Upcoming Classes and Workshops
Dates and times
Tuesday, February 14, 6~9PM
$65 includes materials
Tuesday, February 22, 6~9PM
$65 included materials
Tuesday, March 13, 6~9PM
$65 included materials
*Students can opt to take all three classes at a 10%discount
**Class size is limited and students will have lots of hands on time to work with this lucious medium
Located in Grimsby
for registration please contact the artist:
*registration can be paid securely online via paypal and you do not need an account with them to do so
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Dates and Times
This series is ongoing
The next class session begins on
Monday, February 20
6:30-9PM
series of 4 classes:$85
A materials list will be provided upon registration. Media is in oil or acrylic
*registratioin can be paid securely online via paypal and you do not need an account with them to do so
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media release
Grimsby Public Art Gallery
THIS LAND IS OUR LAND: the Greenbelt Dichotomy
Jan Yates, Michelle Teitsma, Gordon Leverton, Jefferson Campbell Cooper
Artists concerned, informed and moved by the Greenbelt Legislation in Southern Ontario
February 4 - March 25, 2012
Opening Reception: Sunday February 5th from 2 - 4pm
Intended to preserve agricultural land from development, the Ontario greenbelt legislation has had the additional effect of depriving many farmers of control over their land and activities and of the potential to turn their land into a reasonable retirement income. The artists in the Greenbelt Collective all live in areas affected by the legislation and through their works they address the complex and contentious issues created by the legislation. The artists are using their works and research to create a better understanding in the community of the effect of the legislation on rural individuals. In their joint statement the artists of the Greenbelt Collective say:
The Greenbelt Legislation protects almost two million acres, making it the largest policy of its kind in the world. At the start of this project we predicted opposition to the legislation by developers, but we were not prepared for the resistance of farmers and growers to the law and to the constraints it has imposed on their land. In effect, the legislation tells them what they can and cannot do with the land that they have farmed, depended on and invested in all their lives or in many cases for several generations.
... we were compelled to investigate further. We conducted research by visiting and interviewing landowners, farmers and those in the public sector. In addition, we gathered information and corresponded with many individuals and organizations; including Friends of the Greenbelt, Grape Growers of Ontario, Ontario Greenbelt Alliance and Environmental Defence. We also investigated whether the Greenbelt legislation provided protection for old growth trees, flora, migratory birds and wildlife threatened by urban sprawl.
Initially hailed as the saviour by some of those working to conserve and protect our natural lands, the Greenbelt legislation has become a source of frustration and anger for others. Our combined body of work challenges preconceptions and presents a diverse and compelling exploration of Ontario's Greenbelt.
with thanks to the generosity of the Ontario Arts Council
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Thank you to all of my students, collectors and those who simply enjoy my work. Your response is deeply appreciated.
Updates will be posted soon in regards to 2012 classes, workshops and shows. In the meantime, as we embark on a new year, I would like to share Max Ehrmann's (c.1920) words of wisdom:
Desiderata (things that are yearned for)
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.
Take kindly to the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann c.1920
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Jan Yates is an established and well known arts educator in the Niagara region. She has worked with artists that have gone on to earn recognition in their own careers, crediting Jan for mentoring them. Her own work is represented by the Jordan Art Gallery, of which she is a partner. While best known for her spontaneous plein air work she also creates larger, more developed paintings in-studio, using these smaller outdoor studies as departure.
The Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland has recently awarded Jan a residency and she has been elected as a member of the Society of Canadian Artists and Landscape Artists International. Yates has garnered recognition and awards from selected juried exhibitions in Canada and the United States and has been awarded four grants from the Ontario Arts Council. Her work is held in public and private collections throughout North America, Southern Ireland, France, England and Australia.
In the Orchard..
now taking registration
Along with 3-day workshops listed below, I am holding a 1-day workshop to paint the May Orchards, which, fingers crossed, will be in full bloom. There are a few openings left so please contact me soon if you'd like to join us.
