Maxwell Heights Visual Art

Mr. Jeffery Leech

B.F.A. Fine Arts, York University, B. Ed., Nippissing University, Honours Specialist Visual Art, University of Toronto.

Mr. Leech began exhibiting his own paintings and drawings in commercial galleries begining in the summer of 2002. He has participated in several group shows and juried exhibitions. His most recent work has been commissioned portraits for individual clients.

Mr. Leech began his teaching career in the fall of 2000 at Dunbarton High School in Pickering. There he joined a thriving Visual Arts Department and soon helped to establish a Media Arts curriculum for grades 10 - 12. He was the teacher/advisor to the Student Art Council, created an after school program where students created mural paintings for sites around the school, worked with students to create set pieces and prop design for important Drama productions and helped to organize and curate student art exhibitions in the school.

Mr. Leech was thrilled to be hired on to help open Maxwell Heights S.S. in 2009. Mr. Leech was determined to establish Maxwell as a centre for Arts and Culture in North Oshawa. The Maxwell Mural Project is in full swing and our students' achievments are being celebrated in semester end art exhibitions twice a year. Our graduating students have developed strong portfolios which are essential for contniued study in the Visual Arts, we are so proud of them.

Ms. Jennifer Harloff

B.F.A. Fine Arts, Honours, York University, B.Ed Western University, Honours Specialist in Visual Art, University of Toronto.

Ms. Harloff joined the Visual Arts Department at Maxwell Heights in 2014, after spending 10+ years as a Visual Arts & Special Education Teacher in the Oshawa area. Ms. Harloff has led the Maxwell Heights 'Empty Bowls' fundraiser successfully since 2016 and has hosted multiple Visual Arts PD opportunities for DDSB employees. Ms. Harloff has created the grade 11 Alternative Art Course and was part of the writing team for the DDSB Adaptive art course.

Ms. Harloffs Fine Arts backround and interests are in Sculpture, Printmaking, Ceramics and Glass.

Mrs. Robynn Suddons

B.A. Communication Design, Visual Art and English from the Ontario College and University of Art and Design (OCAD-U) with her B. Ed from the University of Ontario and Honours Specialist in Visual Art from the University of Western.

Mrs. Suddons joined the Maxwell Heights Visual Arts Department in 2010 and has been an experienced Visual Arts and English teacher since 2008.

Mrs. Suddons’ educational background in Communication Design is predominantly geared towards illustration and the graphic arts. Beginning in Fine Arts, she chose to complete an Honours Specialist in Visual Art at the University of Western in London and major in design with an interest in portraiture, graphic design and photography.

Mr. Dan Brooks

Mr. Brooks joined the team at Maxwell Heights in 2024. Mr.Brooks studied visual arts at the University of Ottawa before transferring to York University where he also studied music and philosophy.

Hired by the DDSB in 2017, Mr. Brooks worked as a supply teacher before being hired as an art teacher with DDSB@Home. At DDSB@home, Mr. Brooks taught grades 9-11 and also assisted in building DDSB@Home’s non-traditional art course.

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