You won’t want to miss any of our upcoming Speaker series on ZOOM.  Here are the dates, times, and the names of a few of the upcoming speakers.  More to come – soon!  An email with the zoom link will be sent the morning of.

 March 24th – 7:00-8:00 p.m.  -Deidre Hierlihy

PrintmakerDeidre Hierlihy graduated from Queen’s University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Fine Art. Upon graduation, she won the Graff Grant, which enabled her to continue her research and work in printmaking for 12 months at Graff, Centre de Conception Graphique in Montréal.

In 1984 – 85, she attended Queen’s again in the Artist in the Community program and obtained her Bachelor of Education.

She has been teaching art to children, youth and adults in schools and community settings ever since.

Deidre lived and worked in Japan for 18 months (1987 – 88). During this time she taught ESL and studied Japanese wood-cut printing.

In 2019, she lived in Co. Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, as an artist in residence. She has had solo shows in Toronto, Ottawa, Kingston and Bancroft, and has also exhibited in Ottawa, Montréal, Japan and Northern Ireland.

In May, Javid Tabatabaei will be speaking

“Once you see one of Javid Tabatabaei’s paintings, you appreciate distant islands, hills and sunset clouds in a whole different light.  Javid is a master  in watercolour, who resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.  He has participated in group and solo exhibitions all over the world, namely in China, Turkey, Italy, Pakistan, Japan, Serbia, Canada.  Artists from all corners of the globe have had the benefit of Javid’s in-person and on-line classes available on Youtube and Patreon, among other on-line platforms.