BC ARTIST: The Paddock

The Paddock

1955 - c1964

The Paddock Summer School of Fine Arts & Resort

Okanagan artist Evelyn Cools married Doug Middleton in 1952, and the two later ran and taught at a summer art camp at Carr's Landing, north of Kelowna on Okanagan Lake. It was known as The Paddock, established in 1955, and continued in operation until at least 1963 based on published material.

The summer school offered a wide variety of courses over the years, including ballet, character, commercial art, crafts, creative child art, creative writing, dancing, fashion design, French conversation, graphics, mime, music, painting, pottery (ceramics), sculpture, speech arts, stage craft, tailoring, textile design, theatre design, and weaving.

Instructors at the Paddock included:

Beaussaert, Ralph
Black, Glen
Boros, J.R.
Brown, Jessie Topham
Calhoun, Tex
Camden, Joy (ballet, character, mime)
Curtis, Emile
deWonck, Mme. Gilberte (French conversation)
Ferguson, Ethel
Grigsby, Marion
Hatfield, Frances
Jensen, Leroy (painting, graphics)
Lamont, Gwendolyn
Middleton, Evelyn Cools (painting, crafts)
Middleton, Janet
Poll, Frank (q.v.)
Totenhofer, Howard E. (q.v.)