The Huron Expositor, 1978-06-08, Page 23-- Berg Yohnson, a freplinde artist who is moving to.
School last week where he will be teaching on a.
. Here Mr. Yohnson looks over pictures by Grade 1
Grade 2 student Janice Mero ,which were drawn to
up. (Expositor Photo)'
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THE filotori-ExPoOrTon JUNE 8, 1918 3A VO
by Elaine Townshend
A getaway
•
otwpgjan artist w• rks
with St. Jamos 'students
With luck and a tail Wind,,I'll be in Calgary
by the time you read this. For several months,
my girl friend and I have planned our getaway
- two weeks of exploring Albeita, British
Columbia and • Vancouver Island, We are
hoping to misS,!?rne of the summer crowds
and some of the ,summer prices.
We've both been' west before, fell in love
with it and couldn't wait to go back. As the
trip drew nearer, I found myself wanting to
pore over a road, map of B.C. rather than to
'Nand on the keys of a typewriter.
We decided to fly to Calgary to save time
and to cut down on driving, A few weeks ago I
remarked to a lady that I was impressed by
Calgary tiffee'years ago because it was such a
clean city.
"It's not clean now," she replied. "The
garbage men have been on strike for weeks,
and there's no sign of a settlement. There's
garbage everywhere!"
If the strike isn't over by now, Joan and I
will be passing through Calgary as quickly as
pcssible.
I voted to take the train from Calgary to
Vancouver, but Joan wanted to rent a car.
Driving will let„,us, take our time. She had
flown over the mountains, but had never
driven:through them. Maybe when we get
halfway through, shell WiSh_vve had taken teh
train. - _
We were surprised to learn a "drop-off" fee
is now charged by car rental agencies when a
car is left in a different city. We were even
more surprised when e heard the amount.
One place we both are anxious to re-visit is
tir.,,YAcouver Island. We'll probably take the
ferry across rather than try an Evel Kneivel
stunt in our rented ear,
We want to return to some places that ate
particularly vivid in our memories, and we
hope to see some sights we missed when we
were on the Island before,
Of course, there is always the danger of
disappointment. It hag been three years since
was there and longer for Joan, Time has a
way of changing things, and memory has a
way of playing tricks on us. Things may look
different from the way, we remember them. Ni
I will be pleased if one of my memories
proves false. Surely Vancouver isn't as easy to
get, lost in as I remember!
Neverthless Joan and I are determined to
enjoy a funfilled_Mtereiting two weeks of
revisiting old sites, discovering new ones, ,
looking up old'friends -and finding new ones.
But there is one more little problem' that has
been bothering me. Joan announced she will '
do the driving and will expect me to do the
navigating. She doesn't know much about -my
sense of direction.
- - - that two gals from Ontario
ripped off a car rental agency in Vancouver,
don't believe it. I'm probably just navigating
Joan around in circles looking for the place.
With students at
School.
Mr.,Yohnson, dual
Norwegian-Canadian citizen, has
Walton WI has bus
trip to cake factory
The Walton Women's Institute
sponsored a bus trip Wednesday
when 40 members and friends
boarded Nicholson's bus at 8 a.m.
for, Bramalee and a tour of the
Kitchens of Sara Lee.
It was fascinating to see how
many cakes can be made and
baked in such a short time going
through the assembly line. Every-
one was given a one layer Cake
when leaving. The afternoon was
spent at a shopping centre •
followed by a visit to a nursery on
the way home.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey ,Craig
returned'- -fterne—Triday-,— after
spening a week in Nova Scotia
with the latter's brother; Mr.
Arthur Stewart, and attended the
ordination of a nephew, Rev.
Donald Stewart, 1.Ialifax; -which
was held at Mount Aipon
University, Sackville, N.B.
been working as a freelance artist
for four years and volunteering
his services to work with
students.
'After living in Toronto for a
number of years, Mr. Yohnson is
planning to move to the Stratford
area, which he said, ,"Has 'quite
an artists' community."
The artist, who works in the
mediums of egg tempera and ink,
and describes himself as a
surrealist, is entirely self-taught.
However, he hopes to spend
more of his time teac Mg ayt to
others in the future. '
In Toronto, Mr. Yohnson
worked with classes of retarded
children and adults and found
they were less inhibited in their
art than student in ' the
traditional school system.
Mr. Yohnson said retarded
students are more clever with
their hands and excel at hand-
work.
The artict, who hopes to enme
to St. James School every Thurs-
day, will be concentrating •on
landscape---and. -scenery pictures
with' the local students.
On his first visjt to the, school,
he told the Grade 1 and 2 Students
the story of the magic, stone which
made soul; and asked the children
to illustrate the tale when he'd
fmished.
Mr. Yohnson said Maggie
Mitchell of Stratford is hoping to
include more' childrens' art in
exhibits held in the fesiival town.
Mr. Yohnson, whose ink sketch
of the Stratford' town hall was
purchased by the town council,
has had his work exhibited in the
Toronto Dominion Building and
Ontario Place in Toronto, ' at a
show in Vancouver and' at Man
and HisiWorld in Montreal.
One of Mi.. ,Yohnson's
paintings is now on display at the
--CN -Tower.
In Stratford, Mr.. Yohnson
hopes to be working 'with the
Festival Square artists.
In the past, the artists also
spent a fear sketching and
painting in Eskimo communities
north of Resolute Bay.'
The artist learned of St. James.
School from a friend teaching
at the school.
Mr. Yohnson admits that
making a living solely by his art is
"very hard, but I can - I have."
To supplement income frOm his
painting, he, also designs and
makes stained glass windows and
does other crafts including
leather work and lapidary crafts.
••Y
Berg Yohnson, 27 Year old
artist, originally from Norway, is
going to be spending some of his
spare time in the future working
St, James
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FUTURE ARTISTS — A Norwegian artist who will
be teaching part time at St. James' School in the
.future, on a volunteer basis, looked over the pupils'
artwork with Debbie Reidy, Grade 1 and Tony. Van
Loon, a Grade 2 pupil at the school. (Expositor Photo)
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