His background is mainly in business development in the areas of photography, financial planning, construction, and real estate investment.

His teaching experience encompasses photography, conducting seminars in financial planning and real estate investment as well as carpentry. He has taught scuba diving as well.

Ever since she was a young girl, she was always interested in several different crafting mediums but about 25 years ago was introduced to stained glass and has been hooked ever since. In the beginning, she was raising a family of 4 young girls, working full time as a dental assistant, playing slo-pitch, and volunteering with the local Search and Rescue team so I didn’t have a lot of spare time to seriously focus on glasswork. In 2014, her daughters were all grown Shauna and her husband, Bill, moved to Peachland to start a new chapter in their lives.

Darlene is a Certified Educational Assistant (CEA). She worked with children from the Elementary school level to Senior Secondary as well with Interior Health assisting adults with disabilities. For the past ten years, she has created educational on the protection programs for the preservation of the bat species.

Rod holds a B.A. in Recreational Admin. He also has a diploma in outdoor recreational management. He has held the position of Manager at YMCA Outdoor/Environmental Education Centre in Alberta for Ten years and Facilitator of Personal and organizational development seminars in Western Canada, Yukon, USA for five years.

She taught Fibre art workshops for elementary schools and Horticultural groups in NZ and holds workshops in her studio and across the Okanagan for the past 18 years. She featured in Sculpture Pacific in Canada, Wine Trails, Okanagan Home and Sage-ing (a publication of the Okanagan Institute) amongst other publications.

Silvana studied jewelry making and silversmithing at Mohawk College, Sheridan College, The Burlington Art Centre and the Beadflow studio in Hamilton.

Her work has been published in Bead & Button Magazine, Beadwork and the Canadian Beading Magazine, and she has won awards for her designs.

She was a part of Art in Action in Burlington since 2009, The Dundas Studio Tour, The Mississauga Studio Tour, Art in the Park in Oakville and sold her work privately, at home shows and through local retailers before moving to West Kelowna where her jewelry was taught and sold at New Moon Gallery.

Silvana, a retired educator, takes pleasure in teaching and encouraging students to explore several mediums and patterns to discover their own creativity.  She is inspired by the world around her, natural and man-made.  She enjoys working and experimenting with many materials.