Youth Workshop – Visual Exploration Club – Ages 15-18
2024-01-25 15:30 - 16:30, 2024-02-08 15:30 - 16:30, 2024-02-22 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Vancouver) | VISAC Gallery, 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail, V1R 2J5
This bi-weekly club has a different theme per session. Participants will explore a variety of materials to gain confidence in their art making, building a sketchbook to reflect their growth as an artist. Themes include: Watercolour, Clay & 3D Art, Repainting Thrifted Art, and Paper Mosaic.
When: Thursdays (bi-weekly) 3:30pm-4:30pm
Duration: Jan 11-May 16, 2024 (No VEC club during Spring Break)
Age: 15 – 18
Class fee: $80 for 9 classes (January – May); or $10 drop-in per youth

Where:

VISAC Gallery – Under the red gallery awning
1501 Cedar Ave, Trail
Lower Level of Selkirk Building

Please email info@visacgallery.com with any questions.

Family Literacy Day at the Nelson Museum
2024-01-27 10:00 - 11:30 | Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery, 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, V1L 4E7, Canada
Ginia Jmieff will be visiting the Museum and reading her latest book ‘Follow Me to the Golden Tree’ and other great children’s titles for Family Literacy Day! This event is FREE and open to the public, no registration is required.

Rossland Winter Carnival at the Museum
2024-01-27 10:00 - 2024-01-28 17:00 | Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre, 1100 Hwy 3B | Junction of Hwys 3B & 22, Rossland, BC, V0G 1Y0, Canada
We’re celebrating Rossland Winter Carnival with outdoor, family-friendly activities all weekend!
Drop by the museum between 10 am and 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday, January 27-28th to get lost in our snow maze, enter our annual snowman-building competition, test your daring on our toboggan run, sip a hot drink, savour some maple taffy, and soak up the warmth of our campfire!
Entry by donation all weekend.

More info and full schedule: www.rosslandmuseum.ca/news/2024/carnival

Preschool Workshop – Itty Bitty Art Time
2024-01-30 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-02-06 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-02-13 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-02-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-02-27 11:00 - 12:00 | VISAC Gallery, 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail, V1R 2J5
Looking to explore art and creativity with the little kiddo in your life?
The instructor, Erin Shuttleworth, will prepare projects focused on process and sensory activities that engage your preschoolers with colour, texture, and fun! Please be aware that this class gets messy, so send children in comfortable play clothes.
Children ages 2-5 yrs old (one adult helper per child or group of children is required.)
These classes coincide with Trail Gymnastics – make it an engaging morning for your preschooler by signing up with them as well.
When:
12 or 16 Tuesday mornings with two class time options
10:00 am – 10:45 am
11:00 am – 11:45 am
12-week series: January 16-April 16, 2024 (No classes during Spring Break)
16-week series: January 16-May 14, 2024 (No classes during Spring Break)
Where:
VISAC Gallery
1501 Cedar Ave, Trail
Lower Level of Community Building downtown
Class fee: $80 for 12 weeks, or $100 for 16 weeks, per child.

Youth Workshop – Visual Exploration Club – Ages 7-10
2024-01-31 15:30 - 16:30, 2024-02-14 15:30 - 16:30, 2024-02-28 15:30 - 16:30 | VISAC Gallery, 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail, V1R 2J5
This bi-weekly club, facilitated by comic artist Erin Shuttleworth, encourages inquisitiveness and exploration, with a supportive environment and topics to focus activities. Participants will experiment with materials, style and subject matter to develop their confidence and support future artistic growth.
When: Wednesdays (bi-weekly) 3:30pm-4:30pm
Duration: Jan 17-May 22, 2024 (No classes during Spring Break)
Age: 7 – 10
Class fee: $80 for 9 classes (Jan – May); or $10 drop-in per youth
Where:
VISAC Gallery – Under the red gallery awning
1501 Cedar Ave, Trail
Lower Level of Selkirk Building
Please email info@visacgallery.com with any questions.

Youth Workshop – Visual Exploration Club – Ages 11-14
2024-02-01 15:30 - 16:30, 2024-02-15 15:30 - 16:30 | VISAC Gallery, 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail, V1R 2J5
This bi-weekly club has a different theme per session. Participants will explore a variety of materials to gain confidence in their art making, building a sketchbook to reflect their growth as an artist. Themes include: Watercolour, Clay & 3D Art, Repainting Thrifted Art, and Paper Mosaic.
When: Thursdays (bi-weekly) 3:30pm-4:30pm
Duration: Jan 18-May 23, 2024 (Note that there will be no VEC club during Spring Break)
Age: 11 – 14
Class fee: $80 for 9 classes (January – May); or $10 drop-in per youth

Where:

VISAC Gallery – Under the red gallery awning
1501 Cedar Ave, Trail
Lower Level of Selkirk Building

Please email info@visacgallery.com with any questions.

Winter Carnival
2024-02-03 12:00 - 22:00 | Expo Park, Slocan
A community not-for-profit event!
Family friendly and no alcohol served.
By donation $0 – $50 sliding scale.
Pay-what-you-can/ Pay-it-forward.
All day local Kootenay performers!
12:00 Jasmine Wiley Lu
12:30 Merlin with Harlow Rose
1:00 Mike Meaney
1:30 Kate Smyles
2:30 Barnharmonics
3:00 Puppets on the Move
3:30 Beaten Brass
4:00 Amy Heasman
4:30 Avery Florence with Kevin Welch
5:30 DJ Dubconcious
6:30 The Weavertons
7:30 Chancla Mojada
8:30 Dragon Slayer Fire Dance
9:00 The Gravy Train
And so much more!
*Ice Slide
*Snow sculptures
*Tea Lounge
*Local art
*Fire pits
*Carnival games with prizes hosted by Slocan Valley Youth Network including snow mini golf, rally race, free maple syrup on snow and snow cones, and many more games!
*Raffle prizes including a 2-night gift package for a stay at Halcyon Hotsprings!

