Forever Home Art and Experience Auction 2025

Our biggest fundraiser of the year, Forever Home Art and Experience Auction will begin Sunday April 27, at 8 am, culminating in an evening of fun and frantic bidding on Sunday May 4, 2025,8 pm. Celebrating the essential  role of arts in our communities, with this year’s proceeds supporting our free, all ages Open Studio programming, we are inviting you to help us join us in raising essential funds to support programs that build community connections and create hope. 

We will have viewings of the artwork on May 2, form 2-7 pm, and May 4 from 1-4 pm (with refreshments).

This event is made possible thanks to the generosity of local, national, and internationally recognized artists who have established connections with Wonder'neath Art Society and who are part of our community.

Please share widely, and thanks for your support!

Auction link: https://www.32auctions.com/ForeverHome2025

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Community Updates

Art Materials Challenge | Voting Dec 1th - Dec 7th, Winner will be announced on Dec 8th!

Wonder’neath first Art Materials Challenge is underway! In this new initiative led by our Programming and Outreach Intern Prince Churchill, eight artists have been selected to create an original art piece responding to the prompt: A View Into My World. The participating artists have 3 weeks to finish their project using materials from our materials bank. Their finished artworks will be exhibited in our  Stairwell Gallery, and a winner selected through online (keep an eye on social media for details) and in person voting (during Open Studio Dec.6 and 7)  between, Dec.1-7, with the winner announced at our Holiday Open House, December 8th, 1-3:30. There was such an enthusiastic response that we are hoping to do a second Challenge in the New Year- stay tuned! Follow #wondermac24 to follow participants’ work in progress.

Sketch Wonder’neath - Soft Launch | Wednesday, November 28th, 6-8pm, and public sketching hours!

Following our recent announcement of Sketch Wonder’neath, we are delighted to invite you to a soft launch on November 27th, 6-8 pm to celebrate these original sketchbooks, by artists across Canada in a mindful evening of sketching/journaling. 

In 2023, Wonder’neath became one of five stewards of sketchbooks from the Brooklyn Art Library/ Sketchbook Project- a crowd-sourced project of sketchbooks from around the world that ran for 17 years. As we take this collection on its next journey here in Kjipuktuk, we are building a dedicated home to preserve these unique books and creating a studio-based library to make them accessible. We will share the sketchbooks through drop-in programming, artist residencies and special events; and encourage hands-on participation by artists of all levels of experience.

At this soft launch, you are invited to spend some time with us to draw and dream: how would you like to engage with the books? Who would you bring to draw and be inspired by these beautiful and complex stories? How would you like to be a part of the collection? How can we ensure this project is sustainable? 

Following the soft launch, we’d love it if you can join our public sketching hours on Wednesdays: 

• Nov. 27th, 6-8 pm

• Dec 4th, 6-8 pm

• Dec 11th, 6-8 pm

• Dec 18, 6-8 pm

As the work to catalogue the sketchbooks continues, we welcome cataloguing volunteers to join us at these times.

2482 Maynard Holiday Open House

2482 Maynard Holiday Open House | Sunday, December 8th, 1-3:30 pm

Wonder’neath and the Blue Building jointly invite you to our upcoming Holiday Open House at 2482 Maynard. Everyone is welcome to attend! Refreshments will be provided- and the smell of cinnamon hot apple cider will fill the halls!

• Join us for the viewing of Michael Fernandes’ new exhibition at the Blue Building Gallery, I Turn Babies, including artworks created at Wonder’neath’s  Open Studio. 

• Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Wonder’neath’s Open Studio with us over seasonal treats and year-end wishes! 

• Visit artist vendor tables and studios, including the Black Artist Initiative, Lemonade Stand Designs, and more.

• Discover the winner of the Wonder’neath Art Materials Challenge. 

• Browse Sketch Wonder’neath original artist sketchbooks, a drawing zone and sketchbook kits will be available.  

• Afterwards, visit Eyelevel’s member Exhibition & 50th Anniversary Time Capsule around the corner at Hermes Gallery, 12-6 pm, at 5682 North Street. 

Sketchbook Catalogue Sessions - Call for Volunteers

We've had a productive July cataloguing the sketchbooks thanks to our generous volunteers! We will be hosting 5 more sessions to keep the momentum going! 

You can sign up for August sessions here: https://forms.gle/3MdUNdr71UyidQXB9

Tuesdays, August 6th, 13th, 27th  5pm – 7:30pm

Fridays, August 16th, 23rd  10am – 12pm

As always, we will have some refreshments on hand and all are welcome!  Folks have been working in pairs at past sessions. You are encouraged to bring a laptop to access Google Sheets but that is not required. Feel free to bring a friend!

Sneak peak of freshly catalogued sketchbooks from this amazing collection!

Art Bikers Programming Calendar - Summer 2024

Check out Art Bikers Programming Calendar this summer!

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at general@wonderneath.com!

Art bikers working with kids at the “Artful Paths” event at Glen Garden in Kjipuktuk / Halifax in July 2024. This project was made possible by Park People @parkppl, TD Park People grants and our partner from ISANS Growing Strong Neighbourhoods Program @isans.ca.