Writing Purposeful Memoir: Exploring Ancestral Roots & Migrations Through Time & Place
Jennifer Browdy
Monday, June 29
10:00am – 3:30pm
Monday, June 29, (10am – 12pm & 1:30pm – 3:30pm) Explore your ancestral roots, family patterns of migration, and your own sense of being rooted or still in search of a place to call home in a lively 4-hour memoir...
Youth Art Week: Unleash Your Inner Artist (Ages 11-13)
Alison Mitchell & Maggie Cappelletti
Monday to Friday, July 6 – July 10, 2026
9:30am – 3:30pm
Join local artists and moms Alison Mitchell and Maggie Cappelletti for a week of fun and creative discovery. This 5-day workshop is perfect for keen, young artists ages 11 – 13, who are eager to experiment with new tools and...
Youth Art Week: Abstract Expressionism (Ages 8-10)
Terry Havlis Drahos
Monday to Friday, July 6 – July 10, 2026
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Get ready to paint big, bold, and a little bit wild. This one-week, half-days camp is for curious artists ages 8 to 10 who want to experiment, explore, and express themselves in new ways. We’ll dive into the world of...
Creative Writing for Kids with the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia
Linda Hudson & the WFNS
Monday to Friday, July 13 – July 17, 2026
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 explore character development, world building, pacing a plot line, and other elements...
Explorations in Printmaking …on the press!
Charley Young
Monday to Friday, July 13 – July 17, 2026
10:00am – 4:00pm
This week-long workshop will explore a variety of printmaking techniques, including drypoint, chinecollé, water-soluble monotypes, reductive monotypes, and pochoir (stencils). Participants will have the opportunity to use a small printing press to experiment with monoprinting techniques, creating one-of-a-kind printed images...
Trifling Textures and Defining Details
Marla Benton
Monday to Friday, July 20 – July 24, 2026
10:00am – 4:00pm
This workshop is all about experimenting, exploring, and getting your hands happily messy. We’ll slow things down and focus on detailed making, creating, and glazing, taking time to enjoy the process. Whether the details show up in a gesture, a...
You’ll Be Hooked! Punch Needle Fibre Art
Alison Mitchell
Wednesday to Friday, July 22 – July 24, 2026
10:00am – 3:00pm
In this lively three-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 using a...
Get Back to the Garden
Heather Sayeau
Monday to Friday, August 17 – August 21, 2026
10:00am – 4:00pm
Line, form and incredible colour – take these 3 elements and put them on canvas to express something about Beauty. This course will review basic colour theory and principles of drawing. There will be a demo each morning relating to...
Patchwork Shortcuts: Starry Night
Marilyn Smulders
Monday to Friday, August 10 – August 14, 2026
10:00am – 3:00pm
Start up your sewing machine! In this beginner-friendly quilt course, we’ll make a traditional quilt block, the “Sawtooth Star.” It’s so named because the triangles represent the jagged teeth of a saw. The “Sawtooth Star” is a basic building block...
Sketchy Business
Michael Peters
Monday to Friday, August 3 – August 7, 2026
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...
Alter Egos: An Intro to Mask-Making
Jim Morrow
Monday to Friday, August 3 – August 7, 2026
10:00am – 4:00pm
During the 25 hours of instruction, the students will learn how to make, a minimum of two masks using simple materials; one inspired by an existing image; the second emerging from the imaginations of the participants themselves. The construction has...
Painting Watercolour Landscapes on Site
Tom Ward
Monday to Friday, August 10 – August 14, 2026
10:00am – 4:00pm
This course is about painting watercolour landscapes on site. There are some wonderful areas around historic Lunen- burg which are terrific for marine landscapes. Our five days of classes will address the challenges of colour, value, and composition while painting...
Mythical Menagerie
Teresa Bergen
Monday to Friday, August 17 – August 21, 2026
10:00am – 4:00pm
This hand-building sculpture class is all about play. We will learn to use pinch, coil, and slab techniques to tell a story in clay. Throughout the week we will also experiment with various glazes, underglazes, and surface texture. Spend five-days...
Landscape Lab Exploring Light & Colour: Acrylic
Sharon Fox Cranston
Monday to Friday, August 24 – August 28, 2026
10:00am – 4:00pm
This immersive acrylic landscape workshop will inspire painters of all skill levels to step out of their comfort zone and experiment with a more impressionist style. This workshop focuses on exploring light and colour to capture the mood and movement...
Youth Art Week: Art Makes Kids Awesome! (Ages 8-10)
Laura Piquado
Monday to Friday, August 24 – August 28, 2026
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...
Watercolour Primer for All: Beginners & Seasoned Painters Welcome
Timothy James Standring
Monday to Friday, September 21 – September 25, 2026
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...
I Saw the Sign: Wooden Sign Carving
Erin Philp
Wednesday to Friday, September 23 – September 25, 2026
10:00am – 4:00pm
In this workshop we will design and carve a wooden sign for your home, business or to give as a gift. Concepts covered include the foundations of sign carving, the use of a variety of chisels and knives, as well...