2005 Drawing Retreat with Katherine Ylitalo
The first drawing art retreat was held the week
20 -25 June 05. Katherine Ylitalo from Calgary, Alberta was
the on-site instructor.
Katherine Ylitalo came to Cypress Hills Grasslands Art Centre from Calgary with over thirty years experience as a curator, writer, teacher and artist. She received her B.A. (1972) and M.A. (1973) degrees from Stanford University. She began teaching in Canada at St. Lawrence College in Brockville, and has subsequently taught at the Nova Scotia Collecge of Art and Design, the University of Regina, the University of Calgary and the Alberta College of Art and Design.
She has worked as a curator, guest curator and writer for many institutions including the Glenbow Museum, the Nickle Arts Museum, the Art Gallery of Peterborough and the MacKenzie Gallery. Currently, she works with the Civic Art Collection of the City of Calgary.
In the last few years she has blended her interest in horticulture with the history of gardens through art in lively talks which she has given at the the Calgary Zoo, the UBC Botanical Gardens and the MacKenzie Gallery. She will be speaking at the Mendel Gallery in conjunction with the international conference of Master Gardeners in July and at the Art Gallery of Victoria in March, 2006.
Recently, she has been teaching a series of drawing courses at the Calgary Zoo where students have an excellent opportunity to draw from observation.
Katherine enjoyed returning to Saskatchewan (where she lived from 1979-86) and spent an intense and wonderful week of drawing on site on the prairies.
Samples of art created during the week:
Katherine Ylitalo came to Cypress Hills Grasslands Art Centre from Calgary with over thirty years experience as a curator, writer, teacher and artist. She received her B.A. (1972) and M.A. (1973) degrees from Stanford University. She began teaching in Canada at St. Lawrence College in Brockville, and has subsequently taught at the Nova Scotia Collecge of Art and Design, the University of Regina, the University of Calgary and the Alberta College of Art and Design.
She has worked as a curator, guest curator and writer for many institutions including the Glenbow Museum, the Nickle Arts Museum, the Art Gallery of Peterborough and the MacKenzie Gallery. Currently, she works with the Civic Art Collection of the City of Calgary.
In the last few years she has blended her interest in horticulture with the history of gardens through art in lively talks which she has given at the the Calgary Zoo, the UBC Botanical Gardens and the MacKenzie Gallery. She will be speaking at the Mendel Gallery in conjunction with the international conference of Master Gardeners in July and at the Art Gallery of Victoria in March, 2006.
Recently, she has been teaching a series of drawing courses at the Calgary Zoo where students have an excellent opportunity to draw from observation.
Katherine enjoyed returning to Saskatchewan (where she lived from 1979-86) and spent an intense and wonderful week of drawing on site on the prairies.
Samples of art created during the week:
