Youth Art Week 2: Art Makes Kids Awesome!
Suzanne Shortt
Monday to Friday, August 26 – August 30, 2024
10:00am – 4:00pm
This awesome five (5) day course offers youth ages 8 – 10 a chance to utilize a variety of art mediums and techniques. The course will teach traditional fine arts skills as well as explore principals and activities related to...
Deep Dish Ceramics
Walter Ostrom & Mat Karas
Monday to Friday, July 4 – July 15, 2022
9:00am – 4:00pm
Deep dish ceramics, at the intersection of art, design, science and technology. This two-week workshop focuses on these intersections, by honing in on simple techniques for making a pottery canvas. This course explores lofting and printing techniques, and decorating pottery...
Fibber & the Fairytale Moon: Sculptural Figures
Kate Church
Monday to Friday, July 4 – July 8, 2022
10:00am – 4:00pm
**Please note that masks will be required during this workshop at all times: when entering the School, moving about the studio, and interacting with the instructor. Masks may be removed when students are working independently at their socially distanced desks. ...
Taking a Line for a Walk: Sketching in Lunenburg
Michael Peters
Monday to Friday, July 11 – July 15, 2022
10:00am – 4:00pm
This is a course for people who want to draw and paint, whether on location or in the classroom, with confidence and enthusiasm! No experience is necessary – all ages and skill levels are welcome! Working individually, but with a...
Creative Writing for Kids with WFNS
Linda Hudson & the WFNS
Monday to Friday, July 18 – July 22, 2022
10:00am – 4:00pm
This workshop, for youth ages 11 – 13, will be an adventure into expanding the creative mind, and expressing it through images and the written word. Participants will discover and explore character development, build description through observation, and play with...
The Expressive Landscape: Acrylic Painting
Sharon Fox Cranston
Monday to Friday, July 18 – July 22, 2022
10:00am – 4:00pm
Stretch your creativity, move out of your comfort zone. Push past what you see, to what you feel, and to what you would like to express through your painting. Capture color, light and the essence of a place through impressionistic...
The Art and Craft of Purposeful Memoir with WFNS and Jennifer Browdy
Jennifer Browdy
Monday & Wednesday, July 18 – July 20, 2022
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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. How do you determine what stories to tell, especially if you have had a...
Bowl-O-Rama: Get Bowled-Over for Second Story Women’s Centre
Douglas Bamford
Monday to Friday , August 1 – August 5, 2022
10:00am – 4:00pm
Join the LSA Bowling Team — come make ceramic bowls with us for a good cause! This event is an “open studio” for experienced ceramic enthusiasts. All bowls created during the week will be sold at our School’s next bi-annual...
Egg Tempera Painting: Mastering the Art
Tom Forrestall & William Forrestall
Monday to Friday , August 1 – August 5, 2022
10:00am – 4:00pm
This Egg Tempera course will offer participants a new creative and expressive relationship with this most ancient of painting mediums. The course is designed for both novices and experienced painters, includes an introduction to the practice of egg tempera painting by...
Youth Art Week: Art Makes Kids Awesome!
Jason Skinner
Monday to Friday , August 8 – August 12, 2022
10:00am – 4:00pm
This awesome, 5-day course offers youth ages 8 – 10 a chance to explore a variety of art mediums and techniques. From drawing, painting and illustration to sculpture, textiles, installation and printmaking, students will work on a number of projects aimed at expressing their...
“Out & About” Painting the Town: Oil Painting
Heather Sayeau
Monday to Friday , August 8 – August 12, 2022
10:00am – 4:00pm
This workshop will take place “out and about” in the beautiful, historic town of Lunenburg. Students will paint en plein air. looking at the harbour, gardens and streetscapes. The class will also use the studio to practice technique and skill...
Plein Air Watercolour Painting
Tom Ward
Monday to Friday , August 15 – August 19, 2022
10:00am – 4:00pm
This course is about painting watercolour landscapes on site. There are some wonderful areas around Lunenburg which are terrific places for marine landscapes. Our five days of classes will address the challenges of colour, value, and composition while painting outdoors. Classroom time will be devoted to...
Slab Construction & Surface Design
Marla Benton
Monday to Friday , August 15 – August 19, 2022
10:00am – 4:00pm
This week-long workshop will focus on slab construction and creating surface designs and textures using stoneware clay. Discussing designs and patterns will help lead participants to create their own works of art. The instructor will demonstrate a variety of hand-built...
Cancelled: Fundamental Jewellery Skills
Angie Arsenault
Monday to Friday , August 22 – August 26, 2022
10:00am – 4:00pm
This workshop has been cancelled. It is possible to make stunning jewellery creations using just a few basic techniques! In this course you will gain the essential techniques of jewellery making: how to prepare and use a bench pin, sawing,...
Lens, Space, & Image
Emanuel Jannasch
Wednesday to Friday, August 24 – August 26, 2022
10:00am – 4:00pm
Through guided photo-explorations of Lunenburg, this workshop teaches more effective use of whatever equipment you work with, from professional kit to smartphones. By the end of the course, you’ll be choosing lens angles: to clean up your backgrounds – or...
Watercolour Primer for All: Beginners & Seasoned Painters Welcome
Timothy James Standring
Monday to Friday , September 26 – September 30, 2022
9:00am – 4:00pm
Image: Colorado Skyline looking Southwest, October 2021, 9 x 12 inches © Timothy J. Standring With wit and whimsy, filled with a passionate knowledge of the history of watercolour painting, Dr. Standring will hold your attention during this five-day workshop in...