Classes
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Monday

Collective Meeting (starts at 7pm)

Where brains meet and decisions are made. The Purple Thistle is run by a group of young people who use the space. If you want to propose a new group, get more involved in the Thistle, or ask us questions. Come down to a meeting. Everyone is welcome.

Wednesday

Subversive Cinema: Film Alternative Processes

This 12-week class will involve a direct interaction with the surface of the film material, both in exposing and processing the image.  Themes include working with the qualities of uncertainty and chance, as well as the tensions between the intentional and the unexpected, the crisp/clean and the muddled/messy.  Techniques include solarization, toning, tinting, coffee/Vit C developer, cross processing, handmade sound, optical printing, etc. Theoretical readings and screenings will be an important part of the group experience. Participants are encouraged to bring ideas or works-in-progress.

(Wednesdays, 4:30 - 7:00pm, September 29 - December 15) contact:  April to register. space is limited.

Animation: 6-8 pm contact Stephen for further information

Distribution Co. 8- 10pm

Thursday

Photography/Darkroom: 4-6

Thursdays contact Diana

RAIN: Radical Art In Nature Guerrilla Art (430 pm)* Not meeting in December

“abolishing the gap between art and life” we are a bunch of youth who are here to make art! all sorts of it, every kind! and to take it to the streets. to share. to engage in art and culture. public space is our space.

Contact: rain@purplethistle.ca or  Carla Bergman: carla@purplethistle.ca

Life Drawing 7:30-9:30pm: drop-ins welcome, general Thistle drop-in closed during Life Drawing

Some supplies. Pro models. Awesome atmosphere. Contact: lifedrawing@purplethistle.ca

Saturday Intensives!

Screen printing with Sarah

every 2nd, 3rd and 4th Saturday! contact Sara:  screenprint@purplethistle.ca for information

Sunday (closed to drop-in)

Squirtgunz (12-2:30)

Youngunz (3-5pm)

An open studio group for 11-15 year olds. Photography, screen printing, writing workshops and more. Please note: there is a waiting list for this group.

Contact Carla Bergman: carla@purplethistle.ca

The Thistle is a youth-run arts and activism centre. We operate in four main ways: We are open in the afternoons and evenings for drop-in. Please see signs on the door, big white board and website for hours. We run classes and projects of all kinds. There is lots of information available about what’s going on and how to sign up. If it isn’t totally obvious, ask someone.

We run full-time, paid training programs during the day, focused around arts, community work and/or publishing. If you are interested, write matt@purplethistle.ca Also, lots of groups, big and small, use the space for meetings, conferences, gatherings or as a work-space. You are welcome to meet here, just run it past the collective.

ThistleClasses

The list of classes taking place at the Thistle. Feel free to check 'em out.

Photography


Dark Room 101
Thursdays of the Month
4pm - 6pm

Free black and white darkroom. Some equipment. Great group.
Contact Diana if you are interested: lalunaphoenix@gmail.com

Life Drawing


THURS 730-930pm

Some supplies. Pro models. Awesome atmosphere. Thistle is closed for drop-ins during Life Drawing. Drop-in participants for Life Drawing are welcome. Contact Nicole or Mike: lifedrawing@purplethistle.ca
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Subversive Cinema: Film Alternative Processes


WED 4:30-7:30pm

This 12-week class will involve a direct interaction with the surface of the film material, both in exposing and processing the image. Themes include working with the qualities of uncertainty and chance, as well as the tensions between the intentional and the unexpected, the crisp/clean and the muddled/messy. Techniques include solarization, toning, tinting, coffee/Vit C developer, cross processing, handmade sound, optical printing, etc. Theoretical readings and screenings will be an important part of the group experience. Participants are encouraged to bring ideas or works-in-progress. (Wednesdays, 4:30 - 7:00pm, September 29 - December 15)
contact: april@aprilgrayson.com to register.
space is limited.

thistleGroups

Collective Meeting


MON 7-9pm

Where brains meet and decisions are made.

Radical Gardeners


TUE 4:00pm and FRI 2:00pm

Join us for weekly meetings, field trips, discussions, workshops, and gardening parties! We will be creating a city food garden, compost system, cob shed, and more.

Contact Matt: matt@purplethistle.ca

Find weekly meeting notes, event/workshop announcements, photos and info on our facebook page: “.Guerrilla Gardeners of the Purple Thistle.”

RAIN: Radical Art In Nature: Guerrilla Art Group


Thursdays at 4:30pm

we are a bunch of youth who are here to make art! all sorts of it, every kind! and to take it to the streets. to share. to engage in art and culture. public space is our space.

"abolishing the gap between art and life"

Contact: rain@purplethistle.ca

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