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Artist in Residence January-March: Meg Leslie
Meet Meg. She has a background in interior design, works part-time for Manulife Insurance, but finds her passion in doing creative things. She took a trip to Philadelphia in 2010 for a mosaic workshop...
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Family Hack Jam 3: T-shirt Hacking with kwartzlab!
Hive Waterloo Presents… When: Monday, 17 February 2014 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Location: THE MUSEUM, 10 King Street West Kitchener, ON kwartzlab will be running a T-Shirt Hacking station. We ask that...
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Artist of the Month: Katherine Marchione
Katherine Marchione is constantly dreaming about making something- whether it is a quilt, a painting, a dress or shoes. She always seem to be finishing one project only to start two more. Oil painting...
View ArticleIntro to FPGA programming workshop
March 8th and 15th, noon-5pm at Kwartzlab (33 Kent Ave.). Learn Verilog programming with the Altera development and education board. No prior knowledge of hardware programming is required. Please bring...
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Bob Ross Paint Along: Photo Recap
On March 1st kwartzlab held it’s first-ever Bob Ross Paint Along- a dream come true for me. I grew up watching Bob Ross on PBS, I think by then it was into re-runs (his show ended taping in 1994) he...
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Bob Ross Paint Along: Sunsets and Seascapes
kwartzlab is happy announce that due to popular demind, we will be continuing our Bob Ross Paint Along workshop series led by local oil painter, Katherine Marchione. Katherine will take you through the...
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We are winners! Waterloo Region Arts Awards- Thank You!
I am still reveling in all the excitement and fabulous-ness of my time spent last evening at the Waterloo Region Arts Awards Gala that took place at Centre in the Square. kwartzlab was nominated in the...
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Steel Rails Sessions 2014
It’s that time of year again! When the days stretch longer, the nights are warmer, and WRAwesome denizens start thinking about partying on a train. That’s right — it’s the Steel Rails Sessions, 2014...
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Bob Ross Paint Along: Part II Seascapes
This Monday evening a large group of Bob Ross fans assembled at kwartzlab, eager and ready to plunge into the world of oil painting by participating in our class led by Katherine Marchione. I have to...
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July Artist of the Month: Jim Tubb
Jim Tubb (1948) is originally from Toronto, though he has lived in Waterloo since 1980. He is known for his large scale visual music works, traditional landscapes, several “peg board paintings”, and...
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Repair Cafe returns this Sunday Sept 28th!
FIX ALL THE THINGS! Do you have stuff that needs fixing? Don’t throw it away!The next TransitionKW Repair Cafe is coming to Kwartzlab on Sunday September 28th from 12 noon to 4pm!Bring in...
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Kwartzlab: Year 5 Party this Friday!
Kwartzlab is turning FIVE YEARS OLD THIS WEEK! During the summer of 2009, 17 strangers pooled their money together to jumpstart K-W’s first hackerspace. Kwartzlab opened it’s doors a couple months...
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Flirting with the Arts is back!
Friend-of-the-Lab and former Artist in Residence, Meg Leslie, is hosting another Flirting with the Arts in Kitchener in a few weeks. A tonne of Kwartzlab people are involved and it’s a great way to try...
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NIGHT\SHIFT 2014: kwartzlab members projects!
IS HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1st! What is it? What is it? NIGHT\SHIFT 2014 is downtown Kitchener’s second annual nuit blanche-style festival of art, culture and nocturnal adventure. When is...
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Fairy Door Painting Workshop: Sat. Nov 29, 1- 4 pm
The Eventbrite is now live for our upcoming Fairy Door Painting workshop at kwartzlab. This is being facilitated by Laura McBride, our Spring Artist in Residence....
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WORKSHOP: Woodblock Carving & Printing. Thursday, Decemeber 18, 7 – 10 pm
For those of you who are curious about the art of wood block carving, please join us this week as our current Artist in Residence, Meg Harder, will be instructing a class on how to create unique...
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TransitionKW Repair Cafe this Sunday!
Do you have stuff that needs fixing? Don’t throw it away! Bring it in and we’ll help repair it! The next TransitionKW Repair Cafe is coming to Kwartzlab on Sunday January 11th from 12 noon to 4pm....
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FREE DAY at kwartzlab, January 24th 11 am – 4 pm
Illustration by Hannah Evelyn Rowlands, raisinheart.com January is the month of organization and purging of your unwanted stuff! And you know what they say, one maker’s junk is another maker’s...
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Bob Ross Paint Along: Part II Seascapes
This Monday evening a large group of Bob Ross fans assembled at kwartzlab, eager and ready to plunge into the world of oil painting by participating in our class led by Katherine Marchione. I have to...
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July Artist of the Month: Jim Tubb
Jim Tubb (1948) is originally from Toronto, though he has lived in Waterloo since 1980. He is known for his large scale visual music works, traditional landscapes, several “peg board paintings”, and...
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