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Artist of the Month: Katherine Marchione
Katherine Marchione is constantly dreaming about making something- whether it is a quilt, a painting, a dress or shoes. She always seem to be finishing one project only to start two more. Oil painting...
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FREE Before Hand Mosaic Tile Workshop
kwartzlab is hosting a free workshop on Sunday, October 27th from 7:00 pm- 9:30 pm. Meg Leslie will be coming in to run her mosaic workshop that she recently received funding to make happen from the...
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Richard Elsworthy: 1/6th Scale Wooden Miniatures
Richard Elsworthy, long time friend of kwartzlab and expert wood worker, has his work on the Art Wall this month! Richard Elsworthy gives a talk about his work at TON. Here he talks about a replica of...
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Handmade Holiday: Christmas Workshop Series @ kwartzlab!
Direct link to the Eventbrite page here
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Handmade Holiday: Succulent Frames Workshop Pictures!
I am happy to announce that the first-ever Agnes Makes Events: Handmade Holiday Series started today at kwartzlab, and a great time was had by all! It was a lovely afternoon spent sipping on tea and...
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Handmade Holiday: Brass, Copper & Leather Jewellery Workshop
Yesterday we ran our highly anticipated metal & leather jewellery workshop at kwartzlab. The workshop was a great success but ran two hours longer than scheduled-eep! Ryan Consell led the class...
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Handmade Holiday: Needle Felting Figurines
On Sunday we held the final structured workshop in the Handmade Holiday Christmas Series, with a workshop all about needle felting. What exactly is needle felting you may ask… It’s a process of mixing...
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WRAP IT UP! Friday, December 20th, 7 – 10 pm at kwartzlab
Come on down to kwartzlab this Friday, December 20th from 7-10 pm for our WRAP IT UP! event. We will be crafting up a paper storm with Jen and Danielle of In Paper Dreams! This is a drop-in event to...
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Bob Ross Paint Along: Photo Recap
On March 1st kwartzlab held it’s first-ever Bob Ross Paint Along- a dream come true for me. I grew up watching Bob Ross on PBS, I think by then it was into re-runs (his show ended taping in 1994) he...
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Artist in Residence & Monthly Featured Artist Call
Follow these links for more info about applying to our programs. Any questions? Shoot us an email. Kwartzlab Artist in Residence Call 2014 Kwartzlab Monthly Featured Artist Call 2014
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Artist Talk: Meg Leslie. March 25 at TON
Join us on Tuesday, March 25th at 8 pm. Meg Leslie will deliver her Artist Talk in spoken word. Come listen to her story about The Awesome Wall Project. See you there.
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Spring Artist in Residence: Laura McBride
We welcome Laura McBride to our space as our Spring Artist in Residence from April – June. Laura is an activist working to promote and advocate for living Downtown. She’s been a member of many...
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Bob Ross Paint Along: Sunsets and Seascapes
kwartzlab is happy announce that due to popular demind, we will be continuing our Bob Ross Paint Along workshop series led by local oil painter, Katherine Marchione. Katherine will take you through the...
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We are winners! Waterloo Region Arts Awards- Thank You!
I am still reveling in all the excitement and fabulous-ness of my time spent last evening at the Waterloo Region Arts Awards Gala that took place at Centre in the Square. kwartzlab was nominated in the...
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Bob Ross Paint Along: Part II Seascapes
This Monday evening a large group of Bob Ross fans assembled at kwartzlab, eager and ready to plunge into the world of oil painting by participating in our class led by Katherine Marchione. I have to...
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July Artist of the Month: Jim Tubb
Jim Tubb (1948) is originally from Toronto, though he has lived in Waterloo since 1980. He is known for his large scale visual music works, traditional landscapes, several “peg board paintings”, and...
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Abstract Painting Workshop: Sunday, September 14th. 1 – 4 pm!
We are very fortunate to have the one-and-only Jim Tubb come and teach this abstract painting class at kwartzlab! You may have seen Jim’s work hanging on our Art Wall back in July, or in his studio at...
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Photo Recap: Abstract Peg Board Painting with Jim Tubb
I spent a lovely afternoon in the newly reorganized space upstairs in the lab. I want to firstly thank Jim Tubb for being so open and excited about running a workshop with me. After he showed his work...
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Fall Artist in Residence: Meg Harder
I am very excited to announce our newest artist to the kwartzlab AIR program- Meg Harder! Meg was born in St. Catharines, Ontario and completed her BA in Fine Art and Psychology at the University of...
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Fairy Door Painting Workshop: Sat. Nov 29, 1- 4 pm
The Eventbrite is now live for our upcoming Fairy Door Painting workshop at kwartzlab. This is being facilitated by Laura McBride, our Spring Artist in Residence....
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