Sharing the Field Workshops are live!
From October 2-4 in New Glasgow, dive into hands-on learning experiences that celebrate the season, from foraging to cooking workshops. All skill levels are welcome as we gather for the community connection we all crave.
Scroll down to discover which workshop speaks to your creative spirit!
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Pageant workshops are offered to the public free of charge. Free arts programming is important to us - it’s a way to give back to the community that helps build the Pageant each summer. Spaces are limited in these workshops, and they fill up on quickly and usually have waitlists. With that in mind, we ask that you consider the following:
If you register for a workshop,make the commitment to attend - put the dates in your calendar and show up.
If you sign up and realize you can no longer attend, email us to withdraw your registration so someone on the waitlist can participate.
Please consider a donation to River Clyde Arts to assist with the administration and material costs of these workshops. Your contributions help us ensure we can continue to offer high-quality, accessible arts programming to the community.
Introduction to Stilt Walking with Laura Astwood
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Have you ever wanted to try stilt walking? Step out of the comfort zone and participate in our beginner-friendly workshop to learn the basics and try it out! Stilt teacher and RCP collaborator Laura Astwood teaches a beginner-friendly stilt walking workshop for participants ages 12 and up, no previous experience is required, all you need to bring is a sense of adventure. Everything else—balance, technique, courage—comes with practice, and Laura will guide you through it!
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Saturday, October 3rd, 10:00 AM - 1:00PM
Gulf Shore Consolidated School, 185 Hilltop Ave, North Rustico
Limit: Age 12 and older.
Fall Forage with Biologist Kate MacQuarrie
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Join award-winning botanist and author Kate MacQuarrie on an edible and medicinal plant walk through the new Pageant site in New Glasgow. Kate will show you how to use all your senses to identify a range of plants with edible roots, leaves, flowers, and fruit. If we’re lucky, there may be a few edible fungi, too! No matter how well you know PEI or plants in general, we’re betting you’ll learn something new, interesting, and useful from this session.
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Saturday, October 3rd, 10:00 AM-12:00PM
The Pageant site in New Glasgow, (605 Rte 258, New Glasgow)
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Kate MacQuarrie is an award-winning botanist, naturalist, and author with more than 35 years’ experience working with the plants, wildlife, and natural history of PEI. She holds a Master of Science degree in Plant Science and runs PEI Untamed, a business dedicated to helping people learn, explore, and reconnect with the natural world around them. Last year, more than 2,000 people attended Kate’s in-person events across PEI, and thousands more follow her on social media.
Place to Plate: Historic Dining Practice of the African and Black Diaspora
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Join Evelyn on a journey through PEI's historical ecology as she explores islandness through foraged and locally grown foods. This interactive workshop will encourage participants to think creatively about Black history in PEI as we consider what the historic Black population may have eaten. Participants will have the chance to track a single dish from the continent of Africa through the Caribbean, along the East Coast of the southern United States, and all the way to PEI, as we learn about the variations and substitutions made to the ingredients and how the dish changed along the way!
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Sunday, October 4th, 12pm-2pm
Parking lot of The Mill in New Glasgow (workshop will be moved inside The Mill in the event of inclement weather)
Can't commit to workshops? Join our volunteer team or donate instead!
With gratitude to our Sharing the Field funders, partners and sponsors
