Heck Yeah Art Party
Make art. Make friends. Make a mess. Offering artist demos, guest talks, friendships, and hands-on art biz support to help artists level up at every stage.
Monthly Creative Kick Start Meet-up
We kick things off with a different creativity warm-up, and each meet-up will feature either a guest speaker, an artist demo, or a rapid-fire show-and-tell. There will be fresh ideas, helpful insights, and that general creative kick-in-the-pants to spark new inspiration and help you regain momentum in your creative practice.
Community through Art
Heck Yeah Art Party is a creative community built on curiosity, exploration and inspiration. Offering artist demos, guest talks, workshops, friendships, and hands-on art biz support to help artists level up at every stage. Explore your creativity, grow your skills, share ideas, and celebrate the joy, self-expression, and mental well-being that come from living life creatively.
Goals, Plans, Support
Being an artist can feel a little lonely sometimes. Heck Yeah is here to help you map things out, move forward, and keep creating. Bring your big ideas, half-finished projects, and creative roadblocks. Together, we’ll work through challenges, celebrate wins, and share tools and resources along the way.
What’s Included
Heck Yeah Art Party is a creative community for people who want to make art, make friends, and make a mess. Throughout the year, we host drop-in art-making events where we will explore together, make a mess, share ideas, and leave feeling inspired. Whether you're a seasoned artist or just looking for a creative time out, you're welcome here.
No pressure. No experience required. Each event will be a little different, with occasional artist demos, guest artists, creative challenges, and other fun surprises.
Heck Yeah Art Party includes:
Recurring in-person art-making events
Creative prompts and activities
Occasional artist demos & guest speakers
New art friends!
Upcoming Meet Ups
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Sept 19, 2026
11:00-1:00 pm
Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub
308 Catherine St, Victoria -
Oct 17, 2026
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Nov 14, 2026
11:00 - 1:00 pm
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Dec 12, 2026
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location
(to be announced)
Who We Are
Rose Currie
Rose Currie is an award-winning, multidisciplinary artist from Vancouver Island whose creative journey has been shaped by resilience, passion, and a deep connection to art.
She has built a rich and diverse career as an artist, working as a scenic painter for theatre, designing prints for fabric and has a lengthy exhibition record. Her photography has been published, has won awards, and has been exhibited across Canada.
Currently, she focuses on painting iconic landscapes around Victoria. In the beginning, her paintings were a celebration of the city she lives in, but as Victoria changes, is deconstructed and rebuilt, her paintings have gained a sense of timeless nostalgia. Her scenes evoke a sense of calm serenity that we have on the West Coast. They have been noted as vibrant, cinematic and iconic. She welcomes you to experience Victoria through her eyes.
Jessa Dupuis
Jessa Dupuis is a collage and mixed media artist based in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island. Her practice is informed by over 20 years as a graphic designer, which shapes how she perceives, layers, and composes visual stories.
Her collage practice is playful, organic, and weird. Finding beauty, humour, and hidden stories in ordinary things.
Jessa believes creative people are the best people and is passionate about building community around creativity. She loves the magic that happens when cutting things up, making connections, sharing supplies… laughing, and arguing about glue! Her messy studio is full of weird, wonderful things, and she wouldn't have it any other way.
Through her work, Jessa hopes to bring a little more joy, curiosity, and play into the world, and she believes creativity is good for your soul... for your mental and general health, and the world, honestly.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Meet-ups typically run for 3 hours, once monthly.
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No problem! Come when you can. Each event will be individually ticketed on Eventbrite. Of course, we hope to see you at them all!
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Heck no. (See what we did there?)
Heck Yeah Art Party is for anyone with a creative practice, whether you’re just starting out, getting back into it, or already deep in your work, you're welcome here.
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Fun, low-pressure, and a little unexpected! Warm-ups might include impromptu group temporary sculpture-making, blind contour drawing, quick collage exercises, or other playful prompts designed to get into a creative flow, shake off the cobwebs, and break through creative blocks so you can dive into the rest of the meet-up feeling open and inspired.
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Rapid-fire show-and-tell is a quick-paced, supportive session where members can sign up to share their current work. It’s a chance to practice talking about your work out loud in front of a friendly audience of creative peers. Feedback is optional: you’re welcome to simply share, or open up for constructive feedback from the group.