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Sunflowers from Life in Acrylic
Join Teaching Artist Lisa Leskien as she leads you through how to paint a colourful fall still-life featuring beautiful sunflowers. In this workshop, you will create a 12x16 acrylic painting together. Beginning with a drawing, you will form your composition using the still-life and work through the steps of an acrylic still-life painting. Saturday 7 October| 9am - 1pm Teaching Artist: Lisa Leskien Audience: Ages 13+ |
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Fundamentals of Creating a Comic Page
This is a more focused workshop geared towards those interested in gaining industry-standard knowledge that will help them enter the professional field of comics, whether as an artist, writer, or any other position. This workshop teaches fundamentals such as composition, panel-to-panel reading, and page design. Some level of drawing skills might be helpful but is not necessary as this class is less focused on artistic skills and is instead focused on critical thinking, problem-solving, and understanding the approach and principles that go into creating a mainstream comic page. Attendees will leave this class with a clear understanding of basic design principles, improved literacy in the field of sequential arts, and invaluable knowledge guaranteed to inform and strengthen their approach to creating a comic page. Sunday 15 October | 1pm - 4pm Teaching Artist: Colton Fox Audience: Ages 13+ |
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Tsyón:nis - You All Make It!
In this workshop, youth will have the opportunity to learn about loomed beadwork and its connection to the land, language, and storytelling. Using what they've learned, they will create a loomed art piece inspired by their own identity and stories. Sunday 15 October | 1pm - 4pm Teaching Artist: Liv Rondeau Audience: Ages 8 - 12 |
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Tooling: Creating Relief Images in Sheet Metal
This ancient practice was one of the earlier methods used to ornament sacred objects with iconography. The Arts and Crafts Movement revived tooling in their quest for simplicity and as a direct expression of the maker's hand. And hands-on this workshop will be! Participants will first receive safety advice, a sample tool, and a piece of metal to practice on. Their kit will also contain a piece of sheet copper for their final design. Photographs of ancient work and actual samples made in the 1950s will inspire! We will start by "playing around" on the sample metal, trying out different tools, learning how the metal reacts to them, and the general characteristics of metal so participants can evaluate the supplies and materials they might find in stores. Sunday 22 October | 1pm - 5pm Teaching Artist: Colleen Lynch Audience: Ages 16+ |
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Journey to Abstraction in Acrylic Paint
Do you want to play with abstraction? Join Teaching Artist Lisa Leskien as she leads you through representing a common object realistically and then abstracting the shapes. This concept will be explored through drawing first, then with acrylic paint. Participants can expect to create 3 small paintings that go from recognizable to abstract, keeping the important art concepts of value, composition, form, and colour in mind. Saturday 28 October| 9am - 1pm Teaching Artist: Lisa Leskien Audience: Ages 13+ |
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The Spooktacular Pumpkin Decorating Party
Carve out some fun this Halloween! Join Visit Kingston, Kingston Canadian Film Festival, and Kingston School of Art at the Broom Factory for "The Spooktacular Pumpkin Decorating Party." Participants will be invited to submit their pumpkins in Kingston School of Art's "Pumpkin Decorating Contest" for the chance to win prizes, just in time for Spooky Season. Sunday 29 October| 10am - 12pm Audience: Ages 8 - 12 |
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HalloZINE Workshop
Join Teaching Artist Colton Fox for our "HalloZINE Workshop!" You'll be guided step-by-step through the creation of your own zine, just in time for the spookiest of seasons. This program is hosted in partnership with Kingston Canadian Film Festival, Visit Kingston, and the Broom Factory. Sunday 29 October| 1pm - 4pm Teaching Artist: Colton Fox Audience: Ages 13+ |
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Paints & Pints
Create your own colourful masterpiece while sipping on pints at Daft Brewing. Tickets include instruction, all necessary art supplies, and one drink from Daft Brewing. Capacity is limited, so buy your tickets now! Sunday 5 November | 1pm - 3pm Teaching Artist: Tessa Charlebois Audience: Ages 19+ |
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Watercolour Winter Birch Tree Scene
Learn to love watercolours in this captivating "Winter Birch Tree Landscape" Workshop! Enjoy exploring wet-on-dry and wet-on-wet techniques, using simple brush strokes to create this beginner-friendly painting. A step-by-step painting demonstration will captivate your creativity. Designed for beginners and all skill levels, students will learn all the basics of watercolour and so much more! Supplied are a variety of watercolours to try, allowing you to experience the beauty of some of Alice’s favourite brands. She will share her tips and tricks and make your watercolour painting adventure memorable. Mastering these techniques will lay the groundwork for future paintings, all while having fun, building confidence, and meeting new people. This workshop is perfect to gain your trust in the beauty of having fun with watercolours. Friday 3 November | 2pm - 4pm Teaching Artist: Alice Melo Audience: Ages 16+ |
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Rug Making 101
Poke it! Hook it! Punch it! Latch it! Tuft it! "Rug Making 101" will explore how to hook a rug, as well as other rug making techniques including punch needle, latch hook, Scandinavian rhea knotting, and using a pokie. Old homes were cold and drafty so resourceful people found clever ways to make rugs with odds and ends of leftover fabric and yarn. They also discovered that rugmaking techniques could be adapted to enliven household linens and even clothing. Now it's your opportunity to breath new life into these old skills! In this action-packed workshop, we will explore the classic techniques with a wide variety of tools, and examine a few historic examples for inspiration. There are no hard and fast "rules" and your individual style will blossom into contemporary products and art pieces. A piece of basic backing material will be provided and there will be multiple tools for you to experiment with. Sunday 12 November | 1pm - 5pm Teaching Artist: Colleen Lynch Audience: Ages 16+ |
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Cross Stitching & Cross Dressing
Drag Queen and Textile Artist Gila Münster will teach participants the techniques of cross-stitching, help them select the right materials, and then teach them to “finish” their projects into pieces they can display or gift. No prior experience is necessary and all materials will be provided. Sunday 17 March| 1pm - 3pm Teaching Artist: Gila Münster Audience: Ages 13+ |
