Spring 2023 Art Bites Classes
- Jan 29, 2023 to Jun 11, 2023
- Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
- Description:
Have you been curious about trying an art class, but not sure what medium you would like? Not ready to commit to a full class (and art supplies) if you don’t know you’ll like it? Why not try this sampler course?
Art Bites is a course designed to give you a taste of a variety of art mediums. Each 2-hour class introduces you to a new medium and show you the basic techniques using a small array of supplies. Everything is provided; you don’t have to bring a thing! Go home each week with a piece of your own and a sense of how this art medium works.
Pick and choose one or more classes. Classes are $35 each.
AM classes are 10am-12pm; PM classes are 1-3 pm.
Follow the links below for class details and online registration
- January
- Jan 29 AM – Wash Drawing with Gordon Wilson
- Jan 29 PM – Zentangle with Rhonda Roy
- February
- Feb 5 AM – Oil Painting with Margery Blom
- Feb 5 PM – Watercolour Art Journaling with Merrilyn Laursen
- Feb 12 AM – Ink Relief with Gordon Wilson
- Feb
- January
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023 (5)
The MAC’s Art Foundations Program
- Feb 6, 2023 to Jun 12, 2023
- Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
- Description:
Loved Art Bites? Ready for more?
The MAC’s Art Foundations Program is designed for people who want more formal education in the basics of visual art theory, as well as techniques for different mediums. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the principles of art and how they might apply to their own art practice.
Each of our classes will touch on areas such as line, composition, perspective, and colour, while giving you more in-depth practise in the medium or technique offered.
All of our instructors are artists, and many of them are also professional teachers. Our faculty is skilled at providing a friendly and relaxing experience while you learn.
Classes run on Mondays, from 10 am – 2 pm
Cost: $100 (all materials provided)
Follow the links below for class details and online registration
- Feb 6 – Dry Media Drawing with Gordon Wilson
- Feb 13 – Wet Media Drawing with Gordon Wilson
- Feb 27 – Decoding Colour: Colour Theory with Margery Blom
- Mar 6 – Let’s Go Abstract with Dennis Brown
- Mar 13 –
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Aging Artfully
- Mar 29, 2023 to May 3, 2023
- Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
- Description:
Aging Artfully is a FREE program offered to independently domiciled seniours living in our community. Our wonderful volunteer teachers provide instruction and support for participants aged 75+. All materials and supplies included.
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Bayside Art Gallery - Claudia Lohmann & Grant Leier
- Apr 12, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023
- Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
- Description:
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- Categories: Exhibition
Federation of Canadian Artists, Arrowsmith Chapter
- Apr 12, 2023 to Apr 30, 2023
- Location: McMillan Arts Centre 133 McMillan Street PO Box 1662 Parksville, BC, V9P 2H5
- Description:
April 3 - April 30, 2023
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the FCA is to advance the knowledge and appreciation of art and culture to all Canadians, offering education, exhibition and communication in the Visual Arts, and to support and promote emerging to professional member artists.
WHO WE ARE
The Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) is a registered charity founded in 1941 by professional Canadian working artists including Group of Seven luminaries Lawren Harris, Arthur Lismer, and A.Y. Jackson. The first National Executive Council was led by Andre Bieler, and Lawren Harris was the BC region’s first Chairman. Other notable founding members included Emily Carr and the Honorable Mark Kearley.
The FCA continues to operate as a registered charity with members throughout Canada and Chapters in Alberta, B.C. and Ontario. The FCA is dedicated to raising artistic standards by stimulating participants to greater heights of knowledge and achievement by offering what is believed to be the first
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