Important: To ensure a smooth Summer 2025 registration, we have decided to divide the process into 3 days based on course department: registration for teen courses begin on May 21 at 9 am, for fine art courses on May 28 at 9 am, and for ceramics courses on May 29 at 9 am. By managing traffic in this way, we can serve you better. Thank you for your understanding.

Jessica Brouder

Jessica Brouder is an Irish Canadian visual artist and art educator living and working in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. She holds an MFA in Medium and Material Based Art (Textiles) from the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo (Norway), an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London (England), and a BFA in Fine Art (Painting) from Limerick School of Art and Design (Ireland).

Informed by an appreciation for folk art and craft, Brouder’s practice begins with locally collected environmental and societal debris as the primary conceptual and materialsource. Her process often involves the repetition of rupture or breakage followed by repair. She explores the potential of everyday ephemera, through textiles, as a vehicle for investigating ideas of attention, discard studies and futuring.

Courses and Workshops

Introduction to Spinning with Drop Spindle *NEW *Ground floor
Intro to Backstrap Weaving with Rigid Heddle *NEW *Ground floor
Introduction to Cordage
Textile Open Studio
Coiled Basket Making

Selected Work