GOIN NUTS - WEEK 2 - YEAR 29

Art Education in Paradise 

near VICTORIA on Southern Vancouver Island 

British Columbia, CANADA

MISSA (Metchosin International Summer 

School of the ARTS

July 2013

 RECENT MISSA TEE SHIRT  -  Design by Carol Rae 

The previous posting on this blog told the story of MISSA, an artist-conceived and run organization.

MISSA is generally in session annually during June and the first two weeks of July. 

The Southern tip of Vancouver island has a maritime, mediterranean climate, conducive to many outdoor activities in the arts. 

This posting shows activities during the second week of July 2013. 

Long-term Techies and Assistants - From Left - Betty Burroughs, Stephen Youngs and Peggy Elmes 

 INSTRUCTORS 2013 
SECOND WEEKEND AND WEEK TWO 

VINCENT MASSEY - THROWING THE ALTERED FORM 
SANDRA DOLPH - LANDSCAPES/SEASCAPES 
LARRY AGUILAR - RAKU: A NEW APPROACH 
LORNE LOOMER - BRUSH EXPLORATIONS 
CORRE ALICE - ABSTRACTION IN OILS 
HEATHER KEENAN - OIL STICKS 
JULIA LOWTHER - ADVANCED CHAIN JEWELRY 
SHARRON MILLSTEIN - PHOTOGRAPHY 
DALE ROBERTS - ENVIRONMENTAL ART
VINCE PITELKA - COLOURED CLAY VENEERS 
CATHERINE GILL - COLOUR AND DESIGN 
JANICE MASON STEVES - ABSTRACT PAINTING 
TONY BOUNSALL - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE 
PETER WEST CAREY - TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY 
 SHANNON WARDROPER - TEXTILE COLLAGE 
 ALAIN COSTAZ - PLEIN AIR PRINTMAKING 
 NANCY MEGAN CORWIN - CHASING AND REPOUSSE

 I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE STORY OF MISSA BEFORE. 
MOST OT THIS POSTING IS IMAGES OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL, THE EXCITEMENT THAT TAKES PLACE THERE AND THE MANY COURSE VARIETIES THAT ARE OFFERED.  

ENVIRONMENTAL ART  WITH DALE ROBERTS 

LANDSCAPES/SEASCAPES WITH SANDRA DOLPH

SHANA WATSON

THROWING WORKSHOP WITH VINCENT MASSEY

FOOTWEDGE TANGO

RAKU WITH LARRY AGUILAR

BRUSH EXPLORATIONS WITH LORNE LOOMER

OIL STICKS WITH HEATHER KEENAN

COLOURED CLAY VENEER WITH VINCE PITELKA

REPOUSS´E WITH NANCY MEGAN CORWIN







TOBIAS TOMLINSON

HANDBUILDING WITH LANA WILSON




ABSTRACT PAINTING WITH COLD WAX AND OIL
WITH JANICE MASON STEVES

"CREATIVE MESS"

CRIT WITH TEACH

TEXTILE COLLAGE WITH SHANNON WARDROPER

ISABEL IN DEEP THOUGHT!

LISA

TALK WITH TEACH

EXPRESSIVE FIGURE DRAWING 

WITH BARBARA FUGATE

THE PENCIL CHARGE

MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE WITH TONY BOUNSALL

COLOUR AND DESIGN IN LANDSCAPE 

WITH CATHERINE GILL

GUMBO NIGHT AT THE CLAY STUDIO

PEDDER BAY MARINA FROM THE CLAY STUDIO

CELTIC MUSIC TO EAT SOUTHERN FOOD BY

KUMBIA - SALSA MUSIC FOR THE LAST NIGHT PARTY

GREY WHALE INSPIRATION

 THE END OF MISSA 29
AT THIS TIME OF YEAR WE HAVE MANY VISITORS TO  OUR GALLERY AND GARDEN ON BEAUTIFUL VANCOUVER ISLAND. THERE ARE ALSO MANY VISITS FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

AS PROMISED A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK,  MY NEXT POSTING WILL BE ON AGATE WARE AND COLOURED CLAY WORKING METHODS. WITH ALL THE INTERRUPTIONS, I CAN'T POSSIBLY GIVE YOU A DATE FOR THIS POSTING. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, JUST KEEP CHECKING IN. THE ONE OAFTER THAT WILL LIKELY BE THE GARDEN IN LATE SUMMER.

