Our 2021 in person and online workshops are currently being updated. See below for a sneak peek.
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Stacking Rings Workshops - Sterling Silver - Beginner - Nanaimo TBA 2021
Spinner Ring Workshop - Sterling Silver - Beginner - Nanaimo TBA 2021
Beginner Bangle Bracelet Workshop - Sterling Silver - Beginner- Nanaimo TBA 2021
Abstract Collage Workshop - Nanaimo - 3 Day TBA 2021
$545.00 + gst
Max 9 students
All materials will be supplied for use in this workshop. (The exception is that you would bring some collage papers of choice. Can be scrap, old homework, manuals, old wall paper, etc.)
Day 1 - You will learn to decorate your own fabulous collage papers.
Day 3 & 4 - You will work on two wood panels.
Abstract Collage Workshop - Nanaimo - 3 Day TBA 2021
$545.00 + gst
Max 9 students
All materials will be supplied for use in this workshop. (The exception is that you would bring some collage papers of choice. Can be scrap, old homework, manuals, old wall paper, etc.)
Day 1 - You will learn to decorate your own fabulous collage papers.
Day 3 & 4 - You will work on two wood panels.
Silversmith Intensive - Sterling Silver - Nanaimo Five Days - Friday, September 3 - Tuesday, September 7 2021
Silversmith Intensive - Sterling Silver - Nanaimo Five Days -Saturday, October 2 - Wednesday, October 6 2021
GREG HARGREAVES
ABSTRACTING THE LANDSCAPE: NATURE RE-IMAGINED
We are thrilled to announce that this workshop is currently being professionally filmed and will be released soon!
We are thrilled to announce that this workshop is currently being professionally filmed and will be released soon!
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Join us for this fun, paint-filled week and learn Greg’s unique approach to intuitive landscape painting.
No matter what level of abstraction you prefer, recognizable subject matter or pure abstraction, this workshop has been designed to help you find your way. Greg will share with you the fundamental foundations of all his paintings, his four key pillars of success: Composition, Colour, Texture and Stroke. |
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With an emphasis on FUN, your goal will be to make each painting different and or more satisfying than the previous one.
With just a few key elements to remember and no "recipes" to follow, you just need to stay open to play and to delight in the randomness of nature and your imagination. |
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You’ll use unconventional painting tools and will begin to view each of them as an opportunity. It is exhilarating to let go of control and learn to respond to your mark making, letting the paint lead the way. |
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Through experimentation you will become aware of the mark and learn how to utilize it in translating the landscape.
We’ll play with opposites; warm & cool, thick & thin, textured & smooth, light & dark, neutrals & brights and many more. |
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While always looking to nature as our inspiration, we’ll be making it all up in this workshop. No reference images needed! We won't be looking to the old masters, or hitting the books but will instead begin to flex our intuition muscle, learn to trust our feelings and allow them to guide our decisions. |
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Greg will present inspiring demonstrations along with a few invaluable step-by-step power-point presentations of his process from beginning through completion. You will see his finished paintings and the stages each one of them went through. Such a great learning tool! Throughout the week, you’ll be given a few assignments to help keep you focused along with tons of painting time. There'll be lots of one-on-one time with Greg along with a constructive critique or two sprinkled in. |
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Greg holds nothing back and with his guidance and your hands-on practice you’ll learn how to incorporate all four of Greg's key pillars of success into your own work too!
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By the end of the week, you will have discovered the delight in painting and experienced the true joy of creating.
As Greg likes to put it: Painting for the sheer fun of it! |
Medium: Acrylic
Level: All Levels
Further announcements coming soon!
Level: All Levels
Further announcements coming soon!
Visit Greg's Etsy shop: HargreavesArt
This workshop will be rescheduled when we are safe to proceed.
KATHERINE CHANG LIU Sorry - Workshop full
MENTORING FOR ARTISTS
Join us for your choice of five days or seven!
