Workshop Series- 2016-2017
LocoMotoArt offers a series of exciting FREE workshops, which will include: sound walks, GPS app walks, digital story telling and naturalist collage making. Also, LMA artist Rob Scharein will be out with his telescope for viewing the Moon throughout the summer months at Kits Beach. Please check back often for times and event information!
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GeoPaint: Getting out in Nature by GeoPainting the Landscape
DATES & LOCATIONS TBA Artist: Rob Scharein Working with Youth Camp attendees, several one-and-one-half-hour workshops will be offered at locations such as Sunset Community Centre, Moberly Park, West Point Grey Community Centre. Attendees will learn how mobile phones equipped with GPS, can be used to create gigantic walk-based artwork while enjoying a walkabout in the park. In the process they produced a “painting.” This provides youth an opportunity to experience the outdoors and using technology for creative uses rather than social media and texting. |
Interwined Boundaries:
Naturalist Collages DATES TBA ARTIST: Laura Lee Coles Intertwined Boundaries, combines walking, listening, photography, collecting found items, and creating a naturalist collage and building an interactive sound element in the collage. Those who wish to continue in the Fall, will take their collage to the next level: an interactive framed shadow box that incorporates sensors to trigger sound by the movement of one's hand in front of the glass face of the frame. The collage workshop is planned to be a fun way to get outdoors, experience a sound walk, and become familiar with naturalist collage art. Enjoy a meditative and contemplative afternoon steeped in nature, sound, and place. Comfortable shoes and hats are suggested. Please bring your lunch and own beverages for a short lunch break before the walk. |
Make It Glow: El Wire
DATES TBA ARTIST: Wynne Palmer This workshop will explore Electroluminescent Wire (EL Wire) as an art material for 2D and 3D works. Participants will be guided through hands-on exploration with this flexible, user-friendly lighting and it’s creative use. Wynne Palmer will be getting participants started with examples of how this light wire can be used for creative objects and guiding makers in the creation of 3D lanterns. Students will walk away with a handout of local suppliers and a full description of this unique material. WHAT IS EL WIRE? Electroluminescent (EL) Wire emits a spectacular uniform light source, 360 degrees throughout its entire length. EL Wire is Non-Toxic, cold to the touch, very durable, and resistant to water and ice. The battery powered control box is compact so this device is completely portable and can be used on the go and in hard to reach places. You can use this wire by bending in to shapes, letters and designs. |
Fractal Dimensions
DATES TBA Artist: Rob Scharein What are fractals? In this workshop, participants answer this question starting from the basics with pen and paper, use mathematics and begin visualizing fractals. The participants will then move from paper into the digital realm where some surprising properties of the natural world are revealed. In addition, other applications related to the Arts and Music will be explored. |
Digital Knotting
and Tangling
DATES TBA Artist: Rob Scharein These workshops will explore the Art and Science of knotting and tangling through the use of hands-on experiments with the custom software KnotPlot written by Rob Scharein. Participants will be introduced to some of the many beautiful applications of knots in the decorative arts and also to the mysterious ways they pop up in Science. |
Old Stream Sound Walk
DATE TBA
ARTIST: Dave Leith
A sound walk is a way to listen to the environment and experience the world of sound in an extraordinary and meditative way. This soundwalk will follow the former path of an old stream that was buried over 100 years ago. The stream ran through what are now urban areas and past what is Aberthau Mansion, continuing through Jericho Park and ending at Jerry’s Cove.
DATE TBA
ARTIST: Dave Leith
A sound walk is a way to listen to the environment and experience the world of sound in an extraordinary and meditative way. This soundwalk will follow the former path of an old stream that was buried over 100 years ago. The stream ran through what are now urban areas and past what is Aberthau Mansion, continuing through Jericho Park and ending at Jerry’s Cove.
