Our DVSA Master Class series is intended for advanced artists looking to work with an established artist in their field and with the goal of exploring new avenues to move their practice forward.
An application process is in place to ensure those interested have the required skill level, experience and artistic intent to most benefit from the class.
We expect to receive many applications and regret we will likely not have space in the courses for everyone. DVSA’s Visual Arts Director will make the selections and notify applicants. Those who are accepted will then be able to register by phone.
Master Class:
Plein Air and “The Bigger Picture” With Jody Joseph
Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. | September 20 – October 11 | 4 weeks
Jody Joseph is one of the region’s preeminent painters, with over 30 solo exhibitions and numerous group shows across in Canada, the US and Italy. In this special Master Class, Jody will lead you through plein air painting sessions in and around Dundas, along with indoor, in-class exercises and discussions back in the school studios. The focus of the class will be on strategies for organizing the chaos of the world we see—said another way—painting the forest, not the trees. How do we paint powerful, memorable images that reflect the painter’s interest/point of view/soul? With Jody’s guidance, you’ll do a deep dive into how great painters of all eras—cave painters to contemporary—have solved these problems and explore how those strategies might apply in your painting practice. This course is for advanced painters with solid experience painting outside, working in acrylic or oils, and looking for new avenues to move their practice forward. Admission into the program is dependent on a successful application.
Members: $270.99 + HST, Non-Members: $279 + HST
Please email a short letter of interest, 3-5 images of your artwork and an image list to the Visual Arts Director, Sally McKay, sallym@dvsa.ca. Include “Master Class” in the subject line.
DEADLINE: July 27, 2026
Applicants will recieve notification in the first week of August.
1) Letter of Interest
Please write a short letter, with a few sentences on each of the following:
2) Images
Please include 3-5 jpeg images of recent work—one image per piece. Please try to take photos that show the paintings well (eg. well-lit, without shadows on the surface of the painting, painting is not at an angle). Please number the image files.
3) Image List
Please include a list of images, with numbers that correspond to the numbers on the image files. For each image, list the size, medium, title and date
