Valerie with a sculpted chicken
New AFFA workshops to choose from!
AFFA (Artists and Families Fostering the Arts) is proud to present a February line up of workshops to choose from. In this series there is a special opportunity to learn drawing from local living treasure Alice Hoskins. Also presenting workshops are local artists Sarah Avmaat, Nancy Turniawan and Fenn Martin. Click more for the particulars.
Hoskins will teach a children’s workshop on drawing. We will look at drawings. Then Alice will demonstrate, followed by time for the children to draw. Work will be in pencil and drawing pens. Children are encouraged to bring their sketchbooks.
When: Saturday, January 30th, from 1pm-3pm
Location: 117 Old South River Road. (immediate left after the bridge on St Andrew’s Street.) Small green bungalow on left side of the road.
5 children and 1 parent maximum.
Cost $10 per child.
Printmaker Sara Avmaat and Nancy Turniawan will hold a printmaking workshop.
Insects and fish are the subject of two types of printmaking. Participants will get to explore monoprints and relief prints, before choosing one method to make a final work. Sarah Avmaat, and Nancy Turniawan will share examples of their work. .Bring a light- coloured old cotton tee-shirt or pillow case that you can use to make your monoprint.
When: Saturday, February 20th, from 1-3pm
Location: At the Mini-Trail Community Centre (formerly the Lakevale school).
Lakevale is on Hwy. 337. Drive approximately 20 kilometres past the hospital .
6 children maximum. Ages 8 and up. Parents are welcome.
Cost $10 per child. $25 per family.
Clay artist, Nancy Turniawan will teach a workshop on drawing in clay. A partially dried (leather hard} slab of clay will be worked with simple tools. The result will be a low-relief surface, which after firing will be finished with of all things, shoe polish!
When: Saturday, February 27th, from 1 to 3 pm
Location: At the Mini-Trail Community Centre (formerly the Lakevale school).
Lakevale is on Hwy. 337. Drive approximately 20 kilometres past the hospital .
6 children maximum. Ages 8 and up. Parents are welcome.
Cost $10 per child. $25 per family.
“Keep your Hands on the Table!” . Saturday February 13th 1-3pm,
The Ohio Valley Studios with Fenn Martin
In this workshop we will practice making all kinds of hands in clay, Gnarly ones, nice ones big ones and industrial ones. With the eyes of surgeons we will build/create the new hand for the people of the future, so join us and give yourself a hand. Materials $5. (or pay hat you can. One piece from each participant will be fired and returned at a later date. Ohio west road, call for direction (902 863-8190)
For inquiries about any of these workshops please contact Elizabeth Leighton at 735-2371 or by email at eleighton@eastlink.ca
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