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Centre[4]Arts offers hands-on workshops in our studio spaces, designed to help artists of all skill levels develop printmaking and media arts techniques. From monotyping to lino cutting, card making to etching — we can show you how to do it all.

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Participants arranging pressed flowers and plant stems at a long workshop table.
An abstract print from 100 Abstractions by Florian Holzinger.
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Refine your practice in a supportive, collaborative environment. Check back often for new workshops, and sign up early — limited spaces fill quickly.

A layered three-colour screen print produced in the Screen Printing Studio. 4 Sessions

Summer 3-Colour Screen Printing Course

 With Julio Ferrer

Explore the full process of three-colour screen printing in this hands-on, analog-focused course. Across four studio sessions you'll learn to design, separate, and print layered artwork using traditional screen-printing techniques — built for beginners and emerging artists.

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Dates

SaturdaysJuly 11, 18, 25 · August 1

Time

1:00 – 5:00 PM4 hours per session

Fee

$202.50Members

$225Regular

A digital collage work by Kevin Mutch from the exhibition Transfiguration. Free Demo

Artist Demonstration: Kevin Mutch | Transfiguration

 With Kevin Mutch

An inside look at Kevin's creative process as he demonstrates the digital collage, image manipulation, and fine art printing techniques behind his exhibition, Transfiguration. Everyone is welcome — accessibility supports available on request.

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Date

ThursdayJune 25

Time

6:00 – 7:30 PM

Location

Centre[4]ArtsScreen Printing Studio, 173 James St N

Workshops Archive

A person with curly blonde hair wearing a black outfit is curled up on the floor, surrounded by colourful, stuffed fabric shapes and soft sculptures, all set against a plain white background.

Sensual Softies: Storytelling With Soft Sculpture

Saturday, May 28, 2022
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00PM,
  • Best for: All Skill Levels
with instructor Birdie
An open crafting virtual workshop exploring soft sculpture as part of multi-sensory artistic practice.
A person wearing a blue denim shirt with colourful embroidered flowers places their hand over their chest.

Weaving 101

Saturday, October 19th, 2021
  • 10:30AM – 5:00PM,
  • Best for: All Skill Levels
with instructor Amanda Rataj
Learn weaving techniques that utilize colour, texture, and pattern – skills you can use to create textile art, cloth, clothes, and more.
Illustration of a yellow hand holding two keys, with text: centre[3] for artistic + social practice. PRO/DEV Professional Development Workshop Series. The background is light with abstract shapes and stars.

PRO/DEV 2021 – Intro to Animation

Wednesday, May 22, 2021
  • 6:00 PM – 9:00PM,
  • Best for: All Skill Levels
with instructor Annie Webber
Learn to create stop motion works, rotoscope video sequences, and experimental cel animations.
A close-up of a person using a metal tool to carve or etch a sheet of copper, with fingers holding the material steady on a green cutting mat.

Introduction to Engraving

Saturday, March 14, 2021
  • 12:00 PM – 5:00PM,
  • Best for: Beginner
with instructor Mark Laurin
This beginner's workshop will introduce students to traditional copper plate intaglio engraving. No prior experience necessary!
An abstract, colourful painting of a partially nude person surrounded by lush, leafy plants in shades of green, blue, and orange, with fluid brushstrokes and a candle shape in the bottom left corner.

Painterly Monotype

Saturday March 7th, 2021
  • 12:00 PM – 5:00PM,
  • Best for: Beginner
with instructor Ron Siu
Participants will be introduced to basic methods and different applications they can use to approach making experimental monotype prints.
Abstract art with geometric shapes: a blue-striped triangle, glowing orange-pink triangle, and concentric circles on a red background. Curved blue and purple lines sweep across a pink foreground.

Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud Essentials Training

Thursdays, January 16 + January 23, 2021
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00PM,
  • Best for: Beginner
with instructor Dylan Darwin
Learn how to navigate the interface and use the tools in Illustrator to create vector illustrations with line art, shapes and type.
A pink one-page zine template with abstract black doodles and text: “ART IS NOT ENOUGH, TAKE COLLECTIVE DIRECT ACTION, TO BRING REVOLUTION.” The template is unfolded to show various panels.

One-Page Screen Printed Zine Workshop

Tuesday, February 4th, 2020
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00PM,
  • Best for: All Skill Levels
with instructor Eli Nolet
Silkscreen print your very own single sheet, 8-page zine! In this two-session workshop, participants will create a zine and learn how to reproduce their zines via screen printing.
Two people point at a large tabletop canvas covered in black ink doodles, smudges, swirls, and abstract patterns. A purple notebook and marker are visible in the corner.

Weird Screen Printing: Alternative Methods

Saturday, February 1, 2020
  • 12:00PM – 5:00PM,
  • Best for: All Skill Levels
with instructor Mark Laurin
Learn to make painterly prints with hand-drawn stencils, utilizing the different textures and marks possible with various drawing media.