TRAINING PROGRAM

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Jan 13 - Mar 31

Start your week on a high-note with Jim LeFrancois and Rob Joy to tackle contemporary music selections. Monday rehearsals are the heart of what we do, but we also strut our stuff in performances and gigs! All levels of vocal proficiency welcome!

NO CLASS: Feb 17

MONDAYS

12PM - 2PM

Theatre

Jan 13 - Mar 25

Join us for Metalsmithing II, where we’ll continue to explore fundamental and versatile skills of traditional metalwork. We’ll start with basic cutting and forming techniques and explore ways to make necklaces using metal and fiber. Each student will create a traditional scarf brooch, plus a necklace or pendant. All skill levels welcome.

This class requires weekly commitment due to ongoing skill-building and number of seats are limited.

NO CLASS: Feb 17

MONDAYS

1PM - 4PM

Lower Hall

Jan 13 - Mar 25

Explore will focus on the development of storytelling through dance. Participants will be given space to discover one's identity through dance in the company of others. We will explore street dance and contemporary techniques such as contact improvisation, call and response and more. Exercise muscle memory, imagination and musicality through movement.

NO CLASS: Feb 17

Monday

2PM - 4PM

Theatre

Jan 13 - Mar 23

Explore both traditional and experimental approaches to printmaking through drypoint, blockprinting and reductive techniques. This semester, expect to experiment with a range of scale and surfaces. Be prepared to learn innovative ways of printmaking that are sustainable, fun, and unexpected!

TUESDAYS

12PM - 3PM

Lower Hall

Jan 14 - Mar 24

Have fun, relax and learn to play again in this fun and funky workshop! Classes are centred on expression and freedom. Use costuming, wigs, music and even a trampoline!

Tuesdays

2PM - 4PM

Theatre

Jan 14 - Mar 24

Textile Museum of Canada presents Community Voices, a series of classes for Workman Arts members that also provides a group exhibition opportunity at the Textile Museum. Participants will learn the basic technique of rug hooking, a process that borrows methods from knitting and embroidery. Throughout the 4 classes, participants will develop a "badge of honour."

Tuesday

3:30PM - 6:30PM

Lower Hall

Jan 14 - Feb 4

Group instruction and hands-on workshops guiding you through the most important settings you need to know to use the WA cameras, audio recorders and editing stations. This is an in-depth course that will prepare you to work independently using the WA equipment to make your own films or be a crew member for someone else. No previous experience necessary. Everyone welcome.

Please be advised that class will begin at 5:30 on the first day.

TUESDAYS

4PM - 7PM

Theatre

Jan 14 - Mar 24

Although it is normally distinguished from “non-fiction” as a genre, much of what poetry does is non-fictional: poets can illuminate science and nature, recount historical and personal narratives, and raise awareness of contemporary societal issues. Through readings, discussions, writing exercises, and workshops, this course will explore techniques for writing poetry about our world.

WEDNESDAY

12PM - 2PM

Theatre

Jan 15 - Mar 25

This painting course will focus on water-based painting media; using primarily acrylic paint, but also gouache, inks as well as the inclusion of other mixed media and surfaces. The course will introduce varied strategies to abstract image making while building technical skills, and principles of: colour theory and shading, composition, construction, material sensitivity and play.

Wednesday

1:30PM - 4:30PM

Lower Hall

Jan 15 - Mar 25

In this class, you will create and develop your own theatre piece(s) through in-class workshopping and writing.

We will use a number of tools – character work, movement, music, improvisation etc. – as starting points, working towards developing scripts of a story (or stories) you will perform within the class, with ongoing input and direction with instructor Lorene Stanwick.

Wednesday

2PM - 4PM

Theatre

Jan 15 - Mar 25

An introduction to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator that will equip you with digital skills to compliment your creative practice. Lessons will range from editing photos, creating business cards and learning how to prepare files for digital and printed purposes. Increase your digital confidence and come away with professional portfolio content.

Wednesday

12PM - 3PM

LIFT

Feb 26 - Mar 25

Would you like to create a model of a city from the future by way of collage, assemblage and sculpture by utilizing small recyclables found at home or on the street? If creating buildings is not your forte, then maybe a park, playground, bridge, or wherever your imagination may lead? Participants will create individual works that can come together as a collaborative piece. This course will also introduce inventive ways of combining modular sculpture with photography.

Thursday

12PM - 3PM

Lower Hall

Jan 16 - Feb 20

Learn the principles of movement and music interpretation in an aquatic environment. After building a foundation of artistic swimming skills, participants will have the opportunity to develop individual and group choreography and improvise movement to music. Everyone is welcome, no prior artistic swimming experience required. Students must be comfortable submerging head in water.

THURSDAYS

2:30PM - 5PM

CAMH Queen Street Pool, 1001 Queen Street West

Jan 16 - Mar 19

The world of contemporary textile art is an exciting place of artists pushing the boundaries of the fibre medium. In an effort to blend theory and practice, weekly meetings will provide hands-on practical experience alongside presentations of established textile artists’ work for inspiration. The Winter 2020 session will focus on quilting techniques. Participants will be provided with their own basic sewing supplies to keep.

THURSDAYS

3:30PM - 6:30PM

Lower Hall

Jan 16 - Mar 26

In “Character and Peformance”, participants will develop their skills as actors by working on performing characters from existing plays. Participants will select scenes from a range of plays and choose a character to work on, and rehearse this character along side scene partners. Participants will gain experience in voice work, staging, and movement.

Thursday

4PM - 6PM

Theatre

Jan 16 - Mar 26

Want to explore telling your life story? What stories are important to tell? How do we write about ourselves and others? Explore a variety of fiction and non-fiction techniques including poetry, letters, essays, short-stories and traditional memoir. This class will focus on memoir prompts, publishing and peer feedback.

Classes on publishing will be open to all Workman Arts members and advertised closer to the dates.

Thursday

1:30PM - 3:30PM

Theatre

Feb 20 - Mar 26

Join this dynamic improvisational group for a weekly chance to react, respond and collaborate in the moment. Classes will be led by a rotating instructional team of long-time improv members, complimented by two master classes conducted by Kate Ashby.

FRIDAYS

12PM - 2PM

Lower Hall

Jan 17 - Mar 27

A gentle flow yoga class, open to all levels, including chair practitioners. Yoga is a wonderful way to learn awareness of body mind, and breath.

FRIDAYS

2:30PM - 3:30PM

Theatre

Jan 17 - Mar 27

A series of four 3 hour workshops designed to empower artists to build their capacity to move forward in their independent professional practice. For details about each workshop, please click LEARN MORE.

Workshops take place on the following Fridays: January 17th, February 7th , March 6th, and March 20th

Friday

3PM - 6PM

The 519

Jan 17 - Mar 20

Birds and humans have the ability to walk the land and swim the earth's open water, but the ability to freely soar the sky solely belongs to birds. During this 4 session workshop, participants will meditate on the diverse cultural and symbolic stories of birds through sculpting with porcelain clay.

This workshop is led by Native Women in the Arts and is designed for participants who are Indigenous, Black, a Person of Colour, a woman, non-binary, and/or queer.

Friday

2:30PM - 4:30PM

Lower Hall

Mar 13 - Apr 3