Nova Scotia Art Retreat Artists and Instructors

Best known for her Fragment series of small fabric collages, Lesley is also a nationally known collage artist, art quilter, and doll maker with a passion for color and the written word. She teaches an array of mixed-media workshops from coast-to-coast. Her art and articles have appeared in numerous books and magazines and she has just published her first book, Quilted Memories.  (Sterling/Spring 2005). Lesley is the Features Editor of the new mixed media magazine, Cloth Paper Scissors. With her art, writing, and teaching, Lesley aspires to inspire others to find their own voice and create their art. www.lalasland.com

Judy Wilkenfeld is a mixed media artist from Sydney Australia who works mainly on commission-based work. Her artwork has been published in the three leading paper arts magazines in Australia. Judy has been a contributor to an art-zine, and a number of articles related to her artworks have been published both in Australia and the USA, and more recently was the "Artist In Profile" in Cloth Paper Scissors.  She has taught in Australia, but this will be her first teaching engagement in the USA and Canada. 

Judy’s produces Visual Anthologies™, documenting the lives of her clients through a mix of photos using mixed media artwork and found objects. Judy’s use of symbolism is tantamount to her art pieces.  Through the use of textures, found objects and mixed media techniques, Judy conveys the stories behind her client’s lives. Each and every object, colour and texture have symbolic meanings.  Bringing history to life in either wall art or book forms is part of her raison d’etre, “everyone has a story to tell”.

 Contact Judy at  http://redvelvetcreations.blogspot.com/