Drawing, Mixed Media Residency Dates: October 2025 Studio H Canada is thrilled to welcome Laura Swingen, an emerging, multidisciplinary visual artist from Portland, Oregon, USA. Laura works in painting and drawing. My primary focus for my time at Studio H will be creating figurative paintings, building on themes I have been exploring in my work … More Laura Swingen, Artist in Residence, USA
Textiles, Multimedia, Religious Research and Writing Residency Dates: April 2024 Studio H Canada is thrilled to welcome multimedia and textile artist Miriam Shenitzer and her partner Michael Zank, Professor of Religion, Jewish Studies and Medieval Studies from Boston, MA USA. Miriam Shenitzer’s work is about drawing and connecting. Miriam draws the world around her as … More Miriam Shenitzer and Michael Zank – Artists in Residence
Residency Dates: November 5th to December 3rd, 2023 Studio H Canada is thrilled to welcome Nina Sandgaard Rasmussen (she/her), a multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. While at Studio H Canada, Nina will develop a research-based project about hearing loss through illustration and story-telling; Nina’s goal is to create a contemporary visual narrative … More Nina Sandgaard Rasmussen — Artist in Residence
Residency Dates: June 1-30, 2023 Studio H Canada is thrilled to welcome Samantha Salvat (she/her), a visual artist from Mexico City, based in Vancouver Island, BC. While at Studio H Canada, Samantha will develop and work on her artistic goals related to large scale artwork and installation techniques. About the Artist Samantha Salvat’s mediums are … More Samantha Salvat – Artist in Residence
These days are about exploration and absorption. Hiking out with the guides and my guest Kelly is amazing – we are sweating like mad but thrilled and amazed at every turn. The staff are so knowledgeable – they ignite a passion for paleontology in everyone. Its all about bones, stones, hoodoos, heat and cactus. Doesn’t … More Under the Influence – Day 5-7
I am going nuts with the bugs, disoriented being on my own for the first time (feeling a bit giddy), and the heat is amazing. We hike into an area to do some digging and I wander off a bit and find a place to sketch. Plein air is so tricky in this place. I … More Under the Influence – Day 4
Day 3 at Dinosaur Park is really about Dean and Sue de-camping and a leisurely walk around the camp. I check out the field station museum (buy some pottery of course and a DP patch) which is wonderfully air conditioned, the outdoor amphitheatre, the river and some nearby hoodoos. I get a quick sketch in … More Under the Influence – Day 3
by Heidi Bergstromre-post from NorthernWomen.org I wanted to contribute a blog to the Northern Women’s Art Collaborative (NWAC) about the Cowichan Tribe’s struggle with the Hudson’s Bay Company in 2010 over their intellectual property rights and the cultural appropriation of First Nations cultural expressions. I am from the west coast of British Columbia in Canada … More The Cowichan Women’s traditional sweaters, issues of intellectual property and cultural appropriation.
Life drawing is an art practice that is foundational for artists, especially in the early training days, at least when I was a student. When I was at the Toronto School of Art back in the early 80’s we had a wide variety of models of all shapes, sizes, and genders. I started life drawings … More Coming Back to Life – work in progress
Day 2 at Dinosaur Park – the sun is my enemy. … More Under the Influence – Day 2