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Summer Arts
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Meet Your Instructors
Henry Vyfvinkel has walked both sides of the corridor at St. Lawrence
College. As a student he completed both the Fine Arts Certificate Program
and the Teacher of Adults Program. He held a faculty position as Creative
Arts Coordinator on the Brockville Campus and was the creator
of the 1000 Islands Summer School of the Arts. Henry retired
at 60 years of age but continues to instruct, in both watercolour and
oil. He springs in Florida, where he holds numerous workshops, and in
the spring hosts painting tours across Europe.
“How many people get to paint Monet’s Garden, in Monet’s
Garden?” Henry is renowned for his “Northern Images”
and is a member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour. Henry’s
works are in private collections all over the world. He has his studio
on the Old Lyn Road near Brockville.
Karen Atcheson studied Creative Visual Arts and Photography, and graduated with honors from St. Lawrence College in Cornwall. She lived in Ottawa and worked as Creative Director at several leading advertising agencies. Karen now owns and operates a Graphic Design Studio in Prescott, where her background in photography is an asset.
Alan Bain specializes with paintings from the Boreal Forest regions of Canada. His paintings portray a land that is remote, challenging and rich in diversity. Bain has traveled extensively, both as a geologist and as an artist. Alan is proud to be an elected member of the prestigious Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour He is a Fellow and Past President of the Ottawa Watercolour Society. Alan participates in numerous exhibitions, both juried and solo, and his paintings are exhibited and collected both internationally and nationally.
Doug Blair is the son of a Scottish orphan immigrant. His academic interests began on a black Celtic night on a road in Eastern Ontario farm country. This mystic experience led to studies at Carleton and McGill Universities. Doug became a United Church Minister and joined the military for forays into Europe and the Middle East, the later leading to his learning of the links between the monks living in Pyramids and the Irish successors to the Druids. Upon his retirement he began teaching World Religions Celtic Studies courses at St. Lawrence College. Doug says he means to continue teaching, at least until the fairies stop whispering in his ear.
Laura Boszormeny was a primary school teacher before beginning her rug hooking career in Brockville in 1974. She earned her Fibre Arts Certificate in Rug Hooking from St Lawrence College in 1992 and has taught Traditional Rug Hooking there since 1977.
Laura is a certified member of the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild Teachers’ Branch. She has been active in promoting the craft through displays, talks, and demonstrations. Laura challenges her students to develop their individual talents through original designs and dyeing their own material. She has contributed to several rug hooking publications, the most recent being Rug Hooking magazine, March/April/May 2006. She has taught at community colleges, and rug hooking schools around the province, as well as day and weekend workshops in Quebec and Ontario. Laura’s teaching specialties include dyeing, textured techniques, and stained glass rug hooking.
Les Boszormeny is a graduate of Concordia University, with a degree in Biology, and McGill University Teachers College. Wildfowl carving has become a natural extension of his profession training. He has been teaching beginner and advanced woodcarving at St. Lawrence College since 1979. Les has been judging and competing at the professional level, with success in Canada and US. His work has been published in “Competition” magazine.
Joan Boyle began rug hooking in Quebec, where it is a traditional craft. When she returned to Ontario, she studied under various teachers before opening Millcroft Farm Studio. There she specialized in original designs, hand dyeing, and teaching. Joan has taught extensively for the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild, the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia, Green Mountain School in Vermont, Sault Ste. Marie College, and the Rug Hooking School at Trent University in Peterborough. She has written two manual, one on dyeing and one on design. Joan has taught at St. Lawrence College since 1973, and originated the six courses for the Traditional Rug Hooking Certificate.
Catharina (Cathy) Breedyk- Law retired elementary teacher. She loves the spontaneity of free motion quilting and embroidery. Cathy has developed patterns that highlight her innovative technique. Her Terry’s Bears quilt won first prize in the art quilt category at the Ottawa Valley Quilter’s Guild Show. She has exhibited in Edmonton, Toronto, and Houston, Texas.
