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Plein-air Painting in LunenburgHangama Amiri

This five-day workshop is for students, both beginners and intermediate painters, working in acrylic. Each class will begin with a short introduction and presentation on Plein-air painting, including who were the artists working behind this art movement, and what were the main important keys of painting outdoors. Students will learn to enjoy exploring painting en plein-air, with the primary focus on how to capture the sense of sunlight in landscape, views of our harbour, and architectural buildings around Lunenburg County. This course is recommended for all levels.

July 4 - 8, 201610am – 4pm$400

Hangama Amiri graduated from NSCAD

University with a BFA (Major in Fine Arts)

in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2012, and

currently is a Fulbright Scholarship

student at Yale University in New London,

Connecticut. Hangama has exhibited her

paintings nationally and internationally,

recently in New York, Toronto, and London.

Her collaborative project, "Dome of Secret

Desires" was shortlisted at 5th Passion For

Freedom Festival London (UK), 2013, and

at Arte Laguna, Prize in Venice Italy (2013),

and her recent collaborative video project,

"My Motherland" 2015 was premiered at

Aga Khan Museum in Toronto.

Amiri has won the 2011 Lieutenant

Governor's Community Voluntarism Award,

the 2013 Portia White Protege Award, and

in 2015 her painting "Island of Dreams"

was one of the two runners-up in the Royal

Bank of Canada’s national RBC Canadian

Painting Competition.

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Summer 2016

Shape and Surface Inspired by LunenburgJoan Bruneau

Using earthenware, slip and glazes, this workshop will explore form and surface relationships inspired by Lunenburg's unique architecture, material culture and marine environment. Architectural ornament, the objects, buildings and marine life unique to Lunenburg will serve as the muse for developing vessel forms and surface ornament. Using the wheel as primary forming tool, throwing and altering shapes will be demonstrated and explored. Slip decoration techniques will be demonstrated and explored. Demonstrations will be supplemented with illustrated lectures. Participants should have basic throwing skills.

July 4 - 8, 201610am – 4pm$400 + $50 materials fee

Joan Bruneau is a professional Studio

Potter and Regular Part-Time Ceramics

Faculty at NSCAD University, in Halifax,

Nova Scotia, since 1995. She has her

studio/showroom “Nova Terra Cotta” in

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Joan was born in 1963 in Halifax. Her love

of travel and food sparked her desire to

become a potter after discovering the

authentic cuisines and pottery traditions of

Europe on a trip in 1983-84. She went on

to earn her BFA from NSCAD University in

1988, and MFA from the University of

Minnesota in 1993.

Joan teaches workshops across North

America and has taught in the Distance

Ceramics Diploma Programs at Red Deer

College, the Australia National University

and the Glasgow School of Art.

Joan’s work is exhibited throughout North

America and is in recognized private and

public collections, including the Art Gallery

of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Canada; Sykes

Gallery, USA and Jingdezhen Ceramics

Institute, China.


Summer 2016

Bowl O RamaDouglas Bamford

Bowl O Rama is a workshop that focuses on ceramics skills intensification through the making of bowls mainly on the potter’s wheel. Students will be led through a series of exercises intended to further develop throwing technique as well as to encourage and promote the emergence of a personal style. Ongoing discussions on material choices such as clay and glaze pallet development are interwoven into daily demonstrations and exercises. Participants should have basic throwing skills.


Douglas Bamford lives in “Old Town”,

Lunenburg, N.S. He splits his time between

a vibrant studio practice and his position

as Senior Ceramics Technician at NSCAD

University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Douglas

holds a diploma from Sheridan School of

Design, 1975, where he majored in both

furniture design and ceramics, and a BFA

in Ceramics and a B.ED (Art Education)

from NSCAD, 1995.

Douglas has a rich background as a

ceramic artist, a builder, furniture and

fixture designer, educator and public artist.

He recently completed a major

Architectural Ceramic commission, a

public installation entitled; “Steel Making”

in Sydney, Cape Breton.

