The EWMA Experience
Friday October 30, 12pm – 5pm
EWMA Studio, 800 E. Hastings Free
Join EWMA for a fun-filled afternoon of art workshops and socializing. The workshops are beginner-friendly, no prior experience needed. Tools and supplies provided, as well as light refreshments. Participants are encouraged to take home their creations. These workshops are provided for anyone who identifies and lives full time as a woman, including trans, two spirit and intersex women and/or those who identify with a femme-of-centre non-binary gender.
12pm – 2pm Cards & Bookmark Making with Penny
Get creative with studio artist Penny and design your own unique cards and bookmarks! Make something meaningful, funny, colourful, abstract – or anything else you can imagine. Materials are provided, but you’re welcome to bring along your own favourite papers, embellishments, or art supplies to make your creations truly your own.
3pm – 5pm Meaningful Postcard Exchange, with Rosina
Create a postcard filled with art, words, or a sweet message — and send it off to a stranger! In return, you’ll receive a postcard created by someone else. Postcards made during the festival will be shared with public libraries, shelters, and other participating community organizations. This is a fun, easy, and meaningful activity for all ages and experience levels. Materials are provided, though you’re welcome to bring any special materials you’d like to work with.
Mask Decorating Workshop
Saturday October 31, 12pm – 4:30pm
Oppenheimer Park, 400 Powell Free
Do you want to wear a costume mask for Halloween? Come to Oppenheimer Park and we’ll have fun decorating a mask for trick or treating! Apply colour, feathers, flower petals, paint and glitter to a basic plain mask. Supplies are provided, bring your ideas and get ready to be creative!
Taller de Ofrendas del Día de Muertos
Sábado 31 de octubre, de 1pm. a 3pm
Carnegie Learning Centre, 3rd floor
(Centro de Aprendizaje), 401 Main Free
Dia De Los Muertos Ofrenda Workshop
Saturday October 31, 1pm – 3pm
Carnegie Learning Centre, 3rd floor, 401 Main Free
Para este taller, el facilitador cultural CJ Santana y las personas dispuestas del Centro de Aprendizaje te invitan a traer tu luz amorosa mientras se construye la Ofrenda del Día de Muertos. ¡Únete a la creación colectiva mientras elevamos a los espíritus de aquellos a quienes hemos perdido, compartimos delicias mortales y hacemos nuevas amistades!
For this workshop, Cultural Facilitator CJ Santana and the good people at the Learning Centre call upon your loving light to help build a Día de Los Muertos Ofrenda. Join the collective community creation in elevating the spirits of those we’ve lost, share some deadly treats, and make new friends!
Pumpkin Carving with the Amazing Cat Rey!
Saturday, October 31, 2pm – 4:30pm
Powell Street Getaway, 526 Powell Free
Get into the Halloween spirit with a fun pumpkin carving event! Whether you want to carve or decorate, this is the perfect opportunity to create your own spooky or silly pumpkin masterpiece. Stop by early to join in the fun; a limited number of pumpkins are available. This event is great for pumpkin carvers of all experience and ability. Get creative and carve a festive pumpkin just in time for Halloween! Materials and refreshments provided.
Taller de elaboración de máscaras de Catrina y Catrín
Sábado 31 de octubre, de 2:30pm a 4:30pm
Carnegie Gym (Gimnasio), 401 Main Gratis.
Catrina & Catrin Mask Making Workshop
Saturday October 31, 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Carnegie Community Centre Gym, 2nd floor, 401 Main
Free. Register at Carnegie front desk
Únete al artista Gerardo Ávila y elabora una máscara de Catrina o Catrín para la celebración del Día de Muertos. Aprende la tradición e historia de la Catrina con esta cálida invitación para unirte a la Procesión del Carnaval Comunitario del Día de Muertos el día domingo primero de noviembre, donde nos reuniremos y visitaremos distintos altares u ofrendas en el Downtown Eastside (el lado este del centro de la ciudad). Materiales incluídos.
Join artist Gerardo Avila and make a Catrina or a Catrin mask for the Day of the Dead Celebration (Día de los Muertos). Learn the tradition and history of the Catrina with a warm invitation to join the Día de los Muertos Community Carnival Procession on Sunday November 1st, where we gather and travel to different altars (ofrendas) in the Downtown Eastside. All materials provided.
The EWMA Experience
Tuesday November 3, 12pm – 4pm
EWMA Studio, 800 E. Hastings Free
Join EWMA for a fun-filled afternoon of art workshops and socializing. The workshops are beginner-friendly, no prior experience needed. Tools and supplies provided, as well as light refreshments. Participants are encouraged to take home their creations. These workshops are provided for anyone who identifies and lives full time as a woman, including trans, two spirit and intersex women and/or those who identify with a femme-of-centre non-binary gender.
