$25

DESCRIPTION

These mentored studio classes are a great way to increase your sewing skills while pursuing self directed projects of your choice. Under the qualified tutelage of Patricia Campbell from Sydenham Sewing participants will meet each week in a friendly group to work on their own projects, encouraging each other and sharing their skills. Patricia will give technical expertise to each person to ensure their projects progress and are finished successfully. In this environment you can increase your skills at a pace that is comfortable for you.

If you want to join a great sewing community and take advantage of GB Arts’ fully equipped studio space with a wonderful teacher, then this is for you.

This class is not suitable for beginners you should already be familiar with sewing and sewing machines. This class will give you the opportunity to add skills that you need at a pace that works for you.

This is an ongoing class and spaces are limited so sign up early.

DATES & TIMES

Wednesday evenings, 5:30 – 8

YOUR TUTOR

Patricia Campbell

In another life, Patricia was a full-time costumer for some of the big Canadian theatre companies, including the Canadian Stage Company, the Canadian Opera Company, Livent and Mirvish, where she made costumes for shows such as The Lion King, Phantom of the Opera, Ragtime and Mamma Mia. Since that time, she has been an instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo. She has kept up her professional-level sewing skills over the years and is now the owner and operator of Sydenham Sewing and Alterations based in Chatsworth.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

Participants need to bring all of the fabric, thread and notions for their projects. If you are unsure of your requirements please send us an email with your questions.

You may bring your own sewing machine or serger or you can borrow one from GB Arts. Storage will be available for the month if you want to leave your machine here.

ACCESSIBILITY

Hand strength and coordination required

This class is held in the textile loft and is only accessible by stairs

$170

DESCRIPTION

This one day introductory class is for those who are absolute beginners. You will learn the very basics of throwing on the potter’s wheel. This is a fun and quick way to introduce yourself to throwing on the wheel and find out if you would like to pursue a 5 week introductory course. Three pieces will be saved to be bisque fired, glaze fired, and ready to pick up in 2 to 3 weeks.

DATES & TIMES

SAT FEB 28th 10:00am to 3:00pm

YOUR TUTOR

Michelle Minke

Michelle has been making pottery for many years, beginning at Seneca College, Toronto, and including classes in Yellowknife, Alberta, and Haliburton. She has been teaching high school at Bruce Peninsula District School most of her career. She is pleased to share her love of pottery at the Georgian Bay School of the Arts.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

Wear clothes to get messy in

ACCESSIBILITY

Hand strength and coordination required

Ability to sit for the duration of the class

Wheelchair accessible

$190

DESCRIPTION

This is a perfect class to hone your basic skills or to level up your stained glass game under the expert instruction of Patti DiFlorio.

While constructing this charming stained glass polar/grizzly bear you will improve your cutting and grinding skills along with your pattern making and panel building proficiency. You will be given the confidence to design and build your own panel after completing this class.

Upon completion participants will be accredited to join open studio at GB Arts.

Participants must know how to cut and grind glass to take part in this class.

YOUR TUTOR

Patti DiFlorio is a passionate and trained stained glass artisan utilizing traditional and classic methods in copper foil and leaded glass designs.

DATES & TIME

SAT FEB 28th 10am to 4:30pm

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

All materials, hand tools and equipment are included. 

Closed toe shoes

Leather or heat-resistant gloves (optional)

Safety Glasses (or GB Arts can provide them)

Wear clothes to get messy in

Tie back for long hair

ACCESSIBILITY

Standing for part of class

Hand strength and coordination required

$55

DESCRIPTION

Crochet is a fun, relaxing hobby that anyone can do! In this step-by-step class, you will learn the fundamentals of crochet, giving you the foundations to move into more complicated stitches and patterns.

No experience is required; cotton yarn and crochet hooks provided, or you are welcome to bring your own 5.00mm (H8) hook and cotton yarn (Bulky 4/Worsted).

Crochet is relatively easy to learn and can be addictive! You don’t need much to get started, just a simple crochet hook and yarn.

GB Arts will provide a crochet hook and yarn.

YOUR TUTOR

Patti DiFlorio

Patti DiFlorio is a passionate and trained stained glass artisan utilizing traditional and classic methods in copper foil and leaded glass designs. Her artistic skills translate into other mediums, including crocheting!

DATES & TIME

Sun. Mar. 1st, 9:30 to 12:30pm

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

Materials included

ACCESSIBILITY

Hand strength and coordination required

Wheelchair accessible

$25

DESCRIPTION

These mentored studio classes provides you with a supportive environment to continue to hone your skills. An experienced instructor will provide personalized instruction to help you gain confidence in throwing on the wheel.

