Wachiay Studio

Join us this weekend June 20th for National Indigenous Peoples day. We have been busy in the shop printing some beautiful reusable bags.
We will be live printing between 4-7pm. Come say hi and try your hand at screenprinting
Check out event details here or on the K'ómoks First Nation page
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Check out this amazing bursary opportunity announced by IHOS Gallery I-Hos Gallery

Building some blended backgrounds. I'll throw up some vids in the post or the next.

What a great day of printing with Dominique and Lauren Correia.

Some ink going down at Wachiay Friendship Centre with Dominique Desbiens ...

Stay tuned, more to come.

We had a great Intro class this weekend. It leads into the first Artist Residency this week, with Dominique Desbiens from Montreal, and local artist/printmaker Lauren Correia.
In the videos, some of the other students came from Nova Scotia and Ottawa.
We want to thank our partners on this. Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada , Comox Valley Art Gallery, and of course Wachiay Friendship Centre.

If you are interested in learning to screenprint or upgrading your skills, sign up on the website for classes in August and September. Residency artistswill have a group show at the art gallery. In the fall. We have 6 more artists visiting from across Canada, paired with local artist. Going to see some incredible printmaking. Enjoy.

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Episode 31: Technology, Technique, and Travel Join host Andy MacDougall for a screenprinting tour that isn’t found in travel brochures.