Final preparations for the popular series of the county museum’s summer art workshops for adults are being made. Now in its 18th season, the week long courses are held at the Elora Public School from July 4 to 29.
This year, teachers will lead classes in sculpture, print making, oriental brush painting, encaustic, watercolour, oil, acrylic, book arts, fibre arts and photography.
New to the program is instructor Phil Irish, an Elora resident, who is currently a master of fine arts student at York University. Irish’s students will paint in oils or acrylics; their subject will be water in its many forms.
Jo Lomas is another local artist who is joining us for first time as a workshop instructor. A teacher who brings a sense of fun to her workshops, the participants in her course will create whimsical sculptures.
Roslyn Levin is returning for her third summer. Her classroom is a refuge of calm and serenity as her students, beginners and more advanced, practise the art of oriental brush painting.
Each week there is at least one workshop devoted to the fibre arts. Maggie Vanderweit, who last year led a two-day workshop in silk fusion, is returning this year for a full week.
An addition to the fibre art offerings is a week of beading with Louise Young. Her students will learn a variety of beading techniques, including loom-working.
A complete list of all 21 instructors and descriptions of each workshop are available by visiting the Wellington County Museum website at www.wcm.ca. Brochures are also available at the museum and all Wellington County libraries.
Call 519-846-0916 extension 5221 or email info@wcm.on.ca for more information.
Each five-day course costs $199 + $25.87 HST.
