Arts & Culture

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.

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.

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.

Intro to Face Mould and Casting

Create a plaster or hydra stone face cast.

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: 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 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: 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.

Watercolour Spring Flower Painting

Discover how to replicate plant foliage and petals with blend and brush techniques.

Write Your Life Story

Tell your story and learn how to create compelling characters, recall vivid memories and engage readers.