YVONNE PEPIN-WAKEFIELD, Ph.D.

EDUCATION
Ph.D., The Fielding Graduate University (Human Organization and Systems), 1993
M.A., The Fielding Graduate University (Human Organization and Development), 1990
B.A., Antioch University (Fine Arts/Arts Administration), 1981
3-year Certificate of Completion, Mendocino Arts Center, Fine Arts Guild, 1979
RELATED EDUCATION
Secondary Teaching Certificate, endorsements in Art, Psychology, English, Language Arts, Saint Martin’s College, 1999.
State of Washington Professional Education Certificate, Instruction Specialist, Endorsement, K-12 Art, 1996.
Community College Teaching Credential, College of the Redwoods, 1983.
Undergraduate studies in Journalism, Lane Community College, University of Oregon, 1976.
Certified Barre Intensity Instructor- current
Certified Spinning Instructor-current
EMPLOYMENT
Owner, Pepin Enterprises 2020-current.
Spin & Barre Instructor, Mid-Columbia Medical Center 2014-current.
Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Design, College for Women, Kuwait University, 2004-2010.
Adjunct Faculty, Saint Martins College, Olympia, WA, 2001-2002.
Art Director, Sequim Boy’s and Girl’s Club, 2000-2001.
Visual Arts Specialist, Sequim School District, 1999-2004.
Member, Northwest Services, AmeriCorps, 1997-1999.
Consultant, Jefferson County Transit Authority, 1996-1997.
Curriculum Consultant, One Reel/Seattle School District, 1993-1995.
Instructor/ Curriculum Designer of Fine Arts Programs in Port Townsend, Sequim and Chimacum School Districts, 1988-1997.
Visiting Instructor at Seattle University, and Antioch University, Seattle, 1989-1992.
Founder/Director, Port Townsend Art Education Center (non-profit), 1987-1992.
Founder/Director, Blue Heron Gallery, 1989-1991.
Arts Columnist/Feature Writer for magazines and newspapers, Nationwide (clips available on request).
National Public Relations Coordinator, Maritime Ventures, 1987.
Owner, Uptown Gallery, 1985-1989.
Fine Arts/Ceramics Instructor, Mendocino, CA, 1981-1984.
Arts Consultant/Technical Outreach, California Arts Council, 1983-1984.
Editor, ARC, California Arts Council publication, 1981-1983.
Assistant Director, Rural Arts Services, California Arts Council, 1981-1983.
Curriculum/Publicity Coordinator, Mendocino Arts Center, 1978-1983.
PUBLICATIONS-ANTHOLOGIES
Babe in the Woods: Self Portrait (2021 Pepin Enterprises)
Babe in the Woods: Building a Life One Log at a Time (Boldface Books 2016, reprinted 2021 Pepin Enterprises)
Suitcase Filled with Nails: Lessons Learned from Teaching Art in Kuwait (Booktrope, 2013, reprinted 2021, Pepin Enterprises)
Tieton Print Portfolio (Goathead Press, Tieton, WA 2008)
Yo Words (One Reel/Seattle School District, 1994)
Cambridge Skills for Fluency (London and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992)
Through Other Eyes (Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press, 1989)
Love Struggle & Change (Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press, 1988)
Additional Anthologies
Calyx, Heresies, Poet’s Pride, Kent House Review, 13th Moon, No More package Deals, Poetry Now, Plexus, Northridge Review.
ARTICLES (all articles written by Yvonne Pepin-Wakefield as first and only author)
Peer-reviewed
“Not Sitting Pretty: Kuwaiti Women Art Students use the Chair as Self-Portrait.” K. Tavin & C. Ballengee-Morris (Eds.), Stand(ing) up, for a change: Voices of arts educators. (National Art Education Association), 2013.
“Beyond the Veil: Learning to Teach Fine Arts in a Muslim culture.” Art Education, The Journal of the National Art Education Association, 2010.
“Colouring in the Blanks: Memory Drawings of the 1990 Kuwait Invasion.” International Journal of Art and Design Education, 2010.
“Pomegranates in the Arts and Culture of the Middle East.” Arab Journal for Arts and Humanities, Kuwait, 2010.
“Coloring in the Blanks: Recalling Memories of a Shared Experience through Drawing.” Hektoen International Journal, 2009.
“The Use of Projective Drawings to Determine Visual Themes in Young Kuwaiti Women Impacted by the Iraqi Invasion.” International Journal of Art and Design Education, 2008.
“Kamishibia Across Cultures: Storyboards as a Multiple Intelligence Teaching Tool.” Imaginative Education Research Group, 2007.
“The Use of Projective Drawings to Determine Visual Themes in Young Kuwaiti Women Impacted by the Iraqi Invasion (pilot study for larger qualitative research project).” Arab Journal for Humanities, 2007.
“The Use of Contemporary Imagery in Art Education: Pokemon in the Art Classroom.” Imaginative Education Research Group, 2006.
“Artistic Production as a Diagnostic Approach to Illness.” ArTherapy, Journal of American Art Therapy Association, 1996.
