The Memory Chair
Kate Church
Monday to Friday, August 21 – August 25, 2023
10:00am – 4:00pm
Using polymer clay, cloth and various materials Kate will provide instruction and guidance for creating a mixed media assemblage. Students will learn the basics of how to work with polymer clay to create a figurative character. Kate will provide materials...
I Saw The Sign: Wooden Sign Carving
Erin Philp
Monday to Friday, August 21 – August 25, 2023
10:00am – 4:00pm
In this workshop we will design and carve a wooden sign for your home, your business, or to give as a gift. Concepts covered include the foundations of sign carving using a variety of chisels and knives, as well as...
Watercolour Primer for All: Beginners & Seasoned Painters Welcome
Timothy James Standring
Monday to Friday , September 18 – September 22, 2023
9:00am – 4:00pm
Image: © 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 which you’ll cover all of the basics. Fundamentally, you’ll learn...
A Tribute: The Pots and Passion of Walter Ostrom
Walter Ostrom
Monday to Friday, July 3 – July 14, 2023
9:00am – 4:00pm
We are thrilled to offer a unique event to celebrate the legacy of Walter Ostrom’s teachings. This event features a diverse series of daily lectures, demonstrations, and informal conversations with some of the world’s leading Ceramic practitioners and historians including: Walter...
The Tactile Notebook and the Written Word
Sandra Brownlee
Monday to Friday , July 3 – July 7, 2023
10:00am – 4:00pm
This five-day workshop is open to all levels and welcomes former students as well as new. The main objective of the workshop is to support students in establishing a dynamic, tactile notebook practice that is meaningful and rewarding. Students will use their...
Everything’s A Loom! Weaving Techniques
Carley Mullally
Monday to Friday, July 10 – July 14, 2023
10:00am – 4:00pm
With a few techniques under your belt, anything can become a loom. A table, chair, doorway or in the case of this workshop, a picture frame. Throughout the week we will learn various weaving techniques such as rya knots, slit tapestry, cartooning and soumak...
Pushing Light and Colour: Acrylic Painting
Sharon Fox Cranston
Monday to Friday, July 17 – July 21, 2023
10:00am – 4:00pm
Learn to paint expressive, impressionistic acrylic paintings that capture the colour, light and essence of a scene. Stretch your creativity and get out of your comfort zone to push past what you see, to what you’d like to express. Make...
Creative Writing for Kids with WFNS
Linda Hudson & the WFNS
Monday to Friday, July 17 – July 21, 2023
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...
It’s All in the Details! Hand-building
Marla Benton
Monday to Friday , July 31 – August 4, 2023
10:00am – 4:00pm
This week-long workshop will look into creating patterned details. Whether the details are in the gesture of the piece or the textures; we will explore lots of possibilities! Hand-building construction techniques & surface design will be our focus for demonstrations...
Egg Tempera Painting: Mastering the Art
Tom Forrestall & William Forrestall
Monday to Friday , July 31 – August 4, 2023
10:00am – 4:00pm
This Egg Tempera course will offer participants a new creative and expressive relationship with this most ancient of painting mediums (think the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican). The course is designed for both novices and experienced painters, and will be an...
Youth Art Week: “Art Makes Kids Awesome!”
Laura Piquado
Monday to Friday , August 7 – August 11, 2023
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, and printmaking, students will work on a number of projects aimed at expressing their individuality,...
Plein Air Watercolour Painting
Tom Ward
Monday to Friday , August 7 – August 11, 2023
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...
Crafting the Garden
Gillian Maradyn-Jowsey
Monday to Friday, August 14 – August 18, 2023
10:00am – 4:00pm
Explore hand built forms such as vases, flower pots and garden sculptures. This workshop celebrates the beauty of botanical life in the home and garden. What could be better than learning to build a flower pot for that one special...
Taking a Line for a Walk: Sketching in Lunenburg
Michael Peters
Monday to Friday, August 14 – August 18, 2023
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...