Event type: Workshop / Professional development

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Take your pumpkin carving game to the next level and create a spooky 3D creature to haunt and decorate your doorstep this Halloween! Carving tools and instruction provided.

WHEN: Thursday, October 28th 6–9PM

WHERE: Rehearsal Hall, Room 203, 2nd Floor, Tett Centre for Creativity & Learning

INSTRUCTOR: Floriana Ehninger-Cuervo

ABOUT: Floriana Ehninger-Cuervo is a graphic artist, screen printer and handwriting revivalist. She believes in the union of art and words, the small ways art can enhance everyday life, and finding the humour of the situation. Visit her studio at the Tett Centre!

LEARN MORE REGISTER:  https://bring-your-own-pumpkin-3d-carving-thursday.eventbrite.ca

Explore more workshops at: https://www.tettcentre.org/events

Take your pumpkin carving game to the next level and create a spooky 3D creature to haunt and decorate your doorstep this Halloween! Carving tools and instruction provided.

WHEN: Saturday, October 30, 10:00AM–1:00PM

WHERE: Rehearsal Hall, Room 203, 2nd Floor, Tett Centre for Creativity & Learning

INSTRUCTOR: Floriana Ehninger-Cuervo

ABOUT: Floriana Ehninger-Cuervo is a graphic artist, screen printer and handwriting revivalist. She believes in the union of art and words, the small ways art can enhance everyday life, and finding the humour of the situation. Visit her studio at the Tett Centre!

LEARN MORE REGISTER:  https://bring-your-own-pumpkin-3d-carving-saturday.eventbrite.ca

Explore more workshops at: https://www.tettcentre.org/events

Frequent requests in watercolour classes have encouraged me to offer this workshop on the subject of water. Water presents itself in so
many ways – everything from crashing breakers to hypnotizing wave patterns to still water with reflections. In this class, we’ll learn specific techniques and practice samples of a variety of water surfaces and actions.

Some reference photos will be provided, but feel free to bring any favourite water pictures you might have. Among your usual watercolour supplies, be sure to include masking fluid, a pointy blade such as an Exacto knife or craft knife, an old toothbrush, and a bit of natural sea sponge.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Discover the joy of felting with Tiina Kukkonen! Workshop participants will learn the basics of felting a 2D landscape image using wool roving and a felting needle. Participants will gain an understanding of the history of felting as an art form, as well as how to layer and felt wool roving to achieve painterly effects.

Beginner friendly, ages 16 . All materials provided.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 10th, 6–8PM

WHERE: Rehearsal Hall, Room 203, 2nd Floor, Tett Centre for Creativity & Learning

INSTRUCTOR: Tiina Kukkonen

ABOUT: Formally trained in painting and drawing, Tiina Kukkonen uses a range of media in her work but specializes in pencil drawing and acrylic painting. She is also a self-taught felt artist, approaching felted landscapes much like painting whereby colours are combined and layered to achieve visual effects. As an arts educator and researcher, she has taught visual arts to students of all ages and advocates for equal access to arts education opportunities for rural and underserved communities. Tiina holds a Ph.D. in Education from Queen’s University, where she is also an instructor of visual arts education. Learn more at http://tiina.kukkonen.ca

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

​This workshop introduces participants to the basics of relief printmaking using linoleum. Participants will compose images, transfer and cut the images on linoleum blocks, and produce prints using a printing press. The workshop offers an in-depth look at the materials and techniques used to make fine art linocut prints. Please bring ideas and visual references as source material you’re interested in working with. Images should ideally be simple, bold designs, not too detailed or too small.

Sign up to save your spot. We will send you the link to connect to this online program via Zoom.
https://agnes.queensu.ca/participate/talks-tours-events/deep-looking-studies-in-solitude/

Slow down! Deeply observe works of art in Studies in Solitude. Guided by a community facilitator, this contemplation practice allows for relaxation and new insights. Part of Agnes’s Wellness Program.

The artworks brought together in Studies in Solitude illustrate how early modern Dutch artists such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Jacob van Campen, Heyman Dullaert and Cornelis Bisschop confronted the accepted limits of seclusion in their work. Representations of figures solitarily engaged in studies, prayer or song provided opportunities for an artistic exploration of human interiority and helped inspire ideals of devotion and erudition. Situated in the context of renewed concerns around topics of isolation and exposure brought on by the 2020-2021 pandemic, Studies in
Solitude also considers how such images participated in the development of gendered and class-based conceptions of privileged space that are still felt today.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Iva Speers Fund for Art Education.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Join us and connect with your creativity at these accessible artist-led workshops featuring a talk with the artist on their practice, inspiration and career in the arts. 

