Monday, June 28, 2010
Loose Flowers
with Karola Steinbrecher
9 to 3 p.m.
$75 (materials included)
Loose, colourful, fast, and somewhat abstract florals. In the morning Karola will teach you different brush strokes, techniques and types of flowers to paint. In the afternoon paint your own acrylic floral on canvas. Bring your lunch.
5625 16th Sideroad, East of Hwy 27.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Fused Glass
with Greg Locke
9 to noon OR 1 to 4 p.m. $50 (materials included)
Melting glass together using a kiln – make 2 and 3 dimensional objects. Greg will teach you the basic principles to make a 4”x4” coaster or a business card holder. He will also demonstrate more advanced design, glass cutting and grinding techniques to make a platter.
344 Main Street, Schomberg
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Floorcloths
with Silvia Phillips
9:30 to 3:30 p.m. $65 (material list provided or materials provided at cost)
Learn brush strokes and painting techniques using acrylic paints to make your own heritage sunflower floormat.
Pottageville Pavilion, 14380 18th Concession (south of Lloydtown Aurora Sideroad)
Friday, July 2, 2010
A Day in the Cave
with Mo Bayliss
10 to noon
$40 (materials included)
Learn to make paint from stones, as did our ancient artists. Working with a piece of granite for your palette and several different stones, you will create your own pure form of colour. Mixing this powder with a little water and using your hand, feather or traditional brush you will create a souvenir watercolour painting – 35,000 years old.
King Township Museum, 2920 King Road (east of Jane Street)
Monday, July 5, 2010
Happy Hooking or Hook ‘Em!
with Beatrice Grant,
Ontario Hooking Craft Guild Teacher
9 to 3 p.m.
$65 (materials included)
Primitive Lovers! Learn how to hook in the primitive manner to create an 8” x 8” or 9” circle to use as a hot pad, framed picture or to convert to a clutch purse. Hoops and hooks are provided for your use and may be purchased at the end of the day if you so desire. Rug hooking is simple and easily mastered. Beatrice teaches at Trent University, Prairie Harvest Rug School and holds seminars across North America.
Schomberg Library, 77 Main Street, Schomberg
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Bring Your Photos to Life!
With Tom Wray
9 to noon
$40
Using Photoshop Elements, learn to enhance your photos by adjusting levels, curves, colour balance and sharpening. Fix red eye. Remove unwanted elements. Tom will demonstrate and then have you work with your own photos. Bring a laptop with Photoshop Elements on it or, prior to class, Tom will help you to download the program – 30 day free trial. Work alone, in pairs, or just watch!
Images
Gallery of Photographic Art, 399 Main Street, Schomberg
Yoruba Drum Rhythms
with Prince Bamidele Bajowa
1 to 2:30 p.m.
$30
Participating in a drum circle, learn the techniques involved in creating sounds and rhythms using African drums (Sakara, Djembe, Kpalongo and Gangan Talking drums). Open to all ages – enhance self esteem, confidence, communication and listening skills.
2 Laskay Mills, Laskay
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Dreamcatchers with Karoniakerek
with Tom Jacobs, Mohawk Shaman from Schomberg
9 to noon
$40 (materials included)
Tom will help you make your own dreamcatcher. Learn the significance of dreamcatchers while listening to Tom’s wonderful First Nations’ stories. eg: How the chipmunk got its stripes.
501 Main St., Schomberg (just south of Hwy 9)
Photo Restoration
with Garry Conway, Culture Connection
7 – 9 p.m.
$25
Learn how to restore cherished, historic, damaged or old photographs using Photo Shop Elements, a scanner and a printer. Feel free to bring examples and we’ll discuss what tools you could use.
King City Library, 1970 King Road, King City
Friday, July 9, 2010
The Craft of Blacksmithing
with Bob Gwalchmai
9:30 to noon
$40 (materials included)
Local craftsman and volunteer Pioneer Village Blacksmith, Bob will demonstrate this vanishing craft – the fundamental processes used in making things from the “black” metal. Using tongs you will pick up a piece of red-hot steel and hammer out your very own hook or poker. This art dates back to the time of the Pharaohs.
27 Western Avenue, Schomberg.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Farmer’s Market Feast
With Executive Chef Winston Barrett and Sous Chef Richard Yowart
9 to 11:30 a.m.
$55
Join chefs Winston and Richard at Cardinal Golf Club’s fabulous new clubhouse at Redcrest for a hands-on cooking class.