For clay 1 non-member participants, these classes will allow you practice the skills you have learned and to improve your control of cylinder construction. Trimming and decoration can be done within your skill set. There will be a once monthly glazing session for you to finish off your pieces. Clay is purchased separately and you will be responsible for the reclaiming and management of your clay. This is a way to keep improving before you take clay 2/3.

For members this is an opportunity for you to receive help with sticking points in your throwing technique and to work on throwing larger vessels and explore different shapes. Glazing improvement and simple additions and alterations can be worked on.

Requirement: You must have completed Clay 1 at GB Arts or you are currently a Studio Member in order to participate in this class.

DATES & TIMES

Sunday mornings 10 – 12

YOUR TUTOR

A variety of instructors will be available on a rotating basis so you will experience multiple viewpoint and techniques of throwing.

ACCESSIBILITY

Hand strength and coordination required

$25

DESCRIPTION

These mentored studio classes provides you with a supportive environment to continue to hone your skills. An experienced instructor will provide personalized instruction to help you gain confidence as you progress with your stained glass skills.

In stained glass mentored studio participants are responsible for all of their consumables eg; glass, foil, solder, bevels etc. You are encouraged to work on a project that expands your skills. Your instructor will be their to help you refine your skills and to ensure proper construction habits are formed.

This is not a venue to explore completely new skills too you (eg; lead construction). We can direct you to a class for skills development outside of your current skill set.

DATES & TIMES

SUN MAR 1, 1:30 – 3:30pm

YOUR TUTOR

Patti DiFlorio

ACCESSIBILITY

Hand strength and coordination required

$290

DESCRIPTION

This five session course will start you on your journey to becoming a potter. You will learn clay preparation, tools, centering clay, opening a vessel, control of the clay on the wheel, and basic finishing of your piece. This course will reinforce these basic skills with the aim to throw a perfect cylinder, which is the beginning of most wheel projects. Good studio practices and a solid technique will give a firm grasp of these beginner clay techniques.

A maximum of 5 pieces will be saved and fired.

Mentored studio will be available after this class to continue practicing your new skills.

This class is a prerequisite for Clay 2, which is followed by Clay 3.

DATES & TIMES

THURS MAR 5, 5:30 – 8:30pm

SAT MAR 7, 9:30 – 12:30pm

THURS MAR 12, 5:30 – 8:30pm

SAT MAR 14, 9:30 – 12:30pm

There will be a hiatus between classes 4 and 5 for bisque firing. The last class will be a glazing session.

If you miss the glaze class, the instructor will glaze your work for you. We are unable to accommodate makeup dates for missed sessions.

THURS MAR 26, 5:30 – 8:30pm

YOUR TUTOR

Michelle Minke

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

Wear clothes to get messy in

Closed toed shoes

Long hair tied back

ACCESSIBILITY

Hand strength and coordination required

Ability to sit for the duration of the class

$80

DESCRIPTION

Resin casting is used by jewellers to create shiny tableaus that use colour and texture and story. Highly personal and wearable these assemblages are the basis for the pendant and earring set you will make in this class. Learn how to mix, pour, cure, assemble and mount your creations into beautiful pieces you will wear everyday.

This is a great intro class that will get you started on the path to even greater explorations with resin.

DATES & TIMES

SAT MAR 7, 10 – 12:30pm

YOUR TUTOR

Hi! I’m Kara, lover of pretty things and trees. I live in a little rural town in Ontario, Canada.

I’m an artist, florist, forest wanderer, spiritual explorer & flower pressing enthusiast.

Flora and Fae is my jewelly design company that i began 5 years ago.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

Just your willingness to learn!

ACCESSIBILITY

Hand strength and coordination required

Wheelchair accessible

$75

DESCRIPTION

Handbuilding closed forms in clay is fun and challenging. This method of construction is perfect for geometric shapes like a houses. Let Carolyn Bailey guide you through the process as you make and decorate a detailed house from clay. Cut out windows will let you place a tea lite or incense inside.

All materials and hand tools are included. No experience necessary. 16+

Your pieces will be glazed with a satin glaze and will be ready for pick up within 2 weeks of the class.