Non peer-reviewed
Ms. Magazine, Women Sports and Fitness, The Seattle Times, The Weekly, Sea Kayaker, Eugene Register Guard, San Francisco Chronicle, Peninsula Magazine, Pacific Northwest Golfer, (articles published in 20 other newspapers and magazines, 1985-2020) [clips available on request]
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
Research Grant: WA01/09 “Holding onto the Past- Kuwait Visual Anthropology.” Kuwait University 2009.
Research Grant: WA02/07 “Drawing on subconscious imagery-recurrent visual themes in drawings by Kuwaiti men impacted by the Iraqi invasion.” Kuwait University 2008.
Research Grant: WA01/07- “Pomegranates in the Arts and Culture of the Middle East.” Kuwait University 2007.
Research Grant: WA01/05 Kuwait University- “Drawing on subconscious imagery: can projective drawings reflect cognitive structures developed in Kuwaiti women impacted by the Iraqi invasion?” Kuwait University 2006.
Washington State Arts Commission Professional Development Grant, March 2004.
Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Grant, April 2004.
Robert Raushenberg Foundation, May 2003.
Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholar, 2001.
Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Fellowship, Maryhill Museum, 2000-2001.
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, roster artist, 1999.
Washington Cultural Congress, Fellowship May 1996.
Einstein Award State of Washington Professional Education Certificate, Instructional Specialist, February 1995.
Loyola Marymount Family and Marriage Counseling (Clinical Art Therapy) Teaching and Research Fellowship, January 1995.
Seattle School District and One Reel, Creative Writing Curriculum Consultant, September 1993.
Washington Alliance for Arts Education Leadership Institute Fellowship, July 1993.
PUBLIC LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR 2019
Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR October 2017
The Dallas Women’s Association
The Dallas Glass & Antiques Club, Dallas, TX January 2017
The American Institute of Medical Education Conference, Santa Fe, NM February 2016.
Heritage University, Toppenish, WA 2015 & 2016.
Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, WA February 2013.
University of Washington, Ellensburg, WA January 2013.
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA December 2013.
Women Painters of Washington, Seattle Art Museum, October 2012.
Port Angeles Fine Art Center, Port Angeles, WA April 2012.
“Quantitative and Qualitative Methods to Document Arts-Based Research.” National Arts Education Association Conference, Seattle, WA 2011.
PechaKucha Night #5, Modern Art Museum, Kuwait 2010.
“The Use of Projective Drawings to Determine Visual Themes in Young Kuwaiti Men Impacted by the Iraqi Invasion.” Society for the Arts in Healthcare, Buffalo, New York, 2009.
“Recurrent Visual Themes by Young Kuwaiti Men Impacted by the Iraqi Invasion.” St. Martin’s University, Lacey Washington, February 2009.
Primary Colors: Mixing the Arts and Cultural Leadership.” Women as Global Leaders, Dubai, March 2008.
“Piaget in the Persian Gulf: Kuwait Women “Draw Out” Their Childhood Memories of the 1990 Iraqi Invasion.” National Arts Education Association Conference, New York, New York, March 2007.
“Kamishibai Across Cultures: Storyboards as a Multiple Intelligence Teaching Tool.” 5th International Conference on Imagination and Education. Vancouver, British Columbia, July 2007.
“Art and Education in the Middle East.” Northwinds Art Gallery, Port Townsend, WA, August 2007.
“Pokemon in the classroom.” 4th International Conference on Imagination and Education. Vancouver, British Columbia, July 2006.
“Beyond the veil: Learning to teach fine arts in a Muslim culture: Experiential overview of first year teaching art at a women’s college in Kuwait.” National Arts Education Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois March 2006.
“From Popeye to Pokemon: Contemporary Images in Discipline-based Arts Education.” National Arts Education Association Conference, Denver, Colorado April 2004.
“The Art/Literacy Connection.” Washington Media Association Peninsula Region Conference, Port Townsend, WA. March 13, 2004
“Kamishibai, a Cross-cultural Exploration of Image and Word.” Washington State Library Conference, Port Townsend WA. March 15, 2003.
“The Use of Contemporary Imagery in Discipline-Based Arts Education.” American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 4, 2002.
“From Popey to Poke’mon: The Affects of Commercial Imagery.” The American Institute of Medical Education Conference, Maui, Hawaii, Dec. 30, 2000.
“The Three Muses.” 4th Annual NW National Service Symposium, Spokane, WA, May 23, 1999.
“From Ph.D. to P.I.G.” 3rd Annual NW National Service Symposium, Seattle, WA, 8 June 1998.
“Psychobiology and the Arts in Clinical Diagnostic Work. Skookum Lecture Series, Port Townsend, WA, 7 April 1995.
“Artistic Production as a Diagnostic Approach to Illness,” and “Exploring Nonverbal Communication,” papers delivered at The American Institute
of Medical Education Conference, Santa Fe, NM, 24 February 1994.
“Organizing Doctoral Literature.” The Fielding Institute, Raleigh, NC, 24 July 1992.
“Creativity and Illness.” American Institute of Medical Education Conference, Kauai, HI, 28 December 1990.
“The Development of the Creative Personality.” American Institute of Medical Education Conference, HI, 27 December 1989.
