About the event
February 18, 2027 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Unwind, get creative and let your imagination take over. Drop in for an art meet up at the Arts & Heritage Hub! Junk journaling is all about creating messy and imperfect art using a mash up of materials both new and repurposed. Working in a journal (sketchbook), play with different materials such as markers, paints, magazines, buttons, and pastels to create mixed media pages around a theme provided or your own inspiration.
Sessions will run the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month. Sign up for as many as you want. Each session will include a different demo that you can choose to follow or not.
January 7- Make Your Own Junk Journal
January 21- Patchwork
February 4- Words
February 18- Needle and Thread
March 4 – Tape Transfers
March 18 – Open Session – Try previous techniques
Participants are asked to bring their own journal or sketchbook. It can be store-bought or handmade! If you plan to experiment with paints or other wet mediums, I recommend choosing a journal with heavier art paper that can handle a little moisture.
Some art materials and supplies will be available to use, but feel free to bring your own favourites if you have something specific you’d like to work with.
Proceeds will go towards education programming with the Arts Council of Ladysmith.
Where
Instructor
Francesca Reside
Francesca is a printmaker on Vancouver Island who has been exploring this multi-leveled medium since university. Starting in traditional printmaking, she now focuses on finding ways to continue printmaking that are affordable, accessible and use non-toxic materials. Francesca enjoys working with various techniques from monotype and drypoint on plexiglass, gelli plates, tetra paks and other materials. She also loves combining printmaking with other forms of art. Francesca currently teaches classes at Ladysmith Arts and The Old School House in Qualicum Beach. She has taught at the Salt Spring Island Printmaking Studio, Nanaimo Ceramic Arts Studio and Gallery and in the school district's as part of the Artist In The Schools program with the Nanaimo Art Gallery.
Tickets
15 spots remaining.