Steven McCabe

BIOGRAPHY
Literary CV 
Published Books
Hierarchy of Loss
       ISBN  978-1-894800-94-5
       ISBN  –13: 978-1-894800-94-5
       Ekstasis  Editions 2007
       93  pp
Orpheus and Eurydice:Before the Descent
       (Co-authored  with Tannaz Nanavati)
       ISBN  1-897275-19-6
       LyricalMyrical  Books 2006
       32  pp
Jawbone   
       ISBN  1-894800-32-X
       Ekstasis  Editions 2005
       91  pp
Radio Picasso  
       ISBN  1-894205-03-0
       WatershedBooks  1999
       88  pp
Wyatt Earp in Dallas: 1963
       ISBN  0-9699639-0-4
       Seraphim  Editions 1996
       79  pp
Film
My Story is Not My Own(11:22 - 2008) 
       Film  short completed Nov. 2008: 
       cinematographer Eric Gerard
       editor Cliff Caines
       chanting Sandra Phillips
       electronic/ambient music DreamSTATE
       narration Lynn Harrigan & Tanya Nanavati
       performers Preethi Gopinath/Tanya Nanavati/Nicole Pillar/Paula Skimin
       Poetry  by Steven McCabe
       Directed by Steven McCabe
Anthologies
Crossing Lines: Poets Who  Came to Canada  During the Vietnam War
       ISBN-  978-0-9808879-1-4
       Seraphim  Editions 2008
       256  pp
       Edited  by Allan Briesmaster and Mick Burrs
Imagination in Action
       ISBN-10:  1-55128-132-5
       ISBN-13:  978-1-551281-32-2
       Mercury  Press 2007 - 220 pp -Edited by Carol Malyon
       Garden Variety
       ISBN  978-0-9782806-4-2
       Quattro  Press 2007
       Edited  by Lily Contento
       90pp
Letting Go: An Anthology of  Loss and Survival
       ISBN  0-88753-393-0
       Black  Moss Press 2006
       138  pp
       Edited  by Hugh Macdonald
the edges of time:  a celebration of canadian poetry
       ISBN  0-9699639-5-5
       Seraphim  Editions 1999
       210  pp
Understatement 
       ISBN  0-9699639-3-9
       An  Anthology of Twelve Poets
       Seraphim  Editions 1996
       135  pp  
Boomerang: 
       Re/vers/ed Poems to Celebrate  the League of Canadian Poets 40th Anniversary
       ISBN  0-9689799-7-1
       L.C.P./  Sixth Floor Press 2006
       Edited  by John Oughton – 32 pp
ars poetica
       ISBN  0-921688-18-0
       Letters  Workshop/ Art Bar Reading  Series 1996
       Edited  by Allan Breismaster
       Fifth  Anniversary Anthology
       31  pp
Grants 
   Ontario Arts Council ‘WORKS IN PROGRESS’ Juried Literature  Grant –  March 2003
Ontario Arts Council ‘Artists in Education’ Program – Juried  Grant for Poetry Workshops:
       2008-2009  School Year
       2006-2007  School Year
       2005-2006  School Year
       2004-2005  School Year
       2003-2002  School Year
       2002-2003  School Year 
       2001-2002  School Year
 
