Arts & culturePedder Bay, Metchosin

Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts (MISSA).

Non-profit summer arts school holding two weeks of workshops in ceramics, fibre, painting, sculpture, drawing and writing on the Pearson College campus.

Known for two weeks of residential-style art workshops on Pedder Bay

Potter working at a wheel in a ceramics studio with tall windows onto trees and water
Photo: Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts (MISSA)
Two women working at a studio table by a window
Empty art studio with an easel, work tables and windows looking out on the water

A registered charity and BC non-profit society.

Our take

Each summer MISSA takes over studios at Pearson College on Pedder Bay for back-to-back weeks of workshops, 9 to 4 daily, in clay, fibre, oil and watercolour, sculpture and writing. Participants can take one course or stack them. The 2026 program wrapped in July, and the school is recruiting studio technician volunteers for 2027.

The facts

  • The 2026 summer program took place on the campus of Pearson College in Metchosin. focusonvictoria.ca
  • The 2027 summer program runs June 25 to July 9. missa.ca
  • MISSA is a BC registered society and a registered charity with the CRA. missa.ca
  • Workshops cover ceramics, fibre arts, oil, acrylic and watercolour painting, papier-mâché, sculpture, writing and drawing, 9am to 4pm daily. focusonvictoria.ca

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