Five Day Workshop: Wednesday April 28 - Sunday May 2, 2021
Seven day Workshop: Wednesday April 28 - Tuesday May 4, 2021
Saanich Fairgrounds near Victoria, BC
Katherine Chang Liu Mentoring Artist
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When choosing an artist for our mentoring workshop we knew we wanted to bring you the best of the best. A practicing artist who has attained real commercial success, one with an exhaustive set of credentials and accomplishments too long to list and of course, glowing testimonials.
And that is just what we've done. We are thrilled to announce that Katherine Chang Liu will be delivering her much sought after "Open Studio" mentoring program exclusively for us, here in Canada! This workshop is for you if you feel you have acquired enough technique and are now ready to develop your own style along with more personal intent in your work. Join us and learn how to express that idea in your own way with your own voice. |
Working with Katherine will help you understand and clarify your strengths and ideas, A key component of Katherine's approach is to teach by private evaluation. She meets with each artist for a private one-on-one critique which enables her to become attuned to your unique and individual form of self-expression. Her approach is to give helpful, honest feedback and suggestions but she is not critical.
Katherine will also present many insightful power point lectures on a diverse range of artists, each with unique voices of their own. These presentations often touch on many forms of visual language as it pertains to contemporary art and are not limited only to painting.
This workshop is not limited to painters. It is open to assemblage artists, sculptors with fabrics, collage artists, photography and more. In all of Katherine's workshops, you will see both 2D and 3D artists, from abstraction to photorealism.
Katherine has her finger on the pulse of contemporary art developments so the opportunities for her assistance are wide and varied. If you have sewn before, you may want to know if and how sewing can be a component of your art or if you are a photographer perhaps you are wanting to make more personal and contemporary photography.
This workshop is not limited to painters. It is open to assemblage artists, sculptors with fabrics, collage artists, photography and more. In all of Katherine's workshops, you will see both 2D and 3D artists, from abstraction to photorealism.
Katherine has her finger on the pulse of contemporary art developments so the opportunities for her assistance are wide and varied. If you have sewn before, you may want to know if and how sewing can be a component of your art or if you are a photographer perhaps you are wanting to make more personal and contemporary photography.
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A testiment to just how popular Katherine's workshops are is that hundreds of her students have repeatedly taken her workshops.
In fact, her critiques are one of the primary reasons most have sought her guidance and encouragement for more than 10 years in a row! Katherine ends the workshop with a stimulating and informative group critique session that benefits everyone. |
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Join us and explore your potential while being both supported and challenged. Katherine believes every artist can succeed by understanding her/his own natural artistic strength while also developing a committed idea to work on. She has had the pleasure of working with many artists to accomplish just that. She follows these artists from year to year, and many have reached their goals: to be established artists in their own communities, to be art instructors, or jurors of exhibits, or winners of awards.
Once registered you will have the opportunity to return annually before registration is opened to the rest of our email list which allows Katherine to help you with your follow through.
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There will be no demonstrations or supply list sent for this workshop. Bring what you are working in or wish to focus on. We do not have the facilities for all mediums, for example pottery, so please email me before registering if in doubt.
Is this workshop for me?
Katherine says " I consider the intermediate to advanced artist as someone who feels that they have already learned the "how's" and are now really looking to discover and define their own identity as an artist.
Katherine says " I consider the intermediate to advanced artist as someone who feels that they have already learned the "how's" and are now really looking to discover and define their own identity as an artist.
Katherine Chang Liu received her MS degree from the University of California, Berkeley. She was a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Virginia Commission of Arts and Humanities.
Liu had 43 solo exhibitions; at colleges, museums and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Fe (New Mexico), Long Island (NY); as well as galleries in Copenhagen (Denmark), Lyon (France), Rome (Italy), Turku (Finland), Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In the early part of her career, Liu was more active in competitive exhibits, winning 45 awards. She has since been invited to serve as juror or co-juror for over 60 national, regional and state-wide art competitions, including the 2018 Wisconsin Biennial at the Museum of Wisconsin Art.
The Watercolor USA Honor Society honored her with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, she is one of few woman painters who received that honor.
