I'll be going to the #sewing drop in days several times this Summer. In June, I'm going to work on hemming some dresses & pants.

The inclusive & accessible #community #ArtHub is at Quadra Community Centre in #QuadraVillage. The #arts hub is run by #AlterArts.

More info:
https://www.alterarts.ca/arthub

#YYJ #artists #ComeAndCreate #CommunityArts #crafts #ByDonation #ArtsAndCrafts #MakeStuff #CreativeProjects #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #YYJArt

My fave #BigTree yesterday, was this large #HorseChestnut #tree on a side road beside Wark Street Commons Community Park in #VictoriaBC in #QuadraVillage.

In Britain & Ireland, their seeds are used for the popular children's game conkers. During WWI there was a campaign asking everyone to collect the seeds & donate to the government. The #conkers were used as a source of #starch for #fermentation using the Clostridium acetobutylicum method devised by Chaim Weizmann to produce #acetone for use as a solvent for the production of #cordite, which was then used in #MilitaryArmaments. Weizmann's process could use any source of starch, but the government chose to ask for conkers to avoid causing starvation by depleting food sources. But conkers were found to be a poor source & the factory only produced acetone for 3 months; however, they were collected again in WWII for the same reason.

#TreeTrivia #nature #Arbor #UrbanTrees #YYJtrees #LekwungenTerritory #YYJ #Treehugger #TreeLovers #MightyTree #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #PNW #UrbanNature

City of Victoria Artist in Residence Kemi Craig is hosting an experimental #workshop with collaborating artist Trudi Lynn Smith and guest artist Josh Ngenda from Flux Media that will introduce participants to alternative ways of developing #AnalogueFilm using #indigo and other #PlantBased materials.

Participants will be given strips of film which they can use to explore images produced by a variety of plant-based developers and tints, with a focus on indigo. No experience with dark room process is needed. All materials will be supplied.

This event will be hosted outdoors.
Pre-registration required.
More info in AltText on event poster below.

#Art #CreativeWorkshop #LekwungenTerritory #VictoriaBC #LearnFromArtists #Printmaking #PhotoDeveloping #Cultural #YYJ #QuadraVillage #CommunityLearning #CommunityArt