Ted Duncan

Watercolour Level 1 & 2
Oil and Acrylics Level 1 & 2

Education and Experience:

15-year practicing artist with Concordia Sir George Williams Studio in painting, drawing and graphics.

Highlights:

• Atrium solo exhibits
• Canadian Society Painters in Watercolour
• Exhibitions: Galerie de la Ville (Dollard, Montreal), Marchant Gallery (Lancaster, Ontario), Peel Regional Gallery (Brampton, Ontario)

Patrick Fraser

Cartooning and Animation, ages 7-12

Education and Experience:

Graphic Design, George Brown College 1988-90;
Desktop Publishing Program, Algonquin College 1993-94;
Graphic Designer, Corel Corporation 1996-2004;
Interactive Multimedia program, Algonquin College 2004-05;
Instructor, Wallack’s Art Store, Ottawa - Introduction and Safety of Airbrush Techniques.

Liz Hoffmann

Pottery Wheel Course, Level I and Level II

Education and Experience:

Studio potter since 1976. Graduated from the Fine Crafts Program at Algonquin College in 1976.

Highlights:

• Member of the Ottawa Guild of Potters

Natalie Johnston

Multi media ages 6-8 years and 9-12 years
Kids Create ages 3-5 yrs

Education and Experience:

Undergraduate – Fine Arts Honours, English Minor, Education Minor – Bishops University
Bachelor of Education, concentration in Human Kinetics- Ottawa University
Secondary School Teacher (full-time art) three years – Lisgar and South Carleton High School
City of Ottawa Arts Instructor – six years- NVAC and NCAC

Angela Kilby

Oil painting
Acrylic painting
Education and Experience:

Educated in England as a Primary/ Nursery school teacher
Further education at the University of Ottawa: Fine Arts Specialist
Attended Ottawa School of Art
Diplomas in Recreation Leadership and Gerontology from Algonquin College
Nursery school Director, Activities Director
Grade 1 and ESL teacher
45 years of experience teaching and stimulating creativity
Highlights: Founder of the Glen Cairn Cooperative Pre-School
45 years of encouraging and stimulating creativity in the Ottawa area with students of all ages
Producing two huge quilted wall hangings for the City of Kanata
Tulip Festival participation
Organising annual exhibitions of Artwork
Involvement with Kanata Art League
Historical re-enactment: dance
“It has been a privilege to spend 45 years of my life stimulating creativity with students of all ages. Yes! You can produce a masterpiece!”

- Angela Kilby

Penelope Kokkinos

Penelope Kokkinos is a ceramic artist, curator, writer, and instructor at the Nepean Visual Arts Centre, and the Ottawa School of Art. Kokkinos’ work has been exhibited internationally and a number of her essays and reviews have been published in art and craft periodicals and anthologies. She is a founding member of Clayworks Co-op Pottery Studio in Ottawa. She has acquired an MFA from Concordia University and a BFA from the University of Ottawa, and has been awarded numerous grants and scholarships.

Highlights:

• Recent Presentations: Pottery as Moveable Memory, UAAC, Kingston, Ontario (2003); Artist in Residence University of Regina, Saskatchewan (2003); Artist Lecture, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Ontario (2003); Contemporary Craft: Bad, Ugly or Right On?, UAAC, ACAD/University of Calgary, Alberta (2002)
• Selected Solo Exhibitions: STINT, Fifth Parallel Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan (2003); SAFE, Saw Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario (2000); Stranger on this Earth, Bourget Gallery, Montréal, Quebec (1999);
• Over 60 group exhibitions in Canada, U.S.A. and Taiwan

Doris Lamontagne

Experience and Education:

Artist, photographer and designer
Instructor, Nova Scotia College of Arts and Design, Carnegie Mellon University and the Arts Institute of Pittsburgh.

Highlights:

• a young person studying in Fine Arts, I discovered photography, in wanting to pursue photography, I discovered Design, and then my design practice introduced me to user experience (interaction) design… Since, I have learned that design, photography, fine arts, engineering, psychology are all interconnected. Keep an open mind, always be ready to learn new things and a new form of expressions might just become your latest adventure!”

Shirley Lawrence

Hand building
Education and Experience:

Attended many courses and extensive workshops at various locations including: The School of Fine Arts in Ottawa, The Haliburton School of Fine Art, The School of Fine Arts at Actenobile, N.V.A.C., Algonquin College
Participated in extensive workshops
Member of The Network of Sculptures, Kanata Art Gallery, Foyer Gallery, Kanata Art Club, Art Lending
Highlights:

Have had solo shows and many group N.C.N.S. Dimension Shows at City Hall, Old Teachers Gallery, World Trade Centre: Austrian Embassy, Russian Embassy
Sources of Art: Five display windows, Bank and Somerset
A.C.T.A.C.A. Gallery
Donated sculptures for fundraisers

Laura Logan

Multi Media (Children)

Education and Experience:

BA, Fine Art and Art History, University of Toronto; Diploma, Art and Art History, Sheridan College; Desktop Publishing Certificate, Algonquin College; Public Relations, Algonquin College. Worked for many years as a graphic designer before moving into a communications and marketing profession. Laura continues to work as a designer and communications specialist in addition to teaching children’s art classes and doing her own artwork.

