New Courses Starting February!
Missed your chance to start in January? February-start courses are here, and March starts are close behind! Take a look at our offerings, knowing we are always working to showcase more classes, artists, and talent - all at our full accessible home at Providence Village.
Emotional Unwind
CA$120.00
Emotional Unwind
Tuesdays, 10am - 12pm
Runs February 17th - March 10th 2026
Unlock your inner creative being with stress-relief and self-reflective art activities.
One of the ways that you can tap into creativity and connect it to your emotions is to explore the process of creating versus focusing on the end product, which you can do with therapeutic art activities. By the end of this course, participants will have practiced some activities that will help them with stress-relief and find some unique ways to incorporate more self-reflection and expression. No artistic skill required.
Three Printmaking Techniques
CA$180.00
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Three Printmaking Techniques
Fridays, 10-12 (6 week course.)
Runs from February 20th to April 3rd, 2026*
*Will be skipping February 26th class and is accounted for in the time frame. Taught by Rena Karanouh.
This introductory studio course explores three distinct printmaking techniques - linoleum relief, drypoint, and monoprinting - highlighting the expressive and technical range of each. Students will develop aesthetic awareness, craftsmanship, and technical skill while experimenting with colour, texture, collage, stencils, and found materials.
Through guided projects, participants will design, carve, and print lino blocks, explore multi-colored and hand-coloured methods, and complete an edition of prints. The course also introduces the spontaneity of monoprinting, using coloured inks on plexiglass plates to create unique, one-of-a-kind images and ghost prints.
Advanced Calligraphy
CA$125.00
Learn Calligraphy Saturdays, 1-3
Runs from Feb 21st - March 14th
“Calligraphy is a kind of music not for the ears, but for the eyes.” - V. Lazursky
Continue to discover the beauty and calm of calligraphy in this inspiring class at the Kingston School of Art. You will advance from the basic skills you've learned into more nuanced and advanced styles with a brush of your hand!
Join us and let your creativity flourish through the rhythm and poetry of pen and ink with your teaching artist, Sheila Simm.
KSOA is offering a brand new course! You can unlock your inner creative with personally guided stress-relieving, self-reflective art activities.
One of the ways that you can tap into creativity and connect it to your emotions is to explore the process of creating versus focusing on the end product, which you can do with therapeutic art activities.
By the end of this course, participants will have practiced some activities that will help them with stress-relief and find some unique ways to incorporate more self-reflection and expression.
No artistic skill required. In fact, the focus is to forget about what the project or artistic activity will produce and to engage presently with the act of making. Art and well-being go hand in hand, and we hope you are able to take the time to be creative without pressure.
KSOA is introducing a new course starting this February! Three Printmaking Techniques is being led by the talented Rena Karanouh - but what does it cover? If you've never done printmaking, the listed techniques and their subtle differences might be confusing, but we're happy to lend a little insight and show you what this hands-on medium is all about!
In this six week course, two week segments will be devoted to to each of three printmaking techniques. This will be taught in a way that is accessible to beginners and intermediate printmakers, purposefully planned with accessible, low cost materials to get you started on your artistic journey.
But what is linoleum relief, drypoint, and monoprinting? What makes them different from each other, and what skills will you be learning? What kind of art can you expect to be making? Don't worry, we won't leave you guessing!
Drypoint
Drypoint printmaking utilizes a sharp-edged fine tool to create scratches over a surface. When ink is applied overtop and wipes free, paper is layered over and the 'scratched in' design transfers over. This technique is also labelled under the art form intaglio. This is different from Linoleum relief in that ink sits in the grooves, not the surface of the design, which is what transfers to your finished, repeatable art piece.
Monoprinting
In this approach, you create a unique print each time - your work will be one of a kind and not repeatable like the previous two methods. There is no carving or 'scratching' into a surface. Instead, the artist covers a smooth surface with inks and creates a design by layering colours, wiping or 'drawing' in lines, and applies it once to a transfer paper for a finished result.
Linoleum Relief
A technique where a printmaker will carve a design into a block then layer it with ink. The portions that remain raised will, when paper is applied, transfer the design into a print. The raised portions are the design, while the portions cut away do not transfer into the final result. This is an accessible practice that requires few tools to get started and creates a beautiful, repeatable art piece for the artist.
And that's just scratching the surface!
Join our course to learn more, come together in person with like-minded artists, and create something wholly your own.
Drypoint printmaking utilizes a sharp-edged fine tool to create scratches over a surface. When ink is applied overtop and wipes free, paper is layered over and the 'scratched in' design transfers over. This technique is also labelled under the art form intaglio. This is different from Linoleum relief in that ink sits in the grooves, not the surface of the design, which is what transfers to your finished, repeatable art piece.
Monoprinting
In this approach, you create a unique print each time - your work will be one of a kind and not repeatable like the previous two methods. There is no carving or 'scratching' into a surface. Instead, the artist covers a smooth surface with inks and creates a design by layering colours, wiping or 'drawing' in lines, and applies it once to a transfer paper for a finished result.
Linoleum Relief
A technique where a printmaker will carve a design into a block then layer it with ink. The portions that remain raised will, when paper is applied, transfer the design into a print. The raised portions are the design, while the portions cut away do not transfer into the final result. This is an accessible practice that requires few tools to get started and creates a beautiful, repeatable art piece for the artist.
And that's just scratching the surface!
Join our course to learn more, come together in person with like-minded artists, and create something wholly your own.
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