Course Description:
Join us as we slow down and savour the beauty of seasonal flora and foliage. This relaxed drawing class is open to all levels and will give you the chance to reconnect with the present moment, the beauty of the subject and your creative self.
Class format:
No instruction provided. We will begin with short warm-up sketches, followed by more sustained periods of study. Plants gathered from the facilitator’s garden and homestead.
Course Fee: $25
TOTAL FEE: $25
Registration Deadline: May 3

Course Description:
Drawing sessions will provide the opportunity to draw from a model with poses ranging from 1 minute to 20 minutes. No instruction is offered. Students are expected to provide the drawing materials of their choice.
TOTAL FEE: $48
Registration Deadline: May 17

Course Description:
Using acrylic paint, the class will explore colour use with emphasis on colour contrasts through saturation, temperature, and extensions. These explorations will be used in the creation of new paintings. Group projects and discussions will be part of the class. The class is perfect for those who have taken some colour theory, have some experience working with colour, or have taken Beginner Painting: An introduction to Colour (Part 1).
Material Fee: $25
Course Fee: $255
TOTAL FEE: $280
Registration Deadline: May 14

Course Description:
This 10-hour course helps you discover the meaning of your dreams through a Jungian approach to dreamwork along with the basics of dream journaling. Learn to record images, symbols, and metaphors in your dreams, bringing unconscious material into consciousness. Dreamwork and dream journaling help deepen awareness in multiple areas such as creativity, emotional processing, and personal insight. 
TOTAL FEE: $160
Registration Deadline: May 13

Course Description:
Artists of all disciplines (professional or not) are invited to share their work in a safe space and engage in contemporary art dialogue with other open-minded art loving individuals. Themes will be proposed as a potential starting point for exchanges and artistic practices to grow collectively. The objective for this workshop is for artists to make, share, discuss, and learn together. 
TOTAL FEE: $60
Registration Deadline: May 16

Course Description:
This one-day class is perfect for beginners wanting to try out a variety of drawing techniques and materials. Working with graphite, charcoal, and ink, the class will focus on drawing what we see, not what we know. 

Students should bring: 

• Graphite pencils (ideally 2B, 4B & 6B)
• One gum eraser and one kneadable eraser. 

All other materials provided.
Material Fee: $20 
Course Fee: $85
TOTAL FEE: $105
Registration Deadline: May 17

Course Description:
In this photography class, experimentation is the goal. Digital photography is an excellent medium for experimentation and creativity since it provides free, immediate feedback. Each day will involve in-class demonstrations and a photo walk to put our learning into action. Throughout the class we will experiment with:

– Long exposure techniques.
– Multiple exposure techniques.
– Blurring foreground to achieve creative, unique compositions.
– Any other ideas that come to us at the time. No oddity is off limits. 
Students should bring:
– Digital camera(s) and lenses (preferably not phones although some elements of the class will apply).
– Charged battery/extra batteries. 
– Camera manual, if they have one.
– A way of taking notes.
TOTAL FEE: $140
Registration Deadline: May 24

Course Description:
In this hands-on workshop participants will be introduced to the Bolex film camera and how to process black and white 16mm film using Caffenol-C. Caffenol-C is a home made and non-toxic film developer made from instant coffee, washing soda, and vitamin C powder. In groups of three, participants will shoot a 100 foot roll of film and hand process it in a DIY darkroom. No experience necessary.
Material Fee: $35
Course Fee: $95
TOTAL FEE: $130
Registration Deadline: May 31

Course Description:
Join poet and storyteller, fanny kearse for an intimate workshop merging visual and literary arts. Participants will engage in a restorative and playful workshop to expand artistic practice through writing prompts, reflective activities, and collage art. Each participant will create a piece fusing images and their original words on a piece of reclaimed wood. Bring you + your inner child; creativity abound! 
Material Fee: $10
Course Fee: $90
TOTAL FEE: $100
Registration Deadline: June 7

Course Description:
Participants will have the opportunity to work from a model holding a single pose for an extended session (3.5 hours).  No instruction is offered. Participants will be asked to bring their own materials in their preferred medium.
TOTAL FEE: $40
Registration Deadline: June 7

Course Description:
The Lab is a vibrant studio setting in which to experiment and explore paint and drawing materials, to generate new work and ideas, to workshop previous work, and to engage with other participants in the making of art! 

The two-day class will focus on digging into generative processes through playful exercises and critiques that expand and challenge your art making habits and notions! The Lab will be process oriented with individual mentoring and group discussions. Some materials will be provided and participants will work from both a suggested materials list and materials of their choice.
Material Fee: $25
Course Fee: $175
TOTAL FEE: $200
Registration Deadline: June 14

Course Description:
Do people tell you you’re funny? Do you have a dark, absurd sense of humour? Are you opinionated about how humans live in 2023? You’ll be a natural at satire and humour writing! Learn to write short satirical stories in the style of The Onion, McSweeney’s, The Beaverton, and The New Yorker’s Shouts and Murmurs. We’ll explore what makes powerful, smart, memorable satire, and then you’ll write several stories that we will workshop as a group.
TOTAL FEE: $155
Registration Deadline: March 28

Course Description:
We often recall memories in fragments. By accessing our scattered memories and borrowing the container of non-linear structures, we can record our life stories in authentic and innovative ways. 

Each week we will explore a different literary form (prose poetry, flash non-fiction, epistolary writing, and the hermit crab essay) to enter our material sideways and find new shapes to unpack our experiences. 

Each class will include a study of the craft, guided writing prompts, and readings by authors who push the boundaries of hybrid creative non-fiction forms. 

If you are working on a difficult memoir, or looking for new ways to tell your familiar stories, this series will give you a chance to play, experiment, and come back to the magic of memory and the importance of meaning-making.     
TOTAL FEE: $105
Registration Deadline: May 1