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    <title>Button Factory Arts Centre upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 05:59:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Intermediate &amp; Advanced Handbuilding with Akycha Surette (7 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30 pm. September 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28&amp;nbsp; (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/Pink.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image credit: Stephanie Pink&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$229.50 Members / $270 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp;+ $15 material fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This 6-week intermediate &amp;amp; advanced ceramics course&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;invites you to set your own goals, bring your ideas, and together we'll figure out how to make them happen. Must have prior &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;experience working with clay.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781799</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781799</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (8 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6780163</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6780163</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (8 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 7-9 pm. September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6780123</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6780123</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Intermediate &amp; Advanced Handbuilding with Akycha Surette (14 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30 pm. September 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28&amp;nbsp; (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/Pink.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image credit: Stephanie Pink&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$229.50 Members / $270 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp;+ $15 material fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This 6-week intermediate &amp;amp; advanced ceramics course&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;invites you to set your own goals, bring your ideas, and together we'll figure out how to make them happen. Must have prior &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;experience working with clay.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781799</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781799</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (15 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6780163</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6780163</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (15 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 7-9 pm. September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6780123</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6780123</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Intermediate &amp; Advanced Handbuilding with Akycha Surette (21 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30 pm. September 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28&amp;nbsp; (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/Pink.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image credit: Stephanie Pink&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$229.50 Members / $270 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp;+ $15 material fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This 6-week intermediate &amp;amp; advanced ceramics course&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;invites you to set your own goals, bring your ideas, and together we'll figure out how to make them happen. Must have prior &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;experience working with clay.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781799</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781799</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (22 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6780163</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6780163</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (22 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 7-9 pm. September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6780123</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6780123</guid>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>WORKSHOP- Ceramics: Tiny Houses with Akycha Surette (24 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/Mini%20pottery%20houses%20copy.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday, October 24, 1 - 4 pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$38.25 members / $45 non-members + $10 materials fee&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette" target="_blank" style=""&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style=""&gt;Create&lt;/font&gt; and decorate tiny&amp;nbsp;hand-built clay houses in this creative, relaxed workshop for all levels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;All materials included.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style=""&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6798149</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6798149</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Intermediate &amp; Advanced Handbuilding with Akycha Surette (28 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30 pm. September 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28&amp;nbsp; (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/Pink.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image credit: Stephanie Pink&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$229.50 Members / $270 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp;+ $15 material fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This 6-week intermediate &amp;amp; advanced ceramics course&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;invites you to set your own goals, bring your ideas, and together we'll figure out how to make them happen. Must have prior &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;experience working with clay.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781799</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781799</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (29 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6780163</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6780163</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (29 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 7-9 pm. September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6780123</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>WORKSHOP- Ceramics: Cats &amp; Bats &amp; Rats with Akycha Surette (31 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/m_6a2b372cc4e7b48ae1e73769.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday, October 31, 1 - 4 pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$38.25 members / $45 non-members + $10 materials fee&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Come sculpt &amp;amp; glaze a surprise Halloween pottery project themed "cats &amp;amp; bats &amp;amp; rats."&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6798270</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6798270</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Intermediate &amp; Advanced Handbuilding with Akycha Surette (4 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30 pm. November 4, 11, 18, 25, December 2, 9&amp;nbsp; (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/Pink.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image credit: Stephanie Pink&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$229.50 Members / $270 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp;+ $15 material fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This 6-week intermediate &amp;amp; advanced ceramics course&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;invites you to set your own goals, bring your ideas, and together we'll figure out how to make them happen. Must have prior &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;experience working with clay.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781827</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781827</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (5 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. November 5, 12, 19, 26, December 3, 10 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781857</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781857</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (5 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 7 - 9 pm. November 5, 12, 19, 26, December 3, 10 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781872</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781872</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Intermediate &amp; Advanced Handbuilding with Akycha Surette (11 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30 pm. November 4, 11, 18, 25, December 2, 9&amp;nbsp; (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/Pink.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image credit: Stephanie Pink&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$229.50 Members / $270 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp;+ $15 material fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This 6-week intermediate &amp;amp; advanced ceramics course&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;invites you to set your own goals, bring your ideas, and together we'll figure out how to make them happen. Must have prior &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;experience working with clay.