Sinthia Cousineau
  • Sinthia Cousineau
    • My Resume
    • Biographie, philosophy et methods
    • My Philosophy of Education
    • Artists that Inspire Me >
      • Claude Monet
      • Leonardo da Vinci
      • Pierre-Auguste Renoir
      • Georgia O’Keeffe
      • Vincent van Gogh
      • Michelangelo
      • Sandro Botticelli
      • Antoni Gaudí
  • Ceramic Art
    • Functional Ceramics >
      • Bowls
      • Boxes
      • Mugs
      • Vases
      • Containers
    • Molds
    • Animals
    • Figures
    • Decals
    • Violins
    • Abstract & other
  • Drawings
    • Illustrations >
      • Roman Ruins
    • Ships
    • Self-Portraits
    • Animal Drawings
    • Drawing from Observation
    • Cross Drawings
    • Skulls & Skeleton
    • Flowers
    • Fictional Characters
  • Paintings
    • Imaginative Worlds
    • Self-Portraits
    • Models
    • Saint-Joseph's Oratory
    • Still Lives & Nature
    • Ruins & Architecture
    • Painters that Inspire Me
  • Photography
    • Cyanotypes
    • Photograms
    • Pin-Hole Photography >
      • Collage & other art Activities >
        • Origami Collage Drawing
        • Lesson: Warm & Cold Motion Figures
        • Lesson: Roman Mosaics >
          • Roman Mosaics
        • Lesson: Reconstructing Scenery
        • Holiday Art
        • Lesson: Shibori
        • Reptile Zentangle Drawing
        • Lesson: Drawing Lines
        • Other Lesson Ideas
    • Photoshop >
      • Photoshop Lesson: Recreation of Famous Artwork
      • Lesson: Double Exposure
    • Digital Photography >
      • Butterflies
      • Architecture & Cities
      • Ruins
      • Flowers >
        • Dandelion
        • Roses
        • Water Lily
      • Nature
      • Churches & Sanctuaries
      • Objects, Patterns, and other
      • Travel >
        • Travel
    • Other Light-based Media Stuff >
      • Lesson: Scanner Self-Portrait
  • Art Education
    • Art & Adolescence >
      • Mural Project >
        • Door Mural Project
      • Lesson: Eco Art
      • Lesson: Decorating Fabric
      • Lesson: Zentangles & Patterns
      • Lesson: Social Media, consumerism & war
      • Lesson: Bag Sculptures & Positive Body Image
      • Lesson: Caricatures & political activism
      • Lesson: Canadian Landscapes & Group of Seven
      • Tattoo Art & Meaningful Images
      • Lesson: Stenciling Street Art
      • Lesson: Plaster Figures (grade 7-9)
      • Photoshop Lesson
      • Lesson: Value Scales
      • Lesson Plan: Video Art
      • Lesson Plan: Sound Art
      • Lesson: GIF Project
      • Lesson: Mashup Videos
    • Art Education & Seniors >
      • Lesson: Mandalas
      • Lesson Plan: Zentangle Cards
      • Lesson: Analogous Still Lives
      • Lesson: Eco Collage
      • Lesson: Clay Decorations
      • Other Lesson Ideas
    • Art & Children >
      • Drawing Activities with Kids >
        • Introduction Lesson: Egyptian Name Cartouche
        • Introductory Lesson
        • Symmetrical Name Creatures
        • Tim Burton Portraits
        • Drawing from Autumn Still-lives
        • Aurora Borealis (Acrylic/ soft pastels)
        • Grid Drawing Technique
        • Lesson: Alliteration Drawing
        • Leaf Drawing Collage
        • Collaborative Doodle
        • Drawing: 3D Hands
        • Oil Pastel Dinosaur Landscape
        • Oil Pastel: Aurora Borealis
        • Oil Pastel: Dragon Eye
        • Oil Pastel: Night vs Day
        • Scratch Art Drawing
        • Ancient Egypt Art
        • Lesson Unit: Fables & Stories
        • Lesson: Optical Illusions
        • Scribble Drawing
        • Lesson Plan: Renaissance Invention Scroll
        • Lesson: La Bande Dessinée
        • Drawing : Word Art
        • Lesson: Northwest Aboriginal Art
        • Lesson: Paper Puppets
        • Drawing: Hidden Emotions Behind the Mask
        • Street Chalk Art
      • Painting Activities with Kids >
        • Acrylic Pouring
        • Australian Dot Painting
        • Blow Paint Technique
        • Bubble Wrap Painting: Bee
        • Coffee Art
        • Pointillism Painting
        • Lesson: The Color Wheel
        • Monochromatic Painting
        • Leaf Painting
        • Painting: Birch Tree
        • Pumpkin Painting
        • Painting: Rock Painting
        • Squeegee Painting Technique
        • Origami Inspired Painting
        • Lesson: Landscape
        • Watercolor Activities >
          • Watercolour: One-Point Perspective Urban Colour Wheel
          • Watercolor Snowflake
          • Illustrated Watercolor Cards
          • Watercolour Winter Tree Cards
      • Mixed Media Activities with Kids >
        • Mixed Media Botanical Garden
    • Types of Art >
      • Eco Art
      • Kinetic Art
      • Street Art
      • Activist Art
    • 3D Art & other mediums >
      • Art using Rocks
      • Animation & GIFS
      • Kids: Coloring Printables
      • Dolls
      • Fibers >
        • Embroidery Projects
        • Weaving
        • Crochet Projects
    • History Lessons
  • Art Therapy
    • Symbols in Art Therapy >
      • Art Response
    • Approaches to Art Therapy >
      • Psychodynamic Approach >
        • Group Art Therapy >
          • Structural Family Therapy
        • Spontaneous Expression: Scribble Drawing
    • Art Therapy and Aging
    • Art Therapy Interventions >
      • Emotions Wheel
      • Heart Map
    • Art & Prisons
    • Art & Leukemia
    • Art & Bullying
    • Art & Social Anxiety >
      • Art Therapy & Anxiety Disorders
    • Art & Disabilities
    • Art Therapy Activities
    • Emotional Expression
    • COVID-19 Art Response
  • Videos
  • Contact Me
    • Blog