His stated inspiration: “As an artist and

designer I have a love of useful and

beautiful objects. My art is an

investigation of the history and meaning of

ornamental language and it’s place in a

contemporary world. I attempt to make

meaningful provocative and accessible

objects and monuments using such stable

timeless icons as architectural ornament

and ceramic tile pattern.”


Summer 2016

A Lunenburg Sketch-aboutEmma FitzGerald

This course is for any level of sketcher, o�ering a unique opportunity to be immersed in historic Lunenburg, which o�ers brightly coloured heritage buildings, a working harbor and vibrant boat-building culture for sketching. Our format will be both our personal sketchbooks, and some larger works on paper.Over the course of five days we will break down sketching into various parts: 3-hour morning workshops, which participants can then integrate into their own sketching practice in the afternoon. There will be ample time for feedback from the instructor and fellow participants. This course emphasizes finding new ways of seeing over specific techniques.


Emma FitzGerald was born in Lesotho, Africa,

to Irish parents, and grew up in Vancouver,

Canada. She now calls Halifax, Nova Scotia,

home. There she works as an illustrator and

runs a house portraiture business.

Emma has worked in architecture o�ces

across Canada, and in Johannesburg, South

Africa, and has taught architecture in The

Gambia, West Africa. She completed her

studies in Fine Art at the University of

British Columbia, spending one year at

L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts,

Paris, and completed her Master of

Architecture at Dalhouise University in

Halifax. Emma has taught sketching in

Paraty, Brazil, at the 5th Urban Sketchers

International Symposium, and will be

returning to give a workshop at the 7th

symposium in Manchester this summer. Her

first book, Hand Drawn Halifax, (Formac

Publishing, 2015) quickly became a

well-loved best seller, as it expresses

through drawings and words the essence of

her chosen home city. She is thrilled to be

returning to teach at LSA for a second time.

www.emmafitzgerald.ca


Summer 2016

Beyond The Press: Print + PlaceCharley Young

In this week-long printmaking course, students will work to investigate the relationship between place and print through the creation of two woodcut projects. Using conventional and unconventional approaches to print, site-specific interactions will serve as the basis for printed imagery. Students will work independently to develop a series of handprinted woodcuts. Through demonstrations, personalized instruction and hands–on practice, students will explore plate preparation, wood block carving, inking and hand printing. This course is recommended for all levels.


A native of Calgary, Alberta, Charley holds

an MFA from the Maine College of Art in

Portland, Maine and a BFA from NSCAD

University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is on

the faculty at NSCAD University and at

Mount Allison University, in Sackville, New

Brunswick, where she teaches traditional

and unconventional approaches to drawing

and printmaking. Charley has been an

Artist-in-Residence with the Arctic Circle

Program (2014); The Ban� Centre (2013);

The Vermont Studio Centre (2013); Spark

Box Studios (2013) and Klondike Institute

for Arts and Culture (2012).

As an interdisciplinary artist, Charley’s work

is primarily drawing, sculpture, and public

installation. To date her work includes

large-scale mono-prints of historic building

facades, intimate portraits of vanishing

mountains and portraits of ephemeral

icebergs. Ever interested in the

architectural and human marks that

become embedded within places, she is

interested in filling natural, architectural,

and emotional voids. An avid explorer, her

work desires a direct and sensory

experience within a location that becomes

transcribed indexically. Her studio is located

in the North End of Halifax.


Summer 2016

Kids & Clay Summer CampAlexandra Moore

In this fun 5-day creative exploration, students ages 10 – 15 will learn several di�erent approaches to handling and working with clay and glazing. We will begin camp with learning the basics of “hand building” and then move on to the potter's wheel. Each class will begin with an open discussion involving books and related images, a brief drawing session and demonstration in preparation for making, so as to ensure that we all have a loose vision of what we want to make before we start building. Each student will have his/her own shelf in the Ceramics Studio where they may store their clay creations. This class will also include a visit to local galleries and art studios.

