Events & Workshops
HEAR
THE
RIVER
Poetry Event
Saturday Oct 18
2- 4 pm
We are hosting 4 powerful female voices for an afternoon of poetry reading, spoken-word performance, and discussion. Emcee Rebecca Deim, Owen Sound Poet Laurette, will aid in bringing Catherine Graham, Frances Boyle, Murgatroyd Monaghan, and Laurie Koensgen together to share their art with us and take us into their imagination.
South Grey Chamber of Commerce
After Five
Chill and Chat with our friends form Candue Homes, The Foundry 1873, and The Colour Jar. This is an oppertunity for local businesses to connect over a glass of wine or a cozy cide and a Foundry 1872 SIGNATURE side.
Thursday Oct 23
5 - 7 pm
rsvp to attend: events@southgreychamberofcommerce.ca
Art and the Onion
Saturday Oct 25
1 - 3 pm
In collaboration with
The Community Gleaning Project
Celebrate the harvest with a workshop all about the onions gleaned from local farms. Learn about gleaning, pickling, ink-making, and painting with demonstrations, presentations and workshop celebrating sustainability and multi-purpose making.
rsvp to attend: lydiadyck.sunspring@gmail.com
Free Halloween
Pumpkin Painting
Sunday Oct 26
1 - 3 pm
Get into the spooky spirit with some pumpkin painting!​
Families, kids of all ages, and kids at heart are all welcome, painting with guidance from Staff and Volunteers.
Free to attend - supplies and pumpkins provided!
The Scales That Fall From Our Eyes is an invitation to attune into sense and perception, through the abstracted visuals and Braille language works, to interact with art in different ways and to enrich these experiences in non-visual ways.​
Join us as Artist Olivia Brouwer walks us through her inspirations and process.
Artist Talk
with Olivia Brouwer
Saturday Nov 8
2 - 4 pm
Saturday Nov 15
1- 4 pm
In this three hour, cozy and beginner friendly workshop, we will demystify the needle and thread and participants will receive detailed ​guidance on what makes for a great and functional hand sewing kit. Materials will be provided to make your own kit as well as some of the notions to start filling it. Learn three essential stitches - blind stitch, blanket stitch, and whip stitch.
Make your own
Hand Sewing Kit
Intro To Oil Painting
With Kathrine kennie
Wednesdays
Nov 12 -Dec 3
5:30 - 8:00
This course is a beginner friendly introduction to oil painting where you will become familiar with materials, tools and techniques. An experienced instructor will provide guidance, share skills and answer any questions you may have. Take your own masterpiece home at the end of the course.
