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Foothills Art Club: ​

Educational Opportunities

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Workshops / Presentations:
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PHOTO Beaupre Hall
Paint-outs at Beaupre Hall
  • one weekend per month
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  • April 5 & 6 - CANCELLED
  • May 3 & 4 - open painting

Foothills Art Club - Critique Nights  

On the third Wednesday of every month, bring along any artwork that you would like feedback on strengths or helpful suggestions on weaknesses. A club volunteer will  lead each critique session. Participation in the critique is optional. 7:pm for approximately 15 minutes then open painting.

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Workshops 

Our   Education Coordinator    is Laura Procunier
​Up-coming workshops: 
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  • Alice Helwig  demo on Wednesday February 5 at St. Andrew's Hall


The following are some of the outside artists and presenters that have joined us for past workshops: 
Doug Swinton
​Carole Bondaroff
Jeremy Mayne
Jan Gauthier
Mary Lou  Brooks
David Kitler
Curtis Golomb
Linda Wilder
Marla Blackwell
Michael Downs
Tracy Proctor
Ele Davies
​Cheryl Peddie 
Karin Ritcher 
Doug Smith
​Bobbi Dunlop
Anne McGilvary
Jerry Markham
Leah Markham
Shannon Luyendy
Ursula Reynolds
Doug Swinton
Jean Pederson
Darcy Presiloski
Robert E Wood
Michelle Grant
​Jean Geddes
Lorri Pullman-
    MacDonald
Robert E. Wood
​​Nancy Lynn Hughes
​Jeff Mckenzie


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Workshops - Past:
​March 5 - Professional Critique: Marla Blackwell
provided an insightful and inspiring critique night to the FAC members.
 Marla Blackwell provided an insightful and inspiring critique night to the FAC members
 Marla Blackwell provided an insightful and inspiring critique night to the FAC members
 Marla Blackwell provided an insightful and inspiring critique night to the FAC members
 Marla Blackwell provided an insightful and inspiring critique night to the FAC members
January 22 , 2025  Art Cards -   a round table discussion on the art of art cards. Led by  Laura P. and contributions by Anne B., Gwen S. and Beryl M.  
FYI - a Canadian company that sells blank cards, envelopes and sleeves. . . cardblanks.com


November  2, 2024 - Doug Swinton Workshop

March  6, 2024 - Doug Swinton Critique Night
  Nov15, 2023
Marla Blackwell   ​workshop on Landscape Painting.   
Marla demonstrated in oil, the painting of the  Heritage Hill Barn.  She emphasize using a limited palette of primary colours with warms and cool hues.   Marla starts her designs with a value study using Tombow pens, blocking in the simplified shapes. ​  The following video is 2:30 minutes. 
Marla donated proceeds of the evening to club as a founding member.  Thank you Marla 

February 15, 2023
Sharon Massen -  techniques of the Old Masters . . . 
It was very informative and inspiring to see the process and her work.

March 11, 2020    
​Nancy Lynn Hughes - Critique night

Feb 1-2, 2020    Marla Blackwell:     
A big shout out to Marla Blackwell! 
Thank you for the great weekend where you inspired members of the Foothills Art Club in the “Landscapes leaning toward the abstract” workshop.

Nov 6  , 2019     Anne McGilvary  - drawing trees demo ​

Anne helped us see the trees in the forest, how to watch for the three bears amont the cones, cubes and balls. Shadow, texture and structure are a mater of  perspective from  nature's point of view. 
​The following are some of the art resources she brought in to show us.  Many of these are available from the public library system, as well as, from Amazon or your favourite new/used book stores. 

November 2019 - The Foothills’s Art Club is grateful to Doug Swinton for sharing his knowledge, expertise, and humour at this weekend’s workshop, “Drawing for Painters“. 

We are truly inspired by his kind words and insight.   A fabulous weekend!   Thank you Doug, and see you next year.
Read Doug's article :  Begin With Dominance . 

Nov 28 Theme Night - Jeff Mackenzie:  Making Mountains

April 12, 2018 Anne McGilvary - How to Framing workshop.    Anne recommended purchasing professional Framing Hardware and Point gun ex. Fletcher.  She demonstrated the proper method applying Paper backing: 
  • place face down on towel 
  • Mirror clips to mount frame into frame 
  • sign back on canvas and name (date optional)
  • tape 2sided (Destination Art) 
  • on edges of frame
  • Paper: roll of brown paper 
  • Cut over size 
  • Press on to tape from middle to corners 
  • Crease paper edges
  • Sand paper block at 45°
  • Spray paper with water
  • Dries tight
Frame Hardware:
  • Loops 1/3 down 
  • Pre-drill or awl for a starter hole
  • Check screw length and image right-side up
  • Wire: w plastic coating
  • Wrap 8x, press tight 
  • Cut to length so 2” down from top when finished
  • Wrap wire 
  • Bottom bumpers 
  • Label w address label 
  • Tie business card to wire with title, cost, your name, notes about painting and artist
Gallery frames: Eyelets inside frames w wire 


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