Atelier

With over 25 years of building willow furniture, Andrew Kent brings participants the opportunity to handcraft their own willow furniture. No experience is necessary as you will receive step-by-step guidance from design, building and fine tuning your own willow club chair or loveseat.

All tools and materials are provided.
Please note: you will be on your feet for much of the day, wear comfortable shoes.

Please bring: water bottle and bagged lunch and wear clothes you can easily move in.

$264 (Build a Club Chair) OR
$416 (Build a Loveseat)

Enjoy a plein air experience amongst the quince trees in bloom at Quinceotica Farm in Yellow Point. This is a wonderful opportunity to leave your worries behind and spend the day outdoors. Meander, write, sketch, paint and/or meditate while seeking and celebrating inspiration in this relaxed country setting. End the session with refreshments and to option to share your work with the other participants.

Led by poet, painter and farmer John Edwards and artist/educator/curator Leona Petrak.

Guided tour of the grounds will be provided.

Have you never painted before but always wanted to?
Or are you a beginner painter and in need of a little more direction and guidance?

Well look no further that our *NEW 5 week beginner level acrylic painting series with award winning acrylic artist and instructor Jennifer O'Brien. Participants will work through a series of exercises and small paintings.

Participants will learn:
- Colour theory (blending, layering etc)
-The best tools to use to get the look your going for
-Composition on a canvas
-Different painting techniques

A unique program that engages youth (7 - 14 years) in play-based and exploration-based activities while learning about photography and visual expression. Play is embedded in the program as the basis for all photography activities. 

Music Monday is a celebration of the impact of music education in our schools and in our communities.   On Monday May 1st, we will join together to celebrate music education by singing our Song of Celebration together at 12:30 pm ET.  Registration is free and will give you access to all the resources you need to teach the song to your class or learn at home.  There are numerous audio recordings, arrangements, lyric sheets, sing-a-long videos and a Learning Guide.  
 

A shared music experience is created through a collection of online instructional workshops for singers and instrumentalists. Each of the 9 different workshops includes 6 hours of instruction and have limited enrolment to allow each participant individual attention from the coach.
- Finding Your Classical Voice - Kevin Mulligan
- Finding Your Jazz Voice - Ariel Shetzen
- The Music of Working - Gillian Stecyk
- A Folk Music Tour for Violin and Viola Players - Saskia Tomkins
- Vivaldi's Sonatas for Cello - Sybil Shanahan

- ANIMÉ PAR SEREAM -

Si vous avez toujours voulu apprendre l'art de l'écriture cet atelier comblera vos envies ! Débutant ou initié, cet atelier animé par Seream fera surgir le poète qui est en vous. N'hésitez plus, lancez-vous !

Inscription recommandé - ouvert à tous

QUAND ? Mercredi 26 octobre 2022 à 19h
OÙ ? Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain 340 Provencher Blvd, Winnipeg, MB R2H 0G7

Animation en français, soirée multilingue et GRATUIT

We are delighted to invite you for our first event of the season with acclaimed Canadian poet Gary Geddes, who will give an in-person reading and lead an in-person workshop in late October.

ABOUT THE POET

Leanne Prain, author of The Creative Instigator’s Handbook: A DIY Guide to Making Social Change Through Art, will guide you through all of the questions to ask yourself to conceive, start and finish a new project to set yourself up for success.

LitFest is a mask-friendly environment. Patrons are enthusiastically supported in their choice to wear a mask. If you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, please follow AHS guidelines regarding testing and isolating, and stay home if you are sick.