Highlights:

• Member of the OMMA
• Organized Young at Art 2006 (Kanata gallery)

Donna Lynd

Figurative Expressionism in Acrylic

Education and Experience:

Donna has been painting in her current style for six years now after working for many years in watercolors, and textiles. Donna has trained in Ottawa and Montreal including Westmount School of Art, The Saidie Bronfman Centre and Ecole Renaissance.

Highlights:

• stage of Donna’s artistic career began in Paris when her and her husband lived there for two years. She spent many hours studying work at museums and exhibitions. Donna taught herself to paint from the forms of Mondigliani and using Van Gogh’s palette. Donna has exhibited her work in Montreal, Picton, Ottawa (including league shows), the Rideau Valley Art Festival, the Cumberland Gallery and several Ottawa restaurants.

Kristine May

Artswell.ca
Creative Ventures for the Family
Creative Journey for Teens
Polaroid Transfers and Emulsion Lift workshops for adults and teens
Natural Ottawa and Hidden Urban Gems, Photography

Education and Experience:

Commercial Photography, Sheridan College; Honours Degree in Visual Arts, University of Western Ontario; Masters Level program in Art Therapy from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. Coordinated and delivered the mobile arts program in Western Ottawa youth centres with diverse multi cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Worked and instructed for the Nepean Visual Arts Centre for over nine years.

Highlights:

• Currently working for Artswell, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life and well being of individuals and communities by promoting health through the arts.
• Memberships: Ontario Art Therapy Association (CATA), associate Member of the Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists and Psychotherapists (OACCPP)

Katherine McNenly

Traditional Oil Techniques

Education and Experience:

BFA York University, Toronto 1986,
Studied with John Angel at the National Portrait Academy in Toronto 1983-89,
Attended Atelier Cecil Graves in Florence Italy 1990,
Workshop with Micheal Grimaldi at the Grand Central Art Academy in New York 2007.

Highlights:

• Have been involved in numerous group and solo shows. Currently a finalist in the Kingston National
• Portrait Competition. Member of the Mill St. Gallery in Almonte and Visual Arts Ontario

Jelena Mitric

Mosaic workshop: Beginner Mosaics & Intermediate Mosaics
Beginner Mosaics - parent & child

Education and Experience:

BSc, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Mosaic workshop: Contemporary mosaic- organized by Aquilo mosaics, Ottawa
Mosaic workshop: Roman and Byzantine style mosaics – natural stone and smalti medium, organized by world-renown mosaic artist S. Oldja, Serbia

Highlights:

• Member of Mosaic Art Association of Canada (MAAC)
• Exhibition – L’Imagier gallery “Summer Solstice ‘08”
• Introduction to mosaics –guest artist in several public schools
• Many mosaic art pieces in private collections throughout Ontario, Quebec & Serbia

Yvette Nugent

Acrylic and Mixed Media

Experience and Education:

Participated in various art classes at NVAC (Mixed Media), Algonquin (Print making), and other workshops organized by OMMA; Interior Design Diploma, with over 20 years experience working in Facilities Management.
Yvette enjoys Mixed Media for its experimental qualities which allows for freedom of expression. Some of the topics covered in class: creating textures, image transfers, stamping, monoprinting, collage etc.

Highlights:

• Member of Ottawa Mixed Media Artists (OMMA) since its inception. Volunteering on the Executive of OMMA.
• Participated in group shows organized by OMMA at Gloucester Gallery, Britannia Gallery, Carlen Gallery, The Green Door, The Table, Rasputin and Nepean Visual Arts Centre.
• Various artworks voted into Juried Shows.
• Received Award of Excellence for “Une douillette pour demoiselle”.

Carol Purdy

Printmaking

Highlights:

• Member of Ottawa Mixed Media Association and am currently working on the Executive
• I have been on the Board of Directors for the Ottawa Valley Artists Association for many years, as well as a regular exhibiting member of both with numerous awards for my artwork
• I have been working on the committee for the Ottawa Fine Arts Festival for two years and a regular exhibiting participant as well as in the Toronto Art Expo and many other local and regional art shows.

