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Our purpose is:
to facilitate a rewarding experience for participants,
to promote the arts and,
to engage people in the creative process
in an environment of sharing, exploring, experimenting with artists and people of like mind.
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Suzanne Hastings-James – Suzanne is a career educator with experience teaching and administering in elementary and secondary school, college and university. She is the founder/director of PEI School of the Arts. Suzanne's paintings can be seen at the Kensington Art CoOp Gallery, charity functions, island galleries and in private collections. |
Leslie Kwiatkowski – Leslie has done extremely well with “PEI Smoke Fired Pottery” and was awarded “Best New Product” for 2005, by the PEI Craft and Giftware Buyers Market. Her functional, non-functional pottery pieces and clay sculpture, using smoke-fired and horsehair-firing techniques, can be seen in galleries and gift shops throughout the island. After attending NBCCD Studio Potter course, she began her own very successful business: “PEI Smoke Fired Pottery”. Her work is unique and very popular, so we are fortunate to have her share her love of pottery and skills with us. Leslie is assisted by Josh Dyment. Josh's creative abilities and considerable experience with Raku firing/kiln operation compliment Leslie's teaching and enables optimal firing opportunities for participants.
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j'anna jacqulyn - Born in England in 1938, j'anna was fortunate enough to grow up in a creative family. Surrounded by music, dance, theatre and paintings gave her a strong foundation for her own artistic expression.
It wasn't until 1970 when she moved to Canada that she became a serious artist. Now living in the St.Margaret's Bay area of Nova Scotia , the majority of j'anna's work depicts the beautiful and rugged coastline of the lovely province. However she is not limited to this subject alone nor does she have any preconceived ideas regarding subject matter. Whether she uses sketches, photos or her imagination, she draws upon her originality and creativity to produce her works of art. J'Anna's paintings have been described as loose and painterly but still having “disciplined freedom". She say's of her work, "when I first began painting, I relied of what I saw and tried to describe it, now I find myself stretching the boundaries of realism by creating a subtle bridge between reality and illusion...... I want my paintings to evoke an emotional response, whenever I get excited about my subject; I know I'll get the result I want”.
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Bonnie Steinberg - Bonnie is a popular instructor who has conducted workshops and classes in Ontario and the United States. A recipient of many awards, Bonnie has participated in numerous solo and group shows. Known for her flamboyant and dramatic use of colour, her work has gained wide recognition. She is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, the Society of Canadian Artist and is a signature member of the Toronto Watercolour Society. Her paintings may be found in public and private collections. |
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Dianne Hicks Morrow -Since the publication of her poetry collection, "Long Reach Home"(Acorn Press, 2002), Dianne has given readings and writing workshops in the three maritime provinces and in Labrador, Edmonton and Vancouver. She was director of the L.M. Montgomery Institute at UPEI (1999-02). She is past president of the PEI Writer's Guild and now writes and teaches full time. Her own life writing is in the form of award-winning poetry and humorous personal essays aired on CBC radio. Her non-fiction book, Kindred Spirits: Relationships that Spark the Soul, contains interviews with 27 Atlantic Canadians about the kindred spirit "elationships" in their lives.
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Marta Scythes - is a medical illustrator, fine artist and educator. Her work has been
published by Harrowsmith Magazine and Harper Collins (New York). McClelland and Stewart
published her pencil and ink illustrations in their best-selling UP NORTH nature series as well as in The Canadian Encyclopedia. She is featured in Canadian Geographic's Trans Canada Trail Guides and The Canadian Medical Association Magazine: Canadian Health. Marta has taught anatomical drawing, portraiture, jewellery rendering, printmaking and watercolour at St. Lawrence College, Southampton Art School, Queen's University and the Haliburton School
of The Arts for many years. Marta recently completed her MSc in Biomedical Communications at University of Toronto. She is currently teaching Structure and Function at Ontario College of Art & Design and creating medical animations for the Hospital for Sick Children.
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Dave Archibald - David has performed his original
songs in concert halls and clubs across the country including the
Riverboat, the Black Sheep Inn and Hugh's Room. His compositions are
featured in the catalogues of Sony/Universal, Sunbury/Dunbar and ATV
Music. He has recorded with RCA. David also produced the first
recording of pop star Avril Lavigne - his CD "Spirit of the Inland Sea"
features Avril on background vocals. His musicals "The Perilous
Pirate's Daughter" (co-written by Anne Chislett and featured at the HSF
2005) and "Love & Larceny" (co-written by Douglas Bowie) have
received several professional productions. David has written for and
performed on Sesame Street in New Yourk and CBC's Mr. Dressup. His
music is regularly featured on CBC radio. He has many CDs to his name,
and his award-winning song-writing workshops are popular from Moose
Factory to Mississauga, from Charlottetown to Superior's North Shore. |
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Winston Maund - I live in Prince Edward Island. I am a
professional photographer and have been photographing images of PEI and
its people since the 1970ʼs. I obtained my Bachelor of Arts Degree from
UPEI in 1975. I started doing photography full time in 1980, and opened
my own studio in 1982 in Charlottetown. I was one of the early digital
photography pioneers on PEI. I am a member of PPOC & PPOA
Professional photographers of Canada and the Atlantic division and a
member of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals). I
have taught photography at Island community schools for over twenty
five years and just this year have started teaching Senior college at
UPEI. I feel fortunate to have studied and worked with some of the best
photographers in Canada & the US, and enjoy sharing it with others.
One of my passion is traveling the Island roads, walking the beaches,
photographing nature in its many forms its wildlife, finding a patch of
lady slippers or a spider web covered with early morning dew.
Photographing the rolling surf or abstract designs on one of the many
beaches. Photographing an abandoned farm house,a historical light
house, getting up before the sun to capture a beautiful sunrise. |