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES
Board Member: The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, Oregon
Board Member: Main Street, The Dalles, Oregon
REGIONAL EDITOR: Africa and Middle East (retired)
Arts & Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice
www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rahe
Warden: American Embassy Kuwait 2004-2010.
Vice Chair (1993-1995), Chair (1996-1998), Commissioner (1992-2000) Port Townsend Arts Commission.
Juror for numerous entry-fee art exhibits.
Listed in Marquis’ Who’s Who in the World and Who’s Who in American Women and Who’s Who in America.
Member: Society for Arts in Healthcare
Member: American Educational Research Association
Member: National Arts Education Association
Member: NAEA Women’s Art Caucus
Member: College Art Association
Member: Therapy Dogs International
Member: Toastmasters International (CTM, 1993 – ATM, 1994)
Member: Washington State Centennial Committee
Yvonne Pepin-Wakefield
ONE-WOMAN EXHIBITIONS
2019The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR
2017Red e Café/Gallery, Portland, OR
2017Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
2015Heritage University, Toppenish, WA
2014The Dalles Art Center, OR
2013The Larson Gallery, YVCC Yakima, WA
2010The Museum of Modern Art, Kuwait
2008The Art Mine, Pt. Hadlock, WA
2008Boushari Gallery, Kuwait
2006Boushari Gallery, Kuwait
2004Gallery 9, Pt. Townsend, WA
2003Hurricane Gallery, Sequim, WA
2002Central Washington Gallery of Fine Arts, Ellensburg, WA
2001Mary Cernyar Gallery, Condon, OR
2000-01Bruskin Gallery, Pt. Townsend, WA
2000-01FaithMountain Gallery John Day, OR
1995-98Franklin House Gallery, Pt. Townsend, WA
1994-95Bruskin Gallery, Pt. Townsend, WA
1990Uptown Gallery, Pt. Townsend, WA
MAJOR JURIED/GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015-2020Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River OR
2013-2020The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR
2011-18Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA
2013National Art Education Association, Women’ Caucus, Fort Worth, TX
2012Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Pt. Angeles, WA
2011Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Pt. Angeles, WA
2009NAEA Women’s Caucus, Mpls. MN
2008Dar Al-Funoon, Kuwait
2007Art Port Townsend juried exhibition
2006Kuwait Art Educators, Kuwait
2006National Arts Education Association, Chicago, IL
2004National Arts Education Association, Denver, CO
2003National Arts Education Association, Mpls, MN
2001Art in Port Townsend, Pt. Townsend, WA
2000-02Amby Edinger Art Gallery, Ellensburg & Yakima, WA
2000 Juan De Fuca Arts Festival, Pt. Angeles, WA
2000 Jefferson County Museum, Pt. Townsend, WA
1998-00Olympic National Resource Center, Forks, WA
1995-97Franklin House Gallery, Pt. Townsend ,WA
1996Miasa, Japan Sister City Exhibition, Japan
1994-97Port Townsend Art Commission
1993Blue Heron Gallery, Pt. Hadlock, WA
1992Port Townsend Public Library, WA
1981-84Regional Exhibition Juried Shows, Mendocino, CA
1981Northern California Women’s Art Show, Willits County Museum
1980Cal State Women’s Art Show, Chico State University
ART INSTALLATIONS
2004Primary/Secondary Outdoor Installation, Carlsborg, WA
1996-2004Painted Tiles, Helen Haller Elementary School, Sequim, WA
1998Olympic Peninsula Boys and Girls Club, Sequim, WA
1998Ceramic Murals, Port Angeles, WA (waterfront installation)
1997Steel Salmon School Installation, Sequim Boys and Girls Club
1995Jefferson County Transit Authority, Three-Piece Art Installation: Five-ton sand blasted and painted interpretive boulder; 300-pound, 7’ tall, three-dimensional, forged steel sculpture/weathervane; Eight canvas banners, 7’ long, 3’ wide, Jefferson County Park and Ride Lot, Pt. Townsend, WA
1994Reinforced Concrete Playground Sculpture, Mountain View Elementary School Pt. Townsend, WA
1993Anne Newel Memorial Tile Walls, Installation, Chimacum, WA
1989Washington State Centennial Commemorative Tile Walls Installation, Grant Street Elementary School, Pt. Townsend, WA
1986Interpretive Tile Wall Installation, Kah Tai Lagoon, Pt. Townsend, WA
1986Interior Mural Paintings (floor to ceiling) Hacienda Del Lago, Tahoe, CA
1985Interior Mural Paintings (floor to ceiling) Hacienda Del Rio, Folsom, CA
1984Interior Mural Paintings (floor to ceiling) El Charro, Carson City, NV
1983Three-Dimensional Canvas Sculpture Installations (nation-wide) for Round Table Pizza Corporation
1982Interior Mural Paintings (floor to ceiling), Hacienda Del Sol, Reno, NV
1981Log Totem Poles and Carved Benches, Mendocino, CA
1979Reinforced Concrete Playground Sculpture, Mendocino, CA
1979Reinforced Concrete Playground Sculpture, Mendocino, CA