UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
- Learn new skills, complete a project, and leave with practical knowledge you can build on
- Scheduled sessions spanning a few hours, a whole day, or multiple days
- Generally hands-on and step-by-step
Students receive a 15% discount on art supplies on the day of the workshop! Come early and show proof of registration to avail discount. Discount does not apply to items already on sale.
Prices below are listed in Canadian dollars and do not include GST yet.
JUL
11
Saturday
9 am – 12 pm
$80
Make Your Own Mug
with Kiumars Kamalinia
Join Kiumars Kamalinia for a relaxed and creative pottery workshop where you’ll design and hand-build your very own ceramic mug from scratch.
This beginner-friendly class is perfect for anyone curious about clay—no experience needed. You’ll learn basic hand-building techniques, explore form and texture, and create a functional mug that’s uniquely yours. What’s included:
- Step-by-step instruction by a professional ceramic artist
- All clay, tools, glazes, and kiln firings
- A warm, friendly, and inspiring studio atmosphere
Your finished mug will be glazed and fired by us and ready for pickup after the workshop.
Mixed Media Explorations
with Jean Pederson
Take risks and work beyond your traditional practice in this five-day summer workshop with Jean Pederson!
Explore new ways of combining mixed media while pursuing your own visual language. Focusing on water-soluble paints and mediums, you will experiment with how everything from gesso, acrylics, inks, mark-making tools, and collage can be integrated into a unique painting, creating a piece that showcases your own artistic statement.
Jean will show you techniques that can be applied to a variety of subject matter, styles, and surfaces. Emphasis will be placed on design and developing your individual style, and classwork will be part of the course.
In Full Bloom
If you’ve ever wanted to paint florals on large canvases with more freedom, confidence, and expressive energy, this workshop is for you.
In this vibrant 3-day abstract floral experience, Holly McWilliams will guide you through her signature course to painting large, loose florals filled with bold brushwork, dynamic colour, and playful mark making.
Through guided demonstrations, personal instruction, and Holly’s signature mix of encouragement, education, and playful chaos, you’ll learn how to simplify florals into powerful compositions full of movement, atmosphere, and YOU.
This workshop is all about painting BIG, letting go of perfection, and embracing expressive mark making without fear.
Open Studio
5 days with Jean Pederson
This 5-day course is intended for artists who have an established technical foundation and want a student-centred approach to learning.
With Jean Pederson, artists will have the opportunity to develop their own ideas and refine their personal language as it relates to their artwork. Jean will provide individual critique and supportive input to facilitate each student’s learning.
Group discussions will be encouraged and demonstrations will be integrated into the studio experience, offering opportunities to learn from both the instructor and fellow students. This is an ideal setting for artists looking to deepen their practice, gain fresh perspective, and move their work forward with intention.
Creating Fearlessly
with Connie Geerts
Are you ready to loosen up your painting style, trust your instincts, and move beyond the fear of making mistakes?
Join Connie Geerts for an inspiring two-day workshop designed to help you break through the habits and inhibitions that keep you safely within your comfort zone. Through a series of engaging exercises, creative challenges, and quick painting studies, you’ll explore new approaches to making art with greater freedom and confidence.
Together, we’ll experiment, take risks, and discover the creative triggers that help unlock authentic expression. This workshop is about letting go of perfection, embracing the unexpected, and developing a more intuitive, soulful connection to your work.
Whether you’re feeling stuck, looking to energize your practice, or simply curious about a more expressive approach to painting, this workshop will provide tools and inspiration to help you create with courage and joy.
Come prepared to explore, play, and create fearlessly.
JUL
20
Monday
1 pm – 4 pm
$79
Still Life: No Talent Required – Beginner Charcoal Drawing
Have you always wanted to try drawing but convinced yourself you “aren’t talented enough”? This class is for you. Welcome to No Talent Required — a fun, relaxed, beginner-friendly charcoal drawing workshop designed to help you let go of perfection, get a little messy, and discover just how creative you actually are.
Charcoal is one of the most forgiving and expressive art mediums out there. It blends beautifully, erases easily, and allows you to build drawings slowly through layers, shadows, highlights, and atmosphere. In other words… it’s basically the perfect medium for beginners.
In this charcoal still life class, we’ll be drawing one of Holly’s favourite little subjects — cherries. These tiny shiny fruits are absolutely perfect for learning how light moves across a rounded form and transforms something flat into something that feels beautifully dimensional and real. Together we’ll break down highlights, mid-tones, core shadows, reflected light, and cast shadows to truly understand how light behaves on a surface. You’ll learn how to create soft blends, dramatic contrast, and glowing highlights while building confidence with charcoal techniques in a relaxed and encouraging environment.
Abstract What You Love - Objects • Florals • Landscapes
with Nadine Johnson
This four-day workshop is all about transforming the things that inspire you into expressive abstract paintings.
