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CARVE CARVE CARNIVAL – 2026!

Dates:

Saturday, August 22 from 11am – 4pm

Location:

A/P Gallery and Studio

Cost:

$FREE!

Join us for a full day of spectacular printmaking funfair for ALL AGES!

STEP RIGHT UP and enjoy our special attractions:

  • Make your own buttons!
    • Take our button maker for a spin to make your own button designs.
  • Silkscreen some swag!
    • Choose from a variety of designs to screen print your own tea towels and bandanas.
  • Stamp your own printed card!
    • Our stamp collection has been growing and is waiting for you to stamp them on your own cards.
  • Print your own bookmarks using LEGO and our Nolan Proof Press!
    • What’s better than LEGO-building? LEGO PRINTING!
  • Carve and print your own linocut patches! (Kid friendly materials too)!
    • Using one of our many printing presses, carve and print your own custom fabric patches.
  • Cyanotype sun-printing!
    • Combine photographic negatives with materials to make your own print using an OG photo process with the sun.
  • Create a unique print using textures!
    • No drawing necessary – we’ll show you how you can use (and re-use) kneaded erasers to make prints.
  • Step into a piece of carnival-inspired historical printmaking!
    • Take a photo in our version of some famous poster reproductions – with a twist.
  • WIN BIG at our neigbourhood PLINKO GAME!
    • Everyone’s a winner with this one, so drop your token and take your chances to win a range of local goodies.
  • Browse through our A/P member PRINT MARKET!
    • We’re launching our next Print Market on the same day! Prepare to browse and call dibs on your faves.

 

All hands-on activities and midway treats are each priced from FREE to $18, with MOST BEING UNDER $7!  There is something for everyone!

Market items are priced as marked. All proceeds from the day go toward fundraising for A/P community programming and support the market artists.

Weather permitting, festivities will be set up outside in the front parking lot, as well as throughout the A/P Gallery and Studio.

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