WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SASKATCHEWAN CRAFT & BEYOND?
EDUCATIONAL EVENTS
Saskatchewan has a rich network of craft organizations that provide dozens of educational events and workshops every year.
The page can help you either publicize the seminar, workshop or lecture that your group is organizing – or can help you find information about exciting educational opportunities coming up.
To get your educational opportunity posted on this calendar, e-mail your information to colin@integrityimages.ca or scc.editor@sasktel.net.
Kids 'Drop-In' Watercolour Painting Class - Routes Gallery
Saturday, May 12, 2012. Kid class (ages 9-13): 1:00 to 2:15pm, Pre-Kid class (ages 4-8): 3:00 to 4:00pm. Expect new experiences in Art and Art Appreciation and a lot of messy fun!
Cost: $15 per child (includes taxes and materials)
Contact us if you have special requests or varying needs regarding the age group and the schedule, and if you're a parent who wants to join in, you're always welcome!
Visit the Routes Gallery website for more details...
Saskatoon Twenty Twelve Woodturning Symposium
WHEN: July 27 - 29, 2012
WHERE:
SIAST Kelsey Ontario Centre, Ontario Avenue between 34th & 36th Street East, Saskatoon, SK.
The Saskatoon Woodturning Symposium presents over two days of instruction, demonstrations and workshops in wood turning and carving. It is a chance for everyone interested in wood turning - whether they be expert or beginners - to learn from some of the best turners in the world, including Michael Hosaluk, Jimmy Clewes, Lyonel Grant, Beth Ireland and many more. This is a once in a lifetime assembly of woodturning expertise. View PDF brochure for details...
Deadline for registrations (at least 85 participants are required in order for the Symposium to proceed), is June 1, 2012. Deadline for cancellations May 15, 2012.
USCAD Spring Sculpture Class taught by Les Potter
Open Sculpture Studio. For the beginner to the advanced sculptor, this is a two-weekend intensive workshop, working in plaster, clay, stone and mixed media.
WHEN: May 11, 12, 13, 2012 (Fridays 6:30 - 9:30pm, Saturdays and Sundays 9:00am - 4:30pm)
WHERE: Williams Building Studio Room 117, 221 Cumberland Ave. N.
COST: $325
To register please call the registration office at 966-5539. For more information on this and other spring classes in Drawing, Painting, Photography, and Art History, visit the Centre for Continuing & Distance Education website...
Saskatchewan River Valley Art School
May 17-22, 2012, at the Shekinah Retreat Centre
The Saskatchewan Wildlife Art Association will be offering the following classes:
- Photo-Realism in Coloured Pencils, with Christina Langman
- Soapstone Sculpture, with Les Potter
- Intro to Silversmithing, with Shannon Welch
- Carving Wildlife in Relief, with Chris Goncalves
- Better Photos, with Glen & Rebecca Grambo
- Carving & Painting a Walleye, with Bob Lavender
For further information, view our PDF class descriptions and the brochure...
USCAD Classes
SCAD - University of Saskatchewan Art & Design (USCAD) offers classes in Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Photography and Digital Imagery from September to June, (Fall, Winter and Spring terms). Classes are taught primarily at the Williams Building, 221 Cumberland Ave. N. in Saskatoon, SK.