Join us as a beginner or explore your existing interest to discover new techniques. Tap into your creativity with some of the best instructors in our region through courses in clay, drawing, writing, music, painting, fibre arts and mixed media.
Featured Course: Music Production - Ableton Live Accelerator
Students will dive deep into Ableton Live's features, learning how to create rhythms, melodies, and chord progressions, as well as record, edit, and warp audio.
Courses
After-School Band Program: Beginner
Learn how to play an instrument in a concert band setting while growing a love of music and having fun!
After-School Band Program: Intermediate
Grow your musicianship and confidence while receiving instruction and playing with a group.
Artist Development Series: Music
This comprehensive course will take you through writing and playing instruments/vocals to performance, record contracts and studio production.
Beautiful Boards Charcuterie Art Workshop
Join Courtenay's master class and learn the art of making your very own charcuterie board! Ingredients and supplies included.
Casting: Basic Sculpture
This is an opportunity to learn foundational sculpture skills for a spectrum of applications.
Casting: Mould-Making Basics
Learn to form a one-part mould for reproduction.
Ceramics Basics & Beyond: Wheel Throwing, Trimming and Decorating Pottery
Further your skills on the pottery wheel. Instructor Katriona Drijber is open to all levels of skill for this course—if you are interested, she will help you learn, from beginner to moderate/advanced.
Creative Copper Smithing
Explore copper smithing, from raising and sinking a bowl out of a copper sheet to learning Synclastic and Anticlastic forming.
Drawing: The Essential Language
Observe the world through drawing. Explore composition and layout, expressive mark-making, perspective, and basic value/texture drawing techniques.
Gel Pad Acrylic Painting
Discover modern acrylic painting techniques that utilize gel pad image transfers to create exciting design compositions.
Intro To Face Mould And Casting
Create a plaster or hydra stone face cast.
Introduction to Handbuilding with Clay
Learn to manipulate clay into decorative and functional pieces, making use of form, texture, and colour.
Introduction to Interior Design
Interior design takes training as well as talent, and these lessons will give you the know-how you need to design a room from floor to ceiling.
Jewellery: Casting Exploration
Learn the basics of ancient jewellery casting techniques, such as cuttlefish casting, sand casting, water and broom casting.
Jewellery: Intro to Basics
Learn and practise all the skills needed to create handcrafted, original jewellery.
Jewellery: Make a Ring
In this course, you will learn all the skills necessary to create a ring from start to finish & walk away with a ring you can show off to all your friends.
Jewellery: Open Studio—Beyond the Basics
Do you have a project idea but don’t know where to start? Want a little more experience before you set up your own jewellery studio? Need some structure and maybe some pep talks? This course is for you!
Making Chocolates With Friends
Learn to make your own personalized chocolates by melting chocolate wafers.
Making Your Own Carving Tool: Skew And Chip Knives
Master the fundamentals of making your own skew and straight knives suitable for chip carving by repurposing tool steel to create detailed blades and handles from various cured hardwoods.
Mirja Vahala: Drawing For Your Brain Health
Discover basic drawing concepts such as line drawing, negative space, angles/proportion and shading.
Mirja Vahala: Fix & Finish Your Paintings 1 (All Levels)
Bring your painting(s) for meaningful feedback and helpful tips on how to fix and finish them.
Mirja Vahala: Fix & Finish Your Paintings 2 (All Levels)
Bring your painting(s) for meaningful feedback. Gain exciting skills and ideas on how to get the results you want.
Mirja Vahala: Paint A Sunset With Trees
Learn tips and techniques for painting a warm, glowing sunset with backlit trees. A great Valentine's gift! Some painting experience is helpful
Mirja Vahala: Paint Snow On Trees
Learn techniques for painting heavy snow on trees using beautiful shades of blues or purples.
Mirja Vahala: Paint Waterfall Rocks
Learn techniques to paint water flowing through rocks. We cover colour choices and design. Some painting experience is helpful. Contact Mirja for a
Music Production: Ableton Live Accelerator
Are you an aspiring music producer or a seasoned artist looking to up your game? Master Ableton Live through collaborative learning.
Origami
Join our master folder and learn to create beautiful paper models to take home.
Pine Needle Baskets (Level 1 - Beginner)
Learn ancient techniques and make your own pine needle basket to take home.
Pine Needle Baskets (Level 2 - Advanced)
Bring your project from the beginner class and learn more about pine needle basketry and stitches
The Artist's Way
The Artists Way is a 12-week guided program designed to help participants connect to their creativity by exploring and transforming obstacles in accessing and expressing creativity.
Traditional Chinese Painting
Learn the foundational basics of this art form.
Travel Writing
Discover how to share your travel experiences with the world by creating a travel blog with Squarespace, along with other useful tips and information.