The Alberta Society of Artists

The ASA is a registered society under the regulations of the Province of Alberta. Its members include professional artists in all media as well as visual arts supporters.

Current Members

Eileen Heider

Birth Place

Edmonton, AB
1965

Residence

Edmonton, AB

Education

University of Alberta, 1991-1996: Honours Anthropology, with coursework in human osteology, paleopathology, forensics, dental & biological anthropology, physiology, archaeology, philosophy, history & art history, paleontology & geology
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, 1985-1987: Respiratory Therapy

Publications

Sasano, Mari, A Model Student--Barely,Edmonton Journal, 06/26/2004 ED p. 6-7
Sasano, Mari,Greek Writings a Source of Inspiration...,Edmonton Journal, 03/23/2007

Affiliations

Board of Directors: Building Chair, Harcourt House Arts Centre 2004-present
Art Gallery of Alberta
WECAN Society, Sculptor's Association of Alberta
Edmonton Art Club

Art Education
(selected courses & workshops)

Figurative
Figure Painting, Red Deer Regional College, Series 2005
Gesture Drawing, Red Deer Regional College, Series 2004
Drawing from the Live Model, SuttonArt, 2003
Portraits in Oil & Acrylic, metro College, 2002
Sculpting the Figure in Clay, Harcourt House, 2005 & 2006
Life Drawing, Grant MacEwan Community College, 2002
Figure Drawing, Artra, 2002
The Figure in Watercolour, Artra, 2002
Mixed & Alternative Media
Experimental Collage, Cornerstone Workshops, 2003
Alternative Polaroid Techniques, Harcourt House, 2005
Image Transfer Techniques, Harcourt House, 2005
The Painterly Print: Oil Monotype, Red Deer Regional College, Series, 2006
Introduction to Relief Printmaking, Red Deer Regional College, Series, 2005
Mixed Media Portraits, Harcourt House, 2004
Painting, Drawing & New Media, City Arts Centre, 2003
Drawing, Design & Composition
Abstraction from Reality, Sutton Art, 2004
Beauty & Repetition in Caligraphy, Red Deer Regional College, Series 2006
Pen, Ink & Brush Drawing, U of A Faculty of Extension, 1993
Design & Composition, EPSB Class Programs, 1990