Jerry Hish
INSTRUCTOR View Classes > DVSA Foundation Certificate I am currently a cartooning instructor at Dundas Valley School of Art and a humorous illustrator working in a variety of both traditional and digital mediums. After completing a 2 year foundation program at DVSA, I pursued a career freelancing in advertising, character licensing and toy design. Some […]
Jennifer Finn
INSTRUCTOR View Classes > B.A. History (McMaster University, 1993) Jennifer Finn is a fine art photographer from Dundas, Ontario. She picked up a camera at a young age, capturing and savouring moments with her Kodak 110. After high school, she pursued her History Degree at McMaster University. It was there, while studying film courses and […]
Irene Keesmaat
INSTRUCTOR View Classes > Hon. B.A., B. Ed., OCT Since getting her Art degrees, Irene has founded and taught at The Westcliffe Arts Centre Foundation, taught at the elementary and highschool levels and taught Drawing, Painting and Design at Redeemer University College. She has also taught many workshops and courses at libraries and in the […]
Holly Sneath
INSTRUCTOR View Classes > B.A., M.F.A. Holly Sneath lives and works from her studio in Hamilton. Over the past 40 years, Holly has explored many genres, including landscape, portrait and abstraction. Her summer escape to the District of Timiskaming in Northern Ontario inspires the smaller works en plein air, as well as the larger studio […]
Guennadi Kalinine
INSTRUCTOR View Classes > Kazan College, B. Hist. B. Art History, Kazan State University Guennadi immigrated to Canada from Russia in 2003, started a career as a full-time artist and founded GK Studio in downtown Dundas, Ontario. An accomplished painter, restorer and teacher, Guennadi has over 30 years of experience painting landscapes, portraits, figures and […]
Edward Eastman
INSTRUCTOR View Classes > Photographing for over 40 years, Edward is a graduate of the Photography program at Toronto Metropolitan University. He worked in Montreal for a number of years for a local photographer as the darkroom lab technician and photographic assistant. After moving back to Ontario, Edward continued his photography on a personal level […]
Diana Gordon
INSTRUCTOR View Classes > B.A., M.A. I am an archaeologist, a mother, an art educator and website curator among other roles. I have been painting and exhibiting in the Hamilton-Toronto- Burlington region for 30 years. Art is communication, not simply with a viewer, but also a way of uncovering and revealing our inner self, to […]
Clarence Porter
INSTRUCTOR View Classes > Master Pastel Artist of Canada (MPAC) Signature Designation, Pastel Artists Canada, 2014 Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America (PSA), 2016. International Association of Pastel Societies. Clarence calls his art “playing” and his creations flow from his toy box full of pastel colours for the viewer’s enjoyment. His belief is […]
Christopher Reid Flock
INSTRUCTOR View Classes > M.F.A. Before his first introduction to clay at the Burlington Arts Centre, Reid majored in English literature and violin at the University of Western Ontario. After mentoring with Canadian ceramist Kayo O’Young in 1998 and studying at Sheridan College School of Ceramic Design, Reid moved to Ibaraki, Japan where he lived […]
Barry Gray
INSTRUCTOR View Classes > Graduated from Photography program, Conestoga College, 1983 Barry was a photojournalist for the Hamilton Spectator for over 30 years, covering a wide range of subjects and events, from Grey Cups to everyday portraits. He also enjoys photographing nature. Among many other citations, he is a National Newspaper Award winner, has been […]