Sunshine Coast Canada
Arts, Heritage + Culture
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Introduction to Quilting Workshop

Have you always wanted to try your hand at making a quilt? Here’s your chance! Karen Biddlecombe will teach you to design and create a placemat or a “mug rug” (mini-placemat for a mug and cookie) that you will finish and take home at the end of the workshop. Materials all supplied, no experience necessary. Bring your own lunch and come have fun learning a new skill!
FREE but space is limited to 12 participants; advance registration is REQUIRED. Teens welcome if accompanied by an adult. Contact the Library to register or register on our website.
Did you know…you can borrow the Library’s Sewing Machine STEAM Kit?
Presented in partnership with the Sunshine Coast Quilters’ Guild.

Medicinal Intentions for a Forest

Lead Artist: Lara Felsing

Lara Felsing will lead a workshop that invites participants to learn about the Medicine Wheel in Indigenous traditions and how plant medicines and making can be a gesture of care for our forests. The workshop invites the community to join Lara and stitch a personal handwritten intention for the local forests onto the Medicine Wheel blanket. The Medicine Wheel blanket was made with traditionally harvested plant-dyed second-hand fabrics and hand-stitched with remnant cotton thread. The blanket advocates for protecting all forests, and is a gesture of care and gratitude for the invaluable gifts provided by Mother Earth. The finished Medicine Wheel blanket will be exhibited in the Branching Songs Exhibition.

FREE Clothing Exchange

Have clothes you or your family no longer wear? Time for something new in your wardrobe? Drop off your gently-used, good condition adult items (no footwear) from 10 am to noon on June 23, then browse and take free clothing 1 pm to 4:30 pm.
Drop in, no registration. Free, in person only. No early drop-offs or browsing, please.

Quilters Guild Show: Coast Inspired

May 26, 10-6 pm; May 27, 10-4 pm. A quilt show featuring: Over 200 quilts, merchant mall, door prizes, raffle quilt, youth creative corner. Feature artist – Fibreworks Studio, Alexis Bach.

 

Artist Demo by Donna Goulette

Join us on Sunday, May 28th, from 2 pm – 4 pm to see a demonstration of Donna Goulette’s embroidery techniques. Goulette uses the traditionally feminine endeavour of embroidery to make contemporary art using thread and intractable paper instead of cloth, as seen in her current exhibition at GPAG Embroidery on Paper. This Artist Demo is free, open to all, and registration is not required.

Opportunity: PR – T Shirt Upcycle Challenge

Begin with 1 or more Tshirts to create a new wearable garment. .. cutting, slashing, dying, recombining, embellishing etc. The challenge runs through April and May with a fashion show and tell opportunity in June.

SCAC: Kids Camps: Exploring Textiles

July 10 – 13, 2023 | Monday – Thursday | 10AM – 3PM

Cost: $200/$250 (Member/Non-Member)

Ages: 8-13, Max 14 participants

Instructor: Natalie Grambow

This year we are delighted to offer 3 kid’s summer workshops, each combining art making with outdoor exploration.  In the morning participants learn to work with textiles, weave, or paint led by a senior artist/teacher. In the afternoon, walks and discussions take over as we explore natural spaces near the Art Centre. Workshops run 10:00 – 3:00 each day, with a break provided for lunch. Participants must bring their own lunch, a water bottle and a mask if needed for any indoor activities.

PR – eunoia fibre studio & gallery 4th Anniversary Celebration

Dec 9, 11am-7pm; Dec 10, 11am-5pm. Come meet Noella! Shop our unique, creative designs and fashions from earth-conscious designers, while enjoying a warm cider, festive music and treats. Just our way of saying thank you… and giving back to our greater community.

Mending Matters Drop-in Workshop with Catherine Nicholls

September 18; October 16; November 27

Sundays, 1-4pm, in the gallery

FREE

Join us for this monthly drop-in session, exploring visible mending techniques with instructor Catherine Nicholls.

Mending can be so much more than just patching a hole! Mending Matters will introduce participants to the simple, practical skills required to repair textiles and how to turn those simple stitches into an art form that is both decorative and functional. Participants are encouraged to bring along a favourite clean piece of clothing or household textile they would like to mend.

Mending Matters Drop-in Workshop with Catherine Nicholls

September 18; October 16; November 27

Sundays, 1-4pm, in the gallery

FREE

Join us for this monthly drop-in session, exploring visible mending techniques with instructor Catherine Nicholls.

Mending can be so much more than just patching a hole! Mending Matters will introduce participants to the simple, practical skills required to repair textiles and how to turn those simple stitches into an art form that is both decorative and functional. Participants are encouraged to bring along a favourite clean piece of clothing or household textile they would like to mend.

Hackett Park Artisan Fair

The Hackett Park Artisan Fair is an annual gathering of local and regional vendors. The Fair has been an annual tradition on the Coast for 34 years, and attracts close to 5000 visitors seeking to discover the creations of artisans who are jury selected based on talent, originality, and the unique items they have to offer for sale. In keeping with our ongoing tradition, the fair will coincide with the popular Festival of the Written Arts (August 11th-14th, 2022, celebrating 40 years!)
This year’s Fair will take place in the lower field of Hackett Park and at the Arts Centre.
We will have live musicians in Hackett Park’s new amphitheatre and fun activities at the Arts Centre. There will be a large variety of artisans, artists, entertainers, and food vendors!
Entrance by donation!

Kids Camps: Exploring Textiles

July 18– 20, 2022 | Monday – Wednesday; 10 – 3pm

Ages: 8-13, Max 12 participants

Instructor: Natalie Grambow

Cost: $140/$180 (Member/Non-Member)

This year we are delighted to offer 3 kid’s summer workshops, each combining art making with outdoor exploration.  In the morning participants learn to weave, collage or paint led by a senior artist/teacher. In the afternoon, walks and discussions take over as we explore natural spaces near the Art Centre. Workshops run 10:00 – 3:00 each day, with a break provided for lunch. Participants must bring their own lunch, a water bottle and a mask if needed for any indoor activities.

Kids Camps: Exploring Textiles

July 18– 20, 2022 | Monday – Wednesday; 10 – 3pm

Ages: 8-13, Max 12 participants

Instructor: Natalie Grambow

Cost: $140/$180 (Member/Non-Member)

This year we are delighted to offer 3 kid’s summer workshops, each combining art making with outdoor exploration.  In the morning participants learn to weave, collage or paint led by a senior artist/teacher. In the afternoon, walks and discussions take over as we explore natural spaces near the Art Centre. Workshops run 10:00 – 3:00 each day, with a break provided for lunch. Participants must bring their own lunch, a water bottle and a mask if needed for any indoor activities.

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