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
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- January
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Monday, May 1, 2023 (9)
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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Meditation Circle
- Apr 27, 2023 to May 25, 2023
- Location: Lighthouse Community Hall, L'Heureux Room
- Description:
Meditation is an ancient form of self care and wellness that is accessible to everyone. In a group session, participants will learn the basics of meditation using breath and mindfulness techniques. The pace is slow, and the benefits are beautiful. Join Judi for this 6-week program. Judi Malcolm has over 30 years of experience working in leadership capacities in early learning, literacy, and community development. “Meditation has been my friendly companion for over 20 years. The calm pause that I gift myself has always helped with mindfulness and awareness as I have walked through life.”
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Echo Players Presents: Mary’s Wedding
- Apr 27, 2023 to May 14, 2023
- Location: Village Theatre 110 W 2nd Avenue Qualicum Beach, BC 250-752-3522
- Description:
APRIL277:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Echo Players Presents: Mary’s Wedding by Stephen Massicotte. Directed by Kelly Barnum. Sponsored by: Berwick Retirement Communities.
From Playwright’s Canada: “On the night before her wedding, Mary dreams of a thunderstorm, during which she unexpectedly meets Charlie sheltering in a barn beside his horse. With innocence and humour, the two discover a charming first love. But the year is 1914, and the world is collapsing into a brutal war. Together, they attempt to hide their love, galloping through the fields for a place and time where the tumultuous uncertainties of battle can’t find them. A play with a heart as big as the skies that serve as its stage, Mary’s Wedding is an epic, unforgettable story of love, hope, and survival.”
Evening and Sunday matinee shows.
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Qualicum Beach Farmers Market
- Apr 29, 2023 to Dec 30, 2023
- Location: Qualicum Beach Community Hall / Veterans Way 644 Veterans Way Qualicum Beach
- Description:
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Visit Qualicum Beach Farmers Market every Saturday from 8:30am-12pm, Year Round and enjoy an incredible selection of fresh produce and locally produced goods. Our vendors make, bake, or grow the products they offer for sale.Get to know who produces your food. Discover the wealth of mid-Island production from a wide variety of local home and commercial providers. Learn from them in person the joys and challenges of delivering quality fruits, vegetables and berries, maintaining heritage varieties and assuring the freshest and best flavoured homemade products.We love your fur babies too, but please leave your pets at home when visiting the market. - Created by: Events OCAC
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Mindfulness in May “THE ART of Nurturing Nature
- May 1, 2023 to May 13, 2023
- Location: Community office of Adam Walker MLA Qualicum Beach
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Mindfulness in May: The Art of Nurturing Nature
- May 1, 2023 to May 13, 2023
- Location: Community Office, Adam Walker MLA A-184 Second Avenue West Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 2T5
- Description:
BC Youth Week and National Mental Health Week is being marked in Qualicum Beach with the first annual art show featuring the thoughtful work of students grades 6 to 12. What does nurturing nature really mean, to us as individuals and as humankind?
Thanks to MLA Adam Walker for providing the venue, and sponsors Rotary, Vancouver Island University, the Qualicum school district, and the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve for making it happen.
There’ll be an opening Gala on May 6th from 1 to 3pm, and a Sustainable Development Goals Workshop for students in Grade 6 and up to figure out how to make the global become local.
Diane Moran, the visual artist and community activist is inspiration behind this event. Since 1998 she has imagined projects internationally and nationally that help educate others about everyday issues through art. Now it’s Oceanside’s turn!
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