DATES & TIMES

SUN MAR 8th, 9 – 12:30pm

YOUR TUTOR

Carolyn Bailey is a long term member of GB Arts open studio. She is a generous and patient instructor who is passionate about handbuilding with clay.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

Must have closed toe shoes, safety glasses available at centre (or bring your own), a well fitted glove is helpful but not essential. 

ACCESSIBILITY

Hand strength and coordination required

Wheelchair accessible

$90.

TIME & DATE

SUN MAR 8th , 1 – 4 pm

CLASS DESCRIPTION

Come get creative with antique wood type and an impressive 19th century iron press—the historic Columbian. Whether it’s printing a personal mantra; adding letterpress to your mixed-media practice; or just enjoying the opportunity to explore historical technology in a fun afternoon, the possibilities are wide open. Bring your ideas for adding a little letterpress to your life. Open to all levels, no previous experience necessary. 

Proper studio etiquette, protocols, and best practices will be introduced throughout.

Students will leave with a small edition of their original prints and a fundamental knowledge and appreciation of letterpress printing.

YOUR INSTRUCTORS

Leah Springate

Leah is a printmaker and book designer now living in Owen Sound. She graduated with honours from the Ontario College of Art where she specialized in Printmaking and Book Arts. After a 20-year career designing books at Penguin Random House Canada, she left to focus on producing her own work as co-proprietor of Mammoth Hall Press, a private printmaking and design studio.

She has worked in many printmaking media including linocut and woodcut, etching and drypoint, screen-printing, cyanotype, and letterpress. 

Her work is held internationally in public and private collections.

Paul Hunter is an artist, writer, and printmaker. He graduated with honours from the Ontario College of Art in Printmaking and Book Arts. He is also co-proprietor of Mammoth Hall Press which he started in 1990 with his wife, the artist and designer, Leah Springate. Their private presses’ prints and hand-made books have been exhibited across Canada and Japan. In 2021 they moved from Toronto and now make their home in Owen Sound, Ontario. 

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Wear; closed toe shoes & work clothes to get dirty in

Suitable for all levels.

Wheelchair accessible

Bring readers for working small

$75

DESCRIPTION

Grab a friend and come in for an afternoon of snacks, coffee and handbuilding a personalized coffee mug.

This is a perfect combination of creativity and conversation. A low stakes relaxing class to get you out in the community doing something creative.

DATES & TIMES

WED MAR 11, NOON – 2:30

YOUR TUTOR

Michelle Minke

Michelle has been making pottery for many years, beginning at Seneca College, Toronto, and including classes in Yellowknife, Alberta, and Haliburton. She has been teaching high school at Bruce Peninsula District School most of her career. She is pleased to share her love of pottery at the Georgian Bay School of the Arts.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

Wear clothes to get messy in

ACCESSIBILITY

Hand strength and coordination required

Bring readers if you need’em.

Wheelchair accessible

DESCRIPTION

$55

SUN MAR 15th, 9:30 – 12:30

Have you heard? Brooches are back! Embrace your inner fashionista and join us for some

glorious creation.

Using gorgeous carded New Zealand Maori wool, we will needle felt a lovely brooch and trim it

with coordinating yarn. Then, we’ll put away the felting tools, and embroider flowers and

surface pattern on our brooches. When complete, you will have a one of a kind fibre art pin!

This is a beginner friendly needle felting project; no experience required. Demonstrations of the

basic needle felting techniques and embroidery stitches will take place throughout the

workshop. Needle felting tools, wool and thread will be available for purchase after the

workshop, if you would like to make another!

Approximate diameter of brooch: 4 cm

YOUR TUTOR

Elizabeth formally studied painting, but would go home at night and spend hours drawing caricatures of people and strange, little animals. Much later, she made friends with her sewing machine and became a quilter… and this is where the fun began. Later still, Elizabeth moved into working with felt. Playing with fabric, felt and wool… she loves it all!

Qualified as an elementary teacher, art teacher, and yoga instructor, Elizabeth finds joy in interactions with students of all ages.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

All materials provided, just show up with a smile and a willingness to have fun.

ACCESSIBILITY

Hand strength and coordination required

The fibre loft studio is accessible by stairs.

$300

DESCRIPTION

This camp will include throwing on the wheel. hand building and sculpture all in one fun filled exciting week of CLAY CLAY CLAY.

Campers will have separate artist instructors for each of their projects. They will learn to work with pottery clay and sculpting clay. This will be a great introduction for kids that have not taken clay before and a chance for those with more experience to gain confidence and hone their skills.