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781827</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781827</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (12 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. November 5, 12, 19, 26, December 3, 10 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781857</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781857</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (12 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 7 - 9 pm. November 5, 12, 19, 26, December 3, 10 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781872</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781872</guid>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Art Sampler with Various Instructors (5 weeks) (14 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturdays, 10 am - 12 pm.&amp;nbsp; November 14, 21, 28, December 5, 12. (5 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/image1%20(1).jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image credit: Erica Gosselin&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$127.50 for members / $150 non-members + $25 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Want to explore art with a range of media? We have it all in this special class:&amp;nbsp; drawing,&amp;nbsp; beading, painting, felt craft and pottery- try your hand at everything and see what ignites your passion!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Nov 14 - Conte Drawing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Baz Kanold&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Nov 21 - Felted Ball &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Acorn Top Ornaments with Michael Rouse&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Nov 28 - Ceramics with Akycha Surette&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Dec 5 - &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Intuitive Painting with Erica Gosselin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Dec 12 -&amp;nbsp;Beaded Jewelry with Anne Williamson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;*Instructors and mediums subject to change&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;To learn more about these instructors and their work, please visit:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Anne Williamson:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/williamson" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/williamson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Erica Gosselin:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/gosselin" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/gosselin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Michael Rouse:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/rouse" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/rouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Baz Kanold:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/kanold" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/kanold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Akycha Surette:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6793856</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6793856</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Intermediate &amp; Advanced Handbuilding with Akycha Surette (18 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30 pm. November 4, 11, 18, 25, December 2, 9&amp;nbsp; (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/Pink.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image credit: Stephanie Pink&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$229.50 Members / $270 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp;+ $15 material fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This 6-week intermediate &amp;amp; advanced ceramics course&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;invites you to set your own goals, bring your ideas, and together we'll figure out how to make them happen. Must have prior &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;experience working with clay.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781827</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781827</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (19 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. November 5, 12, 19, 26, December 3, 10 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781857</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781857</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (19 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 7 - 9 pm. November 5, 12, 19, 26, December 3, 10 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781872</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781872</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Art Sampler with Various Instructors (5 weeks) (21 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturdays, 10 am - 12 pm.&amp;nbsp; November 14, 21, 28, December 5, 12. (5 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/image1%20(1).jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image credit: Erica Gosselin&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$127.50 for members / $150 non-members + $25 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Want to explore art with a range of media? We have it all in this special class:&amp;nbsp; drawing,&amp;nbsp; beading, painting, felt craft and pottery- try your hand at everything and see what ignites your passion!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Nov 14 - Conte Drawing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Baz Kanold&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Nov 21 - Felted Ball &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Acorn Top Ornaments with Michael Rouse&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Nov 28 - Ceramics with Akycha Surette&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Dec 5 - &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Intuitive Painting with Erica Gosselin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Dec 12 -&amp;nbsp;Beaded Jewelry with Anne Williamson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;*Instructors and mediums subject to change&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;To learn more about these instructors and their work, please visit:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Anne Williamson:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/williamson" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/williamson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Erica Gosselin:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/gosselin" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/gosselin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Michael Rouse:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/rouse" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/rouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Baz Kanold:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/kanold" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/kanold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Akycha Surette:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6793856</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Intermediate &amp; Advanced Handbuilding with Akycha Surette (25 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30 pm. November 4, 11, 18, 25, December 2, 9&amp;nbsp; (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/Pink.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image credit: Stephanie Pink&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$229.50 Members / $270 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp;+ $15 material fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This 6-week intermediate &amp;amp; advanced ceramics course&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;invites you to set your own goals, bring your ideas, and together we'll figure out how to make them happen. Must have prior &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;experience working with clay.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781827</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781827</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (26 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. November 5, 12, 19, 26, December 3, 10 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781857</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781857</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (26 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 7 - 9 pm. November 5, 12, 19, 26, December 3, 10 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781872</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781872</guid>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Art Sampler with Various Instructors (5 weeks) (28 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturdays, 10 am - 12 pm.&amp;nbsp; November 14, 21, 28, December 5, 12. (5 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/image1%20(1).jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image credit: Erica Gosselin&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$127.50 for members / $150 non-members + $25 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Want to explore art with a range of media? We have it all in this special class:&amp;nbsp; drawing,&amp;nbsp; beading, painting, felt craft and pottery- try your hand at everything and see what ignites your passion!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Nov 14 - Conte Drawing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Baz Kanold&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Nov 21 - Felted Ball &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Acorn Top Ornaments with Michael Rouse&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Nov 28 - Ceramics with Akycha Surette&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Dec 5 - &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Intuitive Painting with Erica Gosselin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Dec 12 -&amp;nbsp;Beaded Jewelry with Anne Williamson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;*Instructors and mediums subject to change&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;To learn more about these instructors and their work, please visit:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Anne Williamson:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/williamson" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/williamson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Erica Gosselin:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/gosselin" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/gosselin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Michael Rouse:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/rouse" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/rouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Baz Kanold:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/kanold" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/kanold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Akycha Surette:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6793856</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6793856</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Intermediate &amp; Advanced Handbuilding with Akycha Surette (2 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30 pm. November 4, 11, 18, 25, December 2, 9&amp;nbsp; (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/Pink.