Stanza: Growth 🌱Book Release & Gallery Reception THIS SATURDAY!

It's time! The book release and gallery opening reception for Stanza: Growth is this Saturday, April 11, starting at 6pm! Our annual art and poetry anthology pairs visual artists with poets to provide art-poetry pairs that are then collected into a book!

Pick up the book with this year's botanical theme, and enjoy seeing a gallery of contributed artworks. Several of the contributing poets will also be giving a live reading of their work starting at 6:30, so don't be late! 🌱

Need whistles?

For a while, whistle kits were moving faster than we were getting resupplied, but we have a healthy surplus of them now. If you want whistles for your community group, friends, etc, feel free to take as many as you'd like!

Want us to bulk ship whistles somewhere? Let us know!

The news may have moved on to other horrors, but the kidnappings have continued in lower profile. Keep aware and prepared!

Call for Art: Cats of Ballard

Cats of Ballard is returning in June, this time as a group show!

Do you have art of cats in Ballard? Submit them by May 31st for consideration! 😺

Need some cats to draw or paint? We've compiled some photos of Ballard cat residents for you!

TONIGHT, April 7, 6:00 PM: Join us at Hattie's Hat for our twice-monthly casual artist meetup, Ballard Sketch Team! It's a good way to get some doodle time in while catching up with fellow artists, seeing what they're up to, and having a good drink. 🍻

Wednesday, April 8, 3:30 PM: The multi-week block of Teen Art After School running from April 8 to May 6 is SOLD OUT! The final series for the semester is Fundamentals of Printmaking running from May 20–June 10 and there are still plenty of spaces left for that one! 🎒

Wednesday, April 8, 6:00 PM: Art is for everyone, and Watercolor (is) for Everyone too! Explore this amazing medium in this introductory, beginner-friendly painting class for students of all levels! 🪼

Saturday, April 11, 10:00 AM: Learn how to separate layers and colors for Risograph printing at Procreate at Designing for Risograph in Procreate! Yes, it's what it says on the tin. :D TWO SPOTS LEFT!

Saturday, April 11, 6:00 PM: It's opening night for STANZA! This year's theme is Growth! Come grab a copy of the new anthology, check out the beautiful works by contributing artists, and listen to participating poets read their work! Poetry reading starts at 6:30, don't be late! 📚

Sunday, April 12, 11:00 AM: Botanical Printing Sampler is back! Explore and experiment with a variety of printing techniques -- including monotype gel plate printing, hammered printing, rubbings and more -- using gifts from nature! 🌿

Monday, April 13, 11:00 AM: The trees are in bloom, but that's not all! Join us for Botanical Sketching at Ballard Locks as we capture spring into our sketchbooks, and learn about a variety of botanicals in the beautiful garden too! 🌷

Monday, April 13, 6:00 PM: It can be hard to make time to make things, but Part-Time Poets' Club can be that time if you let it! Come work on your poetry while hanging out with other poets! 🖊️ FREE MEETUP.

Tuesday, April 14, 5:00 PM: TWO SPOTS LEFT for Acrylic Painting Cats! Paint your favourite feline, or perhaps you can paint a Cat of Ballard and then submit it to our show? 😽

Wednesday, April 15, 6:00 PM: This month's Drawing Techniques will cover drawing from imagination! Find inspiration in fun prompts as we work through stretching your creative muscles! 🐲

Thursday, April 16, 5:00 PM: Why ink with a dip pen when normal pens are right there? Explore different nibs, the strengths of each, and how nibs might benefit your drawing preferences at Inking with Dip Pens! ✒️

Friday, April 17, 5:30 PM: Make an Embroidery Book is one part fiber arts inspiration and "sketching" and one part secret book binding class! Make yourself a "sketchbook" to fill with stitch experimentation, thread and color tests, embroidery doodles and more! 🧵

Friday, April 17, 8:00 PM: Is it already time for our monthly Live Figure Drawing session? Bring your favourite drawing tools and settle in for poses long and short! The human body is a marvel; you can never know enough about how it moves or even how it holds still.

Saturday, April 18, 2:00 PM: What's up with watercolor's opaque cousin? How is it different anyway? Why is it such a weird word? Find out at All About Gouache! 🌲

Sunday, April 19, 11:00 AM: It's back!! Come Make Your Own Cursed "Lafufu" with Holly using thrifted toys, dolls, and more! Why buy into the latest hyped up manufactured good when you can get messy making something super weird with parts from previous hyped up (or not) manufactured goods?! 🦷

Sunday, April 19, 7:15 PM: News gets buried by other news. So much of it is impactful and horrible, it can be hard to focus on anything, but can still do something. Take it one step at a time at Riff Raff League. We'll figure it out together. ✊ FREE MEETUP.

Thrilled participants from a past Make Your Own Cursed Lafufu! What horrible creature will you bring to life?!?! 🦷