Culture Days 2022
Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25, 2022
All Ages
Free of Charge, Registration Required
Location: At the Centre
Join us for free Culture Days events on Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25, 2022.
Events on Saturday, September 24, 2022
Family Art: Faux Stained-Glass Jar Lanterns
F22AFSG
Saturday, September 24, 2022
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Culture Days: Free of Charge
Location: At Centre
Sessions: 1 Saturday
Instructor: Toni Caldarone
Level: All Ages
Join us for a morning full of art and fun! Let Toni get you started with a mock stained-glass vase using tissue paper to create your design. All materials included. Registration required.
Register for this event: F22FASG
Darlene Kulig Artist Talk, “The Art of Making Art”
F22FADK
Saturday, September 24, 2022
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Culture Days: Free of Charge
Location: Hybrid: At Centre and live on Zoom
Sessions: 1 Saturday
Speaker: Darlene Kulig
Level: All Ages
Artist Talk Topic: “The Art of Making Art”
Bright and spotted with champagne bubbles that effervesce from the earth, Darlene Kulig’s artworks are utterly joyful. Kulig refers to her style as semi- abstracted spirited landscape. Her stylized art builds on her experience as a graphic designer, and in each new painting she explores light, rhythm, colour, and the life force of her subjects. Registration required.
Register for this event: F22FADK
NPCC Drum Circle
F22FADC
Saturday, September 24, 2022
2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Culture Days: Free of Charge, Rain or Shine
Location: Park, meet at front entrance, if inclement weather then inside Centre
Sessions: 1 Saturday
Facilitator: Ed Lettner
Level: Teens and Adults, 13+
Join the NPCC circle as we play traditional African hand-drumming rhythms led by Ed Lettner from The Music Studio. This event is planned for out-of-doors, in case of inclement weather, we will be moving inside Neilson Park Creative Centre. Beginner to advanced drummers are welcome.
Register here if you have your own drum. Please remember to bring your drum with you!
Register here if you do not have a drum, a drum will be provided for you for the workshop.
Events on Sunday, September 25, 2022
Family Art: 3D Wood Sculpture
F22FA3DS
Sunday, September 25, 2022
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Culture Days: Free of Charge
Location: At Centre
Sessions: 1 Sunday
Instructor: Toni Caldarone
Level: All Ages
It’s amazing what driftwood, wood, and a variety of unique cut wood pieces can become if you let your imagination go wild! Participants will glue together interesting shapes of wood to create animals with character and stand-out abstract sculptures and embellishing them to make them come to life. Families who join are guaranteed to bring home spectacular sculptures. All materials included.
Register for this event: F22FA3DS
Cesar Forero Artist Talk, “The Carnivalesque in contemporary art and new alternative exhibitions spaces”
F22FACF
Sunday, September 25, 2022
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Culture Days: Free of Charge
Location: Art Space Connect Gallery
Sessions: 1 Sunday
Speaker: Cesar Forero
Level: All Ages
Artist Talk Topic: “The Carnivalesque in contemporary art and new alternative exhibition spaces”
The journey of the artist Cesar Forero in a constant search is inspired by the concept of the Carnivalesque. Poetry, dance, figure skating, painting, and sculpture comes together in a single architectonic installation with performance.
Register for this event: F22FACF