The Tactile Notebook and the Written Word
Sandra Brownlee
Wednesday, December 13 – December 15, 2023
10:00am – 4:00pm
The main objective of this 3-day workshop is to support students in establishing a dynamic, tactile notebook practice that is meaningful and rewarding. Students will use their notebook as a reflective space in which to document and give expression to...
Happy Hand-printed Holidays: Linocut Workshop
Inbal Newman
Saturday, December 16
10:00am – 4:00pm
This one-day workshop focuses on simple techniques of relief printing to create a series of holiday cards to show and share with loved ones. During the workshop participants will learn to carve linoleum blocks, print test proofs, take rubbings of...
The Art and Craft of Purposeful Memoir
Jennifer Browdy
Tuesday, October 3
10:00am – 3:00pm
Image: by Christina Lane In this lively, hands-on writing workshop, award-winning memoirist and writing teacher, Jennifer Browdy, will guide you through the early steps of envisioning and crafting your memoir. Our lives are so rich and complex, it can be...
Let’s Spoon!
Erin Philp
Wednesdays, October 4 – November 1, 2023
6:00pm – 8:30pm
Come and learn the basics of wooden spoon making and other wooden utensils! Participants will be able to create their own whimsical and empowering kitchen utensils. This course offers the participant an overall understanding of the basics of wood carving....
Harmony, Colour and Light: Expressive Acrylic Painting
Sharon Fox Cranston
Tuesdays, October 10 – November 7, 2023
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Learn to paint expressive, impressionistic acrylic paintings that capture the colour, light and essence of a scene. Stretch your creativity, get out of your comfort zone to push past what you see to what you’d like to express. Make value...
Watercolour Techniques
Tom Ward
Tuesdays, October 10 – November 28, 2023
6:30pm – 9:00pm
This workshop is about essential watercolour techniques necessary to a successful painting. Important concepts that help the artist understand how to render three dimensional space on a two dimensional surface will be emphasized. Concepts such as composition, light and value,...
Oil Painting Fundamentals
Heather Sayeau
Thursdays, October 12 – November 16, 2023
1:00pm – 4:00pm
This course will give students the basics of oil pausing: value, colour mixing, perspective (easy) and composition (how to lay out a painting on canvas). The class will explore a variety of approaches to oil painting: staining the canvas, using...
Whats for Breakfast-Set?
Tim Worthington
Thursdays, October 12 – November 16, 2023
1:00pm – 4:00pm
This course focuses on teaching basic throwing skills by using a structured exercise format to make a cup, bowl, plate, and breakfast set. With a focus on good throwing techniques. These three shapes are the fundamentals and starting point of...
The Art of Photography: Making the Most of Your DSLR
Steve Farmer
Saturdays, October 14 – November 25, 2023
9:00am – 12:00pm
Discover the potential of your digital camera. In this course we will cover the basics of exposure, lighting, composition and post production. Through class demonstrations and hands-on experience students will be able to capitalize on the camera to relay their...
Functional Sculptures
Marla Benton
Sundays, October 15 – November 19, 2023
9:00am – 1:00pm
In this 6 week long workshop, we will have 4 hours each Sunday to explore ways to turn functional forms into functional sculptures. Demonstrations and discussions on how to create and combine pieces will guide participants to focus on creating...
Bowls: Big and Bigger
Laura Piquado
Mondays, October 16 – November 27, 2023
9:30am – 1:00pm
In this wheel-based class we will be working on scaling up. Building on your throwing practice, we will focus on how to construct larger bowls. Applying various techniques of form, structure, and proportion you will learn how to go from...
Teen Art Sketchbookorama
Anna Whalen
Mondays, October 16 – December 11, 2023
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Have you always wanted to make your own visually cool and meaningful sketchbook of your artistic endeavours? Then Join Anna Whalen to create an expansive sketchbook that streamlines, illuminates, and captivated your ideas! Each week we will cover a set...
Murder of Drawings: Drawing and Painting Crows
Michael Peters
Sunday, October 22
10:00am – 4:00pm
What a better time than the month of “All Hallow’s Eve” to explore your creative, dark side with a bold and expressionistic day of making fantastic birds — full go cunning and imagination, myth and magic! In this one-day workshop...
Murder of Drawings: Drawing and Painting Crows
Michael Peters
Sunday, October 29
10:00am – 4:00pm
What a better time than the month of “All Hallow’s Eve” to explore your creative, dark side with a bold and expressionistic day of making fantastic birds — full go cunning and imagination, myth and magic! In this one-day workshop...
You’ll Be Hooked! Punch Needle Fibre Art
Alison Mitchell
Wednesdays, October 25 – November 29, 2023
9:30am – 12:30pm
In this lively workshop we’ll learn how to use a simple wooden punch needle and yarn to create anything from rugs to shoulder bags to stunning wall hangings. Rug hooking has a rich history in Atlantic Canada and using a...
Best in Show: A Trophy Workshop
Jessie McLaughlin & Sienna Maeba
Thursdays, November 23 – November 24, 2023
10:00am – 3:00pm
You get a trophy, and you get a trophy, and you all get trophies! Why? Because you earned it! This two-day trophy-making workshop allows participants of all ages to award the people, pets, places, and things that deserve some recognition....
Put That in Print: Screenprinting
Sienna Maeba & Inbal Newman
Wednesdays, December 6 – December 8, 2023
10:00am – 4:00pm
This three day workshop is for students to learn the basic skills for prepping a design to be screen printed in multiples on a variety of surfaces including, fabric, clothing, or all the above. This workshop aims to create a...
Crochet the Day Away
Doris Miles
Saturday, December 9
10:00am – 4:00pm
No sewing, no braiding, and no experience needed– you only need two easy crochet stitches to make these beautiful rugs! In this one-day workshop participants will learn the ins and outs of rug crocheting with an experienced Artist/instructor. Doris will...
SECOND DATE: Happy Hand-printed Holidays: Linocut Workshop
Inbal Newman
Sunday, December 17
10:00am – 4:00pm
This one-day workshop focuses on simple techniques of relief printing to create a series of holiday cards to show and share with loved ones. During the workshop participants will learn to carve linoleum blocks, print test proofs, take rubbings of...