Spring 2012 classes at Place des Arts

Place des Arts is a multi-disciplinary arts centre in Coquitlam. The centre offers fibre arts classes for children and adults. Place des Arts is a short 20-minute drive from downtown Vancouver, just up the hill from IKEA.  Fall 2011 classes begin the week of September 19, 2011.

1120 Brunette Avenue, Coquitlam, BC  V3K 1G2

T 604.664.1636  |  F 604.664.1658

info@placedesarts.ca  |  www.placedesarts.ca
ADULT CLASSES 18+yrs

Spinning & Dyeing
18+ years

Discover the enjoyment and relaxation in learning how to spin yarns. You’ll learn about slubs, boucles, colour blending, fibre blending and chemical and natural dyeing. Create your own unique yarns for knitting and weaving. Spinning wheels are provided for at-home practice; equipment loans require a deposit. Teacher: Irene Weisner

9014 • M • Apr 16 – Jun 18 • 9:30 -12:00 PM • $189.50 + tax

9015 • SA • Apr 21- Jun 16 • 9:30 –  12:00 PM • $189.50 + tax
Table & Floor Loom Weaving
18+ years

Beginners will learn the ins and outs of setting up a loom along with basic weaves and projects. Experienced weavers will have an opportunity to further develop skills. Table looms are provided for each student to take home between classes in order to complete projects; equipment loans require a deposit. Teacher: Irene Weisner

9022 • TU • Apr 17 – Jun 19 • 6:30 – 9:00 PM • $207 + tax

9023 • F • Apr 20 – Jun 22 • 9:30 – 12:00 PM • $207 + tax

Private Fibre Arts Lessons
Sessional classes don’t fit your schedule? We offer private lessons to meet your needs. Inquire at the registration desk to arrange a suitable time. Teacher: Irene Weisner

$40 + tax per 60-minute lesson

SPRING WORKSHOPS

ADULT WORKSHOPS 

Spinning Clinic
18+ years

Are you an inch-worm spinner? Do you need to improve your spinning technique? Or maybe you want to learn how to make funky art yarn. Our well-equipped fibre studio has many of the newer spinning wheels as well as three drum carders to blend creative mixes of fibres and colour.  Teacher: Felicia Lo

9054 • SU • Apr 29 • 1:00 – 5:00 PM • $50 + tax

PART I: Teapot
18+ years

This workshop will lead you through, and simplify the complexities of, making a simple teapot. The first class will be a demonstration-based workshop focusing on the assembly of simple thrown parts to arrive at a shape suitable for a tea cozy. The second class will deal with glaze application and the specific challenges of glazing more complex forms; remember to bring your bisque teapot to glaze. Register in part two of this workshop and make your very own tea cozy to fit your teapot! Choose a glaze to complement the colours of the wool you will use for your tea cozy. Teacher: Vin Arora

Students should be able to make a wheel-thrown lidded vessel or a handbuilt teapot to completion. Clay must be purchased from Place des Arts.

9700 • FRI • May 25 & Jun 1 • 6:00 – 9:00 PM • $81 + tax

Part II: Tea cozy
18+ years

This workshop will embrace the insulating properties of felt. Explore the art of wet felting and leave the workshop with a wonderful one-of-a-kind, still-wet  tea cozy to fit your favourite tea pot. Materials are included, and new students are welcome to register. Register in part one of this workshop and make your own simple teapot to use with your tea cozy.  Teacher: Catherine Dumaine

Each student will receive a kit of materials. Students are requested to bring their favourite teapot.

9701 • FRI • Jun 22 • 6:00 – 9:00 PM • $42 + tax

A “Whole Lot of Art” will be held in the parking lot of 

Watershed Artworks Gallery & Gift Shop at 11425-84th Ave. N. Delta, Sunday May 27th. In addition to artisan vendor displays the event will include music & food. This is the second “Whole Lot of Art” and Watershed Artworks first market of 2012. 

