Past Workshops
DATE ADDED -Art Gems – Watercolours with Peggy Burkosky: Streams & Ponds, Reflections & Foliage
Art Gems - Watercolours with Peggy Burkosky: Streams & Ponds, Reflections & FoliageWe will all work with the same subject of a coastal waterscape scene. This watercolour session is designed to paint along with the instructor. You are welcome to paint...
Keeping it Simple: An Art Gems workshop with Tom Shardlow
Keeping it Simple - a Saturday Art Gems Workshop with Tom ShardlowPainting can be one of the most difficult and complex of undertakings. There are many rules, all of which can be broken. However, keeping it simple can cut through the confusion and produce rewarding...
Mixed Media Mosaics: an Art Gems workshop with Debra Hagen
Mixed Media Mosaics: an Art Gems workshop with Debra HagenIn this class students will have the opportunity to use the most coveted of mosaic material, Italian and Mexican smalti. This glass tile comes in many different colours and is treasured for its texture and...
Art Bites November Classes
Art Bites: November Classes 2024$40/Class - supplies included* AM classes: 10am - 12 pmPM classes: 1-3 pm *Double Art Bites Classes - $80 (10 am-2pm) Register online or at the MAC OfficeAbout Art Bites: Art Bites is a fun way to try out all different kinds of art...
Painting with Pencil: An Art Gems workshop with Nicholas Pearce
Painting with Pencil: an Art Gems workshop with Nicholas PearcePainting with Pencil is a one-day class that teaches you to build a tonal image from just greyscale using Nicholas' scribble technique. 3D effects, even when using colour, are created by greyscale (the...
Rough & Tough: an Art Gems Workshop with Dennis Brown
Rough & Tough: an Art Gems workshop with Dennis BrownThis workshop is about adding different surface features to your acrylic painting that will add some complex marks, shapes, and texture. Dennis will conduct a short demo and bring examples of his work. He will...
New! Harvest Plein Air Adventure
New! Harvest Plein Air Adventure with Peggy BurkoskyMonday, September 23, 10 am-1pm Location: Silver Meadows Farm $40 - all materials provided Register online here Join us at Silver Meadows Farm for the last Watercolour Plein Air class of the year. Fall is in the...
Art Bites: September 2024
Art Bites: September 2024$40/Class - supplies included* AM classes: 10am - 12 pmPM classes: 1-3 pm *Double Art Bites Classes - $80 (10 am-2pm) Register online or at the MAC OfficeAbout Art Bites: Art Bites is a fun way to try out all different kinds of art mediums...
Apple Technology Workshops Fall 2024 Thursdays, 4:00-5:30 pm
Apple Technology Workshops Fall 2024 Thursdays, 4:00-5:30 pm$55/Class Thursdays from 4:00 - 5:30 pm Register online or at the MAC Office Brought to you Up Your Media, and the McMillan Arts Centre School For Digital Literacy. Learn to navigate your iPhone, iPad and...
Pastels with Joan Larson: an Art Gems Workshop
Pastels with Joan Larson: an Art Gems WorkshopWelcome to world of Soft Pastels. We will explore the dynamic range of possibilities with this marvellous medium. Learn basic layering and application techniques and how to let your paper work for you. We will also...
Art Bites Classes for October 2024
Art Bites Classes for October 2024 $40/Class - supplies included* AM classes: 10am - 12 pm PM classes: 1-3 pm *Double Art Bites Classes - $80 (10 am-2pm) Register online or at the MAC Office About Art Bites: Art Bites is a fun way to try out all different kinds of...
Creative Kids Week 6 Classes: Aug 20-22
Creative Kids Week 6 Classes: Aug 20 - 22 Last week - Special Price! $15 Class - supplies included AM classes: 10am - 12 pmPM classes: 1-3 pm Register online or at the MAC Office New this summer - Kid Care! Register your Creative Kid for both AM and PM classes, and...
2024 Plein Air Journey in Watercolour with Carla Flegel
Plein Air Journey in Watercolour with Carla Flegel Sundays 10am-1pm $40 - art materials suppliedNo experience necessary Join us in the beautiful outdoors and paint en plein air! We will meet in four different locations and learn how to paint different scenes...
