What’s coming up?
As the dates below approach we will solidify anything that is marked pending, and update it in this list! If it is a class open for registration on our shop, it is linked in blue. Have questions? Reach out anytime!
Tuesday dates run from 6:30pm - 9pm, and any weekend dates are from 10am - 4pm.
Happy Holidays! New events will be released for 2026 in the next few weeks!
NEW: There will be a new introduction this year of double days! Some of these double days will be a short class in the morning from 10am to noon, followed by opening up from 1pm - 4pm into open studio time. Other days will be two short classes (one from 10am to noon and the other will run from 1pm to 3pm). On a double class day you will be invited to attend or register for both, or just one as you would like. The fee for these double class days will be:
Book both classes on a double days -> $55 LAG Members | $65 Non-Members
Book one of the classes on the day $30 LAG Members | $40 Non-Members
FEBRUARY 2026
February 7th & 8th - Bas Relief Class with Karen Scarlett (10am - 4pm both days)
February 17th - Open Studio Time | 6:30pm - 9pm
February 28th -> Double Day!
10am - Noon | Calligraphy Class with Ashley
1pm - 3pm | Pencil Crayon Art with Casting Cats Art Studio
MARCH 2026
March 8th - Pysanky (Ukrainian Easter Egg Art) - Instructor TBA - 10am to 4pm
March 10th -> Gouache Painting with Kelvin Christensen | 6:30pm - 9pm
March 14th -> Double Day!
10am - Noon | Spring Watercolours with Debbie McIvor
1pm - 3pm | Class Instructor TBA - Alcohol Inks
March 24th - Open Studio Time (6:30pm - 9pm)
March 28th -> Double Day!
10am - Noon | Pastel Spring Florals Class, Instructor to TBA
1pm - 4pm | Open Studio Time
APRIL 2026
April 7th - Open Studio Time | Encore Art Sale Prep
April 11th & 12th -> LAG Casino Fundraiser - volunteers needed! Please send an email to thelacombeartguild@gmail.com or give a text/call to 403 741 7360 if you would like to become involved. No experience is needed to be a part of this, we will be walked through what needs to be done!
April 14th - Open Studio Time | Encore Art Sale Prep
April 18th & 19th -> Encore Art Show & Sale - if you would like to offer to man the booth for a time slot we will be looking for volunteers! We would also appreciate help with set up and tear down of the booth as well - more details to come as the dates approach! Please send an email to thelacombeartguild@gmail.com or give a text/call to 403 741 7360 if you would like to become involved.
MAY 2026
May 5 - LAG Windup | 6:30pm - 9pm
May 9th -> Double Day!
10am - Noon | Class TBA
1pm - 4pm | Open Studio Time
May 12th -> Spring Animals in Needle-Felted Wool with Vicki Sullivan | 6:30pm - 9pm
May 16th -> Double Day!
10am - Noon | Pen & Ink Doodles
1pm - 3pm | Class TBA
JUNE 2026
June 9th - Class TBA | 6:30pm - 9pm
June 13th - Oil Painting Class, Instructor to TBA | 10am - 4pm
June 16th - Open Studio Time | 6:30pm - 9pm
Plien Air Weekend
June 20th - Plein Air Day -> Ellis Nature Centre | 10am - 4pm
June 21st - Plein Air -> Event location & details TBA
JULY 2026
July 7th - Class TBA | 6:30pm - 9pm
July 11th -> Try It Day
LAG will be hosting a Come Try It Day during the Lacombe Days festivities! The idea: we will have 8 instructors working on different mediums from 12pm - 4pm. Visitors of all ages will be invited and welcomed to our guild room upstairs in the Lacombe Memorial Centre to not only watch the demos and work on the go, but to also try their own hand at a medium of interest! We will have some extra spaces set up for attendees to spend some time dabbling.
Want to be one of the instructors? Reach out by email to thelacombeartguild@gmail.com or send a text/call to 403 741 7360
July 14th - Open Studio Time | 6:30pm - 9pm
July 18th -> Double Day!