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image credit: Stephanie Pink&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$229.50 Members / $270 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp;+ $15 material fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This 6-week intermediate &amp;amp; advanced ceramics course&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;invites you to set your own goals, bring your ideas, and together we'll figure out how to make them happen. Must have prior &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;experience working with clay.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781827</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781827</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (3 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. November 5, 12, 19, 26, December 3, 10 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781857</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781857</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (3 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 7 - 9 pm. November 5, 12, 19, 26, December 3, 10 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781872</link>
      <guid>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781872</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Art Sampler with Various Instructors (5 weeks) (5 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturdays, 10 am - 12 pm.&amp;nbsp; November 14, 21, 28, December 5, 12. (5 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/image1%20(1).jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image credit: Erica Gosselin&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$127.50 for members / $150 non-members + $25 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Want to explore art with a range of media? We have it all in this special class:&amp;nbsp; drawing,&amp;nbsp; beading, painting, felt craft and pottery- try your hand at everything and see what ignites your passion!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Nov 14 - Conte Drawing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Baz Kanold&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Nov 21 - Felted Ball &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Acorn Top Ornaments with Michael Rouse&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Nov 28 - Ceramics with Akycha Surette&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Dec 5 - &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Intuitive Painting with Erica Gosselin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Dec 12 -&amp;nbsp;Beaded Jewelry with Anne Williamson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;*Instructors and mediums subject to change&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;To learn more about these instructors and their work, please visit:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Anne Williamson:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/williamson" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/williamson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Erica Gosselin:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/gosselin" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/gosselin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Michael Rouse:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/rouse" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/rouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Baz Kanold:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/kanold" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/kanold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Akycha Surette:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
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      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6793856</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Intermediate &amp; Advanced Handbuilding with Akycha Surette (9 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30 pm. November 4, 11, 18, 25, December 2, 9&amp;nbsp; (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/Pink.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image credit: Stephanie Pink&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$229.50 Members / $270 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp;+ $15 material fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This 6-week intermediate &amp;amp; advanced ceramics course&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;invites you to set your own goals, bring your ideas, and together we'll figure out how to make them happen. Must have prior &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;experience working with clay.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781827</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (10 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. November 5, 12, 19, 26, December 3, 10 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Ceramics: Handbuilding Studio for All Levels with Akycha Surette (10 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursdays, 7 - 9 pm. November 5, 12, 19, 26, December 3, 10 (6 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/01%20Akycha%20Surette_03_2016.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="279" height="588.5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$153 Members / $180 Non-Members&lt;/strong&gt; + $15 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To learn more about Akycha and her work, please visit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In this 6-week course, learn to make various functional and decorative pottery forms using slab, pinch pot, and sculpting techniques. You will also learn about surface decoration- carving, adding elements, and glazing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those who have previous experience working with clay. You'll be invited to work on guided projects or to make your own clay creations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6781872</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Art Sampler with Various Instructors (5 weeks) (12 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturdays, 10 am - 12 pm.&amp;nbsp; November 14, 21, 28, December 5, 12. (5 weeks)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/image1%20(1).jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image credit: Erica Gosselin&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$127.50 for members / $150 non-members + $25 materials fee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Want to explore art with a range of media? We have it all in this special class:&amp;nbsp; drawing,&amp;nbsp; beading, painting, felt craft and pottery- try your hand at everything and see what ignites your passion!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Nov 14 - Conte Drawing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Baz Kanold&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Nov 21 - Felted Ball &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Acorn Top Ornaments with Michael Rouse&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Nov 28 - Ceramics with Akycha Surette&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Dec 5 - &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Intuitive Painting with Erica Gosselin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Dec 12 -&amp;nbsp;Beaded Jewelry with Anne Williamson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;*Instructors and mediums subject to change&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;To learn more about these instructors and their work, please visit:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Anne Williamson:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/williamson" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/williamson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Erica Gosselin:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/gosselin" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/gosselin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Michael Rouse:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/rouse" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/rouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Baz Kanold:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/kanold" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/kanold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Akycha Surette:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul data-rte-list="default" style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attending the full class term is the responsibility of the student. No refunds or credits are issued for missing classes and educators will not schedule any additional instructor-led make-up classes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Refunds are issued up to two weeks before your class starts.&amp;nbsp; After this period there are no refunds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;With 2 or more weeks notice, we deduct 10% payment processing servicing fees from the total amount refunded or offer store credit with no deductions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
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