Education
Stitching Geography and Memory with Shawn Grey
Island Mountain Arts Studios Mildred Ave, WellsAbout the workshop This workshop explores creating cloth bags as collective storytelling. The workshop delves into the movement of story through the application of stitching techniques. Participants will stitch cotton bags with decorative motifs interpreting experiences of geography and memory. Inspired by Ursula Le Guin’s essay on the “Carrier Bag”, the workshop replicates the invention […]
Wild Colour, Ink Making with Annie Robinson
Island Mountain Arts Studios Mildred Ave, WellsAbout the Workshop In a workshop full of play and connection to place, participants will work with wild colour sources to make ink. No art experience is required, only curious minds. We will explore colour sources from food waste, foraged botanicals, and metals. Together, we will discover the palette of Wells, contemplate the storylines of […]
Plein Air Meditative Drawing
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaMEET AT ISLAND MOUNTAIN ARTS AT 10:00 AM $10.00 Materials fee, or PWYC About the Workshop This workshop is an opportunity to experience meditative drawing, engaging with Donna Haraway’s concept of becoming-with. The plein air artist typically uses direct observation to draw or paint what they see. In this workshop, we will observe but also […]
artist talk | tea and talk with Rachel Rozanski (ARCHIVAL EARTH)
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaAbout 50 percent of Canada is permafrost, and it’s thawing almost a century earlier than predicted. It is the foundation for Arctic ecosystems and in the last ten years, thawing and “permafrost slumps'' have started to dramatically change the landscape. This multimedia exhibit explores the concept of time on a geological scale through land change […]
Paper Making Workshop
Paper Making with MULCH Collective! Friday – May 31, 2024 || 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM || fair weather = outside at the Nest, foul weather in the Second Floor Studios (Wells-Barkerville School second floor). Are you swimming in a sea of documents? Is your wastepaper basket overflowing with balled up notes from your screenplay […]
Contour Drawing with Zuzana Vasko
The Nest 4234 Sanders Ave, Wells, BC, CanadaJune 12th | 4 – 6pm | Outside of the Nest About the workshop: Contour drawing involves very careful, sincere looking and creates a space for intimate connection with the subject you’re drawing. As such, the experience of drawing in contours can be a way to better come to know the forms of life around […]
2nd Annual Tree Planting Fundraiser
It's happening! The Wells Destination School Society, in cooperation with West Fraser and the Wells Barkerville Community Forest is holding the 2nd annual Tree Planting Fundraiser. Join us on the block June 15th. Volunteers are needed (no experience necessary) to join us on the block Saturday June 15 to achieve our goal of planting 15,000 […]
The Treeplanter’s Ball
Wells Community Hall 4269 Sanders Ave, Wells, BC, CanadaThe Treeplanter’s Ball is an opportunity to dance away the hard work of the day with the brilliant tunes of Saltwater Hank and The Dead Wrongs. As we are toasting to an initiative that will have benefits for folks of all ages living in Wells and the surrounding area, this event will be for folks […]
FOR SCIENCE!
Sunset Theatre 2357 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaThis is such a delightful show. Come experience a rare wordless performance (with non-coercive audience participation) of real science, delivered by real scientists (who also happen to be actors).
FOR SCIENCE!
Sunset Theatre 2357 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaThis is such a delightful show. Come experience a rare wordless performance (with non-coercive audience participation) of real science, delivered by real scientists (who also happen to be actors).