Brief Resume

Sinthia Cousineau
 

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Skills and Abilities

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Languages: Fluent in French and English, and working knowledge of Spanish
                      and Italian. My mother tongue is English (despite my francophone name)
             
Computer: 
Word, Excel, Abode Photoshop, PowerPoint, Prezi, Illustrator, Audacity, Word Press,                          GIMP, Weebly and Windows Moviemaker.
             
Art: 
Illustration, ceramics, glazing, pottery, drawing, oil and acrylic painting, image transfer and photography.,           creating art lessons for children.

Education

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2018-2021     
Concordia University, (MA) Master’s in                            Art Therapy
2013-2017      
Concordia University, (BFA) Bachelor of  Fine arts, specializing in Art  Education and minoring in Psychology.

2011-2013      
McGill University, majoring in Psychology and Elementary Education

2009-2011     
Vanier College, D.E.C in Honors Social Science      

2005-2009   
​  Trafalgar School for Girls, graduated with honors

Professional Experience

Art Therapy Experience

September 2021-Present- Art Therapist
  • Giving virtual art therapy sessions to francophone adults with special needs
  • Collaborating with the S.O.S organization to conduct art therapy workshops for adults.
September 2019-March 2020, 2022-present: Art Therapist at Saint Margaret’s Day Centre
  • Conducting group and individual art therapy with the senior clients
  • Preparing and cleaning the art therapy room
  • Greeting the seniors in the residence and assisting them
  • Working with seniors with dementia and loss of mobility
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Art Therapist at Saint Margaret's
October 2020-April 2021: Art Therapy Intern at the Centre for Arts and Human Development
  • Virtual Art Therapy Groups and Individuals via Zoom
  • Working with adults with developmental disabilities, mostly ASD
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January 2021-August 2022: Facilitator at the Concordia Art Hives and Engageliving Lab Project                                          Research Assistant
  • Facilitating Online Art Hives on Zoom and in-person on the two University Campus Studio.
  • Working with older adults by engaging them in art making by leading Zoom Sessions.
  • Participating and promoting community exhibitions.
  • Helping move and relocate the art hive to its new location.
  • Cleaning and organizing the space and welcoming participants.
  • Assisting participants with their projects 
  • Creating artwork to model the art hive philosophy.
  • Participating in team meetings and pop.
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Working as a facilitator at the Concordia Art Hives