P. Susan Clow is a colourful and intuitive artist who, after years of working as a Medical Artist, now focuses on the fibre arts. Having earned a Fine Art degree from Queen’s University and a Medical Art degree from the University of Toronto, she now applies many of those skills to fibre. She has won a number of awards, most recently, First Prize at the Canadian Quilt Guild show for Best Large Innovative quilt, 2004 (and 2002), the Award of Excellence at the Ontario Juried show, second prize in the Hoffman of California challenge, Honourable Mention in the professional category of the Sulky of America challenge and a grant from the Ontario Arts Council. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally. Having an extensive collection of fabrics gives her the freedom to explore with colour and design, to express ideas, or just create beautiful pieces of art. Creating art is her passion, but she also enjoys teaching art classes for children and fibre arts to adults. Having lived in various cities across Canada, Ottawa is has been her home for the past eleven years.
Karen Phillips-Curran’s forty years of experience painting and drawing will guide you to new ways to look at the world around you. Her work ranges from water colours of sun-drenched locals, to rural Ontario landscapes, figures, antique collages, alternate photographic techniques and more. She invites you to come explore your creativity. Her water colours grace walls around the world. Samples of her work can be seen at www.ferrytalestudio.ca
Jan Fitch participates as an exhibitor and judge in shows and competitions throughout Canada, the US and Great Britain, where her work has reached much acclaim. Among her awards are many Best of Shows including the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto and the Ward World Championship in Maryland. She conducts seminars for schools and colleges and teaches privately. Jan’s love of birds is expressed in her detailed woodcarvings and recently in her cast paper sculptures – capturing the behaviour of ducks and birds as seen in nature. Jan works and displays her art at her Kingston studio where visitors are welcome to watch her create and view finished work.
Lyse Fleury, a graduate of the University of Quebec at Montreal, brings many years of clay/pottery experience to the Summer Arts program. She has studied in France and Japan and has been teaching for many years. Fleury has held many solo exhibitions and received numerous awards for her unique pieces.
Stan Glazar was born in Poland in 1948. As a youngster his grade 7 teacher, who saw his talent and great potential, suggested he pursue Art as a career. His works, even in those early years, had won top prize and were kept as an example for younger students. The artist immigrated to Canada in 1961, where he continued his education at Downsview secondary School where he graduated with Honors in 1966. He went on to study at Central Technical School under the direction of Miss Doris McCarthy and Robert Ross and again graduated am Honor student in 1970.
Celia Godkin obtained a bachelor’s in zoology from London University, U.K. She immigrated to Canada, where she has worked as a school aide, herpetologist, and fisheries biologist, before deciding to enter the field of scientific illustration. After completing an illustrated master’s thesis in zoology and the four year diploma course at the Ontario College of Art, she was asked to teach scientific illustration for the Department of Biomedical Communications at the University of Toronto, where she attained the rank of Associate Professor. As well, she has taught many studio arts courses for the Royal Ontario Museum and School of Continuing Studies at U of T. In addition to her teaching career, she has worked extensively as a scientific illustrator. Celia is an author and illustrator of children’s information story books in ecology.
Diane Godwin-Sheridan graduated in 1984 with a diploma in Fine Arts/Drawing and Painting, from the Ontario College of Art. Most recently, she has studied with international artists, Alex Powers and Arne Westerman. Diane strives to capture the essence of life using a variety of media, such as pencil, pen, charcoal, pastel, watercolour and acrylic. However, watercolour remains her favorite medium. She is a member of the Ontario College of Art Alumni, The Ottawa Watercolor Society, and The South Grenville Guild of Fine Art. Diane exhibits regularly in group shows. She has taught drawing and painting courses at St. Lawrence College since 1988.
Marg Grothier’s studio is located in her home in Mallorytown, Ontario. She has been painting in oils and watercolour for more than twenty-five years, and has taught at St. Lawrence College since 1988. Marg is an award winning artist who paints in a loose spontaneous style. She exhibits regularly, both in solo and group shows. Marg is a member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (C.S.P.W.C.) and a Fellow of the Ottawa Watercolour Society.
Andrew Hamilton was born in Scotland. He now lives in Toronto, and maintains a studio in Stouffville, Ontario. He studied in Victoria, BC, and also did four years at OCAD. Andrew is presently retracing Tom Thomson’s canoe routes throughout Northern Ontario. He also teaches at various colleges and art centres in the Toronto area. Using a highly imaginative palette, of the three primary colours plus white, Andrew has learned that all the colours of the universe are at hand. This combined with a loose, inventive, colourful style, with great freshness and immediacy, he paints the landscape. Andrew’s work is in collections both nationally and internationally. His work can be seen at the Masterpiece Art Gallery in Toronto, the Green Goose Gallery in Uxbridge, and his own gallery.