July 25 - 29, 201610am – 4pm$285 includes materials

Alexandra Moore is a multimedia artist, with

her studio in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, where

she also lives. Alex’s postsecondary education

began with a program called Class Afloat - a

year of University level academia delivered

onboard the ocean going, sail training ship,

S.V. Concordia. She graduated from the Class

Afloat program with an interdisciplinary

certificate, awarded with a�liation from

Acadia University. It was during Alex’s time

abroad that she decided to pursue a degree

in the arts. In 2012, Alexandra graduated from

NSCAD with a BFA in Interdisciplinary Studies.

During her time of study at NSCAD she

completed a semester exchange program in

Lisbon, Portugal, where she studied Ceramics

at the Centre de Arte & Comunicacao Visual

in 2011.

In 2014 Alexandra opened her business

named Spearwater Studio, which showcases

her multimedia work and is based in

Lunenburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Whether it’s stone carving, sculpture, textiles,

painting, metalwork or ceramics, she feels her

work is successful when the simplicity of form

and the use of colour are in play.

alexandrajrmoore.wix.com/spearwaterstudio


Summer 2016

Paints, Paper & Practice: The Art of Sketch BookingJason Skinner


Summer 2016

This fun filled course is ideal for youth from the ages of 10 to 15 interested in learning and developing sketch booking skills. More than just sketching, course participants will have the opportunity to explore the Town of Lunenburg and gather inspiring materials, all the while learning fun mark-making techniques ranging from drawing, print, painting, and collage. The resulting books will form a unique and personal journal that could be used for future artwork or simply to enjoy as beautiful, stand-alone colour-filled works of art.

July 25 - 29, 201610am – 4pm$285 includes materials

Jason Skinner is a Halifax based artist and

illustrator working in collage, print and mixed

media. He graduated from Sheridan College’s

Illustration program in 2008, followed by a

BFA degree from NSCAD University in Halifax,

Nova Scotia in 2011. His work has appeared in

a variety of trade and commercial

publications such as, THIS magazine, Applied

Arts magazine, RPANO Journal and The

Chronicle Herald. In the fall of 2011, Jason

represented Canada as an international judge

for painting at the 8th International

Abilympics in Seoul, South Korea. As an Artist

in Residence in the NSCAD – Lunenburg

Community Residence/Studios Program, in

Lunenburg, from September 2011 through

August 2012, Jason focused on the

“Community” portion of this program and

devoted himself to creating a series of works

inspired by key features of the Town. The

Lunenburg painting series inspired his

involvement in Youth Arts Week where he led

a week long, child and youth art initiative

engaging with students at the Lunenburg

Academy, Bayview Community School, and

Parkview School in Bridgewater. He was also

invited to mentor a group of youth in a

place-making initiative by the Town on

Bridgewater to revitalize several public

benches. His most recent works can be seen

at jasonskinner.ca or tomorrow.is where he

frequently contributes as

Illustrator-in-Residence.

Building a Drawing – Drawing a BuildingRoger Mullin

In this workshop we will be drawing on large format paper, utilizing a portable lightweight drawing board, conte (charcoal) and india ink. The drawing period involves exploratory work in the historic town of Lunenburg. This session invites participants to draw views directly as a means to represent the urban context in detail at a variety of scales. Over several days participants will build and develop drawing skills. This course is recommended for all levels.

August 1 - 3, 201610am – 4pm$250 + $25 materials fee

Roger Mullin is an Assistant Professor of

Architecture at Dalhousie University. He

practiced Architecture in Canada, the USA

and Germany and has lectured in Canada,

the USA, Africa, Norway and Ireland. His

work has been published with OnSite

magazine, Building Magazine, the Journal

of Architectural Education and the Welsh

journal, MADE. He is currently a full-time

tenured faculty member at Dalhousie

University.

Roger continues to o�er drawing

workshops in Canada, Croatia and Europe.

