Barker, Becka

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Barker, Becka

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Becka Barker is an interdisciplinary artist based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Barker's work has been exhibited at venues such as the Ottawa International Animation Festival, Seoul’s EXiS (winner 2007, Best International Film), Nocturne Art at Night (Halifax), Images Festival (Toronto), Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (Montreal), KunstDoc Art Gallery (Seoul), Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, Atlantic Film Festival, Eyelevel gallery (Halifax), and Echo Park Film Centre (Los Angeles). She was Executive Director of the Centre for Art Tapes from 2002 to 2004 and has been regular part-time faculty at NSCAD University since 2005. She has also served on the board of Nova Scotia arts organizations including the Centre for Art Tapes.

Barker has also been involved in educational research since earning her Master's of Education in 2010 from the Univeristy of Calgary. Her research focuses on literacy, media art education, language teaching pedagogy, and studio-based learning in academic educational contexts. She has shared her work at KOTESOL Pan-Asian Consortium (2010), TESL Canada (2012), CSEA/CAGE (2013), NSATA (2013, 2014), DCUTL (2016), AWELL (2014, 2016), UAAC (2016), and STLHE (2017).

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Centre for Art Tapes (1978-)

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2002-2004

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Becka Barker was the Executive Director of the Centre for Art Tapes from 2002 to 2004.

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