Jennifer Hodge has pursued her passion for fabric, colour and needle arts since childhood, when her grandmother taught her to sew. Her first job was in the fabric department of T. Eaton Co. in Ottawa. After University she ran a successful business creating original one-of-a-kind wear. She has taught sewing and quilting for the past 17 years. She served on the CQA/ACC Board of Directors (2001-5) and on the TIQG executive. She owns Picket Fence Fabrics, a shop for quilters and fibre artists. She travels extensively exhibiting, teaching and lecturing. Her work is in private collections in Canada and the UK.
Chia-chi (George) Hsiung: Art Background/Training: Drawing, painting, graphics, ceramics (1-5) Dept. of Art Education, McGill University (1973-75). Art in classroom: Dept. of Fine Arts Concordia University, Montreal (1974). Teaching: Drawing, painting, crafts, Pei-tou High School, Taiwan (1964-65). Biological Illustration I (ink drawing) and Biological Illustration II (watercolour), McGill University (1993-2000).
Karen Irvine has traveled extensively throughout Canada, and was introduced to beaded embroidery during her 2 year stay in Yellowknife, over 15 years ago. She has a fascination for beadwork and design, including jewelry making. She is currently a High School teacher and lives in Kingston Ontario.
Darlene Keffer marks her 27th year of working with clay, this year. After 25 years, she still stands in awe of clay purified by fire. Clay is her life’s work, and has kept her grounded in these kinetically charged times. She owns and operates “The Keefer Gallery” which is located in Almonte, Ontario. It showcases the work of up to 100 Canadian artists and craftspeople. It offers a wide range of fine crafts and contemporary art; from functional pottery and hand-blown glass to landscape paintings, still life, and off-beat sculpture. Darlene is well-known in Eastern Ontario for the past 20 years, for her striking functional pottery.
Pat Lemaire trained as a traditional quilter, and obtained her Fibre Arts Certificate from St. Lawrence College. Quilting had always played a part in her life. It became a passion, which soon extended into a business with the start of Purlepatch Machine Quilting. Pat has taken many courses through the years, and likes to combine the methods and tricks learned to come up with her own techniques. When she is not quilting for others, she loves to explore the many different ways she can manipulate fabric. With paint, stitch, glue, thread paint, and glitter, she manipulates and burns all types of fabric and adds paper and any other fibres she finds to get that special effect. She has participated in shows at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, the Ottawa School of Art, the Waterloo Quilt Festival, and Quilt Canada 2006. As an active member of the Seven Threads Studio’s Pat looks forward to the future of creating and showing with this group.
Christina McCarthy holds a Certificate for Ceramics from St. Lawrence College and an Ontario Teaching Certificate. She trained as a potter in California, and has studied with numerous well known and award winning clay artists. Christina is the technical support for the Brockville Campus Pottery Lab, and has instructed, throughout the years, in both the Adult and Youth art programs.
Although Arlene McGee has been a painter all her life, she has been actively painting for the past 12 years. Her studio is aptly named Riverain, and sits on the banks of Ontario’s Mississippi River in the County of Lanark, near the tiny hamlet of Ferguson’s Falls.
A lifelong passion for drawing and painting in oils, pastels, watercolours and acrylics has evolved over the years through studies and workshops with several well-known artists, including the late Ralph Burton, a painting companion to A.Y. Jackson. This passion was first ignited by Ottawa’s own internationally recognized artist, the late Henri Masson. While in elementary school, Arlene was among a small group of students chosen from Ottawa’s public schools to receive art instruction on Saturday mornings from Mr. Masson at the National Art Gallery when it was located in the Museum of Man on McLeod Street in Ottawa. It was there, surrounded by art created by masters, that Arlene’s love of painting began. Arlene finds the challenge of each new painting exciting and is motivated by the continuing experience of artistic development. During the past few years, she has shared her enthusiasm for the creative process by holding successful workshops in Ferguson’s Falls, Ontario.
