Visual Arts

Kintsugi, 金継ぎ translated literally from Japanese means "golden joinery". This traditional Japanese art used to repair broken ceramics uses natural materials, like tree sap, clay and flour dusted with gold (or other precious metals) to make the cracks, or broken lines beautiful.  The cracks are called Keshiki 景色 and in Japanese, mean scenery, landscape or […]

At first glance there is harmony, balance and beauty underlying many Japanese arts. Ikebana, the art of Japanese floral arrangement has a rich and long history with many schools, rules and philosophies developing and evolving over time.  Originating from a traditional Japanese environment to contemporary expression worldwide, the language of flowers includes everyone and anywhere […]

Dive into a creative world where fish, water, and story are teachers. Building on the energy and excitement of last year’s “Fish as Storytellers”, this year’s program moves more deeply into themes of entanglement, reciprocity, and relational ways of knowing. Through art-making, storytelling, and land-based reflection, we’ll explore how knowledge moves in quiet and unexpected […]

Kintsugi, 金継ぎ translated literally from Japanese means "golden joinery". This traditional Japanese art used to repair broken ceramics uses natural materials, like tree sap, clay and flour dusted with gold (or other precious metals) to make the cracks, or broken lines beautiful.  The cracks are called Keshiki 景色 and in Japanese, mean scenery, landscape or […]

Inspired by the ocean shorelines, ancient forests, and mountain landscapes of Canada’s west coast, we will explore the magical spontaneity and flow of watercolour by painting directly from nature. This session can accommodate the Beginner in watercolour and those artists wishing to learn and grow essential techniques, colour mixing and drawing / perception skills. What […]

Inspired by the ocean shorelines, ancient forests, and mountain landscapes of Canada’s west coast, we will explore the magical spontaneity and flow of watercolour by painting directly from nature. This session is designed for Intermediate to Advanced artists wishing to enhance their perception, technique, composition skills and express their own unique voice and mark making […]

Being in conversation with art, process, and our senses. This is a therapeutic art immersion. A space to be in conversation (and collaboration) with our art materials, creative process, and the sensory experience(s) of art making. To focus less on technique, and control — and more on how we FEEL when we're engaging with art […]