From glassblowing to nuno felting, watercolours to oil painting, fine craft to fine art, our artist led experiences can be the catalyst for creative exploration or professional development.
Join Kate Civiero with Special Guest Instructor Marcelina Salazar and create your very own block printed tea towel in this awesome hands on workshop. Start with a natural fiber cloth towel and learn how to design, lay out and carve a block to print your own unique designs on the fabric with permanent ink.
Watercolour paint is one of the most beautiful, versatile, and fun mediums to use! These classes are for anyone just starting out in watercolour as well as those who are looking to refresh their watercolour skills.
The class will begin with an introduction to equipment, molten glass and a safety discussion. Students will then learn to colour, shape, twist and blow 2200ºF molten glass to create two projects each: a beautiful ornament to hang in a window and a fun and colourful drinking glass. Students will be working in teams of two and each student will get to make both projects.
In this course, students will make two blank journals, one little chubby book with a vinyl cover and one larger book, with either a wool felt or a leather cover.
Suzette Terry continues last year's exploration of collage in this two day workshop. Lessons will include different surface preparations, application methods, finishing glazes, and how to use the principles of design to create a finished piece.
Students will cut and file their bracelet blanks, then clean the copper thoroughly. Students will then design and draw a resist on to their copper blank.
Join celebrated local Chef Zack Keeshig as he guides a foraging excursion around Fairy Lake, followed by a sample of his signature Ojibway fusion culinary stylings.
In this unique workshop Michael will guide you through step-by-step projects including graphite drawing with subtle watercolour
washes and full watercolour bird paintings. The workshop is perfect for any level of art experience and will suit both casual nature lovers and serious ornithologists
Join Marta Scythes for an exploratory workshop of particular interest to the naturalist or outdoors person. Marta guides students through observation exercises and how to document on location with line, shading and contour. A focus on local bird species as well as plant matter will provide a scientific basis for course illustrations.
Join Marta Scythes for an exploratory workshop of particular interest to the naturalist or outdoors person. Marta guides students through observation exercises and how to document on location with line, shading and contour. A focus on local bird species as well as plant matter will provide a scientific basis for course illustrations.
Join Marion Anderson for a five class, evening format introduction to watercolour techniques. Designed for the beginner, students of all levels will still gain from Marion's mastery of the medium!
The first day of this workshop will begin with transferring a lighthouse image onto a half sheet of watercolour paper; applying masking fluild and light washes of watercolour paints. A layer of melted wax is applied and the paper manipulated to create the distinctive crackled look of batik.
Join Siobhan Lynch for a fun and immersive introduction to stained glass techniques. Students will learn to cut, grind, foil, solder and finish a sun catcher. Each student will be given the choice of several patterns for their design and all tools and supplies will be ready for you to dive into your new passion!
No experience necessary and fair warning that needle felting can be addictive! In this course, students will be introduced to the art of needle felting and slow stitching, marrying natural textiles to landscape art.
Join Siobhan Lynch for a fun and immersive introduction to stained glass techniques. Students will learn to cut, grind, foil, solder and finish a sun catcher. Each student will be given the choice of several patterns for their design and all tools and supplies will be ready for you to dive into your new passion!
Learn the four most common Japanese stab binding patterns along with the basics of Japanese style bookbinding. Stab binding is a decorative way to bind single sheets without adhesives. The covers for each of the four books will be made from silk-screened Japanese mulberry paper called Chiyogami.
Students will apply skills learned in Module I or II to fabricate a final 8 x 10 panel, consisting of 10 - 15 component pieces. Cut, grind, foil, and solder using your new stained glass skills! Siobhan will guide each student through the step by step construction and offer demo's and practice exercises that inform the primary project.
In the morning, students will create their own art journal, made with 140lb watercolour paper. These handmade journals will then be used for an afternoon of plein-air painting outdoors. Students will learn tips and techniques to approach sketching and painting with the elements.
Learn to paint with loose, expressive brushwork depicting light and shadow through the use of shapes combined with vibrant colour. Jacintha will guide you through varied exercises and teach valuable techniques to promote the understanding and experience of creating your very own Impressionistic paintings of landscapes, florals and figurative work.
This course will focus on the fundamental principles of observational painting in oils. The instructor will give painting demonstrations several times throughout the course and will break down her approach to painting into 4 stages.
Students will paint a head study using a live model as reference. The workshop will start by the instructor mixing a flesh colour palette and students making samples of the palette with notes.
The class will begin with an introduction to equipment, molten glass and a safety discussion. Students will then learn to colour, shape, twist and blow 2200ºF molten glass to create two projects each: a beautiful ornament to hang in a window and a fun and colourful drinking glass.
Even if you have never created jewelry before, you will be inspired by how easy it is to make a pendant with precious metal clay. What is Precious Metal Clay? It was developed in the early 1990s in Japan. The material consists of microscopic particles of pure silver and a water-soluble, non-toxic, organic binder that burns off during firing leaving behind a 99.9% pure silver piece.
Pull yourself away from the beach and those sunset walks and make your own sterling silver, found pebble ring!
We've all found that sweet little pebble on the beach and brought it home, now you can make a ring to showcase it.