Fine Art Workshop: Drawing Landscapes - FULL
Date: Sep 19
1:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
Where: Level 3 Atrium
Art
Join art educator Anne Pickard-Vaandering for a fine art workshop that explores line, composition and perspective drawing techniques. Working in the Atrium, we’ll practice methods for rendering the atmosphere and mood of a landscape and explore the importance of vantage points. This workshop includes an interpreted tour of the exhibition, Of Myths and Mountains, which features artworks by members of The Group of Seven and other artists from Labrador and Quebec.
All participants will receive a bag of clean, new materials which they can use and take home.
This workshop is limited to 8 participants to ensure physical distancing. Age 16+. Cost is $30 per person, all materials are provided. To register, please contact Visitor Services at 757-8090.
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Have you ever wondered about the connections between creativity and neurodivergence, such as autism, ADHD, or dyslexia? From attention to detail to pattern recognition and language originality, neurodivergent artists can display talents that could be considered advantages.
Join us for a moderated panel discussion with Dr. Andreae Callanan and Dr. Kate Lahey, who will talk about how neurodivergent people express creativity in unique, unconventional ways.
Part of the discussion will address some challenges for neurodivergent artists during and following the creative process, such as executive functioning, sleep disturbances, and burnout. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions following the presentation.
Cost: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms members. Register online or by calling (709) 757-8090.
About the Panelists:
Andreae Callanan holds a PhD in English from Memorial and serves as co-convener of the Research and Knowledge Exchange on Critical Disability Studies at the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research. Her debut poetry collection, The Debt (Biblioasis, 2021), was shortlisted for the E. J. Pratt Family Poetry Prize and was a runner-up in the Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry. Andreae’s creative and critical writing has been published in Riddle Fence, The Walrus, Newfoundland Quarterly, Canadian Notes & Queries, Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, and in Best Canadian Essays 2026. She lives in St. John’s.
Dr. Kate Lahey holds a PhD from the University of Toronto, is the front person of the band Weary, and writes arts criticism. As a musician, writer, scholar, community organizer, and postdoctoral fellow at Memorial’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, her research centers on trauma-informed values such as healing, care, empathy, and social justice.
Join MUN School of Music alumni and current students for an evening of exciting big band jazz showcasing the talent of the School of Music community.
The ensemble will perform a selection of compositions by Maria Schneider, Pat Metheny, Christine Jensen, Chucho Valdés and others.
Cash bar (opens at 6:45 pm) and reception to follow the performance at 9 pm
Tickets: $25 plus HST. 10% discount for Rooms members. Get your tickets online or by calling 709-757-8090.