Art Classes & Workshops Offered in Victoria Area
Below is a list of artists who offer classes at various venues in the area as well as some of the organizations who offer classes and workshops. If you are taking a class, let us know when you are shopping for your supplies and we will happily extend to you a 10% student discount.
Some Great Local Instructors
If you are an art instructor in the Victoria area and would like to be added to our list, please contact Merle at merle.duffus@islandblue.com.
We have tried to put a category beside each instructor to help guide choices but many of the instructors are multi - talented so please visit their websites for more complete information.
(Artists are listed in random order)
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Andrea Soos - Mixed Media, Printmaking, Kids & Teens
Visit Andrea's website - www.poppetcreative.com or contact Andrea at poppetart@yahoo.ca orasoos@yahoo.com
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Bryony Wynne Jones - Watercolour, Drawing
Visit Bryony's website - www.bryonywynne-jones.com or contact Bryony atbryonywj@gmail.com
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Nicholas Pearce - Acrylics
Visit Nicholas' website - www.pearcepaintings.com or contact him atclasses@pearcepaintings.com
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Kathy Guthrie - Calligraphy
Follow Kathy on facebook http://www.facebook.com/kgartist, or her blog -http://www.letteringart.ca/blog/ or visit her website - http://www.kathyguthrie.com
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Timothy Wilson Hoey - Acrylics
Visit Tim's website - http://www.timothyhoey.com/ or contact him at timothyhoey@shaw.ca
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Jessica Milne - Watercolours & Drawing
Visit Jessica's website - http://www.jessicamilne.com/ or contact her at jessicamilne@telus.net
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Susanne Dannenberg - Encaustics
Visit Susanne's website - http://www.artaccess.ca or contact her at artaccess@shaw.ca
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Brian Simons - Acrylics
Visit Brian's website - http://www.briansimons.com/ or contact him atbriansimons@hotmail.com
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Deborah Tilby - Oils & Watercolours
Visit Deborah's website - http://www.deborahtilby.com or contact Deborah atdeborahtilby@gmail.com
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Caren Heine - Floral Watercolours
Visit Caren's website - http://www.cheine.com/ or contact Caren at mailto:caren@cheine.com
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Tony Bounsall - Photography, Collage, Mixed Media
Visit Tony's website - http://tonybounsall.com or contact Tony at tonybounsall@shaw.ca
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Dixie MacUisdin - Acrylics, Watercolours & Oils
Visit Dixie's website http://dixiemacuisdin.weebly.com/ or contact her at moonsnailart@gmail.com
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Ken Campbell - Oils & Drawing
View Ken's website - www.kencampbellfineart.com or view his blog athttp://kencampbellfineart.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/atelier-style-painting-drawing-workshops/ or contact him at kencampbellfineart@gmail.com
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Sam L. Boehner - Watercolours
Visit Sam's website - http://www.samboehner.com/artist6.php?red=welcome&xyz=1558&whchpg=0 or contact Sam at bmas@telus.net
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Rodger Garbutt - Watercolours
Contact Rodger at rodgerandlili@shaw.ca
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Jim McFarland - Acrylics
Visit Jim's website at http://jimmcfarland.ca or contact Jim at jcmcfarland@telus.net
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Louise Monfette - Painting & Collage
Follow Louse on her blog - http://www.louise-monfette.blogspot.com/ or contact her atlmonfette@shaw.ca
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Jean Aten
Contact Jean at wjaten@telus.net
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Sandhu Singh - Watercolours
Visit Sandhu's website - http://www.sandhusingh.com/ or contact Sandhu atsandhu@sandhusingh.com
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Sandi Henrich - Kids
Visit Sandi's website www.sandihenrich.ca or contact her at
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Bill Porteous - Abstract Painting & Drawing
Visit Bill's website - http://www.porteous.net/billporteous
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Pat Walker - Drawing
Visit Pat Walker's website - redbikeart.com or email Pat -artwork.pat@gmail.com
Noah Layne - Realist painting & drawing Visit Noah's website - http://www.noahlayne.com/ or contact him at noah@noahlayne.com
- Diana Durrand - Pastel,
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Contact Diane at ddurrand@shaw.ca or visit her website www.dianadurrand.com
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Jennifer Olson - Watercolours
Visit Jeniffer's website at jenniferolsonstudios.com or contact her atjennifer@jenniferolsonstudios.com
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Freyja Zazu - Mixed Media
Read Freyja's blog http://zattazoo.blogspot.ca or visit www.themakehouse.ca.
