Events & Workshops
Fall Program
Workshop Descriptions & Fees
Mixing it Up! The Freedom & Joy of Mixed Media
​Saturday, October 4, 2025 9:30 - 4:00 and Sunday, October 5, 2025 1:30 - 12:30
Guest Artist: Glenna Evans
Fee: $120.00 for non-members
Please contact the Gimli Art Club at 204-642-8217 to register/Cash or Cheque only
​
Mixed media is almost an anything goes way to create but knowing what goes well can be tricky! Glenna is an energetic, experienced artist with advanced teaching experience and she will share with you not only her tips and ides, but ways to think critically about how to combine media to create joy in your works. Glenna will bring her tickle trunk, but there will also be a supplies list for you. The second half-day will be spent consolidating what you have learned and creating new masterpieces!
Glenna teaches at the University of Manitoba
​
​
My Favorite Picture of You in Acrylic
​
Guest Artist: Sharon Cory
Saturday, October 11, 2025 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Fee: $52.50 for non-members
Limit 15 people
Please contact the Gimli Art Club at 204-642-8217 to register/Cash or Cheque only
​
What Sharon said: I heard a sweet, gentle song while painting...My Favorite Picture of You by Guy Clark. There was an air of nostalgia and loss that made me smile and want to cry, when I listened to the words. I though, this is what happens when people paint someone they've lost.... a relative, a ap pet dog or cat, a lost love. This workshop is about that, being emotionally attached to what you're painting because of love. You will supply you own acrylics, texture medium, gloss medium and a large brush. Minimum 30" x 30" deep canvas or larger. Your reference photo needs to be candid, not posed - a subject caught in a moment of life.
​
​
Cut, Ink, Press and Voila!: Printmaking
​
Guest Artist: Ann Rallison
Saturday, October 18, 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Fee: $157.50 for non-members
Limit 15 people
Please contact the Gimli Art Club at 204-642-8217 to register/Cash or Cheque only
​
Anne will share her expertise with you to produce works using two methods for printmaking: softcut and lino. Softcut printing blocks are designed to be easy to cut, suitable for everyone including beginners, and a press isn't required. Lino uses hard linolium to carve. Lino cuts are inked and run through a press that we have rented from Martha Street Studio for the workshop. Paper used for both is Stonehenge, and a supply will be available to you also. Anne will bring inks, blocks and lino, and tools to share. If you have your own tools for carving, bring those, and if you have Stonehenge of you own you could bring that tooo. Wear a cover-up, bring rubber gloves, paper towels, refences (such as photos or drawings etc.) and band-aids.
​
​
Building a Street Scene in Acrylic
​
Guest Artist: Sharon Cory
Saturday, November 8, 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Fee: $52.50 for non-members
Limit 15 people
Please contact the Gimli Art Club at 204-642-8217 to register/Cash or Cheque only
​
Using a complex photo of Winnipeg's Exchange District, artist's will be using perspective to develop a three dimensional scene that includes people, motion and light. The goal is for you to create a street scene that reflects your own style as an artist, whether abstract or representational. Sharon will provide a choice of photos. You should bring: a medium to large sized canvas, square or rectangular: acrylics, mediums and a range of brushes. Recommended that you read up on/review perspective prior to the workshop.
​
​
I've Been Framed! Best Choices for Presenting your Artwork
​
Guest Presenter: Nolan Sigvaldson & Leo Sawicki
Saturday, November 15, 2025, 10:00 a.m. - Noon.
Fee: $10.50 for non-members
Please contact the Gimli Art Club at 204-642-8217 to register/Cash or Cheque only​
​
In this two hour workshop you will spend an hour with Nolan exploring framing options and ideas, types of mouldings, and how to best present you completed masterpiece. In the second hour, Leo Sawicki will talk about shrink-wrapping (she has her own equipment. Then we'll spend a few minutes sharing ideas about where to source your supplies for hanging canvas works. sleeves, printing for cards, mats, tags, and more. Nolan Sigvaldson owns Sigvaldson Fine Art Gallery in Gimli. Leo Sawicki is a member of the Gimli Art Club.
​
​
​
Pysanky: Egg-sellant Ways to Dye!
​
Guest Artist: Iren Yarema
Saturday, November 22, 2025, 1:00 p.m. - 4 p.m
Fee: $21.00 for non-member
Please contact the Gimli Art Club at 204-642-8217 to register/Cash or Cheque only
​
​​
PYSANKY - from pusaty , meaning "to write" - are raw eggs painted with a wax-resistent method. Designs are "written" in hot wax with a stylus called a kistka, which has a small funnel attached to hole a small amount of liquid wax. The word that is used to describe the egg actually comes from the Ukrainian verb pysaty, which means "to write". Irene will share her extensive knowledge and skill in this centuries-old art form. You will need to bring a tapered candle, candlestick holder, paper towels, rubber gloves, a cover-up and newspaper to cover your table. *We need a supply of wide-mouthed mason jars, in advance, to mix up the dyes. If you can donate one or two, please leave on the counter in the big gallery.
​