160 Workshop Series

160 Workshop Series: To Everything There is a Season, Turn! Turn! Turn!

2009-11-10T21:07:00.000-08:00

To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time to every purpose, under Heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time to every purpose, under Heaven

A time to build up,a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together

To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time to every purpose, under Heaven

A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing

To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time to every purpose, under Heaven

A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time for love, a time for hate
A time for peace, I swear it's not too late

it's a drag

2009-01-31T09:05:00.000-08:00

Shane Watt — It's A Drag from Jeff @ equivocality.com on Vimeo.

I just found this, rummaging through our abandoned 160 Workshop account.
check out the rest of the lovly night here

160 Workshop Series VII - IS FULL

2008-11-27T11:57:00.000-08:00

Come in, Come in...

160 Workshop Series VII

Sunday, 14 December, 5 pm,

160 Primrose ave

If you are a dreamer, come in.

If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer . . .

If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire,

For we have some flax golden tales to spin.

Come in! Come in! ~ Shel Silverstein

The Yes People are hosting a special evening edition of the 160 Workshop series to bring you in from the cold this holiday season.

We invite you to come in for an evening of warm drinks, food, stories, laughter, music, gift making and lots and lots of sharing.

Guests are requested to choose ONE of the following things to share:

Yummy food, and your recipe
A Mixed CD, with a play list
a story to tell, and a copy to read
a gift to make, and instructions

As our gift to you, we will be compiling all of your music, recipes, stories and art along with a year's worth of 160 Workshop handouts, to make you a gift of your sharing.

THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL, CONTACT US IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THE WAITING LIST.

160workshops@gmail.com

160 Workshops VI- One Year Wonder

2008-10-03T05:37:00.000-07:00

Sunday, October 26th, 1-5pm

100-130pm- Birthday cupcakes

130-300pm- Session 1

FULL!
With your own two hands: Hand-built pottery with Dale Smith

Before the invention of the wheel, all pottery was hand made. There are three ways to hand-build pots: slab, coil and pinch. Unfortunately, slab pots take some time to make, as the clay has to dry enough to be handled, so this method will not be included in this workshop. The other two methods are coil pots and pinch pots. Their names tell it all. Coil pots are constructed from coils of clay and the pinch pots are made by squeezing a ball of clay into a container. It isn’t that hard, but the final result can be very satisfying. Please join us and see what you can make with your own hands.

Dale Smith studied pottery at the Vancouver School of Art, and now lives and works in his studio in LeBreton Flats, Ottawa. After moving to Ottawa, he became one of the first craftspeople to have a stand in the, then, newly renovated Byward Market Building. He has participated in numerous craft sales in and around the Ottawa area including, in recent years, the Metcalfe Farmer’s Market. His aim in pottery is craft, not art. While he wants his dishes, bowls, and mugs to have a pleasing proportion, shape and colour, they must always be practical and functional.

FULL!
Wicked Winter: BIKE IT!

As the weather grows colder, people start putting their bikes away...but must they? In this workshop, Sam and Stefan will show you what it takes to be a winter cyclist. We will discuss clothing and gear (balancing thriftiness, comfort and safety), bike maintenance, and basic bike/traffic-handling skills.

Unwilling to surrender her two-wheeled autonomy to the tyranny of public transit schedules, Sam McGavin first hopped on a bike in snow six years ago and hasn't looked back since. Remarkably few scrapes and bruises have ensued, far outweighed by the solidarity and freedom she shares with other four-season cyclists.

Stefan Reinecke has been a four-season urban cyclist and periodic mountain biker since he was 14. He was an active member of Recycles Cycles in Kitchener-Waterloo, a community bike workshop where he fixed old abandoned bikes and helped people work on their own bikes. Stefan believes bicycles are: gorgeous, a tool of liberation, and a crapload of fun.

