Agnes Etherington Art Centre invites you to connect with your creativity through this accessible artist-led workshop.

As an artist who works in printmaking, painting, and public murals, Chrissy Poitras has had to become comfortable adapting her practice on the fly. In this class she shares her favourite processes for seamlessly transitioning between digital concept and finished piece. Using digital drawing programs can make it easy to adjust the scale, color and design of your work before ever putting paint or ink to paper.

“For a long time I worked in a sketchbook, drafting ideas and scribbling down notes. While I loved that process, I found it challenging and time-consuming to transition my drawn images to screenprint or mural design. To address these hurdles, I’ve spent the past four years working digitally to create images and sketches for my pattern-making, mural work, oil paintings, and screenprints. In this class you learn how to effortlessly take your ideas from the screen to the canvas. We work through a series of exercises that show you my setup, process and workflow in the program Procreate; all of these strategies and techniques can be applied to your favourite digital drawing program.” – Chrissy Poitras

Agnes Etherington Art Centre invites you to connect with your creativity through this accessible artist-led workshop.

The Studio introduces artist and art educator Dr Canan Altinkas. Currently in Kingston as part of the Queen’s Scholars at Risk program, Altinkas introduces her artwork and shares the different stages of her process. During this workshop participants are inspired by the use of text and typography and learn specific terminologies and meanings behind this element of design. Participants come to understand their own text language and how to incorporate this into personal artworks.

Creative Nights, a free public panel, brings notable academics and professionals together to speak on themes relating to the exhibition Nocturne. Speakers include Dr Will Straw, Professor of Urban Media Studies at McGill University, Ruhi Snyder, independent sleep researcher and educator and Alicia Boutilier, Agnes’s Chief Curator/Curator of Canadian Historical Art.

Featuring Drift: Art and Dark Matter

Take time to slow down and deeply observe works of art in select Agnes exhibitions. Through a contemplation practice, this experience, guided by our friendly and informed community docents, allows for relaxation and new insights.

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Working predominantly with large-scale drawing, ceramics and installation practices, Regina-based artist Zachari Logan explores intersections between identity, memory and place. Logan has exhibited widely throughout North America, Europe and Asia and his work is found in many collections, including National Gallery of Canada and Art Gallery of Ontario, among others. The artist’s talk is followed by a Q&A session.

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