Creemore Festival of the Arts – Special art installation, demonstration and talk by renowned hybrid AI artist Steve McDonald at the Station on the Green. Presented by Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society with the help of Royal LePage Location North, Brokerage.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 – The Exhibition will consist of Steve’s brand new ‘hybrid’ illustrations. Steve has been exploring and incorporating the new diffusion model and generative ai tools into his own illustration process. The work will be on display at the Station on The Green during the Festival Weekend.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 – The Workshop will offer participants the basics of how to use generative ai programs, how to design a custom diffusion model with your own work, and how to ethically use and adapt the new tools into your own practice. 

11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1 – The Presentation & Talk will include a multimedia presentation – An education, a history, and a discussion of the new processes and software available for image crafting. In a short time, Steve has become a leading voice in the adaptation of the new tools and has participated in many panels, talks, and interviews regarding the tools, the ethics, and the future of image crafting. The debate and discussion has many sides and could not be more topical (or contentious!). Whether you are an image crafter or not this should be an interesting event for many of you, as the ai image crafting tools will soon be crossing over into all walks of life – education, science, communication, etc.