Island Mountain Arts
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 […]
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 […]
Happy 10th Birthday to the Nest – a Community Potluck
The Nest 4234 Sanders Ave, Wells, BC, CanadaMark your calendars for July 5th and come celebrate our 10-year milestone at The Nest. Join us for a special Community Potluck & BBQ where we'll be sharing stories, and celebrating 10 years past, and 10 years to come. We will also welcome our Toni Onley Artists Project artists. It's a perfect opportunity to take […]
Toni Onley Artist’s Project
The Toni Onley Artist Projects, which focuses on the exploration and development of visual artists, will have a maximum of 12 spaces available. This year's mentors are Rita McKeough and Peter Flemming! Saturday, July 6th – Sunday, July 14th, 2024 at Wells, BC COST The program cost for 2024 is $605.00 + GST. This fee […]
Rita’s Artist Talk
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaRita will talk about her recent works, which incorporate audio, electronics, and mechanical performing objects, focusing on the environmental impacts of resource extraction and demonstrating her desire to use sound to create a rhythmic voice of agency and empathy to articulate forces of resistance in the natural world.
Peter’s Artist Talks
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaPeter will talk about his recent works involving lenticular images and fermentation processes: 'Borrowing heavily from The Sciences yet with little focus on making money, Flemming’s projects are fabricated weird worlds where uninhibited systems of circulation-feedback loops, leakages, Overlapping cycles—teeter between stability and instability.'
Roots: a look at the permanent collection of Island Mountain Arts
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaJoin us on Thursday, August 22nd, 2024 at 7:00 pm for the opening reception of “Roots”, a look at the permanent collection of Island Mountain Arts, curated by Jessica Peachey. This reception will be accompanied by a draw night led by Miss Peachey, exploring topics of place and reflection. This exhibition is from the permanent […]
Wells Works Wednesdays
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaDo you have an art project you’ve been neglecting? Do you want to meet up with other folks in Wells and share what you know? Looking to get crafty this fall? Then join us for Wells Works Wednesdays! IMA will be hosting workshops starting Wednesday September 11 until November 20. Workshops will be held at […]
Watercolour Holiday Cards with Christina Watts
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaNovember 10th, 11:00 AM- 1:00 PM (2323 Pooley Street) Cost: $47.25 (including GST) Kick off the holiday season with a cozy day of creating watercolour art cards for the holidays! Create 2-3 mini art pieces and use your favourite image to scan onto personalized greeting cards. In this step by step watercolour class you'll learn […]