September–October course announcement! (And this Saturday’s pop-up bakery.)
Hi everyone,
This weekend, AQI stands for All Quality Ingredients, as we host chi nguyễn, founder of @snax.nguyen, for a pop-up bakery at 1152 College St. on Saturday morning. The theme is Ontario produce, some of the proceeds (with matching donations from chi & us) will support Indigenous wildfire mutual aid, and the menu has my mouth watering. The related make-a-fake-cake creative workshop is now open to all ages! More details below.
The big announcement: our September–October after-school and evening courses for kids and teens open for registration on Friday, August 14 at 8 a.m. Mark your calendars! Comics, animation, D&D, sewing, an indoor/outdoor studio … we’re even starting a magazine by kids! Plus, we’ve heard you, and are launching a Saturday-morning course. Again, more details below. (Psst: adult courses are open for registration now!)
Our first few weeks of camp have been a blast. It’s been delightful seeing old friends, making new ones, and witnessing so much skill and ingenuity! While you’re out and about, you can enjoy our campers’ papier-mâché creations in the windows of Ice Cream’s Ice Cream on Dupont or our College Street studio.
Thinking of getting a “more details below” tattoo,
Brian
September–October courses
Due to popular demand, we’re expanding our offerings this fall, with a seven-week “semester” featuring courses for a wider range of ages. Favorites like our multimedia Deep Dish Studio and analog-and-digital Animation return, the latter with an evening section geared toward Grades 5–10. Recent hits like the Sewing Studio and the Dungeons & Dragons Studio likewise return. And we have new offerings: a Studio Skillz for kids in Grades 4–8 wanting to enhance their painting and drawing (and possibly put together a high-school application portfolio), an Inside/Outside that involves nature-based making, and a magazine-making course!
As usual, we’ll offer pick up from our core/local schools (minimum four registrants), freeing you to take that late-afternoon meeting or run some errands.
More details on individual course pages linked below. Here’s the schedule:
134 Osler St.:
Mondays, 4–6 p.m.: The Sewing Studio (Grades 3–6)
Mondays, 6:30–8 p.m.: The Teen Sewing Studio (Grade 7 & up)
Tuesdays, 4–6 p.m.: Deep Dish Studio (Grades SK–6)
Wednesdays, 4–6 p.m.: Inside/Outside Studio (Grades 2–6)
Thursdays, 4–6 p.m.: Comics (Grades 1–5)
Thursdays, 6:30–8 p.m.: Animation (Grades 3–6)
Fridays, 4–6 p.m.: Dungeons & Dragons Studio (Grades 3–8)
1152 College St.:
Mondays, 4–6 p.m.: The Slice magazine (Grades 4–8)
Mondays, 6:30–8 p.m.: Studio Skillz: Drawing & Painting (Grades 4–8)
Tuesdays, 4–6 p.m.: Comics (Grades 1–4) and Comics (Grades 5–11)
Tuesdays, 6:30–8 p.m.: Animation (Grades 5–10)
Wednesdays, 4–6 p.m.: Deep Dish Studio (Grades SK–4) and Studio Supreme (Grades 5–10)
Thursdays, 4–6 p.m.: The Sewing Studio (Grades 3–8)
Saturdays, 9:30–11 a.m.: Deep Dish Studio (Grades SK–6)
Explore the options and write us with any questions! We’re excited to offer more than ever before, thanks entirely to your support!
Saturday! @snax.nguyen bakery pop-up & fake-cake workshop at 1152 College St.
One person ventured a comment on Instagram, but we heard from many more privately: why limit making fake cakes to kids? So now the art-making session with chi nguyễn and HP founder Julia Dault is open to all ages! Come make a fake cake or decorate a mirror. Frosting, fruit, and fun!
Meanwhile, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (or when we sell out), Brian and Ryan will be selling chi’s cookies, savoury treats, bars, and cakes. The menu looks fabulous: cherry, halva & rye cookies; roasted tomato and garlic scape buns; elote scones (I’m first in line for these!); chocolate, sour cherry, & black sesame cake cups; strawberry cornmeal cakes; and so much more.