This workshop also includes an orchard picnic lunch and complimentary glass of Niagara Wine.Saturday, May 710AM-4pm $90
All workshops include demonstrations and emphasis is on observation, composition, value, brushwork/ paint application, colour/simplified pallet and individual interpretation. Media is in oil or acrylic and class size is limited, allowing for personal guidance and direction. Participants are responsible for their own materials and a list will be provided upon registration. If you are travelling I can also provide your materials for an additional fee.
If you are coming from out of town I can recommend some lovely and reasonably priced B&BS and inns set amongst our world renowned wineries. Alternately and pending availability I have comfortable lodging here that can accommodate an artist and partner or two singles sharing the room.
Just contact me and I will send info.
"I love your painting Mecca. What a place!" Dora Keogh
1 DAY WORKSHOP
Orchards in Bloom
Plein air: Niagara Escarpment
Saturday, May 7
10AM~4PM
$90 *Workshop fee includes an orchard picnic lunch and complimentary glass of Niagara Wine.
Limited to 7 participants
Register here
3 DAY WORKSHOPS
Summer Fields, Vines and Spontaneous Sky
*Daily Painting times will be adjusted around the best light conditions -both early and late.
An example workshop day:
10AM-1:30PM:
demo and paint
1-4PM:
your time to have lunch and paint
5:30PM-8:30PM
Paint into the golden hour and catch some absolutely spectacular sunsets
8:30 0n
group critique and unwind under the stars sharing complimentary wine and a bonfire
Workshop fee: $270
WORKSHOP DATES
MAY 11- 13
Orchards in Bloom
JUNE 22-24
Summer Fields, Gardens and Spontaneous Sky
JULY 20-22
Summer Fields, Vines and Spontaneous Sky
AUGUST 17- 19
Summer Fields, Vines and Spontaneous Sky
The workshop fees are non-refundable one week prior to the beginning of each class. All workshop fees will be refunded if the workshop does not make minimum registration. Payment can be made securely via paypal.
register here
ONGOING STUDIO CLASS SERIES
PAINTING WITH OIL OR ACRYLIC
MONDAYS, 7~9PM
This is an ongoing studio series and class size is limited, allowing for individual guidance and direction.
Composition, value, colour, paint application and techniques will be addressed. You are welcome to bring your own reference material. A materials list will be provided upon registration.
Fee is $80. Please contact me to register. janyatesart@gmail.com
CLASSES ARE HELD AT THE ARTIST'S STUDIO IN GRIMSBY.
ENCAUSTIC PAINTING
1 DAY WORKSHOP
date tba
11AM~5PM
Ancient and intriguing, this method of painting originated in Greece, where it was used for the earliest easel and mural painting. A heady combination of colour, melting wax and heat, encaustic mixes dry and oil pigments in hot beeswax.
Jan will demonstrate techniques including: fusion-'burning in', preparation of supports and grounds, glazing, layering and scraping, build up and texture, line and edge, collage and monoprinting. Participants will explore these methods hands on with the expert guidance of the instructor. This workshop is enjoyable for those with no previous art-making experience as well as returning artists who want to further explore this
alluring and tactile medium. Fee is $90 and class size is limited to four participants.
Please contact me to register. janyatesart@gmail.com
WORKSHOP IS HELD IN GRIMSBY.
ONLINE ART CRITIQUE
of your digital images
Send Jan up to seven digital images of your work for personal review. As a professional practicing artist, educator and partner in a commercial art gallery venue, Jan Yates brings 20 plus years of knowledge in the arts to give you a concise, honest, objective critique as well as direction and encouragement. Composition, colour, principles of design, application and approach will be reviewed. As well, Jan will address personal struggles, strengths and weaknesses in individual areas. All styles and media are encouraged.
Submission criteria:IMAGES MUST BE SENT in INDIVIDUAL JPEG FILE FORMAT ONLY. Please include the title (if applicable), size/dimensions of the work, and media. Maximum of seven images can be sent to:
janyatesart@gmail.com Please title subject line ART CRITIQUE
Payment can be made securely via paypal or with online banking. Fee via Paypal: $50 Fee via secure online bank transfer: $45