Full!
Appropriate Comportment through the Dating Life Cycle: For Relationships Both Casual and Complicated

The Dating Life Cycle is a veritable minefield of possible missteps and misunderstandings. The Ms Manners and Etiquette will take you gently by hand and illuminate the way to your assigned seat squarely in the glorious action section. And just in case things go awry whilst you are here, they will also show you how to make your exit with grace and dignity.

Ms Matilda Manners

Ms Manners has spent the bulk of her career studying at the International School of Extreme Politeness in Berne, Switzerland. In 2002, she was awarded her PhD of Mannerly Arts. Her doctoral thesis "The Tea Service as an Ongoing Paradigm of Modern Moral Disarray" is seen as one of the school's groundbreaking texts.

Ms Edwina Etiquette

For the past 20 years, Ms Etiquette has dedicated her life to helping those less mannerly than herself. After completing her studies at the Institute for Painstaking Politeness in Vienna, she has filled the position of Gentle Instructress at the Emily Post Memorial Halfway House for the Formerly Rude. She also volunteers as an "Excuse Me, But Please Would You Stop That" ambassador on the OC Transpo system.

FULL!
Uplifting smells, slippery soaps, and suds: Making soap and essential oils

Learn how to make chemical-free soaps using vegetable-based oils and essential oils. Stop relying on corporate, chemically-induced products and make your own. This workshop will show you the basics when it comes to mixing, matching and producing a wide-variety of soaps and soap products.

Nicole Leroux is a certified aromatherapist, massage therapist and reiki master who operates Uplifting Senses, a holistic healing home-based business. Her passion is in supporting people maximize their physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.

300pm-430pm- Session 2

FULL!
With your own two hands: Hand-built pottery with artist Dale Smith

Before the invention of the wheel, all pottery was hand made. There are three ways to hand-build pots: slab, coil and pinch. Unfortunately, slab pots take some time to make, as the clay has to dry enough to be handled, so this method will not be included in this workshop. The other two methods are coil pots and pinch pots.
Their names tell it all. Coil pots are constructed from coils of clay and the pinch pots are made by squeezing a ball of clay into a container. It isn’t that hard, but the final result can be very satisfying. Please join us and see what you can make with your own hands.

Dale Smith studied pottery at the Vancouver School of Art, and now lives and works in his studio in LeBreton Flats, Ottawa. After moving to Ottawa, he became one of the first craftspeople to have a stand in the, then, newly renovated Byward Market Building. He has participated in numerous craft sales in and around the Ottawa area including, in recent years, the Metcalfe Farmer’s Market. His aim in pottery is craft, not art. While he wants his dishes, bowls, and mugs to have a pleasing proportion, shape and colour, they must always be practical and functional.

FULL!
Self-preservation: Canning Made Easy

In this hands-on workshop you will prepare and can your own salsa using fresh, local ingredients. Learn basic home canning techniques that will allow you to preserve a variety of foods to warm you up during winter! Chips will be provided for quality control purposes (i.e. sampling the goods).

Leela enjoys preparing for the apocalypse by growing, preparing and preserving all kinds of tasty things. This year she started a community garden to share her passion with other green thumbs in the neighbourhood. She has been making and canning her own salsa, jam, and fruit for several years, and has given food preservation workshops through Just Food.

FULL!
Intransigent Intaglio: Printmaking with Beth, just got better

Intaglio (pronounced in-TAL-YO!) is a family of printmaking techniques in which the image is scratched into a surface, known as the plate. This workshop will explore dry point technique which is a fun, easy and cheap way to make beautiful artist quality prints at home. I can see some of you scratching your head right now. I hear the nay-sayers:

"What about a printing press, Beth? What - You think you're smarter than Johann Gutenberg?"

Well that's where it just got better.
Who needs a printing press when you can drive over those suckers with your car?
That's right, we're going hardcore.

FULL!
Simple songs with Dave Tough

Music can be as mind-blastingly complicated and technically challenging as you want to make it, but at its most basic it's just the sound of things hitting things and vibrating. This workshop is intended to de-mystify the process of making music, by focusing on some bedrock concepts and secret short-cuts designed to take you from pregnant silence to tuneful wacking in a few fun minutes. If you have an instrument - especially one, like a keyboard, guitar or percussion instrument, that you either know how to play at least a teensy bit and/or that doesn't take any real skill to make a sound on - please bring it along.