Teaching Experience

September 2021-Present- Art Educator at Art Neuf & Art Therapist
  • Teaching drawing and painting to children aged 5- 12 years old in a Community Center. in French.
  • Giving virtual art therapy sessions to francophone adults with special needs.
  • Collaborating with the S.O.S organization to conduct art therapy workshops.
  • Developing new lessons for each session, in both French and English.
Art Activities I taught at Art Neuf
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Mural Project with the kids at Art Neuf
​2016-2017: John Grant High School (EMSB)
  • Teaching internship as an art educator to various levels of special needs children between the ages of 13 to 21 years old.
  • Working with autistic and hearing-impaired students.
  • Helping supervise the students, organizing field trips to art museums, teaching home economics lessons and supporting the school wall mural project.
  • Conducting a mural project in the school.
Mural Project at John Grant Highschool
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Teaching the students of John Grant about the elements of a landscape

2016: Laurier Senior High School (Internship)
  • Teaching and assisting the art teacher for students at the grade 9 and grade 10 levels.
  • Helping to plan lessons and organizing art materials.
  • Assisting other staff members with teaching tasks.
  • Supervising students in class, during recess and lunch hours.

2015:                 Art Teacher at Gardenview (grade 5 French immersion) 

2012-2013       Volunteer at the Montreal Children’s Hospital Daycare program

2014-2015       Teaching stage (art education & therapy) at St. Margaret’s day Centre working with elderly who                               suffer from Alzheimer’s


2013-2014       Teaching internship at Parkdale elementary (2012) & Gardenview Elementary (2013)                         

Tourism and Animation Experience

​October 2017- present: Museum Pointe-a-Callière (Tour Guide and Animator)
  • Giving tours about the history of Montreal in French and English
  • Animating virtual tours
  • Helping with the night at the museum events.
  • Providing information.
  • Dressing up in historical theme costumes to animate in the Marche Public Festival
  • Working with preschool, elementary, high school students as well as special needs adults. 
  • Customer Service
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May 2018- present: Seasonal Ticket Agent at Guidatour (Montreal Ghost Tours) & Animator
  • Greeting clients and selling tickets
  • Explaining information related to old Montreal or the Ghost tours
  • Animating Activities with children on the theme of Montreal
2017-2018:  Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal Tour Guide
  • Customer service
  • Tour guide in French and English, handling cash registry and selling tickets, crowd control, and security.
  • Helping with the Aura light show
  • Giving tours about the history of Montreal and the Basilica. 
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Sinthia Cousineau, guide at Notre-Dame Basilica,
Holding a real archive dating back from the founding days of Montreal
2012-2017: Tour guide and information agent at Saint-Joseph’s Oratory

