Learn, share, take part!

Each year, we bring together talented craftspeople and artisans from across the region to provide guidance and instruction for workshop participants. Workshops range from a couple of hours to multi-day affairs, where participants get to create beautiful works to take home with them, along with newly acquired skills and often new friendships! Workshop space is limited, so please be sure to register early to avoid disappointment.

WORKSHOPS


DUNCAN CHISOLM

Moose & Caribou Tufting Workshop

Location: Town Hall, Cow Head
Instructor : Duncan Chisholm
Date: September 27th, 28th & 29th Beginning at 10am each morning
Cost: $300
Materials included
Maximum number of participants: 7

Learn the ancient art of moose tufting using caribou and moose hair to produce your own framed work of art.

Duncan is a retired policeman who lives in Pasadena, NL. He is an expert in the ancient art of moose tufting, which involves weaving animal hair into beautiful works of art. Tufting is Duncan’s passion, and he donates thousands of dollars in artwork each year to various charities. Register for his three-day 2023 workshop. Join Duncan for three days of instruction and take home a beautiful framed (15” x 15” approx.) artwork of your own creation.

info: www.facebook.com/tuftingsbyduncan/photos_stream

To book contact: (709) 243-2023 / 2466 or email: grosmornefallfest@gmail.com

Jackie Dyson

Skin Slipper Workshop

Location: Location to be determined
Instructor: Jackie Dyson
Date: September 27th & 28th Beginning at 10am each morning
Cost: $200
Materials included
Maximum number of participants: 8

Jackie is a Nunatukavut member from Labrador. She holds a two year diploma from College of the North Atlantic in Goose Bay, and has 30 years experience in traditional craft.
In this workshop participants will create their own pair of moosehide/sealskin slippers, sewn using sinew. The completed product has sealskin bottoms and is finished with a fleece lining.


To book contact: (709) 243-2023 / 2466 or email: grosmornefallfest@gmail.com

Eileen Murphy

Lonesome Loggers - A Pillow Top Workshop

Location: Location to be determined
Instructor: Eileen Murphy
Date: September 27th Beginning at 10am
Cost: $100
Materials included
Maximum number of participants: 20

This workshop is designed for adults who are novice weavers as well as those who are frequent weaving enthusiasts.

The goal of this adventure is to have each craftsperson learn the techniques to construct their own unique woven textile "Pillow Tops", and to gain an appreciation for the traditional skills and knowledge.

For many years the woods camps of Newfoundland and Labrador employed hundreds of loggers. These men would be separated from their families and homes for months on end. The tradition of weaving pillow tops using a wooden frame, wool, and twine was a welcomed pastime for those men who missed their wives and girlfriends. Many lonesome loggers would use Sunday, their sole day off, to weave a woolen square to gift their loved ones on their return from the camps. Taking advantage of their natural surroundings, the loggers made frames of local wood and used wool throughout their designs.

In this one day workshop each participant will learn the history, stories, and the techniques of weaving a pillow top. The historical connections to this traditional weaving, and the loggers as craft makers and designers, will be shared.

This technique of weaving with natural textures will hopefully generate innovative practices and designs while encouraging the concept of crafting products that last a lifetime. Creating handmade crafts using natural fibres and preserving our cultural heritage, stories, and skills not only enhance our surroundings but reminds us to care and value our artisans and their knowledge.

To book contact: (709) 243-2023 / 2466 or email: grosmornefallfest@gmail.com

LorRIE Reid & Beverly Payne

Making the Most of Your Berries

Location: Nurse Myra Bennett Centre for the Performing Arts (Kitchen)
Instructor: Beverly Payne and Lorrie Reid
Date : Thursday, Sept. 26 9:00am-12:00pm
Cost: $35 per person- Minimum 8 - Maximum 15 people
Pick your own berries, make your jam and homemade jam-jam cookies with Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador’s Beverly Payne and Lorrie Reid. Bev and Lorrie will teach participants how to pick and prepare the berries, make the jam, and make the homemade jam jams. Each participant will get a small mason jar of jam and a box of jam jams to take home.
Participants will need to wear appropriate footwear and clothing (in the event of inclement weather, berries will be provided).

Bev Payne
I grew up in Raleigh, and have worked in the food industry for over 40 years. It’s been an honour working with TNL since 2021 as kitchen and bar manager.

Lorrie Reid
I'm from all the way up in St.Paul’s, lol. I've been part of the kitchen staff at TNL in Cow Head since it opened in 2021.I enjoy working there very much and being part of a great team.

To book contact: (709) 243-2023 / 2466 or email: grosmornefallfest@gmail.com

Plein Air Painting

Location: Cow Head Summerside - meet at the Lighthouse Trail parking lot
Instructor: Lori Deeley
Date: Sunday, Sept. 29 1:00-4:00pm
Cost: $60 - materials provided
Maximum 10 participants
Participants should bring warm/weather appropriate clothing, a lawn chair/stool/blanket to sit on the ground, and a water bottle.

During this afternoon workshop, Lori will guide you in using the natural landscape of Cow Head Summerside to create your own work of art.

Lori Deeley is a mixed medium artist, art therapist, and art educator based in Kippens, Newfoundland, Canada. Central to her work is the natural landscape's line, light, and texture. Her daily explorations of Newfoundland's wild landscapes and waterscapes are revisited in her work in the studio. The landscape has influenced her identity and practice as an artist. Placedbased artwork allows Lori to delve into the connections between landscape and our sense of self. This connection to the natural world has inspired her to strive to maintain a sustainable practice. Lori earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts/Art Education from NSCAD University in 1993. Since graduation, she has participated in over 20 group and solo exhibitions. Most recently, Lori completed a residency and exhibition at Grenfell University Art Gallery funded by ArtsNL. In 2021, her piece ‘Pond Edge’ was purchased for the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Art Bank and is available for viewing at The Rooms in St. John’s, NL. In 2022‘Grand Lake’ was purchased by the St. John’s Art Procurement for their permanent collection. Her work can be seen at The Leyton Gallery in St. John’s, NL; The Glass Station in Rocky Harbour, NL; and Picture it in a Frame, Corner Brook, NL.

To book contact: (709) 243-2023 / 2466 or email: grosmornefallfest@gmail.com

Lori Deeley

Denise Dolliver

Birds, Ocean & Forest Creatures - A Workshop for Kids

Location: Nurse Myra Bennett Centre for the Performing Arts
Instructor: Denise Dolliver
Date: Saturday, Sept. 25 - 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Ages: K-6
Cost: $10 Minimum 6 - Maximum 20 people

Making puppets from recycled and on-hand materials - the theme will be birds, ocean, & forest creatures that live near us
Denise is the General Manager for Theatre Newfoundland Labrador and the Nurse Myra Bennett Centre for the Performing Arts.She has a technical theatre background and has worked in professional theatre for 34 years as a Stage Manager, Props Builder, Designer, Production Manager, and as a Theatre Educator at Memorial University, Grenfell Campus. Denise is also an avid crafter and enjoys sharing her love of art, craft, and theatre with young people. She created Doodle-Laddle - art, craft and theatre workshops for young people that ran from 2014-2018 - something that she hopes to re-establish at TNL and the Centre.
To book contact: (709) 243-2023 / 2466 or email: grosmornefallfest@gmail.com