FREE (or by donation), please register!

This interactive workshop will guide participants through an intuitive painting activity inspired by Buddhist lantern festivals and dedicated to the water spirits. It celebrates the magic of decorations, lights, and the river, and gives us a chance to surrender to a wabi-sabi flow, find joy and connection in the unknown, and appreciate the natural beauty around us. Participants will have the opportunity to use gold leaf, origami paper, and acrylic paint to create a work of art and may either bring them home or leave one as an offering for Sparrow Art Space as a gift and a prayer.

Address: 36 4 Street Northeast, Calgary, AB, Canada

No experience necessary - all materials will be provided. Let's come together and spread peace through art!

This workshop is part of the Arts & Culture Sparrow Workshop Series funded by the City of Calgary.

Taught by April's artist-in-residence Allison Bajt:

As a self-taught artist, painting has been a stronghold for Allison’s exploration of meditation and yogic philosophy, and her pieces are informed by art nouveau, art deco, and Quaker ethos and design principles. She has lived, taught, and travelled overseas, with Germany as home base and a global diaspora of poets, creators, and innovators as inspiration.