Nothing but blue skies! We had some lovely weather for Week Three of the RSCC Summer Festival of Arts and Education. In this photo we see the Toronto Waldorf School / Rudolf Steiner College Canada campus from the ring road along the west side of the campus.
The 2024 RSCC Summer Festival of Arts and Education wrapped up July 26th after three weeks of intensive learning and the Professional Development for Waldorf Teachers Part-Time Grades program graduation on Thursday, July 25th. This year we graduated four new Waldorf teachers from this program.
Thank you to the Toronto Waldorf School for once again hosting the event with us, in particular to Laura Cipolla, the TWS Summer Camp Administrator, for working with us to accommodate our space needs throughout the three weeks.
We are grateful to Linda Lee (of Paper Pipit bookstore) for her generous contribution of prizes for the raffle and a generous discount for the festival attendees. Thanks to Mercurius Canada, Dr. Hauschka, Uriel Pharmacy and Purity Life who contributed the marvelous offerings that Festival participants found in their welcome bags. Thanks to Calvin Bentley and Karen Shiell for the delicious lunches and wonderful service.
We express our thanks to Richard Chomko for leading the design and promotion process and for his artistry during the festival. This festival would not have been possible without the dedication of our staff and volunteers. Their contributions were instrumental in the success of this event. We wholeheartedly thank you.
This year’s festival featured talented and experienced faculty and teachers who gave of their time and wisdom; they inspired and modeled the way of the Waldorf educator. We hope to see you again at the 2025 Summer Festival, and before then at the November Waldorf Development Conference (more info below).
Marta Bak, Executive Director
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Part-Time Grades Graduation July 25th
Four new Waldorf teachers graduated from RSCC’s Professional Development for Waldorf Teachers Part Time Gradesprogram. Here they are posing together for a picture just before the part-time program graduation ceremony..Merwin Lewis gave the keynote address at the graduation.Alberto Aran (Tico) introduced graduates Veronica and Nancy (in photos below).Nancy Christine Liknes receives her Waldorf Teacher Certificate.Veronica Lacourciere receives her Waldorf Teacher Certificate.Sahar introduced graduates Luara and Samineh.Luara Gonzales Rendon receives her Waldorf Teacher Certificate.Samineh Hamidi Perryman receives her Waldorf Teacher Certificate.This year there were four graduates from the Professional Development for Waldorf Teachers Part-Time Grades program. The graduates are in the front row L-R: Nancy Christine Liknes, Samineh Hamidi Perryman, Veronica Lacourciere and Luara Gonzales Rendon. The fifth person (in the middle) is RSCC Executive Director Marta Bak.It’s a family affair. Husband and daughter came to RSCC to help celebrate Samineh’s graduation.Sharing fun and refreshments after the graduation ceremony was over.
Looking Back on Week Three
In week three we started every morning singing with Elisabeth Chomko.For some of the songs, Elisabeth divided the singers into four parts. These were the basses and tenors.Sacred geometry drawing in Julian Mulock’s The Group of Seven and the Spiritual in Art course..Working with pastels in Berit Strasser’s For the Love of Colour course.Working with clay in Regine Kurek’s The Foundation Stone Meditation and Our Biography class.Merwin Lewis makes a point in his Journey Through the Grades: the Heart and Soul of Waldorf.Some of the students in Merwin’s class.Getting personal direction from the teacher in Jef Saunders’ Veil Painting class.Luciana working on her veil painting in Jef’s class.One of Luciana’s veil paintings.Working with clay in Regine Kurek’s The Foundation Stone Meditation and Our Biography class.Martyn Rawson’s Generative Principles in Teaching class.Samineh was one of the students in Martyn’s class.Making a marionette in Laurie Harper-Burgess’ Working with Silk Marionettes class.Week three’s raffle winner was Sarabeth Carter who came all the way from Westside Waldorf School in Pacific Palisades, California, to attend all three weeks of the RSCC Summer Festival. She won a prize basket of Weleda body care products donated by Linda Lee. The three weekly raffles raised over $500 for tuition support for a student in RSCC’s Foundation Studies in Anthroposophy program. Sarabeth is a year-two student in RSCC’s Professional Development for Waldorf Teachers Part-Time Grades program.
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