The Arts Station

For more information please contact The Arts Station at 250-423-4842 or info@theartsstation.com.

Mommie and Me Pottery with Kerri Holmes
Mondays / 10 – 11 am / October 19 - November 23
Cost $10 per drop-in visit

Moms (or other family guardian) and tots are welcome to this playful activity time. Each session will have a guided project to help you get creative. Pendants, tiles, figurines, funny faces, soap dishes, mini cups, and chimes are some of the things we can make. Give it a try – mucky hands are happy hands!

Kids Wheel with Kerri Holmes
Ages 10-14 9:30-10:30 am
Ages 15-16 11:30 am-12:30 pm
Saturday / October 23 – November 13
Cost $80 including materials

Spinning the wheel and getting muddy is what this class is all about (and thinking about Christmas for Mom and Dad!) Bring an old shirt that you don’t mind getting dirty. When registering please specify appropriate age group.

For more information please contact The Arts Station at 250-423-4842 or info@theartsstation.com.

Mandala Painting with Lesley Graham
Tuesdays / 10 am – noon – October 5 – November 9 (Option A)
Thursdays / 7:30 – 9:15pm – October 21 – November 25 (Option B)
Cost $100 includes gouache and all materials

Beginners welcome or build an ever-changing experience. If Ring of Fire and Sacred Centre pique your curiosity then lean into this circle painting form. Each class includes “scribbles” and movement, quietly going into one six-week structured painting with personal symbols of your choosing. Emphasis on process. Energized with post graduate Expressive Arts, Lesley has loved pursuing arts dreams for 20+ years!

Adult Glaze with Kerri Holmes
Thursdays / 7 – 9:30 pm – October 14 – November 4
Cost: $120 includes material

Explore surface decoration using ancient techniques. We will use coloured slips, stencils, and inlay to create patterns before firing the pottery. We also learn how to glaze pots with our studio glazes as well as with ready-to-paint glazes. Layering glazes with varying degrees of control should bring surprising results. Our aim is to explore and delight in the gifts of the kiln!

Leather Carving with John DeJongSaturday and Sunday / 9:30 am-5:30 pm –October 23 – 24
Cost $80 plus cost of basic tools ($40)

This workshop will cover basic and inverted leather carving techniques along with how to transfer a pattern to leather and basic tools use. Each student will also receive a “Basic Leatherwork” booklet which contains beginning carving instructions. Two week advanced enrollment is required as time is needed to order the tool kits if not owned already.

Intermediate Acrylics with John deJong
Saturday and Sunday / 9:30 am–5:30 pm – October 30 – 31
Cost $95 plus cost of materials

A fun workshop that will cover everything from toning a painting surface, blocking in and going back over a painting to create some realism. Students should come ready to take their skills to the next level! Bring a work in progress or start anew. Also, discussion on colors and some handouts for reference.

For more information please contact The Arts Station at 250-423-4842 or info@theartsstation.com.

Tots Art “Diving into Colour” with Lesley Graham
Mondays / 9:30 – 10:45 am – September 20 – November 1 (no class Thanksgiving)
Cost $89 Ages 4 – 5 years

Oooh! Ahhh! Red dragon fire! Round we go on the Colour Wheel with “wet on wet” painting, colour mixing magic and earthy clays. Integrated movement, colour games, poems and exhibit visits and…clean up! Lesley has guided tots and childrens imaginative forays for 20+ years and is energized with her post graduate Expressive Arts, Lesley has loved pursuing community arts dreams for 20+ years in galleries, classrooms, parades and unexpected places! All materials provided.

After School Get Messy! With Lesley Graham
Mondays / 4 – 5:30 pm – September 20 – November 15 (no class Thanksgiving)
Cost $120 Ages 5 – 7 years

Gallery art attacks, kidsketch, clay and studio creating! Dress for mess and movement in the bright studio attic. Gain arts fundamentals. All materials provided.

Got a group and the time doesn’t work? Call Lesley to arrange alternate times and dates that suit you and your little ones!

The Ceramic Canvas with Michelle Senior
Saturdays / 10 – 12:30 pm – September 18 – October 2
Ages: all ages – under 6 years requires accompanying parent
Cost $65 plus clay costs

Exploring clay as a wall mounted piece of art. On the first day students will shape the piece and work out ideas and by the third Saturday they will be able to take home their amazing and unique clay creation! Students also will learn the art of glazing as they get to truly make their piece unique and do this final step themselves. This course is suitable for all ages from toddlers to grandparents and requires no experience. Just bring your imagination!

The Arts Station can also help you create an amazing birthday experience for kids of all ages. With loads of room to create in either the pottery or attic studios as well as tear about in the Station Theatre kids will have a great time celebrating their birthday with The Arts Station! Qualified instructors will have the birthday child and their friends using their imaginations to fill up the minds before they fill up on cake. Contact us at 250-423-4842 for more information!

