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Art Workshops

This year we are pleased to announce the following Artist’s participating in our Festival. These creative and enthusiastic folks will be hosting workshops and giving demonstrations:

  • Mary Beattie 2D Felting
  • Patrick Royle Pottery
  • Nicole Bauberger Encaustic Painting
  • Chris Boni Painting
  • Aimée Dawn Robinson: Quilt of the Future (Adult Workshop)
  • Rebecca Graham Berry Basket From the Garden and Forest Floor
  • Yarn Bomb Yukon Collective knitting/crocheting, yarnbombing
  • Cheryl Rivest Cuttlefish Casting and Sand Casting

Each artist will have scheduled events which can be signed up for on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Sign up will be on a first come first serve basis.
The workshops are free to ticket holders, with various small fees to cover the costs of materials.

All Festival goers can enjoy the demonstrations put on by the artists, which will be ongoing throughout the weekend. Workshops will be scheduled between 10 am and 3pm.

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Mary Beattie – 2D Felting

Painter, Fabric Artist and Beader, Mary will have felting kits with various colors, stuffing and needles. There will be a fee of $ 20 for the materials used in her workshops and the age requirement is 12 yrs old and up. Each workshop has room for ten participants.

Patrick Royle – Pottery

Potter, Sculptor Patrick Royle will be hosting a ‘Raku’ technique demonstration on Saturday between followed by a workshop. There will be a second workshop on Sunday. ( A maximum of 20 participants per workshop, 14 yrs old and up.) There will be a material cost of $5 for a 4 inch tile…$8 for a 6 inch tile and $20 for a small pot.

Nicole Bauberger – Encaustic Painting

Whitehorse Artist Nicole Bauberger will be hosting 2 encaustic painting workshops for approx. 2 hrs in length. These popular workshops involve mixing melted beeswax with paint. Come and learn the basics on Saturday then return on Sunday for a more in depth workshop. There will be a material cost and the age limit is 14 yrs and up. 8 participants per workshop.

Chris Boni – Painting

Chris will be doing a workshop on idea mapping: guided techniques in bringing odeas out onto paper, in or drawing or other form, then sharing/showing other people concepts that stem from one’s imagination.
He will also be doing a workshop on mark making – using Cy Twombly’s work as a starting point to see how relating how marks when used in a text format can be an easy starting point to laying matter onto paper.

Aimee Dawn Robinson – Needlework on paper and movement

Aimee will be doing two workshops – one for adults, one for children.

Quilt of the Future—Adult Workshop:
In fours hours over two days, work-shoppers will collaboratively sew/weave a quilt of paper. The process of the quilt’s development will be documented over the course of the weekend. Work-shoppers are invited to bring paper scraps of any kind from home to contribute to the project. Envelopes, letters, old wrapping paper, collage-able books, copies of poems — ephemera of all kinds. Together, the group will decide the ultimate future of the quilt. No sewing skills required, but please bring extra sewing needles of all sizes !

Workshop artists will receive electronic copies of ADR’s documentation and photos of the completed quilt.

Draw until you dance—Children’s workshop:
In this hour and a half whirlwind workshop, children will follow the connections and shared impulses between drawing and dance, dance and drawing. Guided drawing experiments on paper will inspire improvised dances and vice versa. Kids will collaborate, blow off some steam and create drawings to share and take home.

Ages four and up — younger children welcome accompanied by an adult.

Rebecca Graham – Basketry

Berry Basket From the Garden and Forest Floor
3 hours, 10 students, Materials cost $10

This is a workshop for anyone who has ever wanted to try making a basket!
We will make small berry baskets from common materials found in gardens and on the forest floor, including day lilly leaves, scavenged birch and cherry bark, and English ivy. The workshop will cover harvesting and preparation of materials as well as the difference between two major weaving techniques, and will include a handout. Participants will leave with their own unique berry basket, greater understanding of the creative potential of natural materials (and yard waste!) and the skills to experiment on their own.

Yarn Bomb Yukon Collective – Knitting/crocheting, yarnbombing

The Yarn Bomb Yukon Collective will be doing an all ages workshop on knitting/crocheting and yarnbombing.

Cheryl Rivest – jewelry maker

Cuttlefish Casting and Sand Casting
Cheryl will be offering two workshops – one in cuttlefish casting for adults, and one in sand casting for children. There will be a small fee for the casting kits, and participants will go away with their own original creations.

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All participating Artists will have work on display and work for Sale. Please check at the information booth for sale locations of Artists work and for any changes in the times or places of the workshops.

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Bench Painting Project

As in the past there will be another interactive bench painting project for anyone 12 yrs and over. Please save a few moments to stop by and help us create the 2011 bench.

We now have 5 completed benches which have been kindly lent to us by the Atlin Historical Society. (If you want to paint on the bench and have small children, there will be chairs for them to paint on)