Welcome to Student Art Innovation Lab

Student Art Innovation Lab (S.A.I.L.) is an award-winning community arts outreach program housed within the Fine Arts Department at the University of Waterloo. S.A.I.L. is both art lab/studio and mobile art gallery, facilitating events throughout the summer in the Waterloo Region.

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People gather at tables under a canopy tent that displays rows of small handmade flags. A sandwich board advertises SAIL.
Adult and children paint a landscape on a giant canvas leaning against a vintage airstream trailer.
Two people stand at a refreshement table inside a vintage airstream trailer decorated with giant paper flowers.
A sandwich board advertises SAIL Student Art Innovation Lab and the free event at the Cherry Festival.
On an outdoor patio, people gather around table and try screen-printing.
People paint a giant canvas leaning against a vintage airstream trailer. The painting reads "Community Canvas 2023".
Photographed through the window of a vintage airstream trailer, an artist paints at an easle. The card in the window explains about an artist experiencing nature.
Adult and children gather around a table of craft supplies inside a vintage airstream trailer.
In an old stone building, a group of children gather around table cleaning screens for paper-making.
A group of children stand outside an old stone building. A person holds up fabric that has been indigo tie-dyed.
A group of children gather around picnic tables and plastic buckets dying fabric which hangs on clotheslines.
Two people sit at a table drawing shadows cast by bones, plants and a Roman portrait bust decoration.
A brightly coloured painting of ponies and rainbows with the words "This town is big enough for the both of us!" leans against a vintage
A group of children stand outside a building holding up indigo tie-dyed fabric and clothing
Inside a vintage airstream trailer, two people take a selfie in front of a projected light display.
At night in a downtown environment, a vintage airstream trailer, with lighted stars hanging in the window, displays a video of coloured lights.
A person operates a printing press inside a vintage airstream trailer while a second person observes.

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