Margot Miller has traveled extensively in India and Asia, documenting traditional textile techniques. She presently runs her own textile studio and shop in Rockport, Ontario. A recipient of a Design Canada Award, Margot has exhibited at numerous galleries and shows including the Art Gallery of Ontario, The National Film Board and The Ontario Crafts Council. An honors graduate of the Ontario College of Art & Design, Margot has taught at Sir Sanford Fleming College, Sheridan College, and Queen’s University, as well as St. Lawrence College.
Nancy Roberts has taught Art History, Art Marketing and studio courses to adults and youth since 1998. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in Art History and Studio, and attended the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto. She continues her own studies in Ottawa in the field of Art Conservation and restoration. Nancy’s medium of choice is watercolour and mixed media, and her subject matter is the rural landscape surrounding Brockville, where she resides. She also works from life models in conte and pastel.
Faye Rooke has her studio/gallery in Burlington. She was founder and instructor of the Enamel program at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, and currently exhibits, lectures and teaches internationally. Her work was featured in “International Craft Arts”, Australia, 2000 and in “A Fine Line” by Gail Crawford.
Irena H. Schmidt’s big interest all her life has been art, although she only started to pursue it professionally during the past fifteen years. Her first interest was painting on silk, then oil, pastel and more recently acrylics. Irena has taken art workshops in Italy, Slovenia, USA, Canada and Saudi Arabia, and recently returned from the Middle East where she taught art at different international schools. She now lives in Ottawa where she studies experimental acrylics, exhibits with Ottawa Mixed Media Artists, and teaches silk painting classes. In Irena’s silk work she tries to push the medium as far as possible, using unconventional techniques and materials. These can be used by watercolour artists, mixed media artists, fashion designers and quilters. One of her main enjoyments in painting on silk is the fact that you can take it in so many directions, i.e. frameable art and wearable art. The richness and brilliance of colour can not be surpassed by any other medium. The flow of the dyes is conducive to spontaneity and inner intuition. It is Irena’s meditation.
Karl Schutt was born in Pembroke. He trained in the Fine Arts at the University of Manitoba (B.F.A.) and also took Art History at the University of British Columbia (M.A.). Karl retired in January 1999 from a 29 year career as a secondary school art instructor. Over the years he has studied the jewellery arts here and abroad. In the 80's he completed American (G.G.(C.G.A.) and also British gemological training (F.G.A.) and has been faceting precious gems since the late 1970's. Besides making jewellery he currently works 2 dimensionally in oils, watercolours and pastel, and 3 dimensionally in large and small metal, in jewelry and in stone sculpture. He does, however, continue to teach adults in visual arts and the jewellery arts through Continuing Education at Algonquin College, through the Ottawa Carleton District Board of Education and with the City of Ottawa Parks and Recreation Department.
Bob Shackles studied advanced drawing and design at the University of Waterloo and watercolour with Larry Sherman and Frank Webb. He writes and paints from his studio on the St. Lawrence River and enjoys abusing the arts liberally. He is a local artist who paddles the St. Lawrence River looking for that special image of river, rock and lake. His images are often captured with pencil, pastel, or watercolour. His ideas are presented in creative way including shape, value and colour studies. He recently was elected to the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (CSPW).
Wendo Van Essen has traveled the world. She has studied with a Korean master artist, who taught her silk embroidery, learned from a Thai batik spirit cloth maker, was taught how to dye saris in Singapore, and found the art of felt making in Berlin. Wendo had been an animator for 23 years, but in 2002 decided to follow her passion for fibre arts.
Kit Vincent is a full-time studio artist, primarily self-taught in quilting and embroidery. Though she has a fine arts background, she only discovered textile arts in 1995 and began to explore as many techniques and materials as she could. Early on, she focused on machine work, piecing dyed fabric and painted canvas. More recently, she has been preoccupied with acquiring a better understanding of how dye-painted fabrics can be manipulated with all kinds of expressive stitching by hand.
Ted Zuber was commissioned as Canada’s official war artist, to portray Canadian troops and their activities in the Persian Gulf War. Many challenges were met and techniques developed to accomplish this task. With this course Ted has elected to share his method of sketching and painting, not only with what was learned in the field but through a lifetime of dedicated art. The course will be hands on with actual working demonstrations, student practice and practical study in composition, colour, light, use of photo reference and evaluation.
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