The Fernie Arts Station have joined forces with The College of the Rockies, Fernie Campus, to bring together some new and exciting arts courses for adults and kids! All courses take place at The Arts Station, 601 1st. Avenue, Fernie. To register, please contact the College at 1.250.423.4691 or email fernie@cotr.bc.ca.
With Kerri Holmes
March 16 & 23, 7-9pm
Discover the joy of making pottery on the wheel. From mugs to simple bowls the items will be trimmed and finished then glazed and fired in a kiln for a useful finished article. Anything is possible. This class is for beginners and those with limited experience. Limited to 4 people, this becomes almost individual instruction.
Cost: $40, plus clay costs (glaze included).
Registrations: Please contact The College of the Rockies @ 250.423.4691 or email fernie@cotr.bc.ca
More wheel Pottery
With Kerri Holmes
April 13 & 20, 7-9pm
Build your knowledge and the potters secrets from a full-time potter. Take your wheel skills to a new level… The class will focus on learning how to make jars, lids and spouts. Eventually, putting all these parts together to make a teapot! Also wheel made forms will be altered to create exciting art forms.
Cost: $40, plus clay costs (glaze included).
Registrations: Please contact The College of the Rockies @ 250.423.4691 or email fernie@cotr.bc.ca
With Ilona Webster
Thursday, April 15, 10am – 2pm
Working with a choice of a full or eight pane 20”x33”antique window (supplied), the workshop will teach how to prep the old window and learn to apply pressed flowers in a ‘flower garden’ design. The finished piece will adorn a house beautifully. Small groups enables almost individual attention by the instructor.
Cost: $150 includes all materials. Bring a brown bag lunch!
Registrations: Please contact The College of the Rockies @ 250.423.4691 or email fernie@cotr.bc.ca
Beyond basics
With John deJong
Saturday April 24 & Sunday April 25, 9:30am-5:30pm
Delve more deeply into developing a painting in simple, easy steps. The course will include discussion on how to work with paints to catch the beauty in painting: mountains; cliffs; rocks; water; and rapids. Start with simple materials and finish with a work of art! Students will learn how to tone a painting surface, blocking in a painting and then going back in to complete the details. Learning how to achieve a fair amount of realism by building on basic skills. Bring your own paint & supplies (listing given on registration).
Cost: $95
Registrations: Please contact The College of the Rockies @ 250.423.4691 or email fernie@cotr.bc.ca
Beginner Classes
With John deJong
5 Studio sessions - Friday, April 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28, 6:30-8:30pm.
Starting with understanding the instrument, learn how to: tune a guitar; basic chords; and strumming & learning to pick a simple tune. Start to learn melodies & rhythm. Limited registration allows for individualized learning. Bring your (or a friends) guitar!
Cost: $50/pp
Registrations: Please contact The College of the Rockies @ 250.423.4691 or email fernie@cotr.bc.ca
With Denise Baughan
Saturday, May 1 & Sunday, May 2, 10-12noon
This is the time to strut your stuff! Don’t be shy. A beginners workshop for adults who want to learn some solid skills in acting. Learning from a trained & skilled actress, gain skills and confidence to present on stage. Learn Scene Studying, text analysis, improve games, and more. Its fun to be outgoing! It’s fun to be involved in this two day workshop.
Cost: $45, all materials included.
Registrations: Please contact The College of the Rockies @ 250.423.4691 or email fernie@cotr.bc.ca
Encaustic Workshop
With Ronda Wood
Saturday, May 1, 1-4pm
A technique developed many thousands of years ago, create an art work that uses coloured waxes that are ‘burnt-in’ with the use of heat and solvent. Starting with the simplest marks that a heated iron makes with the molten waxes it will be worked onto the sealed painting card surface. These basic effects are complied into abstracts, landscapes and fantasy scenes. Gaining skills, other low-heat tools and equipment allows further exploration and a huge variety of potentials for encaustic art work. This medium gives instant gratification … your can complete a masterpiece in a matter of minutes. No previous artistic experience is necessary to partake in this workshop. Fun is the word!!!
Cost: $45/person. Materials & Use of Tools: $15/person
Registrations: Please contact The College of the Rockies @ 250.423.4691 or email fernie@cotr.bc.ca
