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    <title>Button Factory Arts Centre upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:04:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Art Sampler with Various Instructors (6 weeks) (31 Oct 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; September 26, October 3, 17, 24, 31, November 7. (6 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/BFB99151-F3AE-4617-B7AC-1C93BB5086F2.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: Peter van Ryn&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;$153 for members / $180 non-members + $25 materials fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Having trouble choosing an art medium? This six week course lets you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;sample a variety of the art forms offered at BFAC.&amp;nbsp; You'll get a chance to work with several of our instructors and try something new each week!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Sept 26 - Soft Pastel with Moumita Roychowdhury&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Oct 3 - Gelli Printing with Anne Williamson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Oct 17 - Collage with Erica Gosselin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Oct 24- Felted Card with Peter van Ryn&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Oct 31- Watercolour with Robert Achtemichuk&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Nov 7- Ceramics with Akycha Surette&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*Instructors and mediums subject to change&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&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 face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Moumita Roychowdhury:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/roychowdhury" target="_blank" style=""&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/roychowdhury&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;Anne Williamson: &lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/williamson"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/williamson&lt;/a&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;Erica Gosselin: &lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/gosselin"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/gosselin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Peter van Ryn:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/van-ryn" target="_blank" style=""&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/van-ryn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;Akycha Surette: &lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &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;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&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;
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      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6793903</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>COURSE- Art Sampler with Various Instructors (6 weeks) (7 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; September 26, October 3, 17, 24, 31, November 7. (6 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/BFB99151-F3AE-4617-B7AC-1C93BB5086F2.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: Peter van Ryn&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;$153 for members / $180 non-members + $25 materials fee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;Having trouble choosing an art medium? This six week course lets you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;sample a variety of the art forms offered at BFAC.&amp;nbsp; You'll get a chance to work with several of our instructors and try something new each week!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Sept 26 - Soft Pastel with Moumita Roychowdhury&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Oct 3 - Gelli Printing with Anne Williamson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Oct 17 - Collage with Erica Gosselin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Oct 24- Felted Card with Peter van Ryn&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Oct 31- Watercolour with Robert Achtemichuk&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Nov 7- Ceramics with Akycha Surette&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*Instructors and mediums subject to change&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&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 face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Moumita Roychowdhury:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/roychowdhury" target="_blank" style=""&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/roychowdhury&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;Anne Williamson: &lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/williamson"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/williamson&lt;/a&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;Erica Gosselin: &lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/gosselin"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/gosselin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Lato, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Peter van Ryn:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/van-ryn" target="_blank" style=""&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/van-ryn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;Akycha Surette: &lt;a href="https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/surette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please note:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &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: 22px;"&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-6793903</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>WORKSHOP- Drawing for Beginners with Terry Torra (28 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/PXL_20260923_221202058.RAW-01.COVER~2.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday, November 28,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;1 - 4 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;$38.25 Members / $45 Non-Members&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;+ $5 materials&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Discover your hidden talent in drawing by taking this drawing workshop. Yes, you to can learn and have a basic mastery of fundamental drawing techniques. Learn the proper types of paper and pencils to use, how to make objects look three dimensional through shading and devices to make your drawing look spatially correct and more. These techniques will get you started on more drawing on your own.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&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;

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  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&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;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://buttonfactoryarts.wildapricot.org/event-6854531</link>
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