He is especially excited and honoured to

be returning to Lunenburg to work with

the LSA and interested participants during

the summer of 2016.

rogermullin.wordpress.com


Summer 2016

Colour and Pattern on ClayAdero Willard

Do you love colour and pattern, and want to expand your ceramics decoration techniques? Or just love new ways to work with clay? This workshop will reveal a variety of ways to achieve intricate surfaces on clay. I will share with you my approach to form and decoration, using techniques for layering surfaces borrowed from textile, painting, and ceramics traditions. Through demonstrations and hands-on practice the goal of this workshop is to stimulate curiosity and encourage exploration in order to generate new ways of working with form and surface. This course is recommended for all levels.


Adero Willard currently lives in Western

Massachusetts where she is a studio potter

and instructor of ceramics at Holyoke

Community College. Adero received a

Bachelors in Fine Art at Alfred University

in 1995 and Masters of Fine Arts at Nova

Scotia College of Art and Design in 2006,

where she studied with Walter Ostrom and

Neil Forrest. She completed a year-long

residency in 2008 at Watershed Center for

Ceramic Arts in Maine, where she was the

Salad Days Artist. As a full time artist,

Adero has shown in a number of galleries

and craft shows nationally, including Ferrin

Gallery, Craft Boston and Smithsonian

Craft Show in DC. She has taught at a

number of universities and art centers

throughout her career. Adero’s work is

featured in a number of publications and

books on ceramics. Her interest in surface

decoration is lifelong, and is fueled by a

passion for textile design, painting, and

collage.

www.aderowillard.com


Summer 2016

Spinnaker Seas: Silk Screen Printing on ClothNancy Price

This workshop utilizes the basic tools and materials found in silkscreen printing in combination with constructing image using stencil resist. This is a hands-on exploration that will familiarize us with the process and materials used in silkscreen printing. Drawing inspiration from the landscape, historical architecture, and boats of Lunenburg we shall translate these interests to create our own print designs. The first two days we shall explore colour, line and rhythm and the final three days we will design an independent print project which can take the form of an apron, placemats, or a bag. This course is recommended for all levels.


Nancy Price was born in Sault Ste. Marie,

Ontario, and has resided in Nova Scotia for

most of the past twenty years. She taught

three consecutive years as sessional faculty

in the Fibre Department at the Alberta

College of Art and Design in Calgary,

Alberta and holds an adjunct faculty

position at NSCAD University, in Halifax,

Nova Scotia, where she has been teaching

for the past 10 years. She has a BFA degree

from the Ontario College of Art (1984) and

MFA degree from the NSCAD University

(2002). Most recently she studied at La

Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture

Parisienne in Paris. She has received

awards and award nominations for her

textile/fashion work. Her design and textile

experience includes working in Italy, Japan,

and at Canada’s legendary Stratford

Festival. Nancy’s distinctive accessory

designs have appeared in boutiques such

as ICCI and Holt Renfrew World Fashion

Lab in Toronto, alongside international

clothing designers, and in film. Her work

has appeared in several exhibitions.


Summer 2016

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About PotsWalter Ostrom, CM

Pottery has always contained cultural, economic, technological, religious and aesthetic information. The goal of this training camp/workshop/clinic/class is to introduce the notion of historical context: contemporary practice. It is the basis of developing a strategy to make more personal and more informed work. Course format: slide presentations and group discussions each morning and meeting with individuals during the afternoon. This course is recommended for experienced potters.


Walter Ostrom, CM was recently

appointed Professor Emeritus of Ceramics

at NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia,

Canada, recognizing and honouring nearly

40 years of teaching ceramics. In receiving

that designation, he said, “teaching has

been my main focus and really what gave

me my greatest challenge and reward.” In

1997, he was awarded an Honorary

Professorship at the Jingdezhen Ceramics

Institute in Jingdezhen, Jianxi Province,

People’s Republic of China. An

outstanding educator, he is committed to

Craft practice and theory.

Walter is regarded internationally and in

Canada as a technical and academic

expert in low-fire maiolica, an ancient

ceramic technique that he has personally

tailored through innovations and

decorative methods to reflect the

geography of the places where he has

lived, whether Nova Scotia or the Far East.

