Dreaming into Poetry Pt.2
Instructor: Rose Nielsen
Structure: 4 classes
Dates: Tuesday, May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2025
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00pm
Fee: $180.00

This two-part course offers a poetry-writing approach looking through the lens of Jungian dreamwork as we search for images, symbols, and metaphors in our dreams, bringing unconscious material into consciousness. In the process, we will explore a variety of fixed form and free verse poetry to learn which forms might best serve the dream’s tone and theme. And we will venture into the realm of dreams as source material for the muse.

Deadline to register:   Tuesday, May 6, 2025

AI and Your Fiction Writing Process: An Exploration
Instructor: Deryn Collier
Structure: 4 classes
Dates: Friday, May 16, 23, 30, June 6 2025
Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00pm
Fee: $180.00

Note: Students will need a laptop, tablet, or phone. We’ll primarily be using Claude.ai and Google Notebook LM during this class. Students can sign up for free accounts on these models before class, or during the first class.

Material List:  Laptop, tablet, or phone.

Curious about AI’s role in creative writing? Explore how artificial intelligence can support your fiction writing process while maintaining your unique creative voice. Together we’ll investigate AI tools for research, character and plot development, historical and setting details, and self-editing. Share experiences, test approaches between sessions, and discuss the implications for your practice. Come away with informed perspectives on how these emerging tools might fit (or not) into your writing process.

Deadline to register:   Tuesday, May 9, 2025

Drawing from Nature
Instructor: Keiko Lee-Hem
Structure: 2 classes
Dates: Saturday, May 17, 2025 & Saturday, May 31, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00pm
Fee: $120.00

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. Each session the instructor will focus on using a different drawing medium (e.g. pen & ink, willow charcoal, oil pastels). Students are invited to match mediums or bring whatever inspires them in the moment. There will be simple demos to start, followed by free drawing time.

Deadline to register:   Tuesday, May 9, 2025

Cartoon Drawing for Youth
Instructor: Josh Wapp
Structure: 1 class
Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 3:00pm
Fee: $60.00
Age Range: 8 – 12 years (parents invited to attend)

What is cartooning? This class introduces a very brief history of cartoons with visual examples, including different applications of the art form in industry, print, and film. Students will then begin the class with a warmup, introducing free and gesture drawing techniques. Intended for young people, ages 8 – 14 years of age, this class will guide students to draw the human face and develop caricatures, as well as how to draw the human body by blocking in basic shapes first and expanding into more detail. Students will then lean how to develop their own cartoon characters through a series of fun exercises.

Supply list:

– 1 HB pencil

– 1 soft, white eraser

– Non-toxic, non-permanent black markers, 1 thin and 1 thick. Crayola brand with a bullet tip is good. 

– 20 sheets of plain white or light coloured paper per/student at least legal size (8.5″x 14″).

– Optional: some examples of cartoon art you love

Deadline to register:   Friday, May 16, 2025

ArtSpeak
Instructor: Emilie Leblanc-Kromberg
Structure: 4 classes
Dates: Thursday, May 15, 22, June 5, 12, 2025 (no class May 29)
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00pm
Fee: $80.00

ArtSpeak is an opportunity to meet other artists and discuss art pieces created within a common theme. It is a weekly challenge to listen, think, observe, elaborate, and commit to the creative process. Whatever skill level or medium used, the group supports an intimate space where all feels included, connected, respected, and excited to share courageous exploration.

Deadline to register:   Tuesday, May 8, 2025

Painting from a Model
/no instruction
Structure: 1 class
Date: Sunday, May 18, 2025
Time: 12:30 – 4:30 pm
Fee: $65.00

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.

Deadline to register: Friday, May 9, 2025

Life Drawing
/no instruction
Structure: 4 classes
Dates: Monday, May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 2025
Fee: $150.00

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.

Deadline to register: Monday, May 12, 2025

Voice Alchemy
Instructor: Carolyn Wall
Structure: 4 classes
Dates: Wednesday, May 21, 28, June 4, 11, 2025
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:00pm
Fee: $170.00

Take a deep dive into the authentic expression of your voice and soul essence! In this 4-week program, we explore your inner soundscape using grounding practices, vocal toning, mantras, guided visual meditations, improvisation of sound and song and creating + performing your own song!

The voice becomes a medium to meet your vulnerable edge and any fear of expression with a playful energy. This class is not about learning to sing better or pretty. It is about freeing your voice, this magical tool we use every day to co-create our lives. We will unlock suppressed and buried creative treasure, inner power and vitality.

Our voice is a bridge connecting us to our muse and desires. We are all born singing and dancing. Somewhere along the way, we may have abandoned parts of ourselves due to judgements from others and ourselves.

Hop on the journey to reclaim your voice as an instrument of play and power!

Deadline to register:   Wednesday, May 7, 2025