Youth Art Week: Unleash Your Inner Artist (Ages 9 – 12)
Alison Mitchell
Monday to Friday, July 7 – July 11, 2025
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Join local artist and Mom, Alison Mitchell, for a week of fun and creative discovery. This workshop, for youth ages 9 – 12, is perfect for keen young artists who are eager to experiment with new tools and techniques, unleash...
Youth Art Week: Art Makes Kids Awesome! (Ages 8 – 10)
Laura Piquado
Monday to Friday, July 7 – July 11, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
This awesome five (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...
The Magic of Monotypes: Explorations in Printmaking
Charley Young
Monday to Friday, July 14 – July 18, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
This weeklong workshop will explore various low-tech, off-the-press, printmaking techniques including gelli plates, tetra-pak drypoint, embossments, watercolour monotypes, pochoir and ballpoint pen relief. Participants will have the opportunity to experiment with monotype techniques, a hybrid approach to creating one-of-a-kind printed...
Creative Writing for Kids with the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia
Linda Hudson & the WFNS
Monday to Friday, July 14 – July 18, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
This workshop, for youth ages 11 – 14, 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 and place building, and playing with language....
New Adventures in Acrylic Paint
William Forrestall
Monday to Friday, July 28 – August 1, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
This course is designed for beginners through to advance painters. We will cover basic and advanced acrylic painting techniques through guided, hands-on instruction as students work on the subject matter of their choosing. It will cover beginner and advanced acrylic...
PRIDE OF HOME (Ages 10 – 12)
Terry Havlis Drahos
Monday to Friday, July 28 – August 1, 2025
1:00pm – 4:00pm
This workshop, for youth ages 10 – 12, is inspired by the book “Pride of Home” by Joann Latre Mouille, which discusses and illustrates the native architecture of Nova Scotia. The purpose of this project is to highlight and instill...
Sketchy Business
Michael Peters
Monday to Friday, August 4 – August 8, 2025
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...
Trifling Textures and Defining Details
Marla Benton
Monday to Friday, August 4 – August 8, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
This week-long workshop is for experimenting and exploring! We will be slowing down and creating and glazing in detail. Whether the details are in the gesture of the piece or the textures, we will explore lots of possibilities! Hand-building construction...
You’ll Be Hooked! Punch Needle Fibre Art
Alison Mitchell
Wednesday to Friday, August 13 – August 15, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
In this lively three (3) day workshop we’ll learn how to use a simple wooden punch needle and yarn to create anything from rugs to pillows to stunning wall hangings. Rug hooking has a rich history in Atlantic Canada and...
Knobs -The Punctuation of Pottery
Tim Worthington
Monday to Friday, August 11 – August 15, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
We will explore making a “treasure jar” for summer keep- sakes. Beach glass, favourite stone from a walk or anything that deserves a nice clay container. The attention will be on the knob of the jar, as this contrib- utes...
Painting Watercolour Landscapes on Site
Tom Ward
Monday to Friday, August 18 – August 22, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
This course is about painting watercolour landscapes on site. There are some wonderful areas around historic Lunenburg which are terrific for marine landscapes. Our five days of classes will address the challenges of colour, value, and composition while painting outdoors....
Clamorous Clay
Teresa Bergen
Monday to Friday, August 18 – August 22, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
This is a figurative sculpture course that is all about play. With a focus on honing hand building skills, we will make our own individual pieces and work separately on various body parts which can then be assembled to create...
Show Your True Colours
Heather Sayeau
Monday to Friday, August 25 – August 29, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
This five-day workshop will take a comprehensive look at the basics of painting practices: colour, value, composition, using a variety of subject matter. Daily demos by Heather will be followed by simple exercises before starting the paintings. There will be...
Beginners & Beyond: Exploring Hand-Built Forms
Laura Piquado
Monday to Friday, August 25 – August 29, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
This week-long intensive course will focus on developing your hand-building skills. Using molds, templates, and your own unique designs, we will work on cylindrical and horizontal forms (such as mugs, bowls, and plates) while incorporating lids, handles, feet, and a...
Watercolour Primer for All: Beginners & Seasoned Painters Welcome
Timothy James Standring
Monday to Friday, September 15 – September 19, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
With wit and whimsy, filled with a passionate knowledge of the history of watercolor painting, Timothy James Standring will hold your attention during this five-day workshop in which you’ll cover all the basics. Fundamentally, you’ll learn with hands-on exercises that...