Dave Tough is a musician and a perpetual student. He moved to Ottawa two years ago after making trouble and noise in Peterborough, Ontario (banjo capital of Canada) for over a decade. He makes sound on a number of different instruments including his own larynx, and strongly approves of others doing the same.

PLAY: Sunday 29 June

2008-06-09T16:13:00.000-07:00

PLAY: 160 Workshop Series V
1-5 pm, Sunday 29 June
5$ Suggested Donation

One O'clock: "nice to see or meet you" over lemondade and popsicles

One Thirty: Session 1

PLAY with your words: Storytelling with the Ottawa Storytellers
"A story has to be learned before it can be shared." Donna will tell you a tale or two, and at least one story to take home and share. She will let you in on a couple of the finer details of storytelling, so you will be better equipped for all those late nights around the campfire or patio this summer. This will include some simple tips to discover how you can best learn a story, what makes a good story and how to craft an adventure into a story.

Donna Stewart is a storytelling elder who has told stories for over half a century. She has given workshops to children, teens, adults and seniors.

PLAY with your food: Fun foods for summer with Sweet Rhubarb
Cooking, eating, growing, sharing; Sweet Rhubarb loves food and everything about it. Let her show you the fun side of food, with playful ways of presenting, cool facts, and (as always!) tasty treats. Flowers you can eat, treasures in your cupcakes, magical microbes…It’ll be a rollicking good time in the kitchen.

Sweet Rhubarb (aka Kelly Butler) has been feeding family and friends since she was a youngin’. When she isn’t preparing a feast for the ones she loves, she’s cooking up a storm for The Sweet Spot, her recently launched catering business.

PLAY with yourself: Erotic drawing with illustrator Sarah Mangle
Participants will have a chance to draw, and play with themes of sex...
We will be looking at, and drawing erotic images, talking about how drawing can turn us on, and learning a little history of erotic drawing. The group will discuss source material, places to submit erotic drawing to be published, self publishing, and postal sex. Whether you are a Pre-Raphaelite or someone who has no idea what that means, all abilities are welcome
Sarah Mangle's illustrations have appearded in Queersafe zine, the SENSE project manual, Lickety split 4, and 5. She also writes music (wet nose hero), and zines (squirrel grrl) and she is the co-host to Audio Smut, CKUT 90.3's show about sex. She lives in Montreal with Logan dog.

Three O'clock: Session 2

PLAY inside: Game-a-thon
We're not looking for scrabble here folks! Bring a game that is unique, and that people may have never played before. Maybe a family card game, or a hand-carved board from your last trip, just make sure you know how to play and that you can teach others. Several tables will be set up and people will take turns playing each game, and taking on new opponents.

PLAY outside: Group games in the park
Human Knot? Capture the flag? Sardines? Common – Surely you've got a game that no one knows? Bring the rules and equipment to your favorite group game/activity. Make sure it is easy to explain, and doesn't have too many rules. Participants can take turns showing the group their favorite game. Players and leaders needed.

PLAY with each other: 5-minute, flash-fact, skill-sharing-fun!
Do you know how to make a great paper airplane? Make a radish into a flower? Have a secret tip about how to hem pants? Know the best knot for tying a canoe to a car? Bring your best tips, ideas, skills and lessons on any topic, to share with the group. You've got 5 minutes, max.

Four thirty: Show and Tell. And more popsicles.

Spring to Life, Sunday 27 April, 2008

2008-04-06T19:14:00.000-07:00

*We are pleased to announce that thanks to the generous donations from this workshop, we were able to donate $75 to the Venus Envy Bursary Fund.

Session 1 - 1:30- 3:00

a) Heal thy self: Herbal remedies
The workshop will cover herbal medicine and its uses, including how to use different plants - infusions, decoctions, tinctures, and oils. Participants will also learn about how an alcohol-based tincture is made.

