SMS are a series of online workshops for children and youth to connect to the current exhibition at Lake Country Art Gallery. For January & February 2021 we are moving these sessions online. Register at https://www.showpass.com/sms/
Here is how the sessions work:

• Sign up and register for your preferred session which will include a makers package of the materials you will need for the session.
• Pick-up your art-kit(s), kits will be available in the week before the live event, Pippa and Alison will be in touch to arrange your contactless pick-up. We are located in Lake Country, BC Canada you must be able to pick up your kit in-person, delivery is not available)
• Live Zoom, our facilitators Pippa and Alison will be on-hand to guide you through the interactive session, while each young artist creates their own work with their individual artist voice.
• Videos will be sent to participants after so if you can't make the live session you can join in on your schedule.

Each session is $10 (plus taxes and fees) - except the pottery class which is $25 but includes 2lbs of clay and firing for each participant or buy all 3 sessions and save 15%. Just select from the sessions below and select the number of kits you need. We can't wait for you to join us.

The Made by Hand exhibition explores the connect (or disconnect) between artists and artisans:
"An artist is a person who performs any of the creative arts. This can range from painting to music. An artisan, on the other hand, is a skilled worker who makes things by hand"


SMS sessions seek to support each young artist to express their own unique voice while exploring artistic mediums. Below is a summary of each upcoming workshop, each workshop runs from 10am to 11:30am.
Felting - January 17th 
Artist Pippa Dean-Veerman will be guiding young artists through the process of felt-making to create their own artwork, exploring texture and form. This is an interactive workshop with opportunities to interact and share creations with fellow artists.  
Collage portraits - January 31st
Portraits through collage, each young artist will create their own portrait of a family member or a self-portrait. Using collage techniques they will be guided through a process of looking in detail and interpreting their ideas into their own unique representation of their sitter. This is an interactive workshop with opportunities to interact and share creations with fellow artists.  
Pottery - February 14th
In this session artists will explore how shapes and objects from imagination can be formed using clay. Taking inspiration from a favourite memory each young artist will use pottery techniques to create their own unique 3D artwork. This is an interactive workshop with opportunities to interact and share creations with fellow artists.  
Recommended ages 7 and up (even adults can join too).
Buy one give one
If you are in the giving mood and would like to support a local young artist to participate consider adding a Community Giving ticket to your order. We will reach out and let community know how many no-cost kits are available prior to each session.

Register at https://www.showpass.com/sms/

Questions? Please email [email protected] 

Slow Looking at art is a practice of mindfulness and contemplation, considering an artwork, listening and imagining. Take some time for yourself and participate in this FREE online workshop.

Join Alison Beaumont & Pippa Dean-Veerman, Community Engagement Coordinators, as they take you through a slow look at the the current exhibition "Made by Hand" , this is an interactive session over zoom, where you will be guided through an hour of mindful looking at an artwork from the exhibition.
This event is FREE to join, just sign up through showpass, zoom details will be sent out two days prior to the event.
To participate fully in the workshop we recommend having a few sheets or paper or a sketchbook on hand as well as some writing utensils and maybe even something to add some colour.
We look forward to you joining us!

Register for FREE at www.showpass.com/slow-looking-made-by-hand/

Questions? email us [email protected]

Existential Cafe
Inspired by the conversations of mid-20th century figures such as Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus hanging out at the Les Deux Magots Cafe drinking apricot cocktails and gin fizzes discussing art, literature, philosophy and existentialism…that’s how we do it at the LC Art Gallery (BYOB, Ha!)

The Existential Café is an artist talk discussion of sorts that takes place with curated exhibitions. Although the initial conversation takes the direction of the artists in the current exhibition, attendees are encouraged to add their voice to the discussion. The Café is an opportunity to join in the conversation and philosophical musings over coffee with the artists, curator, and other community members at this online event.
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Made by Hand
‘Artisan is defined only as someone who makes things with his or her hands. That's all. Therefore, by that definition, pretty much all artists are artisans. However, not all artisans are artists’…

hmmmmm, confused?

... What about this definition…
’An artist is a person who performs any of the creative arts. This can range from painting to music. An artisan, on the other hand, is a skilled worker who makes things by hand’.

Join Curator Wanda Lock, artists from the Made by Hand exhibition and Pippa Dean-Veerman Community Engagement Coordinator for an interactive and engaging virtual cafe. Settle in from the comfort of your own home, bring your favourite beverage listen, discuss and connect with artists and community for a talk around Artist Vs Artisan.

We look forward to seeing you online, this event is FREE but registration is required. A zoom link will be emailed out 2 days prior to the event.

Register online at www.showpass.com/existential-cafe/

Questions? Email [email protected]