Board of Directors

Bonnie Baker

Bonnie Baker

Diretor

I have a cat who both craves affection and fears physical touch.  He solicits petting until he cannot endure the gratification any longer. When bliss overwhelms him, he strikes out and bites just for the relief. I draw so I do not  bite.

 

 

 

Wayne Boucher

Vice Prisident

Vice President

 

The recipient of the 2006  Nova Scotia Portia White Award for excellence, innovation, and expression in the arts as well as numerous grants from provincial and federal agencies including a Canada Council Established Artist Grant in 2001, Wayne lives in Graywood. NS, with his wife Terry and Marley, a lovely dog with some personality issues. In 2004 he won a juried competition to execute the mural entitled Réveil for  the  new  Interpretation Centre at Grand-Pré National Historic Site. Boucher became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy in 2002.

 

 

Ted Lind

Ted is an artist and retired from a 35-year career as an art museum educator in 2013.  He grew up in Rochester, New York and earned a bachelor’s degree from Albion College (Michigan) and master of fine arts degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology.  Ted has 3 grown daughters who all work in the arts and lives with his wife, Judy, in Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia.  www.tedlind.mysite.com

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Secty-Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deb Kuzyk

 

Director

Director

Deb has been involved in the arts her whole life. For the past 20 years she has worked collaboratively with her husband to produce Lucky Rabbit Pottery in Annapolis Royal. She is usually shy about having her photo taken.

 

Maria Longmire

 

Director

Director

 

 

 
 Maria grew up Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia and now she is in her final year at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design     (NSCAD University) located in Halifax. She will be graduating in 2019 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Major in Photography. Following her time at NSCAD, Maria plans to obtain her Bachelor of Education (BEd) so she can teach fine art and biology.

 

Rion Microys

Rion Microys

Director

 

 

Mother, wife, B&B owner, sometimes artist, volunteer famous for moving the vacuum cleaner around the house but not for actually using it.

 

Sarah Reesor

Originally from Ontario, Sarah is happy to now call the beautiful province of Nova Scotia home. Sarah spends much of her time thinking about art and often involves herself the process of mixed media painting on birch panel. When not making her own art, Sarah also enjoys sharing the creative process with a diverse population of community members throughout the Annapolis Valley. 

Director

 

founders/directors Nathaniel & Susan Tileston

Nat at MSppa bottle drive

President Nat at MSppa bottle drive

Nathaniel Tileston (1942-2019)

I am a photographer. I am Susan’s husband. I am a photographer. I am not good at traveling.  Too bad, I am Susan’s husband. I love the photographs that our students’ make. I am a photographer.

Susan Tileston

Was raised in Argentina and Cuba in a family that thought traveling was a way of life, which may account for her itchy feet.  Her husband Nat taught her everything she knows about photography.

Susan Tileston

Director