Julie Allard has studied herbal medicine in Montreal and is currently a social work student at Carleton University. She is interested in alternative health within a social justice context.

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b) RAW: Putting dinner on the table - a Raw Asian dinner party
FULL

This workshop will teach you how to make raw appetizers, sides and an entrée. We’re going beyond making a basic salad here! By the end of the workshop, you’ll be able to make a quick and healthy raw dinner consisting of tasty no-rice sushi, a marinated salad and a delicious Asian “noodle” dish. This workshop will also explain the health benefits of the raw lifestyle, the basic ‘rules’ and provide you with tips on how to incorporate more living foods into your diet.

*Allergy warning: Unfortunately there will be a large amount of nuts used in this workshop.

Ben Kaelan René is a Fine Arts graduate of the Ottawa School of Art whose creativity isn’t limited to the studio; it happens in the kitchen too! He became vegan 8 years ago and has been transitioning to raw-veganism over the course of the last year. His passion for veggie culinary arts prompted him to lead his own online cooking club on vegsource.com and start his own vegan cooking blog: A decadent conspiracy. His approach to the raw lifestyle focuses primarily on harnessing the healing power of raw-foods and promoting detoxification.

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c) Chains and grease: Softcore bike repair

FULL

The workshop will focus on the basics of keeping your bike clean and healthy. We will review the parts of a bike and the elements of a safe-bike check. Participants will learn how to clean their chain, fix a flat tire, and adjust their seat and handle height. No prior bike-repair knowledge is required, but bringing your bike is ideal!

Sam McGavin has been a dedicated urban cyclist for ten years, and started learning about bike repair shortly afterwards when she was too broke to visit a mechanic. She thinks fixing bikes is great for getting to know your bike better, being thrifty, being safe, and feeling like a sexy grease-monkey mama.

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Session 2 - 3:00 - 4:30

a) Catch your breath - Yoga at home
Although company is stronger than willpower, setting aside even a few minutes for personal practice at home can deepen your experience of yoga. We will start the workshop with a discussion of bandhas and breathing, as well as considerations for setting up a space. We'll then move through two sequences of postures, one energizing and one relaxing, with suggestions for modifications. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a mat (if you don't have a mat - let us know when you register and we can find you one)

Megan Butcher has been practicing yoga for just over two years, mostly in the Hatha and Ashtanga traditions. She is not a trained instructor; she just really wants to share the joy. When she's not breathing, she is also a librarian and a writer: you can read about her occasionally salacious life at: asteroideapress.com.

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b) RAW: Make me something sweet to eat - Raw decadent desserts
FULL
Leave your easy-bake ovens at home! We’re going to make decadent desserts that are also good for you. These desserts will be devoid of dairy, eggs, sugar, flour and heat but not devoid of taste. Recipes covered include raw-date squares, tasty chocolate-nutty cups, and a raw-some chocolate mousse dessert. We’ll also learn how to make a killer virgin chocolate martini!

*Allergy warning: Unfortunately there will be a large amount of nuts used in this workshop.

Ben Kaelan René is a Fine Arts graduate of the Ottawa School of Art whose creativity isn’t limited to the studio; it happens in the kitchen too! He became vegan 8 years ago and has been transitioning to raw-veganism over the course of the last year. His passion for veggie culinary arts prompted him to lead his own online cooking club on vegsource.com and start his own vegan cooking blog: A decadent conspiracy. His approach to the raw lifestyle focuses primarily on harnessing the healing power of raw-foods and promoting detoxification.

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C) Chains and grease - Hardcore bike repair
FULL

The workshop will focus on brakes and gears. Participants will learn how to tighten and adjust their brakes, replace brake pads, and make minor derailleur adjustments. Time permitting, we will touch on bottom brackets and cable replacement. Although this workshop will be "hardcore", there are no prerequisites besides a willingness to get your hands dirty. Bring your bike if you can.

