Education
2022 MFA Candidate, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
2016 Visual arts studies (2 years full-time), Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
2013 Art Education Courses, UBC, Vancouver, BC
2012 Art for Social Change with Drs. Judith Marcuse and Lynn Fels, SFU, Vancouver, BC
1992 BFA, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS
Exhibitions
2020 Members Show, Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2020 Together: Communities of Healing, The Hatch Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2019 inter.action, Studio Lab Gallery, New Glasgow, NS (duo)
2019 Eudaimonia, Corridor Gallery, Halifax, NS (solo)
2018 Book Matters, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Inverness, NS
2017 Directions for the Mind, Parking Spot Projects, Vancouver, BC (solo)
2016 Cultivate a Spot, Library Window Gallery, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC (solo)
2016 Not Sent Letters & Guests, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, BC
2016 Cultivate a Spot, Studio 1398, exhibit in conjunction with OURO (solo)
2016 A study in community interactions, self-published publication, Vancouver Art/Book Fair, Vancouver
2016 A study in community interactions, self-published publication, Friendly Book Fair, Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver
2015 Cause & Effect, zine series, Vancouver Art/Book Fair, Vancouver
2013 Memory, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
2012 Today and Tomorrow, Art Association Bad Aibling, Bad Aibling, Germany
2012 Here Today, Britannia Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (duo)
2012 Mayworks, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC
1999 Fix, Stoodeo Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1996 Architecture Now and Then, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1995 The Body, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1994 Full Frame, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1992 Nothing Personal, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS (solo)
Curatorial and Self-directed projects
2016 Cultivate a Spot, an Intervention at an out-of-service telephone booth, documentation produced in the form of mail art postcards and a publication, Vancouver, BC
2015 Health Information Bulletin: 2010HLS0035-000768, Poster Intervention at walk-in clinics, Vancouver, BC
2015 Cause & Effect, Interviews and zines as Intervention, distribution through friends, cafes, grocery store shelves, free libraries, Vancouver, BC
2014 #sthotherthanaselfie, Instagram Intervention March 9-15 at https://instagram.com/laurabucci/
2013 The Minimum Wage, Temporary Installation of a craftivist project on North Grandview Highway at Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC
2013 This is where I go, an international, themed mail art exhibition, Britannia Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (curated)
Awards and Residencies
2019 Residency, Alchemy, Hillier, Ontario (devoted to exploring the synergy between artistic practice and the cooking and sharing of locally grown food in a community setting)
1991 Scholarship, Emily Carr College of Art and Design
1991 Award, BC Ministry of Education and Culture
Art Instruction & Community Events
2014 – 2010 Teaching workshops in collage, image transfer, mail art, and craftivism at Vancouver Draw Down, Britannia Community Centre, Britannia Art Gallery, West Point Gray Academy (children), The Richmond Art Gallery, and Vancouver Mini Maker Faire, Artful Sundays, Stone Soup Festival, The Word on The Street, International Mother Language Day, Joy Kogawa House
Artist Talks & Public Speaking
2019 Artist Talk, inter.action, Studio Lab Gallery, New Glasgow, NS
2016 Artist Talk, Cultivate a Spot, at PACE, OURO Collective’s dance performance, Studio 1398, Vancouver, BC
2013 Pecha Kucha Richmond, Presented with other artists on the theme of Identity, organized by the Richmond Art Gallery, Cinevolution Media Arts Society, and Richmond Public Art, link to presentation
2010 Surface Design Association, Vancouver Chapter, Panel Discussion on Marketing for Creatives
Professional Service
2014, ongoing Grant writing for artists since 2014, Vancouver
2016 Juror, Richmond Art Public Program, Richmond, BC
2016 Organizing Member for Emily Carr University students & alumni participation at the Vancouver Art/Book Fair, Vancouver
2013 – 2009 Britannia Community Services Society, Vancouver, BC: Arts & Culture Committee Member; Project Assistant & Selection Committee Member for East FEAST micro-fund (Funding Emerging Artists through Sustainable Tactics) and the Aboriginal Artist Residency
Press
Artist connects the yarns of conversation, The Advocate, March 6 2019: 4. Print.
A World of Artist Journal Pages, Curated by Dawn Devries Sokol, Abrams Publishing, 2015, New York, link to Amazon
Five cool Crawl finds to tempt wanderers, The Georgia Straight, November 25 2010, link to PDF
Look out for Laura Bucci at the East Side Culture Crawl, Scout Magazine, November 9 2010, link to website
Art-related Published Writing
Casting on, doing good, This Magazine, March/April 2007: 39. Print.
Member Profile – Ron Bazar, Craft Contacts, Craft Association of BC, June/July/Aug 2007: 1. Print.
Wild Fire: Art as Activism, Book Review, Herizons Magazine, Spring 2007: 47. Print.
Whatcha mean, what’s a zine?, Book Review, Shameless Magazine, Fall/Winter 2006: 44. Print.
Andrew Bell – Motorwerks 3: Sinister Refinements, Exhibition Review, Artichoke, Summer 1999: 50-51. Print.
Professional Memberships
2018 – 2019 Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
2013, ongoing CARFAC
2009 – 2013 Britannia Community Services Society, Vancouver