10am - Noon | Class TBA
1pm - 3pm | Class TBA
AUGUST 2026
-> Date pending: Come Paint Alberta Event
August 11th - Class TBA | 6:30pm - 9pm
August 22nd & 23rd - Double Workshop Weekend! 10am - 4pm both days - Class TBA
August 25th - Open Studio Time | 6:30pm - 9pm
SEPTEMBER 2026
September 8th - Fall themed Class, Instructor TBA | 6:30pm - 9pm
September 19th -> LAG Retreat & AGM
Join us at Casey’s Cabin for our second annual Lacombe Art Guild Retreat! During this time we will have time for an instructional in the morning, a break for lunch and our AGM, followed by the rest of the afternoon enjoying the outdoors with some plein air painting on the beautiful grounds of the location. More details to TBA as we approach the date!
September 22nd - Open Studio Time | 6:30pm - 9pm
September 26th - Class TBA | 10am - 4pm
OCTOBER 2026
October 6th - Class TBA | 6:30pm - 9pm
October 17th -> Double Day!
10am - Noon | Class TBA
1pm - 4pm | Open Studio Time
October 20th - Open Studio Time | 6:30pm - 4pm
October 24th - Watercolour Fall Class, Instructor to TBA | 10am - 4pm
NOVEMBER 2026
November 3rd - Class TBA | 6:30pm - 9pm
November 7th -> Double Day!
10am - Noon | Class TBA
1pm - 4pm | Open Studio Time
November 17th - Open Studio Time | 6:30pm - 9pm
November 20th - Class TBA | 10am - 4pm
DECEMBER 2026
December 5th -> LAG Christmas Party
10am - Noon: Christmas Themed Class with Sally Towers-Sybillis
12pm - 1pm: Lunch & Secret Santa Gift exchange
1pm - 4pm: Open Studio Time
December 8th - Open Studio Time | 10am - 4pm
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Events now finished 2025:
Jan 14 - Karen Scarlette - part 1 prep class - Watercolour on plaster on barn board (6:30pm - 9pm)
Jan 25 - Karen Scarlette - part 2 - plaster on barn board technique with watercolor (10am - 4pm)
Feb 8 - Micheal Downs Oil/Acrylic (10am - 4pm)
Feb 18 - Build your own Sketchbook (6:30pm - 9pm)
Feb 22 - Marlene Pavely- Today we draw (10am - 4pm)
March 1 - David Shkolny - pastel art
March 11th - FREE Introduction to Acrylics (6:30pm - 9pm)
March 22 - Oksana Zhelisko - Oil/Acrylic painting a still life form
March 23 - Barb Hanson - Building of Europe in Watercolours (max students: 20) (10am to 4pm)
March 29 - Encore Art Show Prep Time (10am - 4pm)
April 1 - Encore Art Prep (6pm - 9pm)
April 26 & 27 - Acrylic with Wendy Johnson -> 2 day workshop (10am - 4pm)
May 6 - Lacombe Art Guild season wind up (6pm - 9pm)
July 19th - Come Paint Alberta | Plein Air Painting in the City of Lacombe 8:30am - 3pm
Sept 20th - LAG Members retreat at Casey's cabin, with Wendy Meeres
August 15th - September 30th: Artists Call, Logo Design
October 7th - LAG Annual General Meeting (6:30pm - 9pm)
October 18th - Acrylic Fall Painting with SASART (10am - 4pm class) - beginner friendly, no experience needed
Art Changeout Dates!
November 4th - FYi Eyecare 4:30pm
November 5th - Lacombe Memorial Centre 4:30pm start to take down art
November 6th - Charis Village start at 9:30am
Are you a member of LAG and never participated in an art changeout? We wrote a blog that highlights all about what to expect, the process, things to do to prep your work, and more! Read about it here.
November 8th - Pastels with Pam Copland - 10am - 4pm
November 18th - LAG Open Studio Time - come create watercolour bookmarks for Friends of the Library! Tell us your coming: click on the event date and it will take let you add your name to our drop in list.
November 22nd - Oil Painting with Michael Downs - 10am - 4pm
December 9th - LAG Christmas Party
December 16th - Whimsical Christmas Cards with Sally Towers-Sybblis (watercolours and ink) running from 6:30pm - 9pm
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Nov 5 - Sandra Bingeman - water colour with palette knives
Nov 16 - Willie Wong - Acrylic, several projects one on black canvas
Dec 10 - Lacombe Art Guild Christmas Party
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January 17th -> Double Day!
10am - Noon | Pencil Sketching with Marlene Pavely
1pm - 4pm | Open Studio Time
January 24th -> Still Life with Bobbi Dunlop - Oil/Acrylic class
January 27th -> Paper Quilling Class for beginners with Mary Anne Deines | 6:30pm - 9pm
