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The workshops will be led by youth instructors, with each one focusing on a different craft, such as weaving, printmaking, brushwork, collaborative installation and still-life drawing.

SUPPLY Victoria, a non-profit dedicated to diverting materials from the landfill, has launched a free ­hands-on children’s workshop series to demonstrate how to creatively transform cast-off items into art and do-it-yourself projects, at its Creative Reuse Centre, on March 25.

Instructors include: Valerie Salez, a practising ­artist for 20 years and ArtsReach instructor, Holly Pilot, an illustrator and children’s art instructor at Collage ­Collage and PoMo Arts Centre, and the volunteers from the Victoria Tool Library, a non-profit that rescues high-quality used tools and provides then to community members.The event is free and runs from 10 to 11 a.m. It is available on a first-come-first-serve basis with a ­capacity of 24 people.

The camp is held at Fire Hall No. 1 on Pender Island. Students receive career credits toward graduation through their school districts upon completion of the camp. “Almost 50 per cent of adults in Canada have a ­permanent or temporary disability or live with someone who does. Many of us struggle every day to access the places where we live, work, learn, and play, facing ­significant barriers that others take for granted.

The word pysanka is from the Ukrainian verb pysateh — to write — as the intricate designs are written in beeswax in a wax-resist batik method.

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