In this 2-hour workshop, Karin speaks about how she sees her own cultural identity, and how it has become the inspiration for many of her art works. The workshop will also include an interactive component, allowing participants to think about how their own identities might make their way into their work.

Artist Biography: Karin Jones is an interdisciplinary artist with a background in jewellery. She received a Diploma in Jewellery Art & Design from Vancouver Community College in 1993, before embarking on a 20-plus year career as a goldsmith and independent artisan. Since 2007, her work has moved away from traditional jewellery and into sculpture and contemporary art.  She received an MFA in Craft from NSCAD University (2018), where she began her most recent work dealing with the ways historical narratives shape our sense of identity. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Royal Ontario Museum, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Metal Museum (Memphis, TN). She is currently Department Head of Jewellery Art & Design at Vancouver Community College.

Register for $25:
https://agnes.queensu.ca/participate/classes-workshops-camps/the-studio-karin-jones/

This program is made possible by the Iva Speers Fund for Art Education.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Join Curator Jason Cyrus and special guests for this online series of talks on topics connected to the exhibition History Is Rarely Black or White.

3 December:       Black Bodies, White Gold:
Unpacking slavery and North American cotton production with Anna Arabindan-Kesson and Anne-Marie Guérin. The global thirst for cotton was fueled by the atrocities of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Anna Arabindan Kesson will join History Is Rarely Black or White curator Jason Cyrus and conservator Anne-Marie Guérin to discuss the ways in which they harnessed science, conservation, and historical research to spotlight the Black life at the core of the Victorian cotton industry.

14 January:        Fully Known: Cotton

Production, Black History, and the Canadian Experience with Charmaine Nelson and Shannon Prince Charmaine Nelson and Shannon Prince join Jason Cyrus to investigate the ways in which cotton production in the United States forever changed the landscape of Canadian diversity. Together they tell the stories of Black people on both sides of the border by connecting the Victorian cotton industry with the Underground Railroad and settlement in Canada while addressing the related colonial legacies that still affect Black Canadian life today.

11 February:      Style as Armour: Identity,
Clothing, and Self-Fashioning in History Is Rarely Black or White with Julie Crooks and Nigel Lezama

Julie Crooks and Nigel Lezama join Jason Cyrus to explore the use of style to both affirm one’s personhood and challenge oppression. Together they examine archival tintypes, contemporary portraiture, and Victorian cotton clothing to shine a light on clothing’s important role in constructing Black identity. 

Sign up to save your spot: https://agnes.queensu.ca/participate/talks-tours-events/hirbow-speaker-series/

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Art Hive @Agnes is online! Join this creative community and make time for yourself to recharge and get inspired! Artmaking is innately therapeutic and Art Hive invites you to experiment and play as you explore the artistic process. If you are looking for more guidance, our art therapist and facilitator is present to support your creative journey by offering inspired thematic projects. Art Hive @Agnes addresses themes of empowerment, wellness and self-care while fostering a safe space and a sense of community. This weekly program is free and projects are designed to use materials you already have on hand. No artistic experience is necessary.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Birks Family Foundation.

Facilitator Biography:

Harper Johnston, BA, B.Ed, MFA, DTATI has over thirty years of experience working as an arts educator with adults, adolescents and children. She is a professional art therapist, a play therapy intern and is currently completing the requisite hours to become a Registered Psychotherapist. Harper also worked in film for many years as a stills photographer and camera assistant. Her film work, primarily with the C.B.C. and the National Film Board, took her all over the world. Harper has received numerous arts council grants and her photography has been shown across the country. She also has work in the Canada Council’s Art Bank permanent collection. Harper is friendly and enthusiastic and is always happy when called upon to share her creative ideas and studio knowledge.

 Harper has been facilitating Art Hive @Agnes since January 2019.

Join Curator Jason Cyrus and special guests for this online series of talks on topics connected to the exhibition History Is Rarely Black or White.

3 December       Black Bodies, White Gold: Unpacking slavery and North American cotton production with Anna Arabindan-Kesson and Anne-Marie Guérin

The global thirst for cotton was fueled by the atrocities of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Anna Arabindan Kesson will join History Is Rarely Black or White curator Jason Cyrus and conservator Anne-Marie Guérin to discuss the ways in which they harnessed science, conservation, and historical research to spotlight the Black life at the core of the Victorian cotton industry.

14 January        Fully Known: Cotton Production, Black History, and the Canadian Experience with Charmaine Nelson and Shannon Prince

Charmaine Nelson and Shannon Prince join Jason Cyrus to investigate the ways in which cotton production in the United States forever changed the landscape of Canadian diversity. Together they tell the stories of Black people on both sides of the border by connecting the Victorian cotton industry with the Underground Railroad and settlement in Canada while addressing the related colonial legacies that still affect Black Canadian life today.