Book a Class Visit to the Arts Station

Bring your class for a 45 minute to hour and a half long visit at the Arts Station. Check out the gallery, theatre and studio and participate in tailor made fun and interactive gallery and art making activities. Parent and Tot groups, Elementary or High School groups all accommodated. Contact Oz 250-423-4842 or by email info@theartsstation.com.

Be part of the excitement for the Arts On Fire Festival on Saturday, November 20. Build and invent your own lantern with supplied materials and be part of this thrilling Winter Festival. Meet friends and learn skills too. Contact the Arts Station at 423-4842 or email info@theartsstation.com for more info.

Artists’ Lanterns Meeting
Wednesday / 7-8:30 pm – October 13

Interested? Get materials and inspiration to build yours or your teams lanterns up.

Lantern-Making Drop-in Jamborees
Monday – Friday / 6-9 pm – November 1-5
Sunday / 1-5 pm – November 7

Adults and families. Build a star lantern! Invent your own and enter the “free spirit” lantern contest. Small materials fee.

Full details available soon! For more information please contact The Arts Station at 250-423-4842 or info@theartsstation.com.

Fun with Acrylics! with Kathy Stead
Thursdays / 7 – 9 pm – September 23 – October 14
Cost: $80 plus cost of materials

A four week workshop focusing on specific topics each class. Topics move from flowers, seascapes, trees and end with a fun evening looking at a multitude of acrylic mediums such as watercolouring, impasto and layering. Learn new skills or improve existing ones with a focused, goal-orientated class that students will leave inspired and ready to create!

Adult Wheel with Kerri Holmes
Wednesdays / 7 – 9:30 pm – September 15 – October 6
Cost $120 + $20 clay costs (glaze included)

Discover the joy of making pottery on the wheel. Create anything you desire and then the items will be trimmed, 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. You have the option of glazing your own work or having us do it for you. One night glaze is an additional $25.

The Ceramic Canvas with Michelle Senior
Saturdays / 10 – 12:30 pm – September 18 – October 2
Cost $65 plus $20 clay costs

Exploring clay as a wall mounted piece of art. On the first day students will shape the piece and work out ideas and by the third Saturday they will be able to take home their amazing and unique clay creation! Students also will learn the art of glazing as they get to truly make their piece unique and do this final step themselves. This course is suitable for all ages from toddlers to grandparents and requires no experience. Under the age of 6 requires adult supervision. Just bring your imagination!

Felting for Beginners / Make a Wallhanging with Jodie Parker
Saturday / 10 am – 4 pm – September 25
Cost $50

Learn the ancient craft of felting. This beginner course covers the basics of feltmaking and an introduction to wet felting. The course allows you to complete a wallhanging. You may wish to bring a picture or design to inspire you. No experience necessary. All materials provided.

Writing Workshop with Keith Liggett
Thursdays / 7 – 9:30 pm – September 31 – November 25 (no class October 14)
Cost: $200 open registration. $180 for Arts Station member’s. Class size limited.

An evening writing workshop led by Keith Liggett, a widely published writer and founder of the Fernie Writers Conference. The group will meet once a week to critique members writing. Some exercises and books will be assigned. The intent is to prepare a short piece for publication in spring 2011. Non-fiction, fiction or poetry are welcome. Contact The Arts Station or Keith at keith@saw.net for more info.

Monday, September 13 at 7pm
The Vogue Theatre
Members: $9; Regular $10 at the door

An inspirational true story of a small boy’s extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom that begins with a grueling apprenticeship as a classical dancer in communist China an ends in the glory of creative freedom in America. But there is a painful price to be paid for his quest for self expression. Mao’s Last Dancer captures the intoxicating effects of first love and celebrity, the pain of exile, and ultimately the triumph of individual endeavour over ideology. Filmed in China, the US and Australia and with a brilliant performance from Chi Cao, Mao’s Last Dancer is an exhilarating exploration of what it means to be free.

Thursday, September 30 at 8 pm
Members: $16/adults $12/youth; Regular: $20/adults $15/youth (under 18)

Outspoken and intelligent, Carolyn Mark was destined to make music and take no prisoners doing it. With her subversively witty lyrics and a voice as beautifully varied as her musical styles Mark holds audiences hostage. With an arsenal of songs Mark will pluck at your heartstrings as deftly as she will on the guitar strings. Her gigs are known for their off-balance candor as much as the homespun tunes. Go for the music, stay for the dirty jokes. Tickets available at The Arts Station, Freshies, and Carosella. www.carolynmark.com

Opening Reception Thursday, August 26, 7 pm at The Arts Station.
Runs until Tuesday, September 21.

Paula grew up in the Illinois farmlands. She has lived near the ocean in Victoria, in the semi-desert of Kamloops and is now happily residing in the Kootenays. She is usually influenced by the surrounding environment and is currently very honoured to be sharing the space in the Columbia Valley with the abundant and beautiful wildlife. You can view more of her stunning work at www.crazyravens.blogspot.com.