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Befriend the Taboo: An Erotica Writing Workshop with Adèle Barclay
Anais Nin wrote, “Sex must be mixed with tears, laughter, words, promises, scenes, jealousy, envy, all the spices of fear, foreign travel, new faces, novels, stories, dreams, fantasies, music, dancing, opium, wine.” Writing about sex and sexuality is an opportunity to explore the vastness and nuances of the human experience. In this workshop, we will ...read more
Wednesday, Jul 29 Upstart & Crow Studio
Start an Easy Graphic Memoir With Jon Claytor
Simply put, this workshop is about opening the door to telling your story with words and images. We’ll start a 12-page memoir, no skills necessary. We will do some simple drawing and writing activities to get started and then dive into creating your memoir with images and text and above all encouragement to continue your ...read more
Monday, Jul 6 Upstart & Crow Studio
Ex Libris: A Bookplate Design & Lino Printing Workshop with Bijal Patel
Imagine opening your favourite book and seeing a custom, hand-printed design inside the cover. Join us for a special evening of books and linocut printmaking with artist Bijal Patel. In this two-part workshop, you’ll choose a book that feels meaningful to you, then transform it into a personal keepsake by designing and hand printing your ...read more
Saturday, Jun 27 Upstart & Crow Studio
Drawing Is Important: A Daily Practice Workshop
What if the secret to becoming a better artist was just showing up with the most basic drawing tools and minimal time commitment? In this hands-on workshop inspired by his new book Drawing Is Important, award-winning illustrator and teacher Tom Froese will guide you through the building blocks of a daily drawing practice — and ...read more
Tuesday, Apr 28 Upstart & Crow Studio
Writing Across Diasporas & Generations: A Storytelling Workshop
Do you dream in more than one language? Live in the in-betweenness of cultural norms? Love and clash with different parts of your cultural inheritances? Join memoir writer Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho and poet Phebe Ferrer for a unique listening and writing workshop that invites attendees to explore storytelling in both prose and poetry. In the ...read more
Tuesday, Mar 31 Upstart & Crow Studio
Our Personal Apocalypse: A Speculative Fiction Workshop with Whitney French
There is no end To what the living world Will demand of you — Octavia E. Butler Parable Of the Sower The ending of a world also signals the beginning of a new one. Our Personal Apocalypse is a generative creative writing workshop focused on the act of sitting, listening, carving out, and recognizing our personal ...read more
Wednesday, Mar 25 Upstart & Crow Studio
Decolonizing Time: Two Workshops on Embracing Alternative Timelines
In these two generative writing workshops, we’ll unpack a deceptively simple question: how do we measure time, and who decides? Across cultures and histories, people have marked time in countless ways: lunar cycles, agricultural seasons, ceremonial calendars, migrations, tides, and harvests. The familiar Gregorian calendar is only one system among many. What might it mean ...read more
Tuesday, Mar 24 Upstart & Crow Studio
Printed with Love: A Valentine’s Printmaking Workshop with New Leaf Editions
This Valentine’s Day, Friday, February 14, we’re teaming up with the legendary New Leaf Editions for a special, all-day printmaking intensive all about love. Working in the tradition of one of Vancouver’s most singular print studios, you’ll learn the essentials of letterpress and print — including inking techniques, how to set your own type, operate the press, and ...read more
Saturday, Feb 14 New Leaf Studio
Make Sneaky Art: A Drawing Workshop with Nishant Jain
How would your life change if, whenever you had a free moment, you could reach for a sketchbook instead of your phone? Join us on Saturday, January 24 at 6pm for a special “sneaky sketching” workshop with philosopher, scientist, engineer, writer — and now artist — Nishant Jain. After moving to the U.S., Nishant began carrying a ...read more
Saturday, Jan 24 Upstart & Crow Studio
New Leaf Editions: A Special Letterpress Exhibition
Join us on Friday, October 24 at 6:30pm for a reception to unveil a special exhibition in celebration of the extraordinary legacy of New Leaf Editions — one of Vancouver’s most singular printmaking studios. For nearly four decades, New Leaf Editions has been pushing the boundaries of printmaking. Collaborating with artists such as Bill Reid, ...read more
Friday, Oct 24
Icarus: A Collaborative Storytelling Game Night
Looking for a cozy, creative way to spend an evening? We’re hosting a games night to stretch your creative muscles! Join us on Friday, September 26 at 6pm for a round of Icarus, a collaborative storytelling game where groups of five orchestrate the rise and inevitable fall of a civilization. Through prompts and dice rolls, you’ll create original characters, ...read more
Friday, Sep 26 Upstart & Crow Studio
Say No With Love: A Writing Workshop with Chelene Knight
Join Chelene Knight, award-winning author and founder of Breathing Space Creative Studio, for a transformative in-person workshop that could change the way you live and write. For one special evening, Chelene brings her renowned Say No With Love Workshop to our studio. This offering is for writers who want to set nourishing boundaries, protect their creative energy, and ...read more
Thursday, Sep 4 Upstart & Crow Studio