Island Mountain Arts
ArtsWells Festival 2019
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaThe Cariboo’s largest celebration of music and art, ArtsWells Festival, is back for its 16th season in the colourful community of Wells and the historic goldrush town of Barkerville, BC from August 2 – 5, 2019. 1st Release tickets are now available, don’t miss your chance to be part of the magic for this special […]
ArtsWells Songwriting Workshop with Linda McRae & Dan Bern
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaRegistration is now open for ArtsWells pre-festival Songwriting Workshop, we are thrilled to announce our 2019 instructors are Linda McRae and Dan Bern! Join these two critically acclaimed songwriters for a four-day intensive workshop. Participants will spend time defining and examining those “fundamental ingredients’ of a song through performance, discussion and hands-on writing. Participants will […]
Songwriting & Rhythm for Ages 6 – 18
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaThis course focuses on both writing and performance aimed at facilitating self-expression through music, song and spoken word poetry. Combining elements of musical theory, improvisation techniques, lyric writing, collaboration with peers and working one-on-one with the instructors, students get and incredibly dynamic and transformational experience. This program is suitable for complete beginners, as well as […]
Humour & Heart in Live Performance Workshop
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaTheatre games, explorations in physicality, and improvisation techniques, will bring participants to new approaches in their openness and creativity through humour and playfulness, with a focus on bringing greater humanity and vitality to what they share with an audience. Graceful movement with ostrich plumes, power-dynamics of primate behaviour, spaghetti-legged silly-walks, and practical tricks for transcending […]
Mini-Marketing Workshop
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaWhether you’re a small business owner, non-for-profit, local employee, artist, maker, musician or just want to step up your social media game Evie Lavers is excited to share with you some of her favourite helpful hacks for your Facebook & Instagram pages! This event is FREE but registration is required as there is a limited […]
Exhibition Opening & Artist Talk with Sarah Zimmerman
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaIsland Mountain Arts is excited to announce an exhibition launch on Friday July 19th, 2019 at 7 pm featuring the work of Sarah Zimmerman (affectionately known by many as Saz), titled “The Fish Project”. The exhibition will remain on view through Sunday, August 25th, 2019. Sarah has been painting her entire life. Born and raised […]
Reading with Giovanna Riccio
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaJoin us at the IMA Gallery for a Reading with Toronto author Giovanna Riccio. Giovanna Riccio will be reading from her newly published book, Plastic’s Republic, an adventurous poem sequence centering on Barbie, the complex cultural icon and feminist bête-noir powered by plasticity. A graduate in philosophy from the University of Toronto, she is the […]
Writing Workshop with George Elliott Clarke
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaGeorge Elliott Clarke will lead writers in exercises to improve creativity and editing skills. He will also ask volunteers to read back to the workshop their exercises and/or works-in-progress, while feeling free to maintain privacy re: any raw work that seems too personal. Electronics are welcome, of course, but Clarke's instruction will be by organic […]
Toni Onley Artists’ Project
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaThe Toni Onley Artists' Project is an opportunity for emerging and professional artists to step out of their own studio and into IMA’s shared studio space and work in an experimental, exploratory and risk-taking manner. This is a juried program and artists must apply in order to be considered. A scholarship and bursary program is […]
ArtsWells Festival Community Meeting
Island Mountain Arts 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, CanadaPlease join us on Tuesday July 2nd, 2019 at the Island Mountain Arts Gallery for our next ArtsWells Festival Community Meeting. We are excited to share with you our updates and news for this years festival since our ArtsWells Festival Community Meeting in April 2019.