SPOTLIGHT ON
Paint and Sip nights
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
An evening out that gives everyone – regardless of painting experience or lack thereof - a chance to create their own artistic masterpiece, while enjoying wine or beer and appies. It’s billed as “a fun evening that’s almost more about the party than the paint.”
WHERE CAN I DO THIS?
100 Braid Street Studios, the New Westminster-based studio and gallery located, yes, at 100 Braid St. (suite 200) in Sapperton
OK, COOL, SO TELL ME MORE.
Attendees get everything they need to create their art: canvas, paints, tools, aprons, etc. The evenings are led by a teacher with fine art training, so even newbies to the world of art will learn artistic techniques and pick up new skills and artistic confidence.
Each evening is held on a different theme. Coming March 4 it’s the popular Mount Baker Cherry Blossoms night, with Spring Tulips on March 18 and Pacific Northwest Birch Trees on April 2.
The evening includes the aforementioned wine, beer and appies, and you also get a chance to tour the studio to find out more about the 16 different artist who work there.
Susan L. Greig, owner of 100 Braid Street, is enthusiastic about the possibilities for those folks who may consider themselves complete artistic novices. She says she regularly receives feedback from people who never thought they could create art, like one recent comment: “I have gone from never painting and thinking I couldn’t to now very much enjoying it and looking forward to attending another one.”
It’s all part of Greig’s mission to make art accessible and to help people both appreciate art and to feel supported to try to create art themselves.
WHO DOES THIS?
Anyone who signs up – the only catch is you have to be at least 19 years old. You don't need to be an artist - in fact, you don't need any painting experience whatsoever.
If you can’t make one of the regularly scheduled paint nights, you can get your own group of eight or more people together and have your own private paint and sip night in the studio. You can even try out painting on wine or beer glasses, or painting on rocks, if that suits your group better.
Or, your non-profit organization can hold a paint-and-sip fundraiser.
ALL RIGHT, I’M IN. GIVE ME THE DETAILS!
Regular paint and sip nights cost $35 per person, or $60 for two people together (couples or friends). For private nights, price per person depends on how many people you have. You can find out all about it online at www.100braidststudios.com or call 778-886-5391.
