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Mad Hatter's Tea Party (March Break)
Instructor: Tanya Weichel Date(s): March 10 -14
age: 6 to 12
Boys and girls, join Tanya Weichel and Carol Vaughan for a fun filled week of art and theatre. Make your own props and costumes and pull it all together at the end of the week in a spectacular play.
Bring a lunch and dress for a mess.
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Fee: $160
Season: Spring
Category: Kids Art
watercolour techniques II
Instructor: Karen Kesteloot Date(s): Five Wednesdays: April 16 to May 14
Build on your basic watercolour skills in this learner-directed course. The instruction will follow the interests of the participants while encouraging further development of knowledge and skill in: technique, composition, colour theory and mixing, and how to layer colour for various effects. Demonstrations of various techniques or specific items will be done by request. The number, type and style of the paintings will be your choice. The instructor will help you to discover and cultivate your unique vision in this wonderful medium. Materials list provided.
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.Fee: $150, GST included
Season: Spring
Category: Painting
open printmaking studio (3-day weekend)
Date(s): May 2 to 4
Spend three days focused on the printmaking process. Cut and print a Softoleum block, reconnect with a tried-and-true collagraph plate; add to your edition of prints, or experiment with and extend your monoprinting techniques. The open studio concept does not include formal instruction but is a wonderful opportunity to work with other printmakers in a stimulating learning environment.
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Fee: $45, GST included
Season: Spring
Category: Fine Art
the birds and the beads (1 day)
Instructor: Beverley Smith Date(s): May 10
Bead projects with a springtime theme. Create a wire brooch, an 8-strand knotted necklace and a chunky bracelet with the colours and fun of spring. Glass beads in the shape of flowers, leaves, fish and stars combined with colourful seed beads produce great beaded accessories. You’ll learn the tricks of working with beadery wire to create a brooch and multi-strand beading cord to make a choker or lariat — your choice! Bead kits will supply you with all you need for the day. A great class to bring mom to for Mother’s Day or come and make something special to take home for her. Beginners welcome.
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Fee: $60, GST included; plus $40 (+ tax) for bead kit payable to instructor first day
Season: Spring
Category: Miscellaneous
advanced printmaking studio
Instructor: Stephanie Rayner Date(s): May 26 to 30
Join Stephanie in the studio to review printmaking books, develop interesting images, and discuss how these ideas might be accomplished. For experienced printmakers only, participants work on their own, experimenting with previously learned techniques. Here’s your chance to work with other printmakers in a creative, relaxed environment. All materials provided by participants. Specialty printing papers will be available from Stephanie at cost.
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Fee: $75 GST included
Season: Spring
Category: Fine Art
collagraph
Instructor: Peri Jolley Date(s): June 9 to 13
Enjoy the adventure of collagraph – a print of a collage. A printing plate is assembled using materials of different textures, size and shapes, glued in place on a rigid board to create a design. Inking the plate with various colours is exciting. Once the plate is inked, dampened printmaking paper is placed on the collagraph plate and run through the press with amazing results! Materials list provided.
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Fee: $250, GST included
Season: Spring
Category: Fine Art
unsolved watercolours (weekend)
Instructor: Christa Eggers Date(s): June 14 & 15
What can you do with paintings that just don’t work? How can you finish them, make them really sing? Actually there’s plenty to learn from them. We’ll analyze paintings, figure out what went wrong, look at successful paintings, add, subtract, use other materials, and come up with a more interesting image than the one you started with. Plus, the process will give you guidelines to help you before you start your next painting. You’ll have more options, more tools and materials to express your ideas successfully. Materials list provided.
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Fee: $120 GST included; $10 materials fee payable to instructor first day
Season: Spring
Category: Painting
marquetry
Instructor: Diane Edwards Date(s): June 16 to 20
Discover a traditional artform: inlaying coloured wood veneers to create original art. Wood has endless potential for experimenting and discovering new approaches to design. Its natural-grain patterns and reflection of light off the veneer create unique shading effects. Students will piece together a design for a small box lid; the instructor provides the boxes. While waiting for the gluing and finishing of the first project, students can start another project of their choice. No previous woodworking experience necessary.
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Fee: $250, GST included; plus $20 materials fee payable to instructor first day
Season: Spring
Category: Miscellaneous
solar printmaking (3 days)
Instructor: Wesley Bates Date(s): June 16 to 18
Etching techniques have changed. Sunlight and water have replaced traditional acids and resins; now you can produce an image quickly and easily simply by drawing with familiar materials then reproducing it as an etching. You’ll explore this new medium thoroughly with a master printmaker, who will guide you through the process from drawing, to etching on a plate, inking, then printing a small edition. A great way to commemorate a summer holiday! Materials list provided.
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Fee: $185 GST included; plus materials fee based on cost of supplies payable to the instructor the first day
Season: Summer
Category: Fine Art
oil painting for beginners (weekend)
Instructor: Nan Hogg Date(s): June 21 & 22
Have you always wanted to try oil painting, but weren’t ready to invest in the supplies? Here’s your chance. The materials fee provides everything you need, including paint, palette, canvas and two brushes to take home with you. You’ll learn about undercoats and underpainting, colour mixing and brushwork while painting a landscape
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Fee: $120, GST included; plus $15 materials fee payable to instructor first day
Season: Summer
Category: Painting
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