Piazza! Community Canvas
Join the Culture Crawl gang at the Piazza at Commercial and Kitchener and contribute to a public art happening! From 1-5pm on Saturday, November 22 and Sunday, November 23, we’ll be creating a cooperative painting that will be painted over and started again every hour. Pick up more information about the Culture Crawl, meet new […]
Piazza! Community Canvas
Join the Culture Crawl gang at the Piazza at Commercial and Kitchener and contribute to a public art happening! From 1-5pm on Saturday, November 22 and Sunday, November 23, we’ll be creating a cooperative painting that will be painted over and started again every hour. Pick up more information about the Culture Crawl, meet new […]
Weaving with Paint: Calm from Chaos with a Friendly Lion
Exploring themes of wildness and domesticity, artist Val Nelson will interweave colourful, bold brushstrokes with embodied gestural mark-making in acrylic paint on canvas. She will show how seemingly abstract forms can be coaxed into visual unity, while celebrating differences of colour nuance, light and dark pattern, and edge-quality. Val loves sharing with others how making […]
Weaving with Paint: Calm from Chaos with a Friendly Lion
Exploring themes of wildness and domesticity, artist Val Nelson will interweave colourful, bold brushstrokes with embodied gestural mark-making in acrylic paint on canvas. She will show how seemingly abstract forms can be coaxed into visual unity, while celebrating differences of colour nuance, light and dark pattern, and edge-quality. Val loves sharing with others how making […]
INTRO TO ANALOG FILM WITH CINEWORKS
Drop-in tours of the Cineworks Analog Centre located in the basement of 312 Main, and a scratch-and-paint animation demonstration on the 1st floor. Children and adults are welcome to participate and learn about scratch-and-paint animation.
INTRO TO ANALOG FILM WITH CINEWORKS
Drop-in tours of the Cineworks Analog Centre located in the basement of 312 Main, and a scratch-and-paint animation demonstration on the 1st floor. Children and adults are welcome to participate and learn about scratch-and-paint animation.
Gold and Oil: Painting on a Gilt Surface
In this demo, Bronwyn will demonstrate the different ways that she works with gold leaf: primarily using it as a surface to paint on, but also as an accent or adornment in paintings. Painting on a gilded surface is an interesting process, as the reflective ground shifts depending on how the light hits it, bringing […]
Letterpress Printing Demo and Pull a Broadsheet
Step back in time and experience the timeless art of letterpress printing in this hands-on demo! Discover the rich history of letterpress, from its revolutionary origins to its enduring charm today. We’ll walk you through the traditional printing process, showcasing vintage presses and type. Then, roll up your sleeves and try it yourself, participants will […]
Letterpress Printing Demo and Pull a Broadsheet
Step back in time and experience the timeless art of letterpress printing in this hands-on demo! Discover the rich history of letterpress, from its revolutionary origins to its enduring charm today. We’ll walk you through the traditional printing process, showcasing vintage presses and type. Then, roll up your sleeves and try it yourself, participants will […]
Basics of Dynamic Figure Drawing
A 30min demonstration on how to think about gesture, life, and form in the figure. Working from imagination, Dylan will take you through the steps of breaking down body language, movement, and thinking spatially with the figure to achieve solid and lively results while drawing the figure.