Katherine Chang Liu has exhibited in over 100 invitational exhibits, and was included in the Chicago Navy Pier Show, Art Miami, Art Paris, Art Copenhagen, Art Santa Fe, and the Los Angeles Art Show.
In recent years she also exhibited in international invitationals in Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, China, Thailand and Singapore.
Her work has been featured in 104 magazine and newspaper articles, as well as 40 books.
Public collections include the Virginia Museum; the Chrysler Museum of Art (VA); Palm Springs Desert Museum (CA); Western VA Museum (VA); Hickory Art Museum (NC); State Collection of Baja; the Art Association of Aga, Finland; Musée de la Communication, Bern, Switzerland; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France; and Macau City Museum of Art (Macau).
Her work is also included in the collection of US Department of State; Utah State University Harrison Museum; Georgetown University; Center for Employment Law; Virginia Tech University and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Liu had 43 solo exhibitions; at colleges, museums and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Fe (New Mexico), Long Island (NY); as well as galleries in Copenhagen (Denmark), Lyon (France), Rome (Italy), Turku (Finland), Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In the early part of her career, Liu was more active in competitive exhibits, winning 45 awards. She has since been invited to serve as juror or co-juror for over 60 national, regional and state-wide art competitions, including the 2018 Wisconsin Biennial at the Museum of Wisconsin Art.
The Watercolor USA Honor Society honored her with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, she is one of few woman painters who received that honor.
Katherine Chang Liu has exhibited in over 100 invitational exhibits, and was included in the Chicago Navy Pier Show, Art Miami, Art Paris, Art Copenhagen, Art Santa Fe, and the Los Angeles Art Show.
In recent years she also exhibited in international invitationals in Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, China, Thailand and Singapore.
Her work has been featured in 104 magazine and newspaper articles, as well as 40 books.
Public collections include the Virginia Museum; the Chrysler Museum of Art (VA); Palm Springs Desert Museum (CA); Western VA Museum (VA); Hickory Art Museum (NC); State Collection of Baja; the Art Association of Aga, Finland; Musée de la Communication, Bern, Switzerland; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France; and Macau City Museum of Art (Macau).
Her work is also included in the collection of US Department of State; Utah State University Harrison Museum; Georgetown University; Center for Employment Law; Virginia Tech University and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Join us for your choice of five days or seven!
Sorry - Workshop is full
Mediums: Many. Assume some oil paint but very large workshop space.
Level: Intermediate to advanced
Katherine describes the intermediate to advanced artist as someone who feels that they have already learned the "how's" and are now looking to discover and define their own identity as an artist.
Dates: Five Day Workshop: Wednesday April 28 - Sunday May 2, 2021
Seven day Workshop: Wednesday April 28 - Tuesday May 4, 2021
5 day tuition: $995.00 + 5% tax $375.00 deposit required or email here us if you prefer alternate payment plan
7 day tuition: $1395.00 + 5% tax $500.00 deposit required or email us here if you prefer alternate payment plan
Hours: 10:00 - 5:30 daily with extended studio painting hours until 9 PM!
Location: Saanich Fairgrounds Hall (20 minutes from downtown Victoria) Click here for map
Sorry - Workshop is full
Mediums: Many. Assume some oil paint but very large workshop space.
Level: Intermediate to advanced
Katherine describes the intermediate to advanced artist as someone who feels that they have already learned the "how's" and are now looking to discover and define their own identity as an artist.
Dates: Five Day Workshop: Wednesday April 28 - Sunday May 2, 2021
Seven day Workshop: Wednesday April 28 - Tuesday May 4, 2021
5 day tuition: $995.00 + 5% tax $375.00 deposit required or email here us if you prefer alternate payment plan
7 day tuition: $1395.00 + 5% tax $500.00 deposit required or email us here if you prefer alternate payment plan
Hours: 10:00 - 5:30 daily with extended studio painting hours until 9 PM!
Location: Saanich Fairgrounds Hall (20 minutes from downtown Victoria) Click here for map
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