"Wide Variety Summer School Programs Offered"
2001-07-16 until 2001-08-03
White Mountain Academy of the Arts
Elliot Lake, ON, CA Canada

This summer classes are being offered at the Summer School in the Penokean Hills (July 16- August 3, 2001) at White Mountain Academy of the Arts in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada. From July 16-20, 2001 courses include: Love of the Land, Intro Level, Black Ash Baskets, Wilderness Photo, Ornamental Metal: Intro Level, Throwing for Beginners, The Collagraph, Painting and Poetry, Soapstone Carving, Introduction to Photoshop v5.5, Create Together: Parent and Child, Exploring Paint and Colour; In the secession from July 23-27, 2001 courses offered: Love of the Land, Int/Adv Level, Papermaking: Papers from the Wilderness, Ornamental Metal: Int/Adv Level, The Lithograph, Creative Writing Workshop I:Approaches to the Short Story, Photography: Intermediate, Shiny Happy Kiln Formed Glass, Soapstone Carving: Int/Adv Level, Rapid Fire Kiln Design Workshop (weekend Workshop July 27-29), Black and White Photography: Intro Level, Throwing for Beginners (12-16 years old), Story of Art, Building and Constructing; In the final secession from July 30- August 3, 2001 courses offered are: Using Oil Paints Outdoors, Still Life/Floral, Monotype, Landscape Painting in Watercolour, Painting with Passion, Drawing, Creative Writing Workshop II: Approaching the Novel, Photography: Advanced Level, Creating with Hard-Shelled Gourds, Shiny Happy Kiln Formed Glass: Int/Adv Level, Paper Heaven, Into the Landscape with the Impressionists.

White Mountain Academy of the Arts is a unique, post-secondary educational centre evolving on the leading edge of the international visual arts community. They offer students an intimate and innovative alternative to conventional art education through a dynamic partnership of established contemporary fine art disciplines and those of the First Nations. Located in Elliot Lake on the north shore of Lake Huron, home of the Anishinaabek peoples, the scenic environment has inspired generations of respected artists.

They are a privately funded, not-for-profit, post-secondary visual arts educational centre committed to offering students a dynamic, supportive education in contemporary fine art disciplines and First Nations arts.

For further info call toll free 1-800-368-8655 or (705)848-4347, visit the school's website at www.whitemountainacademy.edu, or email them at info@whitemountainacademy.edu .

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