11 February        Style as Armour: Identity, Clothing, and Self-Fashioning in History Is Rarely Black or White with Julie Crooks and Nigel Lezama

Julie Crooks and Nigel Lezama join Jason Cyrus to explore the use of style to both affirm one’s personhood and challenge oppression. Together they examine archival tintypes, contemporary portraiture, and Victorian cotton clothing to shine a light on clothing’s important role in constructing Black identity.

Sign up to save your spot: https://agnes.queensu.ca/participate/talks-tours-events/hirbow-speaker-series/

Join us and connect with your creativity at these accessible artist-led workshops featuring a talk with the artist on their practice, inspiration and career in the arts.

Join artist and young creator Evan Sharma as he presents his vision for the world through art and science. Evan leads participants in a workshop focused on creativity, painting, fashion, the environment and the future.

Artist Biography: Evan Sharma is a neo-expressionist artist who first received acclaim when, at 12, he was accepted into Canada’s largest juried art fair. Now 18, Evan’s work explores thinking about global challenges from the perspective of both art and science, some of which is based on his own experience as an award-winning environmental researcher. Evan has been named as one of Canada’s most talented young artists by NUVO magazine, one of Toronto’s most exciting artists and has presented his ideas on a number of stages, having given talks at C2, HATCH and TEDx. Evan’s work is now being acquired by collectors from NYC, LA, London and Dubai; he has appeared in a number of documentaries, including those by CBC Arts, CTV and Shopify Studios.

To date, Evan has donated art that has raised over $100,000 for various charities, including the United Way, hospital foundations, and VibeArts. He is also the founder of The CovART Challenge which raised funds for over 200,000 meals for Kenyan children affected by the pandemic, and RBLB, a wearable art line.

Register for $25: https://agnes.queensu.ca/participate/classes-workshops-camps/the-studio-evan-sharma/

This program is made possible by the Iva Speers Fund for Art Education.

Sign up to save your spot. We will send you the link to connect to this online program via Zoom.
https://agnes.queensu.ca/participate/talks-tours-events/deep-looking-history-is-rarely-black-or-white/

Slow down! Deeply observe works of art in History Is Rarely Black or White. Guided by a community facilitator, this contemplation practice allows for relaxation and new insights. Part of Agnes’s Wellness Program.

History Is Rarely Black or White  interrogates cotton garments in the Queen’s Collection of Canadian Dress through archival research and scientific analysis that connects these materials to resource extraction, Indigenous displacement, enslaved labour, and the Underground Railroad. This history is also shown through tintypes and artifacts.

The exhibition engages contemporary art and fashion to examine colonial history and envision a radically positive future. Artists Karin Jones, Gordon
Shadrach, and Damian Joel demonstrate the manner in which the burden of colonial history entwines itself in research, making and cultural heritage. Jones and Shadrach discuss the ongoing legacies of oppression that created the global cotton industry. Joel mines the history of enslavement, migration and making in his fashion story, Songs of the Gullah. The inclusion of his work brings the exhibition full circle by juxtaposing the collections at Agnes with contemporary pieces based on similar networks of relation.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Iva Speers Fund for Art Education.

In this four-week course, Artist Nicholas Crombach introduces the fundamental techniques of clay modelling through observing a live model. Participants will begin to develop the skills to sculpt the basic structures of the figure and will establish​ ​an understanding of gesture, proportion, mass and form. All materials are included in the course fee.

Artist Biography: Nicholas Crombach (BFA, 2012) has been awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award. His solo exhibition, The End of the Chase, travelled in 2018-2019, exhibiting at New Art Projects in London UK, Art Mûr Berlin and Art Mûr Montréal. In 2019 Crombach produced an exhibition of collaborative works with artist Nurielle Stern entitled Whale Fall, presented at The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in Waterloo. Crombach’s work has been reviewed in Border Crossings Magazine and Vie des Arts.

Most recently, Crombach was commissioned by the City of Kingston to create Horse and Cart which was installed in Victoria Park in June 2021. From 2016-2017 Crombach participated in a year-long residency at The Florence Trust (London, UK) and has been invited to take part in a MASS MoCA residency (summer 2022) in Massachusetts.

Register for $150, $135 for members: https://agnes.queensu.ca/participate/classes-workshops-camps/sculpting-from-the-body-crombach/

This program is made possible by the Iva Speers Fund for Art Education.

