Artists Directory: Cape Breton-Victoria

Dance

No ArtsSmarts Nova Scotia dance artists registered in this area.

Music

Adam Cooke (Cape Breton) 535-3481/ adamjrcooke@yahoo.ca Imaginative and upbeat singer-songwriter, Cooke has performed in English and French at schools in Sydney, Cheticamp, Richmond and Lunenburg Counties, Lockeport, Digby Neck and Tusket. He recently conducted a youth songwriting workshop as part of the CREATE Program.

Theatre / Literary

Beverly Brett (Baddeck) sabp@ns.sympatico.ca 929-2426 has worked 25 years in theatre as a director, playwright, actor and educator. Her Learning Through the Arts Program projects have focused on developing language arts, social studies, and science, using improvisation and collective script creation.

Video / New Media

No ArtsSmarts Nova Scotia video/new media artists registered in this area.

Visual Arts

Iris Currie (Sydney) 539-3499 is skilled and experienced in all aspects of puppetry and often incorporates puppet making and manipulation into her arts-based educational projects. She illustrates, paints in water colour and oil, has produced historical murals and has extensive experience as an educator.

Patsy MacAulay-MacKinnon (New Waterford) This watercolour artist works in a realist style influenced by her Cape Breton heritage. She has incorporated her experience as a published illustrator and earlier training as a registered nurse into many of the school projects she has participated in.

John McIntyre (Sydney) jemcintyre@syd.eastlink.ca John is a versatile artist with extensive experience in cartooning. He has worked with several schools teaching drawing to children and produced and hosted "The Drawing Room", a TV show teaching children how to draw cartoons.