Creativity
CIAS meets community needs by incubating new projects.
CIAS established Route 22 Artist Collective Gallery then passed it to the current artist ownership. CIAS ran online arts courses during the pandemic, then in-person courses for a short while.
Connections
Bridging Relationships between Cochrane and Stoney Nakoda people.
Revealing the truth and establishing mutually respectful relationships.
Celebration
Cochrane Culture Days
September 9-10, 2023
Our 4th annual great weekend of activities - music and dance with face painting and balloon twisting, a tipi raising and Indigenous artisan sale! Fun for al! Check it out!
Capacity
Future arts spaces for Cochrane are the vision. We're tackling the challenge!
In the Spotlight
This week the Spotlight is on Marla Blackwell. Although the prairie and the grain fields were her home as a child, she was drawn to the foothills and beautiful tree land west of Calgary, Alberta. Marla has a passion for the landscape and expresses it in her paintings. "There is endless inspiration and tranquility right here in this great land of ours".
Marla paints in a style which encompasses traditional to the abstract. Her desire is to pass on and impact the viewer with the same emotion she feels as she creates each piece of art.
Read more about Marla and learn acrylic paint application, composition, painting terms and how they relate to all styles by registering in Acrylic Landscape Painting.