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Leslie Redhead - Watercolours
Contact Leslie at leslieredheadart@gmail.com or follow her blog athttp://leslieredheadart.blogspot.ca/
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Joan Servis - Kids
Visit Joan's website at www.kidsworks.ca/ or contact Joan at kidsworks@shaw.ca
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Gillian Redwood - Acrylics
Visit Gillian's website at: www.creative-spirit.ca or follow her Blog on her Artist's website:www.gillianredwood.com. Contact her direct at :gillian.redwood@gmail.com
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Natalie Shumka - Oils
Visit Natalie's website at www.natalieshumka.ca or contact her at info@natalieshumka.ca
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Alexis is no longer teaching art classes but has written a great book on colour mixing. The link will take you to the information on the book and how to order it.
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Heather Caldwell - Drawing
Visit Heather's website http://www.heathercaldwell.com or contact her atheather@heathercaldwell.com
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Daciana Oana - Painting
Visit Daciana's website http://daoartgallery.com/ or her facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/daciana.dao or contact her at daogallery@yahoo.com
- David Goatley - Oils
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Visit David's website at www.davidgoatley.com or contact him at david@davidgoatley.com
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Nicole Sleeth - Oils
Visit Nicole's website at www.nicolesleeth.com or contact Nicole at nicole@nicolesleeth.com
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Odette Laroche - Oils
Visit Odette's website www.odettelarocheart.com
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Melanie Furtado - Sculpture
Visit Melanie's website at www.melaniefurtado.com
Contact Melanie at info@melaniefurtado.com
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Kimberly Dean - Acrylic painting
Visit Kimberley's website at templedmind.com/canvas
Contact Kimberly at hello@templedmind.com
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Helen Bushell - Mosaics
For more information on Helen visit her blog http://www.summerhouseart.com/blog/mosaic-classes
or contact her at summerhouse@uniserve.com
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Zahra Naeimi - Textile design
Visit Zahra's website at www.zahranaimi.weebly.com or contact her at naimi.ala@gmail.com
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John Pryce - Painting
For information on John's current workshop -http://www.prycestudios.com/workshops.htm#bearvalley
Visit John's website - http://www.prycestudios.com/
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Anouk Jonker - Painting
Visit Anouk's website - www.anoukjonker.com or email
art@anoukjonker.com - Nancy Slaght - Pastel Visit Nancy’s website @ www.nancyslaght.com or contact Nancy at nsartlover@gmail.com
- Angela Pistrucci - Relief Sculpture - visit Angela's website pistrucciart.com
- Laura Lavender - Calligraphy www.lauralavender.com/workshops
- Trish Collins - Mosaics Duck Soup Mosaics ducksoupmosaics@gmail.com
- Carol Koebbeman - www.ckoebbeman.com or contact carol@ckoebbeman.com
- Patt Scrivener - www.pattscrivener.com or contact Patt
Great Places to Take Art Classes
The Art Centre at Cedar Hill - www.cedarhillarts.ca
Vancouver Island School of Art - http://vancouverislandschoolart.com/
Victoria College of Art - http://www.vca.ca/
Art School Victoria - http://www.artschoolvictoria.com/
Monterey Centre - http://recreation.oakbaybc.org/programs/by-venue/monterey-recreation-centre/
Coast Collective - http://www.coastcollective.ca/
The Paint Box - http://www.thepaintbox-victoria.com/
Painters Guild - Saltspring - http://www.ssipaintersguild.com/
Saanich Peninsula Arts & Craft Society - http://www.spacsociety.com/
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria - Island Blue is proud to be a presenting sponsor of this program. http://aggv.ca/education/studio-classes
Luz Studio & Gallery - http://www.luzgallery.com/
Kid's Works School for the Arts - http://www.kidsworks.ca/
Vancouver Island Art Workshops - http://www.vancouverislandartworkshops.com/index.html
Let's Paint - https://www.facebook.com/SharonMarchLetsPaint
Island Arts Magazine Workshops - http://islandartsmag.ca/workshops.shtml
Templed Mind Studio - www.templedmind.com
Noah Layne Academy of Realist Art - http://noahlayne.com/IndexClasses.html
Island Art Escape - http://www.IslandArtEscape.com
Poppet Creative - www.poppetcreative.com
MISSA - Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts - www.missa.ca
Playful Pencil Art Studio – www.playfulpencil.ca
Bateman Centre - www.naturesketch.org