ENJOY THE REST OF SUMMER. SEE YOU AGAIN SOON.

MISSA - Week One - Year 29

 Art Education in Paradise near Victoria on

 Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
CANADA

MISSA (Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts)

 JULY 2013 

THE CONCEPT BEHIND MISSA WAS BASED ON A VISIT TO MacGREGOR COLLEGE, TOOWOOMBA, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, WHERE I WAS INVITED TO BE A VISITING INTERNATIONAL GUEST ARTIST IN SUMMER 1983.  THEY USED A COLLEGE CAMPUS THAT WASN'T BEING USED IN THE SUMMER FOR REGULAR PROGRAM AND RAN A SUMMER ART SCHOOL WITH A DIVERSE RANGE OF COURSES. 

  I HAD LONG THOUGHT OF STARTING MY OWN CERAMICS PROGRAM AT MY OWN STUDIO, BUT WAS ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT THE LOGISTICS END OF THINGS. WHERE WOULD STUDENTS STAY, EAT, etc.,? ABOUT FOUR MILES AWAY FROM MY HOME NEAR BEAUTIFUL CITY OF VICTORIA, ON SOUTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND, IN THE VILLAGE OF METCHOSIN, WAS THE BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS OF PEARSON COLLEGE. IT IS SET LIKE A SMALL HAMLET ON THE SIDE OF PEDDER BAY INLET. 

PRINTMAKING AND FIBER STUDIO - FLOATING BUILDING

 I FOUND OUT THAT THEY RENTED OUT SPACE IN THE SUMMER TIME. I TALKED TO THE ORIGINAL DIRECTOR AND ASKED HOW MANY STUDENTS WOULD BE NEEDED TO OPEN THE DORMS, CLASSROOMS AND DINING HALL AND RUN ART  COURSES. TWENTY FIVE, I WAS TOLD - TOO MANY FOR ME. 

 VICTORIA IS HOME TO MANY INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ARTISTS, WRITERS, POETS, AND MUSICIANS. I GOT A SMALL NUMBER OF THEM TOGETHER OVER WINE AND CHEESE AND TOLD THEM I WAS THINKING OF STARTING A HIGH-DISCIPLINED SUMMER ARTS PROGRAM AND ASKED OF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN JOINING ME. MY WIFE, JUDI DYELLE, WOULD ACT AS ADMINISTRATOR. THE ANSWER WAS POSITIVE. I WORKED OUT HOW IT MIGHT WORK, CONTRACTED WITH PEARSON COLLEGE AND IN 1984, THE METCHOSIN INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WAS BORN WITH FOUR TWO-WEEK COURSES. RONA MURRAY TAUGHT CREATIVE WRITING, CAROLE SABISTON TAUGHT FIBER ARTS, FLEMMING JORGENSEN TAUGHT PAINTING AND I TAUGHT CERAMIC GLAZE AND COLOR DEVELOPMENT. WE ADVERTISED A VERY SPECIALIZED CHILKAT WEAVING COURSE WITH CHERYL SAMUEL, BUT DIDN'T GET ENOUGH STUDENTS TO SIGN UP. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AFTER PUBLICATION OF HER BOOK "THE CHILKAT DANCING BLANKET", WE RAN THE FULL COURSE WITH MANY INDIGENOUS ARTISTS PARTICIPATING. 

THE CALIBER OF INSTRUCTORS, THE DEDICATION OF THE STUDENTS - MANY OF THEM PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS LOOKING FOR NEW DIRECTIONS OR UPGRADING OF OLD ONES, THE SMALL SIZED CLASSES, THE COURSE DISCIPLINES BEING OFFERED, IN A VENUE THAT IS AS CLOSE TO PARADISE AS CAN LIKELY BE FOUND, BROUGHT 53 STUDENTS THE FIRST YEAR. THIS YEAR - 2013 - THERE WERE 40 COURSES AND A TOTAL OF OVER 400 PARTICIPANTS FROM FAR AND WIDE.THIS BLOG REFERS TO THE FIRST WEEK OF DIVERSE PROGRAMS.  MY NEXT BLOG POSTING WILL SHOW ACTIVITIES OF THE SECOND WEEK.

Board Member - volunteer - Betty Burroughs plays many roles at MISSA and has been there almost since the beginning.

