SUMMER CRAFT WORKSHOPS & VIRTUAL MARKET
July 18 & 19
Showcasing the joy of craft, we’re offering craft-making workshops with local artists Arianna Richardson and Meghan MacWhirter.
The Summer Market is going virtual! Shop from a variety of makers, offering handmade items exclusive to our market!
WORKSHOPS
$15 | $10 with SAAG Pass
Limited attendance | RSVP at rsvp@saag.ca
Please note, workshop participants will be required to wear face masks. We encourage you to bring your own, however we will have disposable masks available.
July 18 | Two sessions with Arianna Richardson
10:30 AM - 12 PM
1 - 2:30 PM
CHIP BAG CONFETTI | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
This workshop will be a hands-on exploration of crafting and creating with the most abundantly available material of all: plastic waste! Participants will be led through methods of collecting, preparing, and creating a specialty confetti using potato chip bags. Participants will come away with their very own sample of this exciting crafting product as well as a new perspective on waste material and the exciting potentialities of everyday plastic packaging. All ages and skill levels welcome!
REUSABLE SANDWICH WRAP | 1 PM - 2:30 PM
Sew your own re-usable sandwich wrap with The Hobbyist! In this workshop we will be creating a practical, zero-waste object, that participants will be able to use for years to come. Throughout the workshop we will also have the opportunity to discuss the impacts of plastic and packaging and various strategies to mitigate our own complicity in a society driven on by the consumption of single-use items. All sewing skill levels are welcome!
Arianna Richardson is an artist, sewist, and mother from Treaty 7 territory (Lethbridge, AB). A graduate of the University of Lethbridge (2013) and NSCAD University (2016), Richardson has exhibited work across Canada, employing a wide variety of sculptural and hobby-craft techniques to re-create a world of hand-crafted magic. Arianna is most recently interested in sharing her passion for re-use, and the radical re-invisioning of waste material and has been leading workshops in zero-waste crafting over the past few years.
July 19 | Pom Pom Tassel Making Workshop with Meghan MacWhirter
1 PM - 2:30 PM
3:30 PM - 5 PM
In MacWhirter's workshop, she will be teaching guests how to make their own pom pom tassel hanging. These hangings are perfect as a gift or for your doorknob, for your car's rear view mirror, or for that bare spot on your living room wall! Guests will be able to choose their own colours and will learn how to make individual pom poms to make their pom pom tassel hanging uniquely theirs. Small pom poms, big pom poms, wacky pom poms, perfectly trimmed pom poms, rainbow pom poms, monochrome pom poms - the possibilities are endless!
Meghan MacWhirter is a Lethbridge-based designer and ceramicist with a passion for all things colourful, happy, and retro. MacWhirter draws inspiration from her love for the 1960s and 70s, thrifting, plants, California, Dolly Parton, and tactile and colourful objects and mediums.