Professional Development for  Teachers 
Poetry  and Printmaking workshop TDSB PD Day –  Jan.  2007
     Inner City Angels
Poetry  and Printmaking workshop TDSB P.D. Day –   Oct.2008
     Arts for Children and Youth  of Toronto
Poetry  and Printmaking workshop TCDSB Conference –   Dec. 2008
       Art Works!…For Communication
       Royal Ontario   Museum –
Literary Festivals
   Eastern  Townships Literary Festival – April 2007
   Workshops  for youth & Canada Council funded reading
Juror: 
       Ontario Arts Council Literature  Program
 ‘Works  in Progress’ Program- July 2005
Memberships 
   League  of Canadian Poets – Toronto  representative 2003-2004
   Founding  Member – watershedBooks Poetry Publishing Collective 1998
Public Readings (selected)
Art  Gallery of Ontario – (ArtBar Reading Series in conjunction with Warhol exhibit)
   Austin (Texas) – Austin International  Poetry Festival
       The  Idler Pub Reading Series
       The  Art Bar Reading Series
       Poets  Refuge Reading Series
       Syntactic  Sunday Reading Series
       Rustic  Cosmo Café – (Parkdale Poetry Project)
       Torpor  Vigil Reading Series 
       University of Toronto Hart House Reading Series
       CIUT  Radio – ‘Howl’ 
       CKLN  Radio – ‘In Other Words’
       Trent University  – Peterborough 
       Pteros  Gallery – Toronto
       Carnegie  Gallery – Dundas,  Ont.
       Word  on the Street –  (Art Bar Reading Series) @ the  Bamboo Club, 
       League  of Canadian Poets: (W)rites of Spring
       I.V.  Lounge Reading Series
       Draft  Reading Series
       Poetic  Justice Reading Series
Collaborative Performances
Pteros Gallery Poetry Reading with Guitarist William Beauvais in conjuction with exhibit The Wyatt Earp Project: Dallas;1963 


Book launch for Hierarchy  of Loss @ The Central – Sept. 07’ with Bharatnatyam dancer Preethi  Gopinath, tap/percussive dancer
Paula Skimin, classical guitarist William  Beauvais, and rock guitarist Paul Sanderson 
Draft Reading Series Oct. 07’  w/ dance: Preethi Gopinath & guitar Paul Sanderson –rebroadcast on CKLN
Multimedia projections of S. McCabe’s  artwork by l.t. Dougherty –
 ArtBar Reading Series Nov. 07’  w/ electronic/ambient musician Scott M2
Multimedia projections of S. McCabe’s artwork by l.t. dougherty
Poetic Justice Reading Series Dec. 07’ with  percussionist & sound artist Matthew Poulakakis
National Poetry Month April 08’ @ The Rivoli with Blue Room blues band
Visual Arts CV 
Solo Exhibits 
       Pteros  Gallery, Toronto,ON -   Nov/Dec 2003
       The Wyatt Earp Project: Dallas;  1963 
       Multidisciplinary  exhibit: paintings, drawings, video, collaborative artworks
       commemorating  the 40th anniversary of JFK’s assassination:

       Artword Gallery, Hamilton, ON - October 2009
       The Sandinista Series
       Mixed media paintings

Group Shows  
       The Octopus Project, Nuit Blanche, The Historic Distillery District, Toronto, 2007
       Eastern Front Gallery-2005
       Pteros Gallery, Toronto- 2005, 2004, 2003
    
Grants
       Exhibition Assistance Grant Ontario Arts Council 2003 
Public Murals
       Derrydown Public School, Toronto  (2007)
       Rivercrest Public School, Toronto
       Innscape   Community Garden
Children’s Book  Illustration
       George Macdonald: Fairy Tales (P.D. Meany -2008)
Poetry Book  Illustration 
       Orpheus and  Eurydice: Before the Descent  by S. McCabe & T. Nanavati (2006)
       Ten Days in Rio by Pierre L’Abbe 
       flowers in the empty  house by Albert Fuller 
     Lyonby Pierre L’Abbe 
Children’s  Activity Feature Toronto  Sunday Star
     Pen & Think: 4  years of interactive imagination features children’s page: 50 + features
Literary  Periodicals- Cover Art
       Word- Toronto’s  Literary Calendar (three years of monthly covers 1997-2000)
Steven McCabe is a visual artist, poet, filmmaker and arts educator.
For inquiries about his work or workshops contact him at
stevenmccabe_art@hotmail.com
Reviews
 
Stephanie Vegh Review of "The Sandanista Series", October, 2009