Whether it’s a floral, a favourite object, or a landscape you hold close, we’ll explore how to break things down into colour, shape, and movement, and then build them back up through layering, collage, and mark-making.
Instead of focusing on finished pieces, we’ll spend our time exploring how to capture the essence of what you love in paint. You’ll discover fresh approaches, loosen up your process, and find new ways of expressing yourself through abstraction.
Unleash your inner artist! Beginners are welcome, no previous experience required, just a desire to paint, play, and try something new. In this workshop, there are no mistakes, only creative discoveries waiting to happen.
JUL
25
Saturday
1 pm – 4 pm
$65
Watercolour Practice
Join artist Laura Gerein for a relaxed, beginner-friendly watercolour workshop that’s all about having fun and letting yourself play. This pressure-free session is perfect if you’re curious about watercolour and not sure where to start.
You’ll explore basic techniques, learn about different types of paper and brushes, and get to know a few helpful painting tools and accessories so you can make confident choices as you continue your watercolour journey.
Best of all, all supplies are included! Just bring your curiosity and enjoy the process.
JUL
27
Monday
1 pm – 4 pm
$79
Landscape: No Talent Required – Beginner Charcoal Drawing
In this moody and atmospheric charcoal class, we’ll create a dramatic moonlit landscape filled with glowing light, soft foggy transitions, and silhouetted forest shapes.
This project is all about learning how to use charcoal to create atmosphere, depth, and emotion while exploring the beautiful relationship between light and dark.
You’ll practice blending techniques, layering values, lifting highlights, and creating soft glowing effects that make charcoal such a magical medium to work with.
Perfect for beginners, this class focuses on experimentation, creativity, and discovering that sometimes the most beautiful art comes from embracing the messiness of the process.
JUL
31
Friday
6 pm – 8 pm
FREE
Plein Air Night
Join six active plein air artists as they share their professional processes, techniques, and favorite equipment. If you are considering starting plein air work but feel unsure about where to begin, what gear to use, or how to manage the stress of painting in public, this event is for you.
The evening will feature:
- Artist Introductions: Brief overviews of each artist’s unique process and methods.
- Equipment Deep-Dive: Expert advice on essential gear and what to avoid.
- Panel Discussion: A Q&A session where you can ask the artists questions about the lessons they have learned in the field.
Three Sisters
with Heather Pant
Join Heather Pant and learn her techniques in colour, composition, blending, glaze, lighting and depth as we create the Three Sisters iconic peak.
This workshop will be a fun filled action-packed group and you will enjoy one-on-one instruction.
All skill levels are welcome.
Come enjoy a creative afternoon of learning and creativity.
AUG
8
Saturday
1 pm – 4 pm
$65
Watercolour Practice
Join artist Laura Gerein for a relaxed, beginner-friendly watercolour workshop that’s all about having fun and letting yourself play. This pressure-free session is perfect if you’re curious about watercolour and not sure where to start.
You’ll explore basic techniques, learn about different types of paper and brushes, and get to know a few helpful painting tools and accessories so you can make confident choices as you continue your watercolour journey.
Best of all, all supplies are included! Just bring your curiosity and enjoy the process.
AUG
22
Saturday
1 pm – 4 pm
$65
Watercolour Practice
Join artist Laura Gerein for a relaxed, beginner-friendly watercolour workshop that’s all about having fun and letting yourself play. This pressure-free session is perfect if you’re curious about watercolour and not sure where to start.
You’ll explore basic techniques, learn about different types of paper and brushes, and get to know a few helpful painting tools and accessories so you can make confident choices as you continue your watercolour journey.
Best of all, all supplies are included! Just bring your curiosity and enjoy the process.
SEP
17
Thursday
6 pm – 9 pm
$95
Bob Ross® Style Oil Painting Workshop
with CRI® Tracey Leigh Crozier
Join Bob Ross Certified Instructor® Tracey Leigh Crozier in this fun afternoon workshop! All supplies are included in this wet-on-wet class where you will be led from the beginning stages to a complete oil painting of a colourful mountain scene in just a few hours.
You will be shown in a step-by-step manner how to prepare a white gesso canvas with liquid white, experience the art of mixing colour and learn how to use different painting tools to create a happy little landscape.
Unleash your inner artist! Beginners are welcome. There is no previous experience required–just the desire to paint or learn a new skill and have a great time! As Bob always said, “There are no mistakes, just happy little accidents!”
Magic Mountains Moraine Lake
with Heather Pant
Join Heather Pant and learn her techniques in colour, composition, lighting and depth as we create the Magic Mountains Moraine Lake using acrylic on canvas.
Students get both group and one-on-one instruction.
All skill levels are welcome.
Come enjoy a creative afternoon of learning and creativity.