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.

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.

Art on Fire — Fernie’s Winter Light Festival
Saturday, November 20 from 6 - 9 pm.
Assemble at The Arts Station for an illuminating evening!

Fernie is to be illuminated as never before as Downtown is to be decorated with the beauty of shadows and light! The inaugural ‘Art on Fire Festival’ will be a celebration of light in the dark as the seasons change. Festival goers will be able to create their own lantern that they can then use to decorate Fernie with the amazing shadows designed by the interplay of paper and fire. There will also be stunning handcrafted lanterns ranging from the very big to the very small. As well, there is to be stilt-walkers, musical performances, food, fireworks and so much more! Art on Fire is also honouring Diwali with those around the world. Diwali is known as the Festival of Lights and is an important five-day festival in Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism. Diwali translates into “row of lamps” and is a celebration of the triumph of good over evil. Snaking their way through town the lanterns, fire, music and people will meet – joining together to create beauty, fun, and celebration in the night!

Keep your eyes peeled for information on the exciting workshops that The Arts Station has planned for September through December, 2010!
Course may include felting for adults and children, kinder artists, creative clay, mandala painting, pottery wheel and glaze classes, acrylic painting, guitar, and so, so much more!

Look for us at the Fall Registration Fair taking place on September 7 and 8 at the Fernie Community Centre for more information!

Exciting instructors, fascinating courses and fun to be had by all!

The Arts Station workshops are held in conjunction with The College of the Rockies.