Krista Lynch is a qualified teacher with a BA in Art and Drama. Throughout the years she has taught art classes to students of a wide range of ages in many different countries including New Zealand, Brazil, India, and Nelson. She has found that art is an excellent tool for crossing cultural boundaries. She believes that art is the best tool for bringing ideas to light, and feels strongly about exposing children to artistic practice from an early age.
Charlotte Erlandsson is a visual artist from Sweden. She has a BFA with a major in visual art from Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design. Her mediums are painting, photography, creative writing and book media. These are the mediums she likes to work with in her art classes. She likes to work with the creative flow and use art as a way of storytelling. Charlotte recently finished a mixed media project with the Winlaw elementary school, where the students made their own books filled with their art in different mediums, including photos taken with a 35 mm camera. Last summer she taught classes through the eco society at Kokanee creek park. She has also taught photography and creative writing in Sweden. Charlotte is really excited to teach again with Oxygen this upcoming art camp.
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Laura Carey has a diverse history of experience with art mediums including acrylic and mixed media painting, beadwork, jewelry
making, bookbinding and ceramics. She has had the pleasure of
facilitating workshops in all these mediums for children, teens and
adults. Most recently Laura spent two years focusing on ceramics,
programming and facilitating workshops for youth as the Educational
Programs Coordinator at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in
Waterloo, Ontario. Laura is also active in growing grassroots arts initiatives and is a founding member of the Ontario-based Stitch N Kitsch Collective. Learn more about SNK at www.stitchnkitsch.com
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Clancy Moonbeam FitzGerald grew up amongst the trees in the Peace River area of Northern AB. She had a strong influence in creating change in the world, passed on from her parents, and a real desire to help people find the creative spark within that makes each one of us unique, and helps our planet to thrive. While living in AB Clancy taught art classes for children, painted murals around town, and a variety of other art and design work with her small business "Moonbeams~Art and Inspiration" She has led a few children's art and empowerment camps in AB and will be holding the first one in Nelson this summer. Clancy lives in Nelson with her fiance and her two children
Past Art Camp Teachers include:
Anita Levesque, B.FA, B.ED - Drawing, Art History, ATC's
Hi everyone! My name is Anita and I love art. I especially love making art with other people and learning about artists from past and present. One of my favorite artists is Chuck Stake. He brought artist trading cards to Canada - one of my favorite things to do with a group of young artists and others.
Jessica Demers, BFA, B.EDHello young artists! I love to make art of all kinds, but my favourite thing is creating sculpture out of materials that I find and collect. It's like being an inventor, scientist and artist all at the same time...fun! Making art with groups of young people is the best, because I am always surprised by what they create when they try new things.
