MANITOULIN—4Elements Living Arts is hosting a land-based artmaking series over the next few months.
“The Collab-Lab is part of the 4Elements Living Arts (4E) fall and winter land-based artmaking series based on a program in place for fall/winter,” stated Susan Snelling, of 4E. “This program will feature local artists sharing their talents with the community.”
“The Lauren Satok and Friends Collab-Lab will feature Lauren Satok putting on five workshops, some solo, and some artist collaboration,” said Ms. Snelling.
The first in the series of workshops was held this past Saturday at Rainbow Farm North in Manitowaning with ‘Cycles: Autumn plant drawing and Painting.’
‘Touching Earth as Home Assemblage’ art exploration and ‘Making’ will take place on November 4 at Ms. Satok’s studio in Manitowaning. This will be followed by a ‘Not Quite Winter Collab-Lab’ taking place again at Ms. Satok’s studio on December 2.
‘A Winter Teachings II: Painting From Memory’ event will take place on December 27 at the Sheguiandah First Nation Community Centre, followed by the ‘Winter Teachings II: Making Natural Prints and Ink’ workshop taking place February 8 at the Sheguiandah First Nation community centre.
Ms. Snelling noted, “the workshops taking place in November/December are available for people to participate online as well as in-person.”
“Lauren (Satok) is a well-known landscape painter,” continued Ms. Snelling. “We’re very excited to be featuring her.”
While there are attendance limits on how many people can take part in person for the workshop “we wanted to make sure everyone who wants to take part can. So, we extended the workshops to being online as well,” said Ms. Snelling. The workshops are free.
“This is a new program, and we will have it running until April with other workshops being planned as well,” said Ms. Snelling. The series of workshops are being supported through a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