Prepare a four course menu from appetizers to desserts featuring locally grown and sourced products. Participants will prepare each course with the chefs, and finish by enjoying lunch on the patio at Redcrest with beverage pairing. Sign up quickly only 10 spaces available.
Redcrest Golf Club, 17700 Keele St. Kettleby
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Kingcrafts Anniversary Open House & Workshops
With artists from Kingcrafts
9:30 to noon OR 1 to 3:30 p.m.
DEMOS – all day: Stained glass, Wire sculpture, Watercolours, Rughooking and Pottery.
WORKSHOPS – am or pm: Weaving, Needlework and Paper Arts.
Materials supplied. Limited enrolment.
All workshops are free but you must register through ASK.
12936 Keele Street (south of King Road)
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Floral Watercolour Painting
with Marianne Broome
10 to 4 p.m
$65 (materials list provided or materials provided at cost)
Explore the many techniques to achieve a bright, realistic floral from a reference photograph. Marianne will demonstrate a complete painting, step by step and will provide lots of individual assistance as you paint your own.
68 Mill Dam Court, Schomberg
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Landscape Acrylic
with Marianne Broome
10 to 4 p.m $65 (materials list provided or materials provided at cost)
Marianne will demonstrate her methods for a loose realistic landscape in acrylics. You will learn many essential acrylic techniques and receive one on one attention as you create your own painting from a selection of reference shots provided.
68 Mill Dam Court, Schomberg
Friday, July 16, 2010
Rufus Porter Primitive Painting
with Mary Scattergood
9 to 4:30 p.m.
$85 (materials included)
Mary is an instructor with the internationally acclaimed Rufus Porter Museum in Maine. In the morning you will learn the techniques needed to create your own Porter Style design in the afternoon. You will also take home a portfolio of design material. Bring your lunch.
69 Nashville Road, Kleinburg (east of Hwy. 27)
Monday, July 19 & Friday, July 23, 2010
Fired Up For Clay! (Hump or Slump Mold)
2 half days
with Christine Paige
9 to noon each day
$75 (materials included)
This is for people who believe they could never make anything more beautiful than a kindergarten level ash tray. You can! Forming the clay over a “hump” mold or into “slump” mold is simple and spectacular. Check out Picasaweb.google.com/cpaige8. Click on Student Workshops and see photos from last year’s class. You’ll be amazed what you can do.
2 Laskay Mills, Laskay
Tuesday, July 20 & Thursday, July 22, 2010
Beginning Clay Modeling
2 half days
with Brett Davis, SSC, ARBS
9 to noon
$75 (materials included)
Enter the 3 dimensional world of sculpture through hands on instruction and demonstrations. After a brief discussion of form, balance & proportion, you will learn about the tools and methods of clay modeling and the options of surface finishes that replicate bronze using faux patina techniques applied to your sculpture.
Pathways to Perennials, 4681 Lloydtown Aurora Road, Pottageville
Tuesday, July 20 & Wednesday, July 2, 2010
Traditional Stroke Design
two full days with Mary Scattergood
9 to 4:30 p.m.
$130 (materials included)
Mary is an instructor with the internationally acclaimed Rufus Porter Museum in Maine. This class will explore the beginnings of this art form and using modern materials, learn the strokes and methods of recreating these beautiful heritage designs on four masonite table mats. Bring your lunch.
69 Nashville Road, Kleinburg (east of Hwy. 27)
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Abstract Acrylic Painting
with Karola Steinbrecher
9 to 3 p.m.
$65 (materials list provided)
Learn how to create quick abstract studies using texture and minimal colour with acrylic paint. You will take home 2 or 3 paintings that you will want to hang.
5625 16th Sideroad, (east of Hwy 27)
“What Makes It Funny?”
With members of Write Now @ King
7 to 9 p.m.
$15
Share a laugh while learning how to use humour to enhance your memoirs, poetry, stories and essays. Everyone is welcome.
King City Library, 1970 King Road, King City.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Decorating Seminar – from Dream to Reality
With Silvia Phillips, Kani Interiors
9:30 to 3 p.m.
$65
Learn how to plan and execute decorating projects from budget, floor plan and colour palette to fabric choices, window treatments and finishing touches. Get inspired and learn how to do it right the first time in a relaxed and fun environment.
1069 Sideroad 15, (north of Hwy 9, west of Schomberg)
