Island Mountain Arts Studios
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 […]
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 […]
Bioplastics with Lisa Christinzo
Island Mountain Arts Studios Mildred Ave, WellsAbout the Workshop Join artist Lisa Cristinzo for a hands-on workshop on creating bioplastics from renewable biomass sources. Learn about the methodologies and technical aspects of material creation while exploring the environmental benefits of using bioplastics and distancing ourselves further away from the fossil fuel industry. From material introduction to cooking up bioplastics, this workshop […]
Learn to Weave with Ana Diab
Island Mountain Arts Studios Mildred Ave, WellsAbout the Workshop In this workshop you will learn basic techniques to create a wall hanging on a frame loom. Ana will walk you through what you need to know to set up a warp, talk about weaving terminology, and describe which yarns work best for weaving. You will learn plain weave techniques to allow […]
Painting on Assemblage with Stefanie Denz
Island Mountain Arts Studios Mildred Ave, WellsLocation: Wells-Barkerville School, Outdoors if fair-weather, 2nd-floor studios if foul weather. Cost: $90.00 + GST Early Bird to July 8th, $120.00 + GST Regular Scholarships and Discounts for IMA members are available. Join as a team of two - save 20%! - Please put the second person’s name in the additional details box on the […]
TOAP Artist Residency Open House Showcase
Island Mountain Arts Studios Mildred Ave, WellsHello everyone! This week has been flying by fast, especially for the Toni Onley Artists’ Project participants. They have been working hard and creating a lot of neat things! Come to the Wells-Barkerville School second floor Saturday, July 8th at 7:00 pm, to check out what they got up to during their TOAP residency. Goodies […]
Forest Relief Fabric Printing and Painting Workshop w/ Martha Jane Ritchie
Island Mountain Arts Studios Mildred Ave, WellsJoin Martha Jane Ritchie for this two-day workshop June 25th and June 26th 2022. In this workshop, we will draw our inspiration from the forest as we design and carve a unique printing block for textiles. Participants will apply their relief printing block to fabric and enhance the image with hand painting. This is a […]
Put Your Stamp on It! Youth Printmaking Workshop
Island Mountain Arts Studios Mildred Ave, WellsPut your stamp onto your wardrobe! Turn something plain into something unique and sensational! In this workshop, youth ages 6 - 15 will design and carve their own simple block for relief printing and use it on textiles. You can personalize a cotton hankie, repurpose some fabric, make a decorative iron-on patch or embellish your […]
Reading with George Elliott Clarke
Island Mountain Arts Studios Mildred Ave, WellsJoin us at the IMA School for an artist talk with George Elliott Clarke, by donation. The tiny rural community of Weymouth Falls sits on the banks of the Sissiboo River in a far-flung southwestern corner of Nova Scotia. Best known as the birthplace of world-renowned boxing great Sam Langford, the predominantly African Nova Scotian […]
TOAP Open House
Island Mountain Arts Studios Mildred Ave, WellsParticipating artists have spent nine days in Wells working in the IMA studios under the mentorship of senior artists. The project is a intensive studio experience - with less structures time set for activities and more space for participants to develop their own work. You have the opportunity to come to the studios for this […]