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Happy 2017 to everyone! We hope that all of you have had a good autumn and holiday season. We at Artists’ Workshop are now settling in to focus on our annual show which will be happening on April 21 – 23, so you can mark your calendars. Beginning Sunday, each week we are going to showcaseContinue reading “A new year and something new for you.”

Mark your calendars for our second annual Pre-Christmas Sale of Small Works! The show will start Friday November 18, from 4 – 7:30 pm, continue Saturday November 19 from 10 am – 6 pm, and finish Sunday November 20, noon – 4 pm. Again, this show only will be at Prairie Star Gallery, 1136 8thContinue reading “Mark your calendars – our November show is coming up!”

Here we are, summer definitely coming to an end, and autumn upon us on the prairies. Various members of the Workshop are participating in art shows in Saskatoon and Humboldt. This is a good excuse to make a gallery day and see all the art happenings as we get underway for our ‘new year’. KathleenContinue reading “Various members of the Workshop in Fall Art Shows now”

On Monday October 24, we will be having a workshop on making Artists’ Trading Cards. Spend a day with the Artists’ Workshop learning about and making your own Artists’ Trading Cards—miniature works of art the size of standard playing cards. At the end of the day everyone who wishes to will have the chance toContinue reading “Artists’ Trading Card Workshop this fall”

August brings the return of Art in the Garden, this year in Kathleen Slavin’s own garden. She will be showing her current work along with several other artists. A beautiful setting for a variety of creative works.

Paige Mortensen, a member of our group, portrays the rich textures of Saskatchewan through a process called watercolour batik. The images are built up using several layers of wax and watercolour.  Once completed the wax is ironed off revealing the finished piece. Handmade House is featuring her work in their Guest Artist space for the monthsContinue reading “Paige Mortensen at Handmade House”

After the flurry of our spring show, and then everyone heading out into their gardens, summer brings a slower pace for most of us. Still, we look forward to what is coming up. We have been interviewing some potential new members for the group for when we begin this fall, and have one person confirmed,Continue reading “Summer time…and planning for the fall”

It’s about 4 weeks to our show now. Drawing, painting, collage, paper, canvas, paint, ink, media, varnish, framing, wires for hanging the works – it is a busy time for us all as we get ready to show what we have been working on for the past year. This year, we also have decided toContinue reading “Counting down to this year’s annual show – 2016!”

One of our members, Paige Mortensen was honoured to learn that the Mann Art Gallery in Prince Albert, SK has purchased her piece (‘Welcome’) for their permanent collection! Congratulations Paige! You can read more about it on her blog: http://paigemortensen.ca/mann-art-gallery-permanent-collection/ Bobbi Clackson-Walker has a photograph in the Saskatchewan Craft Council’s current exhibition, ‘Photographic Phantasmagoria’, on at theContinue reading “News about what is happening for our group.”