Studio H Canada is excited to welcome visual artist Melanie Billark to our international artist residency this year. Melanie was to start her residency in February 2021, but our plans were halted due to Covid-19 travel restrictions – but now she will be here for one month over Sept/Oct 2021! About the artist Melanie Billark … More Melanie Billark – Artist in Residence
The back-story of a life-long obsession with the badlands at Dinosaur Provincial Park and how it has become a driving force in my art. … More Under the Influence – the Dinosaur Park Journals
Contemplating the things that drive us to create as visual artists and where we find our obsessions. … More Under the Influence at Dinosaur Park – why I am ok with being obsessed
Budding playwright Ashleigh Giffen comes to Studio H Canada for a writing retreat for work, rejuvenation and inspiration. … More Ashleigh’s Writing Residency & Art Jam #4
Our first ever open studio – check out the details! … More Open Studio – Winter Wanderings Dec 1st
Art jam is becoming a way of life, and art for these 3 soul sisters . … More Art Jammin with my Soul Sisters: altered books, Viking runes, creativity & courage
9 day mentorship with Harold Klunder at the Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts (MISSA). Transformation and reorientation. … More Harold Klunder Mentorship: Transformation & Reorientation
Michèle texted me in the middle of a hellish moment in my day job with an offer I could not refuse: did I want to join her as a travelling companion for 2 weeks in Iceland? … More Origins: The Iceland Viking Art Jam Saga
Metchosin is a geographical muse. The land is brimming with retired couples, farming families, artists, writers, crafters. A herd of laying sheep napping under the shade of trees. Stretches of road that have willows like walls on either side, peering over the top like a whimsical tunnel. The ocean is a short walk away, and … More The Gift of Artistic Freedom; Metchosin Style.
A visit to Victoria Edgarr’s opening at Xchanges Gallery and Studios and then a trip to her and Alan Costaz’s wonderfully atmospheric space in Chinatown, Victoria, BC … More Ground Zero Printmakers – Inspired Creator Studios