Adult Art Workshops
Kids Art Workshops

Upcoming Events
Mandala Yurt Studio 

Me & My Pet

Free Workshop for Kids
Sponsored by Salt Spring Foundation Neighbourhood Small Grants

Saturday Sept 4th, 2021    10am - 1:30pm
See below for Workshop details - Ages 7 to 14

The workshop is FREE and the class size is small and outside to provide safety during the pandemic so you may want to act quickly to register your child.
Text or Call Tracy at 250-537-6568 to join the class
Or you can email me at tracy@artbyharrison.com
Me and My Pet  ~ FREE  Children's multimedia ART workshop. During the pandemic our home life and relationships with those closest to us have become very important. Our pets play a big part of home life and love and support.  On my new Yurt patio outside we will draw, journal, discuss, collage and celebrate our pets!  We will also go for a short nature walk with Tracy's dogs Frida and Diego and discuss proper pet care like grooming, feeding, and walking. We will also give Diego and Frida a chance to show off all the tricks they have learned.
Corona Creative - FULL

FREE Corona Creative ~ Quest for the Crown Workshop
Sponsored by Salt Spring Foundation Neighbourhood Small Grants
 
Nov 14th, 2020 - 10am - 2:00pm

This is a hands on full day project
for children 8 to 14
in my studio which is located on property.
Students will explore the monarch butterfly metamorphosis
in relationship to the Corona Virus and our impact on the environment.


Open to 5 students (age 8 - 14)
Text or email Tracy @ 250-537-6568 to sign up.
Email:
tracy@artbyharrison.com

Sip and Sculpt ~ November 27/28, 2020

Almost Full !!

Sip and Sculpt  ~ NEW!!  Adult clay classes for Women
Make Your own Set of Bowls (4) 

On a Friday night to sip wine (which I provide) or non-alcoholic bevies
( I provide some or bring your own) and share appies (which you bring Covid Caution Style)

Friday Night:  Demo, wine and appies
Saturday:    Make our Bowls 
Dec 5th:    Glazing Drop In - pieces are ready for pick up a few days later

Classes are small and COVID screening and practices are in place .
Text or Call: 250-537-6568 or email: tracy@artbyharrison.com SOON if interested.

 

Sip and Sculpt - Make Your Own Set of Bowls

Dates: Nov 27/28, 2020
Times: Friday Nov 27th - 6:30 to 8:00 pm Demo, Drinks + Appies
Saturday November 28th - 10 am to 5 pm -Create Hand Built Bowls

Cost: $195 Bring a Friend $10 off per friend   $100 DEPOSIT to Register
Contact Tracy by text at 250-537-6568 or email: tracy@artbyharrison.com if you would like to Register.
Covid 19 Protocols - small class size to allow for social distancing.
Drop In Glaze Class - Dec 5th - Receive pieces back a few days later - in time for Holidays and Christmas

 

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Summer CLAY CAMP with Tracy
July 20 to 24, 2020 Five Glorious Days of Clay 
~ 10 am to 12:30 pm ~ Ages 6 +
$195 per student (siblings $10 off)
Fee includes all materials and a glazing drop in
(Date to be Determined) We are going to explore the magical world of Wizards, Fairies, Elves, Wands, Dragons and mythical creatures and as always a day set aside for your own creativity to make what YOU want to make.  Pieces will be fired after the camp and everyone will be invited back for a glazing drop in.  Please feel free to share ..... Contact Tracy directly via text at 250-537-6568 or contact Tracy to register. Space is limited Covid 19 social distancing, Worksafe BC guidelines  and sanitary protocols will be followed to ensure the health and well being of everyone. 


ZOOM Art Workshop for Kids – Corona Creative – The Quest to Wear the Crown of Highness

w/Tracy Harrison For ages 8 – 15
A 3 part art workshop to help students understand the COVID 19 pandemic from an environmental perspective. Students will explore the metamorphosis process of the Monarch butterfly from Caterpillar (which eats and destroys the planet) to the Cocoon (a quiet time of contemplation as we reflect and envision how we want the future to be) to the Butterfly who flies high above the planet with a visionary view and gently impact on the environment. The Quest of the Crown is to identify the changes in your life that are in the best interests of all beings on the planet.Three Fridays, June 5 , 12+ 19 at 10am. Workshop $15 includes supply kit. To register https://ssartscouncil.com/product/corona-creative-the-quest-to-wear-the-crown-of-highness-ages-8-15/Students work will be exhibited online as part of the COVID Chronicles. Each week we will ask you to photograph your child’s work and email to the SSAC at programs@ssartscouncil.com. More details upon registration. REGISTER HERE For more info contact wor@ssartscouncil.com

 

 

As you will see BELOW  there were a number of cancellations for Spring Break.  If you would like to help Tracy keep her studio open and accessible in the future, please consider becoming a Patron of her work and join in the fun of Rune Readings, Creative Journalling and behind the scenes images and videos about her ongoing creative work. Wishing you health and ease of well being. Tracy's Patreon page

