Ages 6 to 12. Create a bandana while exploring both art and science through playful experimentation. Discover how colour dye can be made from natural materials by painting and stamping onto fabric.
Registration opens on Saturday, May 30 at 12:00 pm.
Using dyes created from berries, plants, and simple kitchen ingredients, participants will experiment with pattern and texture using brushes, sponges, and leaves. Some mixtures will include baking soda or vinegar, allowing colours to shift and react in surprising ways. Please dress for a messy activity.
Bio: Instructor Sara McCreary is a Métis textile artist and a second-year graduate student in Visual Arts at the University of Regina. She has a strong background in sewing and patternmaking, and blends both traditional and modern techniques in her work, drawing inspiration from Métis visual culture. Her art includes embroidery, quilting, natural dyeing, beadwork, and leatherwork, and she explores how Métis material culture changes over time through creative and collaborative design. Sara’s family and community stories, movements, and styles shape her work. She often uses reclaimed materials and references to family heirlooms, highlighting resourcefulness and adaptability.
AGE GROUP: | Children |
EVENT TYPE: | School Support | Learn and Personal Interest | Art and Creation |
TAGS: | STEAM | Games and Hobbies |
Albert Branch is an inner-city branch that serves the North Central area of Regina. It is located in mâmawêyatitân centre, a one-of-a-kind facility shared by the City of Regina, the Regina Board of Education and Regina Public Library to that offers integrated services and resources and services to in the North Central community.
Albert Branch offers an extensive collection of adult, young adult and juvenile materials that support and reflect the members of this unique community. The Branch also offers programming that develops knowledge and understanding of the diverse cultural groups in Regina, while highlighting the Indigenous community.
The Albert Branch collection includes fiction and non-fiction titles, CDs, DVDs/Blu-ray, spoken word, graphic novels, magazines, family literacy kits, Indigenous language kits and access to all the RPL digital resources.
