NEWS RELEASE
THE BLUE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING
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The Blue Mountain School of landscape painting looks forward to celebrating its 40th season in 2022.
What started as a way to bring in teachers for a group of keen local artists, turned into a well-respected art school that has provided thousands of students the opportunity to explore, learn and paint amidst the beautiful landscape of South Georgian Bay.
The Blue Mountain School of Landscape Painting was established in 1980 “to encourage and foster awareness, interest and talent in the art of landscape painting in the Blue Mountain area” and “to establish and conduct a reputable art school with a high standard of instruction.”
For many years the school focused on watercolour painting and all classes were plein air (outdoors). Over time, the school became known province-wide as students ventured here for the excellent instruction and an overall good time in our outdoors.
The school is non-profit and is organized and run by a volunteer board of directors.
In the early days, a dinner was held to welcome students, which changed later to a reception at the home of one of the board members which continues to this day. The school has always encouraged participant feedback. Over time courses changed to meet those wishes, adding oil painting, acrylics, drawing classes and also some indoor workshops.
For the 2020 year of classes we had planned a 40th celebration with a special guest artist and a show of art from past and present instructors and students.
Sadly, we had to cancel our classes and celebration because of the pandemic. This year we are hoping to be able to celebrate our 40th season, albeit two years late.
We are excited about these excellent teachers offering classes this year including:
Brian Buckrell (May 30-June 3), Gordon Harrison (June 6-10), Alex Sharma (June 13-17), Mark Hope ( June 20-24), and Maria Iva (June 27-30).
Registration opened Jan. 15 at bluemountainpainting.ca. We invite you to join us!
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