Children & Families

VanDusen Adventure Tour

Jump on board for the VanDusen Adventure Tour, a 90 minute trip around the world in search of the wonders of nature.

Sunday, May 28 - 10.30 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. or 1.00 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.

Mini-Beast Safari

Enter into the secret world of VanDusen’s creepy crawly population to appreciate how fabulous these creatures are and what amazing jobs they do.

Sunday, June 18 - 10.30 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. or 1.00 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.

All workshop participants will be invited to exhibit their sculptures with SSBC members from September 1 - 4, and are invited to join in the Reception September 2, 2006 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Whimsical Spirits and Fairies (Clay, Plants, Cheese Cloth and Wax)

This group collaboration and installation will be placed in trees and bushes in the garden during the SSBC members/Participants Exhibition. The installation will be reminiscent of spirits and fairies. Permanent, although delicate creation.

Ages: 8 to Adult.
Wed., July 5
10 am to 1 pm
Members $25
Non-Members $35
Louise Solecki Weir

Part 1 of 2 - Learn the Process in Order to Create Something in Bronze (Clay)

Introduction of the process required in order to create something in bronze demonstrating the steps it takes to reach that point. First class, participants will create a low relief in clay in preparation for Part 2 of the course (see below).

Ages: 12 to Adult
Tues., July 25
10 am to 4 pm
Members $65 (2 classes)
Non-Members $75 (2 classes)
Alex Schick/Cliff Vincenzi

Part 2 of 2 - Learn the Process in Order to Create Something in Bronze (Clay, Plaster, Wax)

Participants will learn how to make a mold from their low reliefs in clay made in Part 1. They will further learn how to make a mold of the clay relief and will then learn how to make a wax of their relief from a plaster mold.

The next step would be to cast it in bronze (optional).

(Information will be available to participants if they wish to proceed to take their low relieves in wax to a foundry to be cast in bronze. Casting cost is not included in this workshop-optional only).

Ages: 12 to Adult
Fri., July 28
10 am to 4 pm
Alex Schick/Cliff Vincenzi

Part 1 of 2 - Create a Woman in Botanical Dress (Wire & Clay)

Participants will create a woman figure in clay around an armature. The participants will cover the woman's dress with shapes they have created of leaves and plant life of the garden in preparation for Part 2 of the course (see below).

Ages: 10 to Adult
Tues., August 1
10 am to 1 pm
Members $65 (2 classes)
Non-Members $75 (2 classes)
Parvaneh Roudgar

Part 2 of 2 - Create a Woman in Botanical Dress (Wire & Clay)

The participants will complete their figures of a woman with a botanical dress with shapes they have created of leaves and plant life of the garden and by hollowing out the clay figures in preparation to be fired in a kiln. (Kiln off premises).

Ages: 10 to Adult
Tues., August 8
10 am to 1 pm
Parvaneh Roudga

Art in the Garden

Participants will explore a variety of ways to incorporate sculpture into their own gardens. Explore different mediums including living sculpture, bronze, concrete and clay. Learn design elements to help incorporate sculpture of various sizes into a garden of any size.

Ages: 12 to Adult
Thurs., August 10
10 am to 1 pm
Members $15
Non-Members $25
Leslie Buerschaper

Make Paper Out of Your Own Garden & Trash (Paper & Water)

Make your own stationary out of what grows in your garden and paper you would otherwise throw away. Recycle your waste into your own personalized paper. You can make paper out of anything with a fiber including flowers, grass, fruits, leaves, bark, and vegetables- anything with a fiber. Examples of molded and shaped sculptural forms out of paper will also be presented.

Ages: 8 to Adult
Wed., August 23
10 am to 1 pm
Members $25
Non-Members $35
Carmen Arguelles-Lasley

Create a Sculpture from a Study in the Garden (Clay)

Participants will work directly from sculptures in the garden and duplicate them in clay. (The sculptures will be fired in a kiln and become a permanent sculpture for the participants. Kiln off premises)

Ages: 8-Adult
Wed., August 30
10 am to 1 pm
Members $25
Non-Members $35

Artists' Demonstrations in the Garden

Artists will work in the Garden at VanDusen during the summer months, demonstrating various processes, techniques, tools and materials. Come out and watch the artists at work and don't hesitate, to ask the artists questions.

Louise Solecki Weir: Saturday, July 8
Alex Schick: Saturday, July 29
Parvaneh Roudgar: Sunday, August 6
Leslie Buerschaper: Saturday, August 12
Shannon Ravenhall: Friday, August 18
Shannon Ravenhall: Saturday, August 19

Exhibition - "In Unison"

SSBC members and Workshop participants

Friday, September 1 through
Monday, September 4, 2006

Carmen Arguelles-Lasley, Colleen McLaughlin Barlow, Leslie Buerschaper, Jean-Guy Dallaire, Gary Davies, Roland DeWilde, Sylvia Escobedo, Graeme Hughes, Georgia Hunter, Naim Iseni, Chris Johnson (Ice Bear), David Kydd, Gerry Knight, Geert Maas, David Marshall, Josette Martinet, Greg Muller, Claire Murgatroyd, Shannon Ravenhall, Parvaneh Roudgar, Alex Schick, George Vlismas, Cliff Vincenzi, Bruce Voyce, David Walker, Louise Weir.

Reception
SSBC Members, Workshop Participants and Guests.

Saturday, September 2, 2006
6:00 p.m. to 9:00p.m.

The Reception/Exhibit will be set to melodic music in the garden.