Food and Artisan Vendors including:
Oh My Lard
Foodhini
Tasty Times Vegan Eatery
Free workshops too!
Snow sculpting- PM to register!
Lantern making
Wood snowflake painting
Elemental Journey’s Nature Connection with games, songs and mindfulness

And there’s more…
Afterparty dance at The Slocan Legion!
By donation $0- $20
502 Harold Street, 10pm- 1am
No alcohol served

Satellite events around the Village
TBA

We are currently looking for volunteers <3
Duties may include: Promotion, ice slide monitor, shoveling, security, collecting donations, fire caretaker, garbage clean up, and afterparty dance security, reception and clean up.
Email treehuggersocietybc@outlook.com for more info.

DIY Valentines Cardmaking
2024-02-08 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-02-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery, 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, V1L 4E7, Canada
The Nelson Museum is hosting a free workshop with local papercraft artist, Jenine Lillian, who will teach you fun and simple techniques to create one-of-a-kind artwork to share with your favourite people. Give them out to your barista that always remembers your name, that cashier who always says hi, the trash collectors that brave the elements, your new neighbours and more!
Skills required are suitable for ages 10 and up. Younger participants may need assistance from parents or guardians.

Local Art Studio Opening – Balfour, Green Road
2024-02-09 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-10 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-16 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-17 13:00 - 16:00 | Donna Rodman Art Studio, 1259 Green Road, Balfour, V0G 1C0, Canada
All ages event. By appointment to private home. Tea/wine served. Fine artist in new business with oil canvases and limited edition prints for sale. Content is cultural, abstract realism, eco art, fine oil painting works. Seeking commissions. Community spirit: ideas and donations welcome for Arts Council projects.

Polka Dot Dragon Lantern Festival
2024-02-09 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-02-10 17:00 - 19:00 | Lakeside Park, 1900 Lakeside Dr., Nelson, V1L 5S4, Canada
This year the Polka Dot Dragon Lantern Festival will start with a community lantern parade on Baker Street. Bring a lantern and gather at Hall Street Plaza at 6pm on Friday, February 9th and join with Moving Mosaic Samba Band, the dragon puppet, and other performers for a fun and beautiful procession down Baker Street. On Saturday, February 10th the festival continues with an outdoor gallery at Lakeside Park from 5:00-7:00 pm. Come and enjoy the lantern installations and ambient performances at this beloved community festival. This year’s theme is Deep Sea Dreamscape!

Pollination Pathways Speaker Series
2024-02-15 17:00 - 18:00 | Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery, 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, V1L 4E7, Canada
The Nelson Museum and the Kootenay Native Plant Society are presenting Pollination Pathways, a speaker series that takes a look at how to support resilient ecosystems in the Kootenays, and the research that is driving the recovery of plant-pollination networks.

February 15 topics:
– Blossoms and Butterflies in BC Parks
– Milkweed and Monarchs in the West Kootenay

Stay and explore the Elevation exhibition, which includes additional research from KNPS, as well as specimens, stories, artifacts, maps, and incredible art pieces that speak to the peaks and valleys of life in a mountain town.
This event is FREE and open to the public. No registration required.

Guided Cold War Bunker tours
2024-02-17 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-02-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery, 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, V1L 4E7, Canada
During the height of the Cold War, in the 1950s and 1960s, nearly 50 bunkers were constructed across Canada. In 2017, the Nelson Museum began work on restoring the space and opening it to the public. You can join a tour of one of the Museumʼs best-loved spaces!
From iodine pills and Geiger counters to board games and ashtrays, visitors get a glimpse of the vast measures taken to create normalcy in an extraordinary time.
Email info@nelsonmuseum.ca to register. Adult admission required – children under 18 are always free!

BC Family Day at the Museum
2024-02-18 10:00 - 16:00 | Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre, 1100 Hwy 3B | Junction of Hwys 3B & 22, Rossland, BC, V0G 1Y0, Canada
Get ready for BC Family Day – we’re gearing up for an incredible celebration at the Museum on Sunday, February 18th, from 10 am to 4 pm with a snow-filled family day extravaganza! Explore our snow maze, race down our tobogganing hill, unleash your creativity with snow painting, and build the perfect snowman. Try out our family-friendly crafts and warm up by the campfire as we treat you to delicious maple taffy, hot chocolate, and hot apple cider. To top it all off, snuggle down for a family-friendly film screening in the Cominco theatre. Entry by Donation.

iLumiDance: Rainbow Dance Theatre – Teck Family Series
2024-02-18 15:00 - 16:00 | Charles Bailey Theatre, 1501 Cedar Ave, Trail, British Columbia, V1R 4C7, Canada
The Trail & District Arts Council presents iLumiDance by Rainbow Dance Theatre, a captivating dancing light show as part of the TECK Family Series on Sunday, February 18 at 3:00 pm in The Bailey Theatre.
A captivating interactive performance featuring electronic costumes, props, and puppets where dancers and puppets are illuminated so that they appear to float in an undersea world or where gigantic colorful insects and butterflies fly around the darkened stage. A tour-de-force of virtuosic dancing, magic, humor and cutting-edge technology.