If you would like to be part of this event –

* Payment to participate must be included with your completed application. You may pay by cash, cheque( please no post dated cheques) or Visa/MasterCard. Application & payment can be dropped off at or mailed to:

Watershed Artworks

11425 – 84th Ave. Delta BC. V4C 2L9 * Please submit by May 1st, 2012 

Things to know for the day:

Date: Sunday May 27th, 2012 Time: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location: 11425 – 84th Ave. N. Delta

Check-in: 9:00 – 10:00am

* Vendor spaces are 10’ X 10’. As a vendor you are responsible for providing your own tables, chairs, display units & tent. We will run rain or shine. In the case of rain we will move inside at the Firehall Centre for the Arts [next door to our Gallery Shop]. You will be notified of any change.

* Please check in by 10am. Allow yourself time to be fully set-up by 10:45am. 

* Market will run until 5pm. No early takedowns. 

* All member sales will be put through a main cash desk. Supplies will be provided to record your sales. Once all accounting is complete, cheques will be issued to you by Watershed Artworks.

* Non member vendors: you are responsible for your own sales. If you wish to process sales [credit/debit or cash] through Watershed Artworks a 10% fee will be applied [Advance notice, if this is the case, would be appreciated] Payment will be issued to you once accounting is complete.

* Food Vendors – All prepared food items must meet the Fraser Health Authority regulations and be approved by the District Health Inspector of the South Fraser Public Health Unit ( Phone # 604-507-5478) Proper documentation to be displayed [you are responsible for this].

Cancellation Policy

72 hours notice must be given via phone or email for a refund to be issued. There will be no refunds for weather related issues. For this or any questions,

Contact: 

June Bergen-Holt Phone: 604-572-5128 Email: june.bergen.holt@gmail.com

SPIN IN 2012 IS ON THE MOVE!! 

From the Mountains of Ryder Lake to the 

Flatlands of Rosedale! 

Minutes from downtown Chilliwack

Easy freeway access.

Refreshments & New lunch menu.

Silent Auction – Show and Tell

6 Vendors – for all your fibre & equipment needs.

Spin inside or outside on the patios

Lots of parking, including handicap parking, all on level ground.

The new facility is at Rosedale Traditional Community School (opened Jan. 2012). The facility has room for more participants so tell your friends to come and join us for a day of spinning, laughter & meeting up with friends.

Fill out the form below and mail to the address listed. Registration closes August 15th 2012. No refunds after August 31st 2012

When: Saturday September 15th, 2012 – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm 

If you registered already you are set to go. 

Cost for participants is $25.00 includes coffee, tea, refreshments & lunch.

Directions: Hwy #1 east to Annis Road off ramp, turn left. (Hwy # 1 west to Annis Road, turn right.

Go to Yale Road; turn right on Yale Road to the school

50850 Yale Road, Rosedale

Questions: email chilliwackspinners_weavers@ yahoo.com 

This past Tuesday David and Eileen shared with us their experiences with dyeing with mushroom and showed many examples of their work.

This is your friendly reminder that the next Guild meeting is this Tuesday, March 20th, at 7:30pm.

The program will be on “Nature Dyeing with Mushrooms”, by members of the Fraser Valley Mushroom Society.

Don’t forget your coffee mugs; go right now and put them with your Show & Tell items!

Teresa Ruch, noted creator of hand-dyed, hand-painted and hand-woven garments, will be the guest speaker at the Whatcom Weavers Guild April 11 meeting.

Stuck on what to weave next? Ever wonder how textile industry designers get their ideas? Want inspiration on how to give zip to a stripe design or border design? Want ideas on how to develop great drape in your hand-woven fabric? Teresa’s PowerPoint presentation of commercial fabrics from fashion magazines and how they can be translated into hand-woven designs can answer some of those questions and more. Included is a discussion of color, drape and design as related to hand weaving. Fabric swatches and garments will be available to examine.

Teresa Ruch owns and runs a business of dyeing and selling yarns to weavers and knitters, and sells her garments of hand-woven, dyed fibers. She discovered the weaving loom in college and has been weaving ever since. She worked in the textile industry for 18 years as a sample weaver and a jacquard designer for interiors, menswear, womenswear and contract furniture. Now she is back to creating her own work and selling it.  See more at www.teresaruchdesigns.com

The meeting will be on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at St. James Presbyterian Church’s lower level meeting room at 910 14th St. in Bellingham.  Admission is free.

For further information about the Whatcom Weavers Guild, visit www.whatcomweaversguild.org or contact Sheri Ward, info@whatcomweaversguild.org or 360-961-4956.