In this four-week course, Artist Nicholas Crombach introduces the fundamental techniques of clay modelling through observing a live model. Participants will begin to develop the skills to sculpt the basic structures of the figure and will establish​ ​an understanding of gesture, proportion, mass and form. All materials are included in the course fee.

Artist Biography: Nicholas Crombach (BFA, 2012) has been awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award. His solo exhibition, The End of the Chase, travelled in 2018-2019, exhibiting at New Art Projects in London UK, Art Mûr Berlin and Art Mûr Montréal. In 2019 Crombach produced an exhibition of collaborative works with artist Nurielle Stern entitled Whale Fall, presented at The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in Waterloo. Crombach’s work has been reviewed in Border Crossings Magazine and Vie des Arts.

Most recently, Crombach was commissioned by the City of Kingston to create Horse and Cart which was installed in Victoria Park in June 2021. From 2016-2017 Crombach participated in a year-long residency at The Florence Trust (London, UK) and has been invited to take part in a MASS MoCA residency (summer 2022) in Massachusetts.

Register for $150, $135 for members: https://agnes.queensu.ca/participate/classes-workshops-camps/sculpting-from-the-body-crombach/

This program is made possible by the Iva Speers Fund for Art Education.

What Is…? is a series of casual and introductory talks focusing on subjects connected to current Agnes exhibitions and topical subjects in the art world.

Join Emy Kim, Queen’s Assistant Professor, Artifacts Conservation, as she leads a talk on art conservation. She’ll touch upon the role of a conservator in a museum, conservation training, ethics and some of the techniques used.

Speaker Biography: Emy Kim is the Assistant Professor of Artifacts Conservation in Master of Art Conservation Program at Queen’s University. She has worked in Canada and the US at the Royal Ontario Museum, Aga Khan Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, SFO Airport Museum, and Brooklyn Museum. Emy received her conservation training from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, an MA in art history at Williams College, and a BA from Princeton University. She is also currently a PhD student at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto, where she studies modern metals history.

In this four-week course, Artist Nicholas Crombach introduces the fundamental techniques of clay modelling through observing a live model. Participants will begin to develop the skills to sculpt the basic structures of the figure and will establish​ ​an understanding of gesture, proportion, mass and form. All materials are included in the course fee.

Artist Biography: Nicholas Crombach (BFA, 2012) has been awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award. His solo exhibition, The End of the Chase, travelled in 2018-2019, exhibiting at New Art Projects in London UK, Art Mûr Berlin and Art Mûr Montréal. In 2019 Crombach produced an exhibition of collaborative works with artist Nurielle Stern entitled Whale Fall, presented at The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in Waterloo. Crombach’s work has been reviewed in Border Crossings Magazine and Vie des Arts.

Most recently, Crombach was commissioned by the City of Kingston to create Horse and Cart which was installed in Victoria Park in June 2021. From 2016-2017 Crombach participated in a year-long residency at The Florence Trust (London, UK) and has been invited to take part in a MASS MoCA residency (summer 2022) in Massachusetts.

Register for $150, $135 for members: https://agnes.queensu.ca/participate/classes-workshops-camps/sculpting-from-the-body-crombach/

This program is made possible by the Iva Speers Fund for Art Education.

Join Curator Jason Cyrus and special guests for this online series of talks on topics connected to the exhibition History Is Rarely Black or White.

3 December        Black Bodies, White Gold: Unpacking slavery and North American cotton production with Anna Arabindan-Kesson and Anne-Marie Guérin

The global thirst for cotton was fueled by the atrocities of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Anna Arabindan Kesson will join History Is Rarely Black or White curator Jason Cyrus and conservator Anne-Marie Guérin to discuss the ways in which they harnessed science, conservation, and historical research to spotlight the Black life at the core of the Victorian cotton industry.

14 January        Fully Known: Cotton Production, Black History, and the Canadian Experience with Charmaine Nelson and Shannon Prince

Charmaine Nelson and Shannon Prince join Jason Cyrus to investigate the ways in which cotton production in the United States forever changed the landscape of Canadian diversity. Together they tell the stories of Black people on both sides of the border by connecting the Victorian cotton industry with the Underground Railroad and settlement in Canada while addressing the related colonial legacies that still affect Black Canadian life today.

11 February       Style as Armour: Identity, Clothing, and Self-Fashioning in History Is Rarely Black or White with Julie Crooks and Nigel Lezama

Julie Crooks and Nigel Lezama join Jason Cyrus to explore the use of style to both affirm one’s personhood and challenge oppression. Together they examine archival tintypes, contemporary portraiture, and Victorian cotton clothing to shine a light on clothing’s important role in constructing Black identity.