TapIn: Creative SafeSpace for Teens 13-17yrs Drop-in wellness program where participants can access self-awareness through the creative process.
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Fridays 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Jan-Mar-Feb

Led by Amy Van Dongen an Okanagan based artist & art therapist who holds a Fine Arts Degree from University of Waterloo and a Graduate Diploma from the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute.

Cost is supported by sponsors and by donation to allow for barrier-free access to participants.

Artist instructor Tina Siddiqui leads this guided practice with a focus on drawing, painting, and mixed media. Tina has been teaching painting, drawing and mixed media courses in the Okanagan for nearly 20 years. Trained as a graphic artist, Tina has since exhibited in group and solo shows in the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Pakistan and Dubai since 1976; and awarded for portraiture and abstract paintings, namely 2003 Open International Portrait Competition in Toronto. 

Sessions run Fridays from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM

Register monthly to secure place

4-week months charged at
Members: $120* / Non-Members: $145*​
*pro-rated for shorter months​

Weekly Youth Hang Out is for Ages 10-13
on Wednesdays from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. 

Join art educator Brock Gratz at the Lake Country Art House. Brock is local artist educator that teaches over 20 different disciplines.

Register now for 2025 Spring sessions:

• April-May
• May-June

​Members: $120 / Non-members: $145 for each block. All supplies included.

AFTER SCHOOL ART classes for Ages 7-9

Join art educator Brock Gratz at the Lake Country Art House on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5:30 PM

Brock is a local artist educator who teaches over 20 different disciplines.

​Register now for 2025 Spring sessions:

• April-May
• May-June

Members: $120 / Non-members: $145 for each block. All supplies included.

Funded by Central Okanagan Foundation

With art educator: : Siofra Potash Kilroy

Art Hive: The Studio Collective meets on select Wednesdays to create, connect and explore their own unique style. The group focuses on process work. Learn to step out of your comfort zone, let go of the finished result and to be in the moment with your art. A safe space for adults to work on cultivating more creatively flexible art practice, with less planning, and more freedom. Learn to get loose! No art experience necessary. All supplies, and instructions are included.

*Select Wednesdays 11:30-12:30pm
$2 each session with the purchase of a Membership

* Wednesdays afternoons during the SD23 year 
not on Pro-D days/holidays

1 day Pro-D Mini Camp
Ages 7-11 yrs
Friday, October 25, 2024

Join Amy Van Dongen,at the Lake Country Art House for a Pro-D day camp!

We will be working on a variety of projects, all pulling inspiration from the exhibition. We will spend our time in the Art House, visiting the exhibition at the Lake Country Art House and breaks will be spent exploring outside. Come join the fun!

​Did you know Amy is also an Artist and Art Therapist? Amy offers a safe space for creativity to flourish. Amy combines her experience in the fine arts realm with art therapy to create a fun, process-based, interactive week of art, art and more art

funded by Central Okanagan Foundation

Open heART, an adapted art program for adults living with brain injury and diversabilities. 

Taught by arts professional Siofra Potash Kilroy. Siofra leads the Open heArt Adapted CONNECT program. Originally from Ireland Siofra exhibited at various galleries in Cork and Galway from 1999 - 2004; and opened her own the Kilroy Studio Gallery from 2004 - 2006. From there, she moved to New York to pursue a Master’s in Art Business at the Sotheby’s Institute of New York and worked at Sotheby’s art auction house as an Archivist in Chinese Antiquities and Southeast Asian art. 

Wednesdays afternoons 1:00-2:00pm during the SD23 year, not on Pro-D days/holidays​

$2 per session plus annual membership at LCAG. 
Email: [email protected]