VISUAL ART
Anita Levesque, BFA, BEd
Anita possesses a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a major in Drawing from the Alberta College of Art and Design, as well as a Bachelor of Art Education degree from Mount Saint Vincent University (in correlation with the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design). She has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults.
Anita possesses a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a major in Drawing from the Alberta College of Art and Design, as well as a Bachelor of Art Education degree from Mount Saint Vincent University (in correlation with the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design). She has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults.
Natasha Smith, BA
Natasha is a printmaker, painter and collage artist. She holds a B.A hons in Fine Art Printmaking from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Scotland and a Diploma in Art and Design from York College, England. Since moving to the Kootenays Natasha has instructed drawing, design and printmaking at the Kootenay School and the Arts the Nelson Fine Art Centre (now the Oxygen Art Centre). Natasha has also instructed printmaking at Malaspina Printmaking Workshop in Vancouver and at Red Deer College AB.
Boukje Elzinga, BSc
She was born in the Netherlands. She received a Diploma in Studio Arts and a BFA(1996) from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. During her studies she was the recipient of the Takao Tanabe and the Friends of Emily Carr scholarships. Boukje also holds a BSc from the University of Guelph and has studied art history at the University of British Columbia. Her work is included in collections of Green College at UBC and she has exhibited her drawings and paintings in several solo shows in BC.
She was born in the Netherlands. She received a Diploma in Studio Arts and a BFA(1996) from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. During her studies she was the recipient of the Takao Tanabe and the Friends of Emily Carr scholarships. Boukje also holds a BSc from the University of Guelph and has studied art history at the University of British Columbia. Her work is included in collections of Green College at UBC and she has exhibited her drawings and paintings in several solo shows in BC.
faculty
WRITING
Nicola Harwood, BFA, MFA
Nicola writes plays and creative non-fiction and her work has been produced and published in Canada and the United States. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and a BFA in Writing from UVic. She has taught writing and theatre for the University of Victoria, San Francisco State University, Selkirk College and for many art and theatre organizations.
Nicola writes plays and creative non-fiction and her work has been produced and published in Canada and the United States. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and a BFA in Writing from UVic. She has taught writing and theatre for the University of Victoria, San Francisco State University, Selkirk College and for many art and theatre organizations.
Susan Andrews Grace, MFA
Susan has a BA (Phil.) from the University of Saskatchewan and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is the author of Ferry Woman’s History of the World (Coteau, 2000) Water is the First World (Coteau, 1991)and Wearing my Father (underwhich editions, 1990) and has taught at UNLV, KSA and NFAC. Susan is also a visual artist. She has exhibited her works for 25 years in Canada & the USA. See www.susanandrewsgrace.com.
Susan has a BA (Phil.) from the University of Saskatchewan and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is the author of Ferry Woman’s History of the World (Coteau, 2000) Water is the First World (Coteau, 1991)and Wearing my Father (underwhich editions, 1990) and has taught at UNLV, KSA and NFAC. Susan is also a visual artist. She has exhibited her works for 25 years in Canada & the USA. See www.susanandrewsgrace.com.
Luanne Armstrong, MFA, Phd
Luanne Armstrong is a novelist, freelance writer, editor, and publisher. She is deeply interested in writing about place and nature. Her new book, Blue Valleys, An Ecological Memoir, a book about growing up in the Kootenays, will be published in 2007 by Maa Press. Luanne has taught Creative Writing at UBC, Langara College, and in venues across Canada. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing from UBC and a Ph.D in Education from UBC. She presently lives on her organic heritage farm on the east shore of Kootenay Lake.
PERFORMANCE
Bessie Wapp
Bessie Wapp is a theatre artist and musician. She has performed, written and directed with Mortal Coil, an internationally touring company since 1996. Bessie also performs and tours with Zeellia, a women’s Eastern European music performance ensemble. Since relocating to Nelson in 2006, she has created, performed and toured, “Hello I Must Be Going” based on stories of her family. She has also starred and helped create, “Loco Phantasmo” and made her opera debut in “Orfeo” with the Nelson Communty Opera. She is currentlyCo-Artistic Director of Twin Fish Theatre with Nicola Harwood.
