Kathryn O'Regan Awarded Maureen Wright Scholarship

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Jan Edwards

Here is Jan's impression of the MISSA
experience: “Let me say first that I've been
involved with several workshop programs
over the years, and for me the workshop
expenience is the best way to be involved
with learning or teaching art. | appreciate
the opportunity to immerse oneself in the
process, and let things evolve over time.
Being in a community of people similarly
occupied adds hugely to the experience.
To me this is much more satisfying than

trying to sandwich artmaking into the in-
creasingly complex fabric of our lives.
This is particularly tree when we are trying
to learn something new, or coax emerging
work out of wherever it comes from.
“This year was my second time teaching at
MISSA, It was totally magical for me. I
don't know what it is about MISSA that
makes it so special, | think it has to do with
more than the remarkable beauty of the
setting, comfortable surroundings, great
food. It's not just the delightful mix of
students, extremely well planned program
and inspiring teachers. It's something about
the vision perhaps, containing a largess of
spirit that just flows from the top. More
than anywhere else I've been, MISSA is
about the joy of artmaking.””

We were encouraged to make frequent
visits to all studios and observe work in
progress. Artist and Governor-General’s
Award winning poct, Heather Spears con-
ducted Drawing Music and Song, Inten-
sive Life Drawing, and The Human Head.

She is @ mesmerizing speaker. Other stud-
ies included: Watercolour Painting,
Acrylic Painting and Developing the Sur-
face with Wendy Welch, Poetry - Liz
Philips. Landscaping Painting - Vieky
Marshall, Metal Vessels - Crys Harse,
Experimental Photography - John Taylor,
Brush Usage - Lorne Loomer, Master
Poetry - Patrick Lane, Photography -
Sharron Milstein, Mixed-Media Acrylic
Landscapes - Jim Davies, Papermaking
and the Book Kathryn Lipke. Saidye
Bronfman award winner Dorothy
Caldwell taught African and Japanese re-
sist techniques with indigo and another
program she called ‘expressive stitch’. In
1997 she received a research grant to study
women’s textile co-operatives in India re-
sulting in Stitching Women's Lives, on
exhibition of Sujuni embroidery from
Bihar. Her students produced a stunning
display of design and colour!

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Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter

October 2002