WORKSHOPS FOR SPRING 2010

REVELSTOKE VISUAL ARTS CENTRE

Please register for these classes at the Revelstoke Community Centre.

BLOCK PRINTING WORKSHOP

February 26, Friday 7pm to 9pm

February 27, Saturday from 10:00 am to 3:00

Instructor: Akira Hanson

Course fee and materials: $75

Come and create a multi-coloured block print. We will create the print with a single block. Once the first colour is printed you will further carve the block and over print. This process is repeated until you have the desired result.

Materials will be supplied and additional carving blocks will be available to purchase.

This workshop is open to anyone aged 10 years and older.

Spin, Span, Spun: From Fleece to Yarn With a Spinning Wheel

Instructor: Rosalie Williams

Saturday March 6 and Sunday March 7

This 2-day hands-on workshop runs from 9:00 am – 4 pm each day and will provide you with the basics for spinning your own yarn. There is no prerequisite except for a love of fiber and color. You’ll learn about different spinning fibers, how they are carded and prepared, as well as how to draft the fibers to spin a colorful yarn. Soon you’ll be making unique yarns for knitting, crocheting and other textile crafts. If time permits, we’ll do some microwave dyeing. All handouts and workshop materials are included in the fee. Bring your own spinning wheel which MUST be in good working order with 3 bobbins and a lazy kate. If you don’t have access to a WORKING spinning wheel, contact Rosalie at 250 260 3387 at least 2 weeks prior to the course to arrange for weekend rental (for an additional $35). On the final day, Rosalie will demonstrate how to set up a working loom.

Registration fee for spinning workshop participants is $165

Optional spinning wheel rental fee $35

RECYCLING CLOTHING

March 26 - 27

Instructor: Janet Armstrong

Course Fee: $75.00

Take your old denim and other old clothes and recycle them into new creations using your imagination and sewing techniques. Bring your sewing machine, seam ripper, needles and thread to turn a jean jacket into a vest or a tote bag for your laptop. Or convert a pair of jeans into a skirt, a dress into a top, t-shirts into longer layered shirts. Or ??? All sewing levels welcome, but to get the most out of this workshop you should be comfortable using a sewing machine.

Friday 7:00-9:00 Brainstorming session: Introductions and brainstorming: One at a time, each person holds up a garment or two and talks about why s/he brought it, and what it might become. Participants are invited to offer their ideas about each others’ garments. Emphasize that this is “green light thinking”—a free flow of ideas. It will be up to each person to decide what to do with his or her own items.

Saturday 10:00am – 4:00 pm As people arrive, they’ll set up their machines. Janet will consult with each person at that time, find out what their plans might be and offer suggestions if necessary. Once they get going, teaching or suggesting techniques will be demonstrated as required.

At various points during the day Janet will be calling the group together to see what everyone is doing so that they can learn from each other. Materials list on registration.

Saturday Evening March 27th

7:00 Gallery Cost: $10.00

India: a Food and Fabric Journey

Power Point presentation

Janet spent the month of February in Rajasthan and Guyjarat exploring the delights of traditional textiles as well as the cuisine.

CARD DESIGNING CLASS

May 23^rd, Saturday and Sunday May 24^th from 9:00am - 4:00pm. Lunch from 12-1.

Instructor: Patricia Neil Lawton

Class fee: $120. 00

Christmas in May? Not a silly idea t all. Greeting cards take some thought and time to produce. If you aren’t a Christmas card enthusiast there’s always Birthday cards, thinking of you plus many more. If you enjoy drawing and painting come to this class with Patricia Neil Lawton. She’ll bring many of her card ideas to show you. You can use watercolours, acrylics, crayons or pen and ink. The two day course will begin with developing drawing techniques and tonal values. Paint your favourite Christmas ornament or your pet. We will study composition and make your card a real “work of art” -an original you can frame. You can see Patricia’s work at www.worldarttours.net/lawtonportraits.htm

Materials list provided at registration.

FIBRE ARTS WORKSHOP

MAY 28-29

INSTRUCTOR: LINDA DIXON

ART RETREAT TO NAKUSP

Course Fee: $155.00

Time: 10:00 am –4:30pm (30-minute lunch break

This textile workshop gives an exciting opportunity to work for two days with talented textile artist Linda Dixon exploring silk-screen, devore and dyeing. Check out some of her work at Talisman Fibre Trading Company on MacKenzie Avenue. Participants will make thermofax screens, etch, print and dye fabric. We will be working in Linda’s studio. Course fee included materials. Accommodation to be arranged by participants.