Rosemary Randell

Composition Workshop
Perspective Workshop

Education and Experience:

Diploma, Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor, 1999,
B.F.A. Concordia University, Montreal, 1977, graduated with Distinction in Visual Arts,
B.A. Concordia University, 1975, Honours Philosophy Program,
Diploma, Commercial Art, Design & Illustration, 1973.

Highlights:

• Paintings on Air Canada
• Art consultant with Playboy, 1996
• Painting chosen and hung in National Gallery of Watercolors, Mexico City
• Featured on Regional Contact

Tricia Wilmot Savoie

artistsincanada.com/savoie
Oil/Acrylic Level 1 and 2

Education and Experience:

John Abbot College, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Tanya Axiula's instruction, Oils
Barbara Simmons' instruction, Watercolors
Loyalist College and St. Lawrence College, various workshops and courses

Highlights:

• Painting almost everyday, plein air painting, work on over 100 paintings per year, love color and light.

Karl Schutt

Silver Rings with Stones
Jewellery Wax Work for Casting in Sterling Silver
Enamelling on Copper and Silver
Basic Silver Jewellery

Education and Experience:

Karl Schutt, born in Pembroke and trained in the Fine Arts at the Universities of Manitoba and in Art History at the University of British Columbia, 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 and British gemmological training and has been faceting precious gems since the late 1970's. Additionally, Karl works in watercolours, pastels, three-dimensional metals, and stone sculpture. Karl continues to teach adults in visual arts and jewellery arts.

Highlights:

“It is from the Renaissance artist that I find my inspiration. This inspiration has lead me to work in precious metals, in sterling silver and precious gems, cutting cabochon, faceting all kinds of transparent gem material, and in combining a variety of techniques in the creating of small objects to be worn as jewellery or looked at as sculpture.”

Kerry Stothers

Drawing: Introduction
Painting: Oil/Acrylics, Level I and Level II

Education and Experience:

Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Calgary. Primarily a portrait painter Ms. Stothers has exhibited her work throughout Alberta, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Chelsea. In addition to teaching painting and drawing classes at the Nepean Visual Arts Centre, Ms. Stothers operates “Portraits by Kerry”, a small business accepting commissioned portraits, paintings and drawings.
She also paints wall murals for commercial and residential clients, and she does contract artwork for museum display companies and television and movie production companies. Ms. Sothers’ museum work consists primarily of painting and sculptured objects as well as a variety of faux techniques, and can be seen in museums throughout North America, including the Smithsonian Museum in Washington and the New Founder’s Hall in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Highlights:

• Memberships: Ottawa Council of the Arts, Entrepreneurship group for small businesses.
• Portrait exhibitions every summer and before Christmas
• Works on display with Nepean Visual Arts Centre and with the Nepean Fine Arts League

Rowena Tolson

Watercolour, Level I and Level II
Chinese Brush Painting

Education and Experience:

20 years experience teaching Chinese Brush Painting with the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, and experience instructing watercolour to adults and children. Educational training includes STAR and Live-Event courses from Drake University, Teachers’ Training programs I, II, III for language teachers from the University of Ottawa, Art History at Normal University, Taiwan, and five years Business training at Ming Chuan Business College, Taiwan. Ms. Tolson’s work has been selected by numerous charity organizations for fund-raising purposes, including REACH and the Ottawa Civic Hospital.

Highlights:

• Member of Canadian Artists Representation/Le front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC)
• Exhibitions: Art exhibition since 1980 at different places and different time, yearly (May 1 to 31) solo exhibit at the Ottawa Public Library Main Branch (120 Metcalfe Street), National Art Gallery foyer (2004)

Kerri Weller

Botanical Illustration in Watercolours
Figure Drawing
Introduction to Classical Drawing (Spring)

Education and Experience:

Trained as a Graphic Designer and Medical Illustrator, Kerri Weller has worked extensively in both fields. A strong belief that creative talent should be balanced with technical skill provides the foundation to her teaching and art, while the effects of light and the beauty of nature spark the passion to paint. Her paintings focus on botanical watercolours, classical still life and figurative works in oil.
AOCA, Ontario College of Art - Fine art, Communication and Design.

BSc AMM - Art as Applied to Medicine, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine.

Highlights:

• Awarded Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Sandoz Medical Artist in Research Scholarship and Canadian Ophthalmological Society Art as Applied to Medicine Award;
• Exhibited at Canada Blooms, Toronto
• Juried Botancial Art Exhibitions 2005, 2006, 2007
• Member of the American Society of Botanical Artists and Association of Medical Illustrators

Lisa Westphal

Glass Beadmaking – Beginner

Highlights:

• Studied lampwork beadmaking in Atlanta Georgia at the Spruill Centre of the Arts
• I have been creating glass beads for seven years and,
• Have been teaching at the Nepean Visual Arts Centre for the past two years.