BIG Al Scott - large pot by Josh Deweese

Techie WALLA WALLA KEITH (moldmaking with Mavis Mooney

Techie Dan Severance

MISSA COURSES 2013 - FIRST WEEKEND AND FIRST WEEK

CATHI JEFFERSON - THE FLIP SIDE OF BIG BOWLS 

CATHI JEFFERSON - THE FLIP SIDE OF BIG BOWLS - IN THROWING STUDIO

ANGELA PISTRUCCI - SCULPTURED TILE

KAREN ALBERT - KELP AND FISH

DANCE LADY

SAM DICKIE - 
PAPER PLASTER MOLDMAKING 

SAM DICKIE - MOLDMAKING COURSE - TEACHER

AS THE LARGEST SINGLE FACULTY, THE CERAMICS PROGRAM IS CO-ORDINATED BY MEIRA MATHESON, FORMER MISSA DIRECTOR AND C.E.O.


FIRST WEEK FACULTY 2013

LINA DE GUEVARA - STORYTELLING 

CATHI JEFFERSON - CERAMICS

GRETCHEN MARKLE - PAINTING

CHIARINA LOGGIA - PRINTMAKING

CLAUDIA LORENZ  - PHOTOGRAPHY

ANGELA PISTRUCCI - ARCHITECTURAL CERAMICS

SUZANNE NORTHCOTT - PAINTING

HEATHER ASTON  - PRINTMAKING

JOSH DEWEESE - CERAMICS

DEB SCHWARTZKOPF - CERAMICS

BETSY WARLAND - CREATIVE WRITING

DEBRA SLOAN - CERAMICS

JULIA LOWTHER - JEWELRY

LANA WILSON - CERAMICS
CATHI TEREPOCKI - CERAMICS

HANDBUILDING

DEBORA SCHWARTZKOPF - HANDBUILDING CERAMICS

HANDBUILT CLAYWORK DRYING

Students in Handbuilding course -
In Background - Ceramics Coordinator Meira Mathison CCM and Tech for Life, Peggy Elmes TFL

THROWING STUDIO - POTTERY AS EXPRESSION

Josh Deweese - Master Potter - Bozeman. MONTANA
dressed and ready for the Ambassador of the Arts Dinner and Dance

FAY AND LISA CONCENTRATING

MONOTYPE PRINTMAKING WITH HEATHER ASTON

JEWELRY WITH JULIA LOWTHER 
SHOEBOX  STUDIO TWO

 LANA WILSON 
 INNOVATIVE  HANDBUILDING PLUS COLOUR

THE LOVELY LANA WILSON

LANA DEMONSTRATING

DEBRA SLOAN - CLAY SCULPTURE SAMPLER

DEBRA SLOAN

GRANDAD

OTTO  WITH FEED-ME FROM THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

SEAL-BASHING

PLEIN AIR PAINTING

SUZANNE NORTHCUTT

CREATIVE PROCESS - THE SPACE BETWEEN

CREATIVE PROCESS IMAGES

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AMBASSADOR OF THE ARTS DINNER 

AND BEAUX ARTS BALL

PARTYGOERS

OWEN

DAUGHTER SARAH AND SATCHMO SOCRATES DAD

DAVE AND KAREL - CO-MC'S

LAUGHING LANA SPEAKS

AMBASSADOR OF THE ARTS 2013

PREZ-TONY, CEO-DAVE AND BETTY PRESENT  ROBIN WITH A GARDEN BENCH

MAUREEN WASHINGTON AND HER TRIO

DANCE IMAGES CENSORED?? 

OR WAS I TOO TIRED TO SHOOT 
 PICTURES BY THIS TIME AT THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK?

I PLAN AN OVERVIEW OF THE SECOND WEEK ACTIVITIES AS SOON AS I CAN GET IT ALL TOGETHER. PROBABLY IN A WEEK'S TIME

COMING SOON TO A COMPUTER NEAR YOU!

SUMMERTIME, AND TOO MANY THINGS HAPPENING AROUND HERE!!

I GOT FAR BEHIND WITH THE MISSA BLOG FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS;

I PLAN TO HAVE IT UNDERWAY IN ONE DAY'S TIME  
IT IS A LENGTHY ONE ABOUT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AT 
METCHOSIN JNTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

BEST WISHES, SEE YOU ON FRIDAY,  ROBIN