Stefan Reinecke has been a four-season urban cyclist and periodic mountain biker since he was 14. He was an active member of Recycles Cycles in Kitchener-Waterloo, a community bike workshop where he fixed old abandoned bikes and helped people work on their own bikes. Stefan believes bicycles are: gorgeous, a tool of liberation, and a crapload of fun.

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160 Workshop Series III

2008-01-31T11:11:00.000-08:00

Ill Communication- February 24th

2008-01-31T10:57:00.000-08:00

160 Workshop Series- Ill Communication

Sunday, February 24th, 2008
1pm-5pm

Take your pick of A-C for the 130pm-3pm timeslot.

A) Video for Virgins: Start Out Shooting PART 1/2
FULL!

This workshop will teach you to videotape and edit a short segment on any topic, from spoof ad, to mini-dramatic moment, to reportage, to poetic collage, to music video, to how to capture those special "moments" with friends and family...whatever you can dream up and execute in 1.5 hours!

In Part I, you'll learn a) the basics of framing and composition, using natural light, b) how to use a mic to improve audio quality, and c) the basics to get a good picture. Your own video camera welcome, but not required.

Ron Evans, who will be leading Part I, has been dabbling in film and video since the mid 1960's starting with Super8 film and progressing through VHS, Hi8, DV and now HDV. His main hobby is shooting archive video with several cameras for local theatre and dance groups. Now retired from his 9-5 job, he has been finding time to make a splash on the Ottawa video scene.

Cathy Edwards, who was instrumental in coming up with the Video for Virgins workshop, has been making fiction and non-fiction films and videos since 1988. She has won regional and national awards, including best news magazine on cable TV in Canada. She's currently working on a six-part documentary series for Canadian Learning TV, Access, and PBS about community TV around the world. You can find her on the web at: www.timescape.ca.

B) Cutting and Pasting Just Got Fun: Intro to Photoshop
FULL!

This workshop will introduce participants to many of the basic tools available to edit your photos in Photoshop and create creative digital artworks. Learn how to balance colours, patch up problem backgrounds or foregrounds, add entirely new layers to your photos and cut and paste like you never imagined. This can be useful for those who want to spice up posters, flyers or art projects more generally.

Jenn Farr is an Ottawa-based artist and event-organizer extraordinaire. In her spare time, she also works for a leading international human rights organization and spends copious amounts of time with those she loves.

C) Fill in the Blanks: Blogs 101
7 Spots Left...

This workshop will introduce participants to the basics in designing and maintaining a blog. By the end of the workshop, participants will know how to set up a blog, add photos, text and video, in addition to linking to other blogs/websites.

Darryl Leroux has been a blogger for a year. He believes that one day we'll live in a radically different world, one that feels much more than the one we currently inhabit. Lost in this dream, he talks to people he doesn't know (and many he does) about surfing, taxidermy and the cost of fresh fruit in 1603.
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Take your Pick of A-C for the 3pm-430pm timeslot.

A) Video Virgins: Intro to editing PART 2 /2
FULL!

This workshop will teach you to videotape and edit a short segment on any topic, from spoof ad, to mini-dramatic moment, to reportage, to poetic collage, to music video, to how to capture those special "moments" with friends and family...whatever you can dream up and execute in 3 hours!

In Part II, you'll learn to upload your shots to a laptop and edit them with Adobe Premiere. Your own laptop welcome but not required.

Carolyn Lecorre, who will be leading Part II, has been working as a video editor for the past four years, lending her skills to corporate, governmental and TV productions, including a youth series, Mon premier emploi (My First Job), which is currently playing on TFO. She has also worked at the University of Ottawa where she taught video editing to students taking Video I and Electronic Journalism courses. She studied audiovisual media in Stuttgart, Germany, at the Fachhochschule Stuttgart - Hochschule der Medien (Stuttgart Media University) and has a Bachelor's degree in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson University in Toronto. She keeps learning everyday about her craft and aspires to direct her own documentary someday.

B) Talk With Your Hands: Intro to Sign Language
4 Spots Left...

