LEARN THROUGH ART & BUILDING
Creative skills are best learned by doing, alongside people who actually practise them.
UAC Lab brings working artists, makers and
creative professionals into the classroom to teach what they know through hands-on courses and workshops. Learn Muralism, Printmaking, Photography, Filmmaking, Painting, Book Arts and more in spaces built for experimentation.
Come curious. Leave with something you know how to do.
Learn By Doing
No endless lectures or theory for theory’s sake. Our courses are built around making, trying, troubleshooting and learning through the work itself.
You’ll get direct guidance from your instructor, time to practise and room to figure out what works for you.
Artist-Led
Our instructors are Active Artists, Makers and Creative Professionals bringing real experience into every class.
They teach the techniques, tools and lessons they actually use in their own practice, without the gatekeeping.
Build Something
A new skill. A finished piece. A creative practice. Confidence. Connections with people who care about the same weirdly specific things you do.
That’s the other half of UAC Lab: Learning through Art & Building.
Obsessions: Who Said Fish Can't Dance?
Storytelling Through Drawing
Fundamentals: Figure Drawing
Develop your drawing practice while exploring observation, character, storytelling and personal expression.
These courses invite beginners and experienced artists alike to strengthen foundational skills, experiment with distinctive visual styles and discover new ways to communicate ideas through images.
From figure drawing and character creation to folk-art traditions and imaginative storytelling, this collection celebrates the many possibilities of drawing and illustration.
Studio to Market: Essential Business Skills for Artists
Post Less, Sell More: Social Media for Makers
Build the practical skills that help support a creative practice. This collection focuses on the business side of being an Artist, Maker or Creative Professional, with courses covering websites, marketing, branding, promotion and other tools for getting your work in front of the right people. Whether you’re starting something new, growing an existing practice or figuring out how to present your work more professionally, these courses are designed to make the business side of creativity more approachable, useful and manageable.
Your Phone Is a Camera (Intensive)
Your Phone Is a Camera
Astrophotography for Beginners
Explore photography from first look to final print. These artist-led courses cover composition, lighting, colour, smartphone photography, astrophotography, alternative processes, visual storytelling, zine-making and fine-art printing.
Whether you’re picking up a camera for the first time or developing an established practice, you’ll find practical ways to strengthen your creative eye, experiment with new techniques and bring your images into the physical world.
Alternative Processing: Cyanotype
Carve & Print: How-To One-Colour Linocut
Digital to Physical - Fine Art Printing (Intensive)
Digital to Physical - Fine Art Printing
GO PUBLISH YOURSELF!!!
Bound to Last: Custom Album Making with Paste n' Paper
Turn images and ideas into tangible, shareable objects. This collection explores linocut, cyanotype, fine-art printing, zines, artist books and other hands-on approaches to image-making.
Learn how creative work moves from concept to printed form while experimenting with process, sequencing, reproduction and presentation. These courses are ideal for artists, photographers and makers interested in working beyond the screen.
Working with Fibre: Punch Needle
Working with Fibre: Macrame (Intensive)
Painting on wood: Algonquin-Inspired Landscape Painting
Brush Up: Intro to Acrylic Painting
Explore painting through cultural traditions, pattern, storytelling and hands-on experimentation.
These courses introduce approaches inspired by landscape painting and folk-art practices while encouraging participants to develop their own visual language.
Work with colour, line, pattern and meaningful imagery as you create artwork that connects personal expression with broader artistic traditions.
Put on a Show with Your Friends!
Analog Animation: Flipbook Zines & Morphing
Analog Animation: Clay Stop-Motion
IT'S ALIVE!: The art of brining animation to life
Bring drawings, objects and characters to life through the art of animation. This collection combines hands-on animation techniques with creative exploration and animation history.
Experiment with clay stop-motion, flipbooks, morphing and the principles that create movement and personality.
Whether you’re completely new to animation or looking to expand your practice, these courses make moving-image storytelling approachable, playful and engaging.
MAKE YOUR OWN FRICKKING MUSIC VIDEO!!
Short Film Bootcamp
Bring drawings, objects and characters to life through the art of animation. This collection combines hands-on animation techniques with creative exploration and animation history.
Experiment with clay stop-motion, flipbooks, morphing and the principles that create movement and personality.
Whether you’re completely new to animation or looking to expand your practice, these courses make moving-image storytelling approachable, playful and engaging.
Monumental: 6-Week Public Art & Wall Build
First Can: Intro to Aerosol & Stencils
Street Art is a collection of courses that explore the techniques, culture, and creative approaches behind graffiti, muralism, and public art. Learn skills such as spray-paint handling, lettering, character design, composition, stencilling and large-scale painting while developing your own visual style.
These courses look at street art as both a hands-on practice and a form of public expression. Whether you are picking up a spray can for the first time or looking to expand an existing practice, the focus is on practical skills, experimentation and creating work that responds to the spaces around us.
Roll With It: Build Your Own Homebrew D&D Campaign
Explore how games create stories, worlds and shared experiences. These courses focus on building characters, settings, systems and narratives for tabletop games, role-playing games and other interactive formats.
Learn how to turn an idea into something people can actually play, whether you’re designing a campaign, developing a world, creating encounters or experimenting with collaborative storytelling.