This march break will include time for fun and creative play breaks and time for some down time. Your kids will be sent home tired and satisfied that they had created some amazing work.

You will be sent a field trip form to read, sign, and return before camp starts.

*Please write your child’s name, age, and any food allergies they may have in the comments when signing up for a ticket. AGES 8-15. 

DATES & TIMES

MON MAR16th 9:00am to 4:00pm

TUE MAR17th 9:00am to 4:00pm

WED MAR 18th 9:00am to 4:00pm

THUR MAR 19th 9:00am to 4:00pm

FRI MAR 20th 9:00am to 4:00pm

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

All materials will be supplied

Proper working attire including closed toe shoes, they will get messy!

Send your child with a peanut free lunch and a snack for break time.

ACCESSIBILITY

Wheelchair accessible

Ages 8-15

$290

DESCRIPTION

This five session course will start you on your journey to becoming a potter. You will learn clay preparation, tools, centering clay, opening a vessel, control of the clay on the wheel, and basic finishing of your piece. This course will reinforce these basic skills with the aim to throw a perfect cylinder, which is the beginning of most wheel projects. Good studio practices and a solid technique will give a firm grasp of these beginner clay techniques.

A maximum of 5 pieces will be saved and fired. Additional pieces may be kept for an extra fee.

Mentored studio will be available after this class to continue practicing your new skills.

This class is a prerequisite for Clay 2, which is followed by Clay 3.

DATES & TIMES

WED MAR 18, 5:30 – 8:30pm

WED MAR 25, 5:30 – 8:30pm

WED APRIL 1, 5:30 – 8:30pm

WED APRIL 8, 5:30 – 8:30pm

There will be a hiatus between classes 4 and 5 for bisque firing. The last class will be a glazing session.

If you miss the glaze class, the instructor will glaze your work for you. We are unable to accommodate makeup dates for missed sessions.

WED APRIL 22, 5:30 – 8:30pm

YOUR TUTOR

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

Wear clothes to get messy in

Closed toed shoes

Long hair tied back

ACCESSIBILITY

Hand strength and coordination required

Ability to sit for the duration of the class

$210

DESCRIPTION

This 3-day intensive pottery launchpad is the perfect introduction to hand building with clay.

Learn how to construct bowls, drinking vessels and boxes under the guidance of Heather Dynes Smit an accomplished potter with an impressive portfolio. In this 3 afternoon course you will spend 2 classes building forms with clay and the third class glazing and decorating the pieces. Heather will teach you how to build your own tools and forms as part of this workshop. This will allow you to build a personalized style that you can replicate and grow with.

This class is a prerequisite for admittance to open studio at GB Arts as a hand builder.

All pieces made during class will be glazed and ready for pick up within 2 weeks. 

5 pots will be included with your course, additional pieces will cost $10 (+tax) each. 

DATES & TIMES

FRI MAR 20th 12 to 4:30pm

SAT MAR 21 12 to 4:30pm

FRI MAR 27th 12 to 3:00pm

YOUR TUTOR

Heather Dynes Smit

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

Tie long hair back

Wear clothes and close-toed shoes that can get dirty

ACCESSIBILITY

Hand strength and coordination required

Wheelchair accessible

$190

DESCRIPTION

If you’ve always wondered whether the world of glass art is for you, then this is your class!

No experience is required in this one day course where you will learn the basic techniques of Stained Glass copper foil method and leave with a beautiful piece of art.

Skill sets you will learn are how to score and break glass, grind, build to a pattern, apply copper foil, assemble, solder, patina, and polish. 

Upon completion of this class, you will have a completed a 6-10 piece project, and have learned the basic skills of copper foil and will move you toward future novice classes in either foil or lead.

All materials, hand tools and equipment are included. 

Safety: Closed toe shoes, safety glasses, and a sense of humour are mandatory. You may bring your own safety glasses, or they are available for use from the Centre. If you have an old pair of nicely fitting leather or heat resistant gloves, they will be useful, but not essential.

Hand strength and standing for parts of the class is required.

YOUR TUTOR

Patti DiFlorio

Patti DiFlorio is a passionate and trained stained glass artisan utilizing traditional and classic methods in copper foil and leaded glass designs.

DATES & TIME

SAT MAR 21st 9:30am to 4:30pm

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

Closed toe shoes

Leather or heat-resistant gloves (optional)

Safety Glasses (or GB Arts can provide them)

Wear clothes to get messy in

Tie back for long hair

ACCESSIBILITY

Standing for part of class

Hand strength and coordination required