After-School Art: The Recipe for Making Great Art (Ages 8-10)
Terry Havlis Drahos
Thursdays, January 16 – February 20, 2025
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Join us for 6 weeks of after-school art and creativity this winter! Participants (ages 8-10) will explore a variety of painting, drawing, and collaging materials in the quest to find the “recipe for making great art”. Through fun and engaging...
Become a Hooker: Punch Needle Fibre Art
Alison Mitchell
Saturday & Sunday, January 18 – January 19, 2025
10:00am – 3:00pm
In this relaxed two-day workshop we’ll learn how to use a simple wooden punch needle and yarn from Canada’s oldest woolen mill to create anything from rugs to pillows to wall hangings. Rug hooking has a rich history in Atlantic...
Exploring Textile: Mali Mud Cloth
Letitia Fraser
Saturday, January 18
10:00am – 4:00pm
One of the best ways to learn about another culture’s tradition is to immerse yourself within it. During this workshop, we will explore the world of Mali Mud Cloth, or Bogolanfini, a traditional African textile art form rich in history...
Natural Dyes with Lichen, “Old Man’s Beard”
Maggie Sigrid Wilde
Saturday & Sunday, January 25 – January 26, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
Discover the art of natural dyeing in this hands-on workshop that explores the unique properties of Old Man’s Beard lichen (Usnea species). Participants will learn the history and sustainable practices of natural dyeing, starting with the understanding the harvest and...
Glazing & Surface Design: Ceramics
Laura Piquado
Sundays, January 26 – February 16, 2025
9:30am – 12:30pm
This four-week workshop will be dedicated to the exploration of various surface design treatments and decorating options. We will use hand-built forms from both mold and free-form construction as our templates. Stencils, stamps, newspaper monoprinting, slip-trailing, Mishima and sgrafitto, will...
Crochet the Day Away! Rug Crochet
Doris Miles
Saturday, February 15
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...
Beginners & Beyond: Ceramics
Laura Piquado
Mondays, February 17 – April 7, 2025
5:30pm – 8:30pm
In this class, designed for both beginning potters and those looking to continue and expand beyond their introductory skills, we will start to explore the diverse possibilities of form. We will work on different altering techniques, as well as how...
A Big Fish: Mixed Media
Michael Peters
Saturday, March 8
10:00am – 4:00pm
The Sea – one of art’s oldest subjects, is the framework for this mixed-media drawing workshop. From mackerels to marlins, and humpbacks to halibuts, we’ll explore the ‘life aquatic’, using mixed-media drawing and painting tools, including: charcoal, India-ink, chalk-pastels, graphite,...
Let there be Light: Oil Painting
Amy Funk
Wednesdays, March 12 – April 16, 2025
1:00pm – 4:00pm
The class will begin with an introduction by your instructor, Amy Funk, and go on to choose between 2 still life images provided. The first class will be spent projecting your image onto your provided 11” x 14” primed canvas...
Lunenburg Puzzle Quilt: Patchwork Shortcuts
Marilyn Smulders
Saturdays, March 15 – April 12, 2025
9:30am – 11:30am
Quilting has a long history in Nova Scotia, no more so than in Lunenburg County where generations of women recycled fabrics and old clothing into bed coverings to keep their families warm. Although labour intensive, quilting was a creative outlet...
Sunday Slabs & Sculpting: Ceramics
Marla Benton
Sundays, March 16 – March 30, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
This three-day workshop will focus on creating sculptures and incorporating them on a functional vessel. The longer work days will give you a chance to settle in and really get into refining your pieces. Demonstrations on sculpting & slab building...
Brown Clay, White Slip, Transparent Glaze = Spring Flowers!
Tim Worthington
Tuesdays, March 25 – May 6, 2025
1:00pm – 4:00pm
This workshop will explore the many combinations of slips and transparent coloured glazes on a 3D form. The attention will be on slip decorating techniques, inlay, drawing, brushing, sponging and stencils, rather than being bogged down with object creation. The...
Spring Print Fling! Linocut Card Making
Inbal Newman
Saturday, April 26
10:00am – 4:00pm
Get ready to welcome in longer days and the first signs of spring with some joyful linoleum printing! This one-day workshop focuses on intro techniques of relief printing to create a series of small prints or cards to show off...
It’s Spring! Painting Fundamentals
Heather Sayeau
Wednesday to Friday, April 30 – May 2, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
This three-day class will focus on colour and light and keeping your paintings fresh and bright. Students will practice colour mixing, value and intensity – how to prevent colours from getting muddy – how to apply paint to make an...
Big Beautiful Blooms: Mixed Media
Michael Peters
Saturday, May 10
10:00am – 4:00pm
Flowers and floral motifs, which have been an enduring and beloved subject for artists and image makers the world over, is the framework for this mixed-media workshop designed to explore one’s connections to art and nature! From Poppies to Peonies...
Lidded Vases: Wheel-Thrown & Assembled Forms
Joan Bruneau
Monday to Friday, May 19 – May 23, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
Build on your wheel-throwing and hand-building skills as we explore composite vertical and horizontal vase shapes with lids. Hand building using thrown parts and lids will be explored. We will focus on developing experimental forms in this five-day workshop rather...