brown eyed girl productions
NATALIE KAUFFMAN
Visual Artist x Art Educator
Natalie Kauffman is passionate about the creative process and the way in which art, education, nature and community connect. Her career has spanned over 25 years of creating and selling art, teaching children, teens and adults, and managing and directing art education programs in the non-profit and cultural sectors.
Natalie holds an MA in Education (Arts Specialization) from OISE (@ UofT), and a BFA in Studio Art and Art History from Concordia University in Montreal. As well, she earned a Professional Photography Certificate from the Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Missoula, Montana. She’s exhibited in Toronto, Boston, New York City, San Francisco and Martha’s Vineyard. Her art is in private collections around the globe, as well as published internationally.
With a deep interest in arts education and community arts programming, Natalie has worked as an artist educator at Harbourfront Centre, Learning Through the Arts (Royal Conservatory), and was the Education Director for Blank Canvases, Education Manager at Station Gallery and Director of Outreach at Max the Mutt College of Animation, Art & Design. She's led numerous teacher training classes and workshops for the Toronto District School Board, the Toronto Catholic School Board and has presented at conferences such as the Canadian Association for Young Children, the Dean's Graduate Student Research Conference at OISE, and the LTTA International Teaching Institute Spring Conference, to name a few.
Natalie is a sessional instructor at OCADU, and has taught at George Brown College, Toronto Image Works, Arts Etobicoke, Station Gallery and through her own company, Brown Eyed Girl Productions.