  • Giving tours in French and English to tourists around the world.
  • Giving educational tours to school groups at the elementary and high school level.
        Hosting and welcoming choir and concert groups
  • Helping organize and manage the organ concerts
  • Charging entry fees for buses of tourists
  • Giving information to visitors.
  • Parking duty.
  • Coat check
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Sinthia Cousineau, guide at Saint-Joseph's Oratory
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  • Sinthia Cousineau
    • My Resume
    • Biographie, philosophy et methods
    • My Philosophy of Education
    • Artists that Inspire Me >
      • Claude Monet
      • Leonardo da Vinci
      • Pierre-Auguste Renoir
      • Georgia O’Keeffe
      • Vincent van Gogh
      • Michelangelo
      • Sandro Botticelli
      • Antoni Gaudí
  • Ceramic Art
    • Functional Ceramics >
      • Bowls
      • Boxes
      • Mugs
      • Vases
      • Containers
    • Molds
    • Animals
    • Figures
    • Decals
    • Violins
    • Abstract & other
  • Drawings
    • Illustrations >
      • Roman Ruins
    • Ships
    • Self-Portraits
    • Animal Drawings
    • Drawing from Observation
    • Cross Drawings
    • Skulls & Skeleton
    • Flowers
    • Fictional Characters
  • Paintings
    • Imaginative Worlds
    • Self-Portraits
    • Models
    • Saint-Joseph's Oratory
    • Still Lives & Nature
    • Ruins & Architecture
    • Painters that Inspire Me
  • Photography
    • Cyanotypes
    • Photograms
    • Pin-Hole Photography >
      • Collage & other art Activities >
        • Origami Collage Drawing
        • Lesson: Warm & Cold Motion Figures
        • Lesson: Roman Mosaics >
          • Roman Mosaics
        • Lesson: Reconstructing Scenery
        • Holiday Art
        • Lesson: Shibori
        • Reptile Zentangle Drawing
        • Lesson: Drawing Lines
        • Other Lesson Ideas
    • Photoshop >
      • Photoshop Lesson: Recreation of Famous Artwork
      • Lesson: Double Exposure
    • Digital Photography >
      • Butterflies
      • Architecture & Cities
      • Ruins
      • Flowers >
        • Dandelion
        • Roses
        • Water Lily
      • Nature
      • Churches & Sanctuaries
      • Objects, Patterns, and other
      • Travel >
        • Travel
    • Other Light-based Media Stuff >
      • Lesson: Scanner Self-Portrait
  • Art Education
    • Art & Adolescence >
      • Mural Project >
        • Door Mural Project
      • Lesson: Eco Art
      • Lesson: Decorating Fabric
      • Lesson: Zentangles & Patterns
      • Lesson: Social Media, consumerism & war
      • Lesson: Bag Sculptures & Positive Body Image
      • Lesson: Caricatures & political activism
      • Lesson: Canadian Landscapes & Group of Seven
      • Tattoo Art & Meaningful Images
      • Lesson: Stenciling Street Art
      • Lesson: Plaster Figures (grade 7-9)
      • Photoshop Lesson
      • Lesson: Value Scales
      • Lesson Plan: Video Art
      • Lesson Plan: Sound Art
      • Lesson: GIF Project
      • Lesson: Mashup Videos
    • Art Education & Seniors >
      • Lesson: Mandalas
      • Lesson Plan: Zentangle Cards
      • Lesson: Analogous Still Lives
      • Lesson: Eco Collage
      • Lesson: Clay Decorations
      • Other Lesson Ideas
    • Art & Children >
      • Drawing Activities with Kids >
        • Introduction Lesson: Egyptian Name Cartouche
        • Introductory Lesson
        • Symmetrical Name Creatures
        • Tim Burton Portraits
        • Drawing from Autumn Still-lives
        • Aurora Borealis (Acrylic/ soft pastels)
        • Grid Drawing Technique
        • Lesson: Alliteration Drawing
        • Leaf Drawing Collage
        • Collaborative Doodle
        • Drawing: 3D Hands
        • Oil Pastel Dinosaur Landscape
        • Oil Pastel: Aurora Borealis
        • Oil Pastel: Dragon Eye
        • Oil Pastel: Night vs Day
        • Scratch Art Drawing
        • Ancient Egypt Art
        • Lesson Unit: Fables & Stories
        • Lesson: Optical Illusions
        • Scribble Drawing
        • Lesson Plan: Renaissance Invention Scroll
        • Lesson: La Bande Dessinée
        • Drawing : Word Art
        • Lesson: Northwest Aboriginal Art
        • Lesson: Paper Puppets
        • Drawing: Hidden Emotions Behind the Mask
        • Street Chalk Art
      • Painting Activities with Kids >
        • Acrylic Pouring
        • Australian Dot Painting
        • Blow Paint Technique
        • Bubble Wrap Painting: Bee
        • Coffee Art
        • Pointillism Painting
        • Lesson: The Color Wheel
        • Monochromatic Painting
        • Leaf Painting
        • Painting: Birch Tree
        • Pumpkin Painting
        • Painting: Rock Painting
        • Squeegee Painting Technique
        • Origami Inspired Painting
        • Lesson: Landscape
        • Watercolor Activities >
          • Watercolour: One-Point Perspective Urban Colour Wheel
          • Watercolor Snowflake
          • Illustrated Watercolor Cards
          • Watercolour Winter Tree Cards
      • Mixed Media Activities with Kids >
        • Mixed Media Botanical Garden
    • Types of Art >
      • Eco Art
      • Kinetic Art
      • Street Art
      • Activist Art
    • 3D Art & other mediums >
      • Art using Rocks
      • Animation & GIFS
      • Kids: Coloring Printables
      • Dolls
      • Fibers >
        • Embroidery Projects
        • Weaving
        • Crochet Projects
    • History Lessons
  • Art Therapy
    • Symbols in Art Therapy >
      • Art Response
    • Approaches to Art Therapy >
      • Psychodynamic Approach >
        • Group Art Therapy >
          • Structural Family Therapy
        • Spontaneous Expression: Scribble Drawing
    • Art Therapy and Aging
    • Art Therapy Interventions >
      • Emotions Wheel
      • Heart Map
    • Art & Prisons
    • Art & Leukemia
    • Art & Bullying
    • Art & Social Anxiety >
      • Art Therapy & Anxiety Disorders
    • Art & Disabilities
    • Art Therapy Activities
    • Emotional Expression
    • COVID-19 Art Response
  • Videos
  • Contact Me
    • Blog