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If you would like to register online but avoid eventbrite fees please send us an e-mail HERE or give us a call at 403-627-5272 and we can arrange for you to pay via e-transfer!
Intro To Pottery with Val Wynder
6 week workshop for ages 18+
Tuesdays from 6:30-8:30pm
September 29
October 6, 20, 27
November 3,17
$245 per person includes all supplies
don't wait too long- this fills up fast!
Join us in the studio for our most popular pottery workshop! From a ball of clay to a finished creation, you'll learn the basics of handbuilding and wheel throwing, trim and prepare your pieces for a bisque firing in the kiln and then end the workshop with a glaze day.
From The Garden with Theraputic Arts Practitioner Carla Beres
Saturday, October 3rd from 1-4pm
Ages 18+
$80 per person includes all supplies
Join us for an expressive workshop to explore watercolour and ink, with an invitation to consider the therapeutic benefits of creative practice. This guided afternoon will help you embrace the organic fluidity of watercolour, while painting and drawing observations from still life fruit and vegetables. Focus on the process of these mediums, learning tips and techniques to utilize your tools and loosen up your illustrations to have a natural flow. Suitable for both artists and non artists.
In this workshop the practices are more about process than product and there will be a guided landing or check in at the beginning and opportunities to reflect as a group throughout
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Attendees are welcome to bring along their own gardens bounty for inspiration or simply enjoy what is provided!
Carla is a multidisciplinary artist and Therapeutic Art Practitioner living in Lethbridge, Alberta. Intrigued by the beauty of nature, her work bursts with the colourful botanical motifs and fluidity of organic forms.
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Witchy Brooms Workshop with
David Campbell
Saturday, October 3rd
Morning and Afternoon sessions available!
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Ages 18+ Kids 12+ may attend with an accompanied adult
In this three hour workshop you'll be lead through the process of crafting your very own witch's style broom with a tree branch handle and unwoven broomcorn ends.
All supplies are included. David is one of six broom-makers in Canada dedicated to this centuries old craft. Each workshop is limited to five spaces!
Children 12+ are welcome to attend with an adult and work on a broom together- or pay for 2 brooms and you'll each make one of your own! Please note- unacompanied children will not be permitted to attend.
$150 per broom
Watercolour Still Life Painting with
Julie Heinrich
Wednesday, October 21st, 6-9pm
Ages 18+
$65 per person includes take home supplies
Join Julie for an evening working with watercolours for this Still Life Flowers Workshop! Capturing the fleeting beauty of fresh cut flowers has been an ongoing trend. Use this class to create your own work of art.
We will be painting your choice between two sizes of assorted bright fall bouquets, with colours that lend themselves specifically to watercolour. Though the class will all be painting the same arrangements, each painting will be slightly different as the flowers are viewed from your unique angle.
Julie is a local watercolour painter that's always been dabbling and slowly building her craft. She'd love for you to join her for one or both of her fall watercolour sessions, painting either a landscape or still life flowers. Either class will be an engaging evening that results in beautiful memories and your very own masterpiece to take home.
All painting supplies will be included unless you prefer to bring additional supplies.
These classes will be step by step and introduce foundational techniques. Colour blending, layering, and adding shadows to show high and low light, while building your chosen image.
Watercolour Landscapes with
Julie Heinrich
Thursday, November 5th, 6-9pm
Ages 18+
$65 per person includes take home supplies
Join Julie for an evening working with watercolours for this Landscapes Workshop!
A vote among painters, will decide what specific scene is painted in this class from a collection of recent nature photographs from the Castle Provincial Park. The bright leaves of fall beg to be painted in watercolour.
Open vistas, rocky outcroppings, and even a babbling brook may be featured. We will all work from a mix of your own preferred device (bring what you like) as well as a large monitor that can be zoomed in on etc. to best capture details and emotion of the scenery.
Julie is a local watercolour painter that's always been dabbling and slowly building her craft. She'd love for you to join her for one or both of her fall watercolour sessions, painting either a landscape or still life flowers. Either class will be an engaging evening that results in beautiful memories and your very own masterpiece to take home.
All painting supplies will be included unless you prefer to bring additional supplies.
These classes will be step by step and introduce foundational techniques. Colour blending, layering, and adding shadows to show high and low light, while building your chosen image.
Winter Scene Acrylic Workshop with Janifer Calvez
Saturday, November 14th from 10-4pm
Ages 18+
$125 per person includes all supplies
Join local artist, Janifer Calvez in capturing a magical winter scene!
Janifer Calvez is known for the extraordinary way she captures the beauty of our local life and viewscapes landscapes in exciting and colourful ways.
In this one day workshop you will learn some foundational techniques with acrylic paints in the creation of your very own winter scene.
This workshop will sell fast- don't miss out!
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The Creatives Meetup
Wednesday mornings from
1:00pm-4:00pm
Back after the summer holidays in September!
The Creatives Meetup is a FREE, weekly open studio on Wednesdays at The Lebel.
Easels, tables and chairs are provided- you bring the rest!
The Allied Arts Council is opening up its third floor meeting space on Wednesday afternoons for artists to meet up and work together, chat, collaborate or just hang out and make connections.
Started in the fall of 2022 by Heidi Bengry, this Wednesday artist meetup is a place where artists can come work in a space together for a few hours with no instruction provided. This is a great opportunity to meet up and chat with other creatives in your community, get advice, critiques or work on your own with some company. Bring your supplies, some inspiration and your latest works!
*Individuals 18 and under interested in participating in The Creatives Meetup must be accompanied by an adult. *
Schedule changes with
the seasons!.
Pincher Creek Photo Collective Meetups
We are excited to share that we will be hosting regular meetups.
These meetups are for folks interested in photography to gather, connect and share what they're excited about.
Everyone is welcome, there is no cost to participate and we look forward to sharing our space with lots of local photo enthusiasts. Bring along whatever you're excited about from photos and ideas to cameras and equipment.
Please note- as this is not a formal class or workshop but a meetup event there is no instruction provided and folks under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
After a post in our local community events group by local hobbyist photographer Gregory Lamming saw quite a bit of interest he sought out a space for a regular meetup and the Lebel seemed like the perfect place!
We look forward to this drop in meetup becoming a regular event.
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WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES RETURN POLICY
The AAC offers our workshops on a cost recovery basis, meaning that our classes require a minimum number of participants to run. Should a scheduled workshop be unable to run due to low registration or cancellation by our organization refunds will be provided. Otherwise course fees are non-refundable.
Refunds for Eventbrite registrations will be processed directly through the Eventbrite platform. Registrations made directly with the AAC will be provided by cheque during the next scheduled cheque run.