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Chester Lees
A gifted artist and teacher, Chester instructs at the Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts, Telus World of Science, Creative Kids Museum and the Glenbow Museum school. She has been involved with the C.A.P.E.S. (Calgary Arts Partners in Education Society) since 1997 and has taught in over 26 schools in the Calgary Public School system.
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Chester works out of her downtown studio in Art Central where she displays her original works of art, discusses commissions with individual clients, and teaches individual and small group classes in various media. She will be moving to a new location in fall of 2009.
A gifted artist and teacher, Chester instructs at the Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts, Telus World of Science, Creative Kids Museum and the Glenbow Museum school. She has been involved with the C.A.P.E.S. (Calgary Arts Partners in Education Society) since 1997 and has taught in over 26 schools in the Calgary Public School system.
An experienced public speaker and workshop facilitator, Chester received the Global Television’s Woman of Vision Award for May 2006 and nominee for the Mayor’s Award for Art and Business 2008. Her work as character workshop leader for the Glenbow Museum, both as Emily Carr and more recently Marilyn Monroe was highly acclaimed.
Chester has held numerous exhibitions in Britain, Hong Kong, Germany, and Canada including a solo show at the Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery. She has most recently completed large murals at Grant MacEwan, Glenbrook, Riverbend, and Hawkwood elementary schools and Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts in Calgary. Her work is included in the collection of many institutions including the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Canadian Defense Research Establishment at Suffield.
Chester is married to Andy and mother to Timothy and Lydia who are her greatest works of art!
Artist, Educator & Motivational Speaker!
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