His body of work has developed across

many aspects of ceramics in the span of a

nearly 50-year career, from experiments in

high conceptualism in the 1970s to a

contemporary focus on the exploration of

the vast history, hybridization and social

foundation of ceramics. In 2007 Walter

was invested into the Order of Canada.


Summer 2016

Bookbindingthrough the AgesJoe Landry

In this introductory course you will learn how to make book structures dating as far back as the second century. Over the five days of the course we will learn a variety of paper decorating techniques that you will later use in the books that you will make. The book structures will include limp paper bindings, a Coptic binding and a hard cover case binding among others. We will also be exploring several common book and paper repair techniques. This course is recommended for all levels.


Joe Landry has been teaching Book Arts

at NSCAD University, in Halifax, Nova

Scotia, for the past 16 years. He

developed a love for bookbinding while

working at his uncle’s bindery on St.

Margaret’s Bay Road in Halifax. He has

extensive training as a Bookbinder and

has studied Binding and Printing from the

London College of Printing; additionally

he has a degree in the Conservation of

Rare Books and Manuscripts from West

Dean College, in West Sussex, UK. Joe

has also trained in Italy, and is an expert

in Byzantine and Medieval bindings.

During his career Joe has made books for

the Royal Family and has worked on

books from The Great Fire of London. He

owns and operates Leaf by Leaf, where

he specializes in book and paper

conservation and custom fine bindings.


Summer 2016

Landscape Painting in Water ColourTom Ward

This five-day course will have a mixture of plein-air and studio painting. Each morning the students will paint at selected sites around the town of Lunenburg and bring these works into the studio during the afternoon. Any source material such as sketches, photos or even memory may be drawn upon to further develop a more finished painting. Concepts such as composition, brush work, colour etc. will be discussed in relation to the students work. During each day Tom will give a demonstration of his painting technique along with group and one on one instruction. This course is recommended for all levels.

August 15 - 19, 201610am – 4pm$400

Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1959, Tom

studied geology at Dalhousie University

and worked for four years in the

oceanography department at the university.

In 1986, he pursued a combined degree in

Fine Arts and Art Education at NSCAD

University in Halifax, graduating in 1991. He

worked for a year as a teacher. Since 1993

he has been working full-time as a painter

in watercolour. Tom’s goal is to paint the

light and what that particular light evokes

in fact and mood. He is drawn to a

consideration of how we mark time in the

rhythms of daily rural life and how the

cyclical aspect of nature holds a quality of

the eternal. He is also drawn by the

relationship that exists between the

landscape, the ocean and the people. In

terms of composition, Tom tends toward

strong abstract patterns of light and

shadow within the realist images he paints.


Summer 2016

Encouraging Your Photographic EyeChristopher Porter

This workshop won't be mired in the latest tech-talk, but instead, centre on your photographic intent and its interpretations. Time will be taken to further students expressions and develop how they see. Each day will begin with a talk, then we will move into the Town to confront unique assignments exploring techniques and how to expand vision. Time will be given to discuss any technical issues so that students can feel free to actually make the images they want. On the final day the group will select two images from each student for a show in the school. This course is recommended for all levels.

August 22 - 26, 201610am – 4pm$400

Christopher Porter began his career as a

stills photographer and lighting director

before becoming a cinematographer. His

photography has been presented

internationally in solo exhibitions,

publications, hotels and public spaces.

This past summer Christopher’s solo

exhibition ‘Urban Stillife’ opened at The

Ellis Gallery in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

This exhibition featured images from eight

months of travel in Beziers, Copenhagen,

Hong Kong, Hangshou and Marseilles. In

addition, he recently curated the

black-and-white photography show, ‘A

Shade of Grey’, at the Chester Arts Centre.

Porter has worked internationally with

directors and producers on feature films

including the Academy Award winning

‘Brokeback Mountain’, locally shot film ‘The

Disappeared’, ‘Shipping News’, and many

more. He is a graduate of Dalhousie

University, earned a M.A.A. from Ryerson

University and calls Lunenburg home.


Summer 2016

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