Celebrate the season with a beautifully refreshed shop featuring new work from talented local artisans. Sip on a complimentary glass of bubbly and enjoy a bag of popcorn as you browse, meet makers at work, and explore custom creations made just for you.

Featuring three artisans on site:

• Bone and Blade offering custom heat-pressed monograms on their handcrafted leather goods
• Rock The Feather, creating custom feather designs
• Bronwyn Preece with a book signing of Sea to Sky Alphabet and other works

Whether you are searching for the perfect wedding, birthday, or Mother’s Day gift, you will find something meaningful and unique. We are also excited to introduce our new gift registry and wish list, a simple and personal way to save your favourite pieces. Plus, Arthentic gift cards will be available, making gifting even easier.

New season, new makers, new inspiration.

Loosen up your drawing hand in a relaxed and informal happy hour workshop with beloved local artist Neil Wedman. No drawing experience is necessary, but banter is de rigueur. Participants must be 19+.

$20 per session (separate registration for each)

March 26, 2026 – Postcard Collage Landscapes (After William Wegman)
Participants affix postcards at random on a large roll of paper then connect the images with pencil crayon drawings.

April 23, 2026 – Flash Lab
Images are projected for about a tenth of a second and participants draw their impression. The procedure can be repeated multiple times using the same image but gradually the slides become more complicated

May 21, 2026 – Death Row Dining
In a two-part activity, participants draw what they would request for their final meal on Death Row.

Join interdisciplinary visual artist Solange Adum Abdala for a hands-on exploration of photography, light, and layered storytelling. This Date Night draws on her work in our Image / Object Photosculpture exhibition, which will be on display in our gallery alongside the workshop as part of this year’s Capture Photography Festival.

A palimpsest is an ancient manuscript that has already been used, with the original text erased or scraped away for another. This was often done because writing materials were scarce or expensive. In this Date Night, we will creatively explore printed materials, books, magazines, encyclopedias, and more as palimpsests that accumulate layers of information.

Working with light, thin pages and cutouts, we will activate printed materials, discovering what publications conceal and seeing the revealed in new ways, like a three-dimensional collage. Using flashlights, lamps, and a lightbox, we will create photographs and interventions that engage with photography, archives, writing, and memory. The workshop will provide a playful and reflective space to rethink how we see and what lies beneath the surface.

By the end of the workshop, participants will take home a set of digital photographs, along with their own intervened book containing cutouts, overlays, and illuminated discoveries that capture the layered effects explored.

Cost:

• $40 or buy 2 for $70

What to expect:

• Explore hidden layers in printed materials.
• Transform books into illuminated, interactive works that combine photography, archives, and writing

Skills Learned:

• Combine photography, archives, and writing.

Who should attend

• Anyone interested in photography, writing, archives, or hands-on creative exploration
• People curious about experimenting with light, texture, and layered storytelling

What you need to bring

• Old books, magazines, or notebooks (optional, we will supply)
• Camera or phone camera