12pm – 2pm Needle Felting, with Delilah
Join Delilah and discover the fun of needle felting! Create your own little felted masterpiece, from festive pumpkins and mushrooms to adorable animals and anything else you can dream up. Delilah will guide you through the basics and help you bring your ideas to life. All experience levels are welcome! Materials are provided.
2pm – 4pm Finger Knitting, with Swallow
Learn the simple and satisfying art of finger knitting with Swallow! Create beautiful pieces such as scarves, towels, and more using just your hands and yarn. This quick and easy technique is perfect for beginners and experienced crafters alike. No previous knitting experience is needed, just come ready to create!
DIY Music Recording Workshop
Tuesday November 3, 2pm – 3:30pm
Bud Osborn Creation Space
nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona Branch, 730 E. Hastings Free
Are you interested in learning about recording music? We will cover the basics of digital audio recording using Vancouver Public Library’s recording studios, and cover techniques and considerations for bands, duos, and solo musicians including software, equipment use, and simple mic placement techniques. The session will introduce you to the recording studios at nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona Branch and other library resources. You will leave with practical steps you can use right away to start recording music with confidence.
Town Hall: How to Speak to City Hall
Tuesday November 3, 5pm – 7pm
Carnegie Community Centre Theatre, 401 Main Free
Last December, Vancouver City Council listened to 169 speakers, mostly from the Downtown Eastside (DTES), who opposed the City’s plan to rezone the heart of the DTES for 32-storey market rental towers, while ignoring homelessness. All 169 speakers opposed the plan. Most were eloquent in defending their community and calling for what the community needs. Many were first-time speakers. How does it feel to speak at council? How does it feel when the council ignores you, and what can you do about it? This event will showcase a few speeches and a panel of speakers to answer these questions. Presented by the Carnegie Housing Project. Refreshments provided.
Jewelry Making with Alyssa Currie
Wednesday November 4, 11am – 1:30pm
Powell Street Getaway, 526 Powell Free
Get creative with enthusiastic artisan Alyssa Currie and discover the fun of jewelry making! Create your own jewelry or make a gift for your friends or family. Alyssa will guide you through the basics of making earrings, necklaces, pendants, charms, and bracelets, using wire and glass, plastic, and crystal beads. All experience levels are welcome. Materials are provided.
ABC’s of Ha Ha Ha, a Comedy Workshop
Wednesday November 4, 12pm – 3pm
Carnegie Community Centre Theatre, 401 Main
Free. Register at Carnegie front desk
Learn how to write comedy for film or theatre, and develop your own stand-up comedy routine in this three hour workshop led by Master Comedian & award-winning Laffologist Jacques Lalonde (Addam’s Family, Vancouver Comedy Festival, Just for Laughs). Develop song parodies, do improv, and explore the funny in everyday life! Wanna be the hit at parties and make your friends laugh? Jacques will help you see the world in a whole new light, and you’ll have a blast doing so! Snacks and laughs included. Presented with Theatre in the Raw.
I Hope This Finds You: The Art of the Letter
Wednesday November 4, 6pm – 7:30pm
nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona Branch, 730 E. Hastings
Free. Register: Art_of_the_Letter.eventbrite.ca
What effects can letter-writing have in one’s creative practice? Join writer, musician, and playwright Edie Reaney Chunn to consider the hopeful risk involved in sending a letter, as it may never find its recipient! Investigate how the act of writing can deepen connections and belonging, strengthen curiosity, and give rise to action. This class is generously funded by the Canadian Poetry Fund, a local donor-advised fund which fosters accessible public educational outreach for poetry and other forms of creative writing through the services of the Vancouver Public Library.
Intro to Squeegee Painting
Thursday November 5, 1pm – 3:30pm
Powell Street Getaway, 526 Powell Free
Do you like playing with paint and colour? Join photographer and visual artist August in this drop-in squeegee painting workshop that allows doing just that! Using acrylic paints, participants will get to try out a variety of art-based and handmade squeegee tools to push and pull colour drops into unique linear designs. Wear clothes that you don’t mind getting non-washable paint on! Materials and refreshments provided.
Water Workshop with Mascall Dance
Saturday November 7, 1pm – 3pm
CRAB Park, meet at Main and Alexander Free
Spending time relating to water, what can we learn? When we come to the shore to listen, what does the water whisper to us? Can we remember ourselves as bodies of water? Meeting at Main and Alexander, Jennifer Mascall and Kelly McInnes will walk with participants to CRAB Park and guide them through a series of invitations to connect with water of the Salish Sea and our bodies more deeply. For anyone who wants to honour and celebrate water, and our interconnections with it. No experience needed! Rain or shine.
