Heather Midori Yamada
Artist and Teacher of Contemplative Arts
Summer 2024 at Hollyhock
Contemplative Mind, Spontaneous Brush Workshop
Five-Day Residential
June 19-23, 2024
(Reception Wednesday August 2, 4pm-7pm)
Hollyhock Retreat Centre
Cortes Island, BC (map)
Register before March 20, 2024 for 10% off accommodation prices
Upcoming in Montreal
Un atelier de créativité : Esprit libre, pinceau spontané
Atelier #1 : Samedi 13 avril 2024, 10h – 15h
Centre Loisirs St-Louis
3555 rue St Urbain, Montréal (map)
* L'atelier #2 du samedi le 27 avril est annulé
Two Contemplative Mind, Spontaneous Brush Workshops
Wednesday April 24, 2024 10:30 am–1:30 pm (FULL!) and 2:30-5:30 pm.
Women's Art Studio of Montréal - in the Studio at the Unitarian Church of Montréal
5035 de Maisonneuve West, Montréal (map)
More information and registration
Then and Now
Solo show featuring Japanese Washi, mixed media banners and canvases
FLUX
Installation of Japanese Washi Banners and Ikebana
By Heather Midori Yamada and Alain Carrière
October 10-22, 2023
Galerie Erga
6394 Blvd St-Laurent, Montréal (map)
Vernissage: Thursday October 12th 5-8pm
Demonstrations: 3pm daily
Montreal Contemplative Mind/Spontaneous Brush
Workshop full! Waiting list only
Sunday October 15, 2023, 10-4pm
Centre de Loisirs Multiethnique St- Louis
3555 St Urbain, Montréal (map)
Cost: $225
Upcoming in Victoria BC
Contemplative Approaches to Art-Making
November 12 or November 26, 2023 (NOTE Date change)
Heather’s Studio
Annex Building of St Matthais Church, 600 Richmond Ave at Richardson St, Victoria, BC (map)
Early bird registration extended to October 1st!
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Upcoming in Montreal
Heather Midori Art Workshops
Sundays June 4 or 11, 10am-1pm
Centre de Loisirs Multiethnique St- Louis
3555 St Urbain, Montréal (map)
Cost: $125
*both workshops are full, write Heather to get on the waiting list
Upcoming in Ottawa (postponed)
Dharma Arts Fall Weekend
Unconditional Beauty: When Heart-Mind-Eye Meet
Ottawa Shambhala Centre
119 Ross Ave #102, Ottawa (map)
Summer 2025 at Hollyhock
Contemplative Mind, Spontaneous Brush Workshop
Five-Day Residential
Art sur papier
Galerie ERGA Annual Group Show
*Heather will have works for sale other than those in the exhibition, please contact her if interested
Floral Expressions
I would like to share an ongoing series of large format watercolors of floral compositions inspired by Japanese Ikebana flower arranging. They are made with the same techniques used in my abstract works.
Recent Exhibitions
May 26 - June 6, 2022
Montréal, Québec
A two person show with artist, chemist and gardener, Stephen H. Kawai. Heather will be showing mostly Washi paper works and a collaborative work with Stephen. The works relate to space, as one of the 5 elements.
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Upcoming Exhibitions
Contemplative Approaches to Spontaneous Brush Series
Sparking the “Good” Eye: Nature as Subject
Metchosin International Summer School or Arts (MISSA) , Shawnigan Lake, BC
August 6 & 7, 2022 - 10am-4pm
more info & registration
Learn watercolour painting and colour and composition
"Watercolour Studio"
The Montréal Museum of Fine Art's School of Art, Montréal, QC
Tuesday to Friday, August 23 - 26, 2022 - 10:30am-1pm daily
*sorry, workshop is full
more info
April 23-24, 2022
Victoria, BC
A show and sale of florals, abstracts, banners on Japanese Washi and other papers. Cards and prints available.
(Cash, cheques and e-transfers)
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Group Show at The Gage Gallery
January 4 - 23, 2022
Heather Midori Yamada is showing her latest work in a group show with seven other Gage Gallery members. Opening reception is Jan. 6, 4-7pm, please check ahead to confirm in case of health restrictions.
Download the exhibition invitation.
JOIN ME FOR THESE ONGOING
Contemplative Practices
"Get On Board" - Finding Stillness in Movement
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Oak Bay Marina, Victoria, BC
45-60 minute on-water yoga on stand-up paddle board classes
Thursdays (New time!)
12-1:30pm*
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*weather permitting
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more info
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On Hold until Dec. 7th due to Covid lockdown
Calm Abiding - Weekly Meditation Open House
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Victoria Shambhala Meditation Centre, Victoria, BC
Heather and John offer a three-class introductory instruction.
Tuesdays 6:30-8:30pm
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more info
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On Hold until Dec. 7th due to Covid lockdown
Ikebana- The Art of Japanese Floral Arrangement Practice
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Victoria Shambhala Meditation Centre, Victoria, BC
Join Heather for a three-class introductory instruction.
Fridays 10am-12pm
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more info
JOIN ME FOR THESE UPCOMING
Contemplative Arts Workshops
Contemplative Approaches to Spontaneous Brush Series
"Finding Our Ground"
Annex of St Matthais Church, Victoria, BC
Wed. April 20 OR Sat. April 30, 2022 - 10am-4pm
*registration required no later than 3 days in advance of workshop
more info
Floating Enzo - 2019 acrylic and ink on handmade Japanese washi paper (26 x 40 inches)
Photo: Dan Quinton, ArtInk
Group Show at Gage Gallery
January 21 - February 8, 2020
Opening Sunday January 26, 1-4 pm.
Artists' poetry and talk Sunday February 2, 1-4 pm.
Heather Midori Yamada with artists Anita Boyd, Aengus MacIntosh and Jo-Anne Silverman
Special Contemplative Art Workshop in Victoria
Stillness, Imagination and Spontaneous Brush II
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Sunday March 29, 2020
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Contemplative Approaches to Artmaking
Classes in Victoria, BC
Monthly 4-week sessions January - April 2020
Artist and educator Heather Midori Yamada offers an atmosphere of calm abiding as a training ground for deep personal artistic experience. Open to all with curiosity and a desire for expression.
Spontaneous Brush on Japanese Washi Papers Workshops in Halifax
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September 29-30 & October 1, 2018
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Solo Show at Gage Gallery
August 28 - September 8, 2018
Opening Wednesday August 29, 5-7 pm.
Opposites collide and reform in these dynamic paintings. We see grinding and mixing, expansion and contraction, restless cycles of life and rebirth.
- Kate Cino, Art Openings Blog
RECENT WORK ONLINE!
Click the image to view a new series of small mixed-media paintings incorporating acrylic paint, hand-painted Japanese washi papers and pumice. As well as more images like the one above in the New Directions gallery
NEW! MIDORI Fine Design Site
A new focus for me based around the essence of the language of flowers: the flash of colour, lingering scents, budding beautiful shapes...
Midori Fine Design is born! Contemporary design, enhancing and accentuating the natural beauty of flowers through Japanese Ikebana floral arrangements, paintings and prints. Offering workshops, demonstrations and works for sale.
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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
ATTENTION CANCELED!
Créativité dans la nature/Creativity in nature
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Lotbinière, Québec
New dates TBD
September 26-29, 2019
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ATTENTION CANCELED!
Spontaneous Brush on Japanese Washi Papers Workshops
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
New dates TBD
October 4-7, 2019
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