This workshop will explore such things as basic alphabet and counting systems in American Sign Language (ASL). Participants will have ample opportunity to practice and move during the workshop in order to develop their abilities. By the end of it, participants will be able to ask simple questions and respond accordingly (and maybe add a few key swear words too!)

Alan Jeans is a professional actor, a director, playwright, musician and theatre teacher. He began learning sign language in his teens in order to converse with his deaf aunt, uncle, and cousins. Recently, he has been learning sign language on a more formal level at Canadian Hearing Society and Algonquin College where he has completed level 5 of 8 toward ASL certification.

c) How-to HTML (and a little CSS to make it interesting)
4 Spots Left...

This workshop will focus on easy HTML and CSS on a budget. You will be introduced to free tools (freeware and free software) and simple techniques that will get you coding on your own without investing in high-end design software. You will learn techniques for building your own stand-alone site and/or for marking up your contributions to message boards or social networking sites, and get a modest theoretical grounding in what is going on under the hood in more complicated Web design software. At the end of the workshop, you will have created a tiny Web page with your own content which conforms to modern standards.

In his circuitous path to becoming a health statistician, Eric Hortop learned about Web design as a young entrepreneur (starting back when blink tags were cool), and studied communications and digital and traditional print techniques (where he first met Beth S. in the late 1990's!) along with a fair bit of math at Dawson College and Concordia University in Montreal. His media-building interests lean toward semantic coding, free software and nice readable fonts. He lives in Hull with singer-songwriter-pianist Elizabeth Bruce and his cat Noisette.

The December Series- Photos, with Some Reflections from the Snowbank

2007-12-17T14:20:00.000-08:00

The 160 Workshop Series II has come and gone with the snow squalls. Thank you everyone for braving the record snowfall, a blizzard the size of which has not been seen in at least 10 years. The sight of so many bundled up people trudging (and skiing!) through the snow and wind outside our windows to our doorstep warmed our hearts and our spirits. Thank you to Elizabeth B., Brad, Amber, Kelly, Eliza (and of course Beth!) for leading the workshops, and to all the eager participants.

We're planning our next edition for February, so stay tuned, we'll update our blog periodically.

Old-school sewing

Colourful Crafts

Magnets Speak the Truth

Crochet with the Stars

Assemblages, thereabouts.

Abstract feels good.

Energy Savings

Signing Out

For more photos from the December and October series, click here.

Sunday, 16, December 1:00-5:00 PM

2007-12-01T12:36:00.001-08:00

HOW-to Holiday - Sunday December 16, 2008

2007-12-01T11:43:00.000-08:00

Information about upcoming workshops,
and your workshop-givers...

1:30 - 3:00 choose one....

A) Make your Nest the Best: Energy Saving Winter Tips
FULL!
Are you dreaming of a 'green' Christmas? Energy saving tips you can use to keep the warm air in, the cold air out, and your energy costs low. Hands on demonstrations of practical, low cost solutions for any living arrangements. Learn about door and window heat loss, furnace maintenance, hot water usage and other energy conservation tips. These ideas will help you save energy while also saving 'green'. A true win-win for the environment and for your wallet.

Bradley lives in the neighbourhood and takes a keen interest in all things green. Though he’s an impeccable dresser, he mostly enjoys the lesser things in life, like getting his hands dirty and his knees wet.

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b) A quickie with 2 girls at once
FULL!
This workshop, hosted by crafters Beth Sweeney and Eliza Von Baeyer, will give you a whole whack of demos on quick, easy, HOT and inexpensive gift ideas for the holidays. In addition, you will take home your very own - HOW-TO-HOLIDAY booklet with a description of everything we teach. Stencils, magnets, books, bags, pins, paper flowers, and so much more!

Bring some extra magazines if you have them…

Beth - lives at 160 Primrose and she's a self-proclaimed problem-solving idea's person. She prefers to make art for people then just for the sake of making art, making the holidays a particularly fun time for her.