 

Clay Camp poster Spring Break 2020

Sorry Cancelled due to COVID19

Spring Break CLAY CAMP with Tracy

March 23 to 27th, 2020

Five Glorious Days of Clay  ~ 10 am to 12:30 pm
Ages 6 +  $195 per student (siblings $10 off)
Fee includes all materials and a glazing drop in   

(Date to be Determined) 

We are going to explore the magical world of Wizards, Fairies, Elves, Wands, Dragons and mythical creatures and as always a day set aside for your own creativity to make what YOU want to make.  Pieces will be fired after the camp and everyone will be invited back for a glazing drop in.  Please feel free to share ..... Contact Tracy directly via text at 250-537-6568 or contact Tracy to register.     Space is limited

 

Sorry Cancelled due to COVID19

Eco Art Spring Break Camp 2020

Saturday Feb 22nd - FREE Workshop!
Join me on Saturday at the library to design a tile of yourself reading a book and maybe you will be chosen to paint a tile for a legacy Ceramic Book that will hang in the library for years to come!  Spread the word and Bring a Friend.

Saturday February 22nd from 11:30 pm to 1 pm
FREE Tile Design workshop.   Ages 6 to 12
Drop in and draw a picture of how you like to read a book ~ Is it in a hammock? on the beach? or in a bathtub? Up a tree, sitting on a swing or in a comfy chair? Come on down and draw a picture, you may get chosen to paint that picture on a tile for the 60 Years of Reading Legacy tile project that Tracy will be creating for the library with local kids!  Come to the Library Community Program Room for 11:30 pm and join in the fun!

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Pottery for Ma and Pa  (Ages 6 to 14)
Sundays April 7 and 14, 2019
10 am to 12 noon


Join Tracy Harrison in the Mandala Yurt Studio Sunday mornings and make secret pottery gifts for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. We’ll have loads of fun making and decorating special clay gifts for Mom and Dad and maybe a little something for ourselves as well. There will be a glazing time set once we know everyone’s availability and pieces will be fired in time to be wrapped and ready for the big days!

To register contact Tracy

Cost is $35 per clay class + $10 drop in glazing session (Date to be determined with parents)
Spots are secured by advance payments of $35.00 (interact or cheque)

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Clay Making Workshops  (
Ages 6 to 14 )

March 20 and March 21, 2019
10 am to 12 pm @ 144 Sarah Way

Join Tracy in the Mandala Yurt Studio for morning clay making classes. Come with an idea or be inspired in the moment. You get to make whatever you like as long as it is doable in 2 hours!  These two workshops will be followed by an April 6th Glaze painting drop in which will allow you to under and over glaze the pieces if you choose - $10.00 per student.   REGISTER by contacting Tracy

$35.00 per student  All materials and firings are included in the cost. 

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Clay Tile Painting Workshop  (All Ages)
Thursday  March 28th, 2019
10 am to 12 pm @ 144 Sarah Way


Join Tracy in the Mandala Yurt Studio for a morning clay tile painting class. Come with an idea or be inspired in the moment. Round and Square Tiles will be available to paint your special design on.  Children under age 10 must have an adult in the studio with them providing supervision. REGISTER by contacting Tracy

$35.00 per student
All materials and firings are included in the cost. Extra tiles are available for $8.00 each

 

David Francey Art Pop Show and Songwriting Workshop
May 8 and 9, 2018

David Francey Art Tour SSI

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For as little as $3 a month you can help keep Tracy's teaching studio open and accessible to our community and visitors to our island. COVID 19 has crushed 6 months of programming for Tracy - a main source of her income. Visit her patreon page and see what fun giveaways she is offering to her patrons and create a chance to be creative weekly or monthly yourself with her Creative Journaling online program which is currently only available via Patreon.

ART = public art, permanent, temporary, poetry inspired paintings,  fibreoptic, clay, sculpture, architectural ceramics, smoke, raku fired, earthy, spiritual vessels, abstract, emotive, energy drawings, recycled, found, nature objects, graphic design, digital paintings, 
BY = sculpted, hand built, textured, carved, thrown, shaped, brushed, stroked, painted, drawn, inspired by nature, brush, pen, marker, pencil, pastel, divine transformation, spiritual ceremony, primitive tools, charcoal, black ink, handmade paper, scrolls 
HARRISON = Tracy, canadian, visual artist, poet, art therapist, graphic designer, creative midwife, spiritual being, grateful for the abundance, for the transformative powers of art and communities formed when we create together
MANDALA = sacred circle, dream symbol, completion, self unity, wholeness, artful and spiritual practice
YURT = west coast red cedar circular studio building based on early Mongolian Nomad yurts
STUDIO = Salt Spring Island in the gulf islands of British Columbia Canada, studio, art, clay and pottery workshops classes, book private studio time with the artist for couples, families, children, individuals, birthday parties, girls get-away weekends