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Artist Trading Cards Workshop

Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, Canada

The Nelson Museum is launching a monthly drop-in workshop for artists of all ages and skill levels to create and trade art cards! Artist trading cards are miniature works of art specifically made to be freely traded. Created on 2.5 x 3.5-inch card stock using any medium, ATCs encourage artistic experimentation, creativity, and community building […]

Free

Apres FREE! Thursday evenings

Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, Canada

The days are shorter but the Nelson Museum is open longer! Thursdays from 4-8pm is FREE admission to the galleries, museum and Shop, where you can explore the newest exhibitions, learn about local history, and shop over 100 local artists!

Free

Apres FREE! Thursday evenings

Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, Canada

The days are shorter but the Nelson Museum is open longer! Thursdays from 4-8pm is FREE admission to the galleries, museum and Shop, where you can explore the newest exhibitions, learn about local history, and shop over 100 local artists!

Free

Apres FREE! Thursday evenings

Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, Canada

The days are shorter but the Nelson Museum is open longer! Thursdays from 4-8pm is FREE admission to the galleries, museum and Shop, where you can explore the newest exhibitions, learn about local history, and shop over 100 local artists!

Free

Still Life workshop with Amelia Ford

Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, Canada

Amelia Ford facilitates this 2-part workshop on still life painting techniques. Bring your own objects to paint or use the items on hand. Pre-registration is required and is $50+GST for non-members and $40+GST for Museum members, all painting materials are provided. Space is limited so register early! Register here. Born and raised in Nelson, Ford graduated […]

$40 – $50

Apres FREE! Thursday evenings

Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, Canada

The days are shorter but the Nelson Museum is open longer! Thursdays from 4-8pm is FREE admission to the galleries, museum and Shop, where you can explore the newest exhibitions, learn about local history, and shop over 100 local artists!

Free

Apres FREE! Thursday evenings

Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, Canada

The days are shorter but the Nelson Museum is open longer! Thursdays from 4-8pm is FREE admission to the galleries, museum and Shop, where you can explore the newest exhibitions, learn about local history, and shop over 100 local artists!

Free

Museum Mash!

Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, Canada

Lucas Myers & Krista Lynch, Lance Ledger, and the Nelson Writing Salon return to the Nelson Museum for everyone’s favourite FREE children’s program–Museum Mash! Explore the building, get crafty with puppet-making, sing and dance, and have a blast! There’s lots of room to run and play, and no shushing here!

Free

Beats and Brushes: Kid’s HIP-HOP and VISUAL ARTS Workshop

TBA

Join us this MARCH BREAK for four days of music, storytelling, art, and creativity! Kids will collaborate with conscious hip-hop artist Kosmic T to write, produce, and record an original hip-hop song. From writing catchy hooks to exploring beats and rhythms—no experience needed, just enthusiasm! Animator and Artist Angela Meilleur (owner of Acorns and Aprons) […]

$325

Dark Chapters opening reception

Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, Canada

The Dark Chapters project encompasses the renowned career of Métis artist and educator David Garneau, through the dual lens of exhibition and publication. The book, Dark Chapters: Reading the Still Lives of David Garneau, invites 17 Canadian artists and academics to write a response – poetry, creative writing, critical essay – to one of Garneau’s […]

Free

Revival *Album Release Event* Art Show & Live-Performance

Vallican Whole Community Centre 3762 Little Slocan South Road, Vallican, British Columbia, Canada

*Album Release Day* Saturday March 29th Doors Open 1:30pm Artist Talk/Show 2:00pm – 3:30pm Live-Music Performance 5:00 – 7:00pm Door Price $10-15 *Food and Tea/Coffee Available for purchase The project known as ‘Revival’ is a creative outpouring by folk artist Ru Rose. Revival showcases a deeply sincere full length conceptual debut album of 12 original […]

$10 – $15

Art & Ecology Book Study

Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, Canada

We are excited to offer a 5 week Art & Ecology course that will provide an opportunity for discussion, reflective writing, and art-making to critically examine the present and inspire the process of imagining and eventually realizing better futures. What we can create begins with what we can imagine.Co-facilitated by NMAG and the Kutenai Art […]

$40 – $50