Eliza - is a guest at 160 Primrose and is a public servant by day, PhD student by night and crafter here and there in between. She hosts a weekend 'Crafternoon' throughout the winter months and sells her jewellery and artsy-craftsy wares on the outdoor festival circuit in Spring-Summer.

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c) Intro to Crocheting
FULL!
This workshop will introduce participants to crocheting skills such as how to chain, single crochet, crochet in the round and decrease. If you don’t know what any of that means, then maybe it’s time to find out. At the end of the workshop participants will have a small gift to give to Stephen Harper , Mayor Larry O'Brian....or a loved one.

Amber’s great-grandmother taught her how to crochet when she was five. Her first projects were a sleeping bag for her Barbie and slippers for her Cabbage Patch doll. As she grew older she became more interested in horses and then boys and forgot about her hook and yarn. Many years later a friend re-introduced her to the craft in university and Amber has had crochet fever ever since. One of her favourite winter pastimes is curling up on the couch with a cup of tea, a hook and a ball of yarn.
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3:00 - 4:30 Choose one....

a) Patchwork for Gangsters*
FULL!
This workshop, will explore how fabric can be applied (or appliquéd) in several manners. Participants will learn how to apply non-fraying fabric (such as t-shirt jersey), as well as fraying fabric using a number of different techniques.

Participants should bring a t-shirt (or anything else you would like to spruce up - pillow case, bag, pants, knickers....

Elizabeth is a singer/songwriter/music teacher from Ottawa. She learned to sew as a child. Nowadays she mostly sews for herself and friends, but she also sells her work at Workshop Boutique on Dalhousie under the brand name Kallisti. In the past she has made costumes for several theatre companies in Montreal, such as Geordie Productions, Tuesday Night Café, the Saidye Bronfman Centre, and the McGill Theatre Department.
*This includes all people who get-together and plot revolution regularly, semi-regularly or once-in-a-while. After all, we need to look good while we’re at it.

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b) Yes, You Can: Drawing, illustrating and zine-making for those who think they can’t - with Montreal-based Artist Sarah Mangle

FULL!

"I'm not an artist, I can't draw" - well think again.

Sarah Mangle will show you that drawing, illustrating and zine-making, is within reach, and help you to realize that life is too short for creativity hang-ups. Whether you are a Pre-Raphaelite, or someone who has no idea what that means, all abilities are welcome.

Sarah currently lives in Montreal...although maybe not for much longer. She is a kind loving soul originally from Wolfville NS, who looks great in lime green hotpants. She is a musician and a wet-nosed hero. She is a sex-educating, radio dj who draws, makes zines about her alter-ego squirrel grrl and is a dear friend of many.

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c) Hostess with the mostess (Kelly Butler): entertaining the masses without breaking a sweat
FULL!

"Food does get burnt, and I have frequently wanted to kill people (always one of the kids, not the guests). Stuff happens; roll with it."

Kitchen-diva Kelly will share a few tricks and tips that make entertaining easy (easier). Shortcuts, secrets, and the inside scoop on successful dinner parties. Kelly believes in the importance of sitting down and sharing a meal with those we love, and that's how she defines hospitality. ANYONE can do this;

Kelly can say this emphatically since she's been feeding friends and family since she was a youngin'. She's had more than one dinner party on the living room floor (18, first apartment, no furniture...)

Sunday 21 October, 2007

2007-11-20T19:32:00.001-08:00

A selection of photos from the inaugural 160 Workshop Series.

Your hosts- Beth & Darryl
(Photo: Denise MacDonald)

Matt leading the sound recording workshop
(Photo: Darryl Leroux)

Vegan muffins ready to bake
(Photo: Darryl Leroux)

Book-making supplies
(Photo: Darryl Leroux)

Vegan splendour from the cake-decorating crew
(Photo: Denise MacDonald)

Jenn leading the t-shirt design factory
(Photo: Denise MacDonald)

Beat matching in the living room

(Photo: Denise MacDonald)

The needle
(Photo: Denise MacDonald)

View the rest of the photos from the first installment here.