Wonder’neath first Art Materials Challenge is underway! In this new initiative led by our Programming and Outreach Intern Prince Churchill, eight artists have been selected to create an original art piece responding to the prompt: A View Into My World. The participating artists have 3 weeks to finish their project using materials from our materials bank. Their finished artworks will be exhibited in our Stairwell Gallery, and a winner selected through online (keep an eye on social media for details) and in person voting (during Open Studio Dec.6 and 7) between, Dec.1-7, with the winner announced at our Holiday Open House, December 8th, 1-3:30. There was such an enthusiastic response that we are hoping to do a second Challenge in the New Year- stay tuned! Follow #wondermac24 to follow participants’ work in progress.
Sketch Wonder’neath - Soft Launch | Wednesday, November 28th, 6-8pm, and public sketching hours!
Following our recent announcement of Sketch Wonder’neath, we are delighted to invite you to a soft launch on November 27th, 6-8 pm to celebrate these original sketchbooks, by artists across Canada in a mindful evening of sketching/journaling.
In 2023, Wonder’neath became one of five stewards of sketchbooks from the Brooklyn Art Library/ Sketchbook Project- a crowd-sourced project of sketchbooks from around the world that ran for 17 years. As we take this collection on its next journey here in Kjipuktuk, we are building a dedicated home to preserve these unique books and creating a studio-based library to make them accessible. We will share the sketchbooks through drop-in programming, artist residencies and special events; and encourage hands-on participation by artists of all levels of experience.
At this soft launch, you are invited to spend some time with us to draw and dream: how would you like to engage with the books? Who would you bring to draw and be inspired by these beautiful and complex stories? How would you like to be a part of the collection? How can we ensure this project is sustainable?
Following the soft launch, we’d love it if you can join our public sketching hours on Wednesdays:
Nov. 27th, 6-8 pm
Dec 4th, 6-8 pm
Dec 11th, 6-8 pm
Dec 18, 6-8 pm
As the work to catalogue the sketchbooks continues, we welcome cataloguing volunteers to join us at these times.