Greetings from Robin Thibodeau and the Inspiration Studio Academy of Fine Art!
Inspiration Studio Art Camps, Markets & MORE!
Art Camps, Youth Markets & Art Events
THE THINGS YOU DO when you're part of the ISAFA Family!
The Gingerbread Station Contest from 2022-2024. Kids from each program got to create full on themed Christmas villages, ski hills and even fairy forests!
The Halloween Youth Art Market where we partnered with Okotoks Pound Rescue and raised enough to donate 12 Flea & Tick medicines for their dogs and cats! We even made it onto Global TV Calgary and some kids sold out of their work, while others got to meet a lot of new potential customers for commissions:)
Our Christmas Youth Markets are always so much fun and the local Western Wheel gave us a half page spread with photos of the artists and their artwork!
Oh yeah! And in April of this year FOOTHILLS MAGAZINE we got a full colour article on the importance of art! READ ALL ABOUT US HERE!
EVERY Summer we have a Youth MAKERS Market --> Always totally free. The whole town's kids get in on the action. So much to do and see! Artists get to show and or sell their work and we always find creative ways to raise funds or donations to our local animal rescue charities.
In February - May we host our ISAFA Coffee Shop Shows at these incredibly unique locations: 94 Take the Cake, Chippy's Cookie House, Rebel Bean Roasters & Little Apple Cafe & Bakeshop... and Sweetgrass Deli!
EASTER BREAK CAMP: Canadian Wildlife was sold out in a WEEK!
SUMMER CAMP 1: JULY 7 - 11 Fantastical Worlds where science fiction and fantasy collide!
SUMMER CAMP 2: JULY 21 - 25 International Wildlife & Upcycling ART Camp!
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The Castle of the Arts! Click the image to see how it was built... and scroll through the gallery below of how my art camp kids of 2021 helped me make it as amazing as it was! A brief description: 7 pieces: The Keep, the Four Pillars of the Arts: Innovation, Expression, Functionality & Literary Arts made up the four corners as well as the Arched Entrance and the Wishing Well inside:) It took four months to build it and 2 weeks to decorate and paint it up!
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A CASTLE of the Arts was created in 2021 in my garage over the course of 4 months:)
THE four towers represent INNOVATION, FUNCTIONALITY, LITERARY Art and EXPRESSION. Cardboard, styrofoam, reclaimed wallpaper, carpet tube rolls, spools, deck railings, 3D printing spools, keyboard membranes, plumbing tubes, packing materials, tv boxes, cat toys, brushes, pencils, feathers, costumes, and painting, glue, tape and corrugated plastic. It served the local baking shop 94 Take the Cake as an outdoor mini venue for kids and big kids to learn more about how the Arts have shaped our civilizations from July 17 - August 28th during the Town of Okotoks Nooks & Crannies Festival. It lasted all the way into early October and was used for four other events! And a few elements are still in use.
Take a peek at the carousel of how it all came together through still shots - videos - kids and teens helping, decorating...and how it found a new purpose as a backdrop for league and Art Club art shows!