Creative Kids Week 5: MAC Art Camp – August 12-16
6Creative Kids Week 5: MAC Art Camp - August 12-16 Mon-Fri August 12-16 10 am - 3 pm all supplies included please bring a lunch and drink each day Register online or at the MAC Office What's Creative Kids all About? Our goal is to have fun through creative...
Creative Kids Week 4 Classes: Aug 6-8
Creative Kids Week 4 Classes: Aug 6 - 830/Class - supplies included AM classes: 10am - 12 pmPM classes: 1-3 pm Register online or at the MAC Office New this summer - Kid Care! Register your Creative Kid for both AM and PM classes, and child minding is available...
Creative Kids Week 3 Classes (July 30 – Aug 1)
Creative Kids Week 3 Classes: July 30 – Aug 130/Class - supplies included AM classes: 10am - 12 pmPM classes: 1-3 pm Register online or at the MAC Office New this summer - Kid Care! Register your Creative Kid for both AM and PM classes, and child minding is...
Creative Kids Classes for July 16-18
Creative Kids Week 1: July 16-18, 202430/Class - supplies included AM classes: 10am - 12 pmPM classes: 1-3 pm Register online or at the MAC Office New this summer - Kid Care! Register your Creative Kid for both AM and PM classes, and child minding is available...
Creative Kids Week 2: Classes July 23 – 25, 2024
Creative Kids Week 2: July 23 - 25, 202430/Class - supplies included AM classes: 10am - 12 pmPM classes: 1-3 pm Register online or at the MAC Office New this summer - Kid Care! Register your Creative Kid for both AM and PM classes, and child minding is available...
Apple Tech Workshops – Spring 2024
Apple Tech Workshops - Spring 2024Powered by Up Your Media and the McMillan Arts Centre School for Digital Literacy, our ongoing workshop series can help you gain control of your technology and allow you to better use your devices with skill and confidence. About our...
Introduction to Plein Air/Urban Sketching: An Art Gems workshop with Dorota Goede
Introduction to Plein Air/Urban Sketching: an Art Gems workshop with Dorota GoedeJump on the Urban Sketching trend with this Art Gems Workshop! The term urban sketching is used to describe sketching outdoors (plein air) whether you’re in the middle of a city, or out...
Silver Earrings: an Art Gems special workshop with Karen Schmidt-Humiski
Silver Earrings: a special Art Gems workshop with Karen Schmidt-HumiskiJoin renowned Artist and Silversmith, Karen Schmidt Humiski, in this exclusive, one day workshop where you will learn professional techniques to create two pair of your own sterling silver...
Creative Kids: Summer 2024 Program – Registration Open
Creative Kids: Summer 2024 ProgramJoin us for a summer of fun in our Community Art Garden!This year we have 30 different Creative Kids classes to choose from PLUS, a brand-new, week-long MAC Art Camp! Classes run Tuesdays through Thursdays from July 16 through Aug 8...
The Art of the Horse: A 2-Day Art Gems Workshop with Joan Larson
The Art of the Horse: a 2-day Art Gems Workshop with Joan LarsonA step-by-step process from the initial drawing to creating a pastel painting of the horse. NOTE: This is a 2-day class running consecutive Mondays May 6 and 13, 2024 from 10am - 2pm $200 for this...
Aging Artfully 2024 Spring Session
“It’s never too late for a new experience”Aging Artfully is a FREE program offered to independently domiciled seniours living in our community. Our wonderful volunteer teachers provide instruction and support for participants aged 75+. All materials and supplies...
Mosaics Using Smalti: an Art Gems workshop with Debra Hagen
Mosaics Using Smalti: an Art Gems Workshop with Debra HagenDiscover the possibilities for creating beautiful mosaics using smalti (coloured glass), a traditional tesserae that has been used for thousands of years. In this class you will have the opportunity to work...
The Thin and the Thick of It: an Art Gems Workshop with Dennis Brown
The Thin and the Thick of It: an Art Gems workshop with Dennis BrownDennis will demonstrate creating multiple layers on an acrylic painting. Class participants will be led through hands-on methods to create a painting with depth and tension. They will learn what...
The McMillan Arts Centre is located on the traditional territory of the Coast Salish Nations, home to the Snaw-Naw-As First Nation
and the Qualicum First Nation