program Coordinator
Arts Etobicoke
Designer
OCAD University
Feature Performance
Wordstock Poetry Slam
Workshop Facilitator
Fierté Sudbury Pride
​Host
OCAD University
Summer Artist
Myths and Mirrors
Literary Performer
Art Gallery of Ontario
Workshop Facilitator
Fierté Sudbury Pride
Writer and Director
Theatre Cambrian
Stage Manager
Theatre Cambrian
Writer and Director
Theatre Cambrian
2022
2022
2022 - present
2022
2021
2021
2021
Hired in 2020 and 2019
2020
2020
2019
2019
2018
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Facilitated children's storybook workshop to lead a group ages 7-10 in an outdoor writing workshop.
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Facilitated multiple workshops about writing and theatre for ages 6-12.
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Employed to coordinate community arts programs.
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Worked on project, Arts in Winnicott Park, to provide free arts programming for the surrounding community.
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Employed to design Pulse, literary magazine.
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Printed on the risograph.
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Performed creative non-fiction in slam poetry style.
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Facilitated workshop, Queer Canada, to lead a writing workshop inspired by queer Canadian Writers.
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Hired by the creative writing department to host, Friday Nights on the Mic.
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Selected a monthly student feature and coordinated with writers to cultivate tone of the event.
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Employed to facilitate workshops and assist with program coordination.
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Worked on program, Sudbury Street Arts, a redistribution program, and art space for people living outside.
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Worked with Lillian Allen during her Spoken Word and Dub class to perform during a pop-up literary performance.
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Hired to facilitate Queerspace, a writing workshop based on healing for the LGBTQ+ community.
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Developed script and directed for A Family Story, sponsored by the TD Bank
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Took note of stage direction and cues during, A Little Quickie, rehearsals to effectively communicate with actors, director, and tech crew.
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Sponsored by TD Bank to co-write and direct a Christmas show, No Snows for Christmas.
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Collected toys and canned food with admission.
EDUCATION
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OCAD University – Bachelor of the Fine Arts
Major: Creative Writing – Minor: Indigenous Visual Cultures
Expected to Graduate April 2023
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Managing Editor
Field Placement
2022
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Worked collaboratively to create Pulse, a Literary Journal, the first work to be published by the OCAD U Press.
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Managed a team of editors and writers to create content strategies while overseeing their implementation process. Review work to ensure they follow tone and style guidelines.
Head of Writing Collective
Independent Study
2021
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Under the direction of Catherine Black, created the writing collective, I hear you, to provide a writing community in Sudbury Ontario.
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Released a collective zine and are currently working on an anthology.
Slam Team
Extracurricular
2020
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Coached by Ian Keteku to create solo and group poems for CUPSI.