AURORA ART GUILD WORKSHOP
APRIL 2015
JAN LAYH
www.janlayhstudio.ca
April 11 & 12, 2015
North East Community Centre, 160 Broad St., Regina
The Aurora Art Guild is proud to present a Palette Knife Workshop by
Jan Layh for intermediate to expert acrylic or oil paint artists.
Participation in this workshop would make a great Christmas gift for the
artist on your list.
About Jan:
Jan lives with her husband, Don, on their farm in the Assiniboine River Valley east of Langenburg, Saskatchewan. She has recently retired from
teaching French and Arts Education at Langenburg High School. Jan is active in the arts community. She is President of the Langenburg Arts Council
and chairs the Visual Arts Committee which organizes the Annual Langenburg Adjudicated Art Show and the Annual Art Gala & Auction. Jan has
facilitated numerous workshops in the arts, education, policy-making, strategic planning and
succession planning.
She is a strong promoter of local art and is always on the look-out for emerging artists in
the community. For the past eighteen years Jan has organized the Annual Shellmouth
Summer Art Retreat attended by artists from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and
Ontario.
The Prairie landscape has always been an inspiration for Jan. The changing seasons, the
grandeur of prairie vistas, and the often subtle colours of the prairies continually challenge
her work. She paints in watercolour, oil and acrylic. Most of her oil pieces are painted with
a palette knife. Recently she is painting portraits – a new (and difficult) challenge which she
says will inform her future work. Jan has also painted collaboratively with colleagues. In
August, 2014, she and two artist colleagues, Dean Bauche & Darrell Baschak were invited to
represent Saskatchewan in Charlottetown, P.E.I. painting a large mural depicting a
Saskatchewan story.
Jan has had shows in Saskatoon (Collector’s Choice and Humanum Galleries), Regina (McIntyre Street Gallery), Winnipeg (Fleet Gallery) and Calgary
(Free Spirit Gallery) and Assiniboia (Shurniak Gallery). Presently, her work is showing at the Duchek Gallery in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan. Jan also
shows her work from her home studio.
The Aurora Art Guild has long been seeking an instructor in the use of palette knives. Jan’s work,
shown here, will testify to her abilities in this area.
Although this is the first announcement for this workshop, we’ve received a number of calls
expressing interest so the class will fill up quickly.
To reserve your place in this workshop, contact the AURORA ART GUILD –Claudette
Claereboudt, Workshop Coordinator, [email protected] or Jan Crook, President
[email protected]
The cost of the workshop is $125.00. Please make cheques out to AURORA ART GUILD and mail to:
Aurora Art Guild, c/o Workshop Coordinator, 26 Selby Crescent, Regina, SK, S4T 6W1 so that it will
arrive by April 1st, 2015. Be sure to indicate “Jan Layh Workshop” in the memo area of your cheque.
Spaces are limited so reserve yours early.