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Feb 27, 2026, 2:00 PM–5:30 PM

Teen Art Lab

Free Art Mentorship for Teens

A light blue abstract shape resembling a stylized figure, with a rounded top and tapering bottom. It features small dark blue dots and a rectangular shape in the center, outlined in darker blue. The figure is set against a plain white background.

Pietro Sammarco, drawing of an ocarina, 2026.

Ocarina Making at Teen Art Lab

Open to all youth aged 13–19. No prior experience needed.

Free with registration. Limited space.

Come hang out and make a clay flute!

Remember Totoro’s nighttime melody atop the camphor tree, in My Neighbor Totoro? Or Link's sequence of notes to teleport in Zelda: Ocarina of Time? Did you know the ocarina is a real musical instrument? It’s a super old kind of flute, though it goes by different names in different cultures.

Pietro, the Gibson’s Curator of Learning, wants to make an ocarina out of air-dried clay. He’s never done it before, and there’s a chance it’s harder than it looks. If you’d like to try making your own, join Pietro in the Gibson’s Tuey Art Studio.

We can promise air-dried clay and snacks. And hopefully, with some determination and patience, our ocarinas will make music too!

Adults are welcome to hang out on the couches by the fireplace in the Gibson’s Salon.

Please note: Upon registering, a parent or guardian will need to sign a consent form on behalf of their teen.

Generously supported by the Tuey Charitable Foundation, the Deux Mille Foundation, and Friends of the Gibson. 


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  • Pietro Sammarco
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A light blue abstract shape resembling a stylized figure, with a rounded top and tapering bottom. It features small dark blue dots and a rectangular shape in the center, outlined in darker blue. The figure is set against a plain white background.

Pietro Sammarco’s creative practice improvises with found sounds to learn about our relationships to place. He has taught listening and audio production at Emily Carr University, the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, and the Vancouver Public Library’s Inspiration Lab. From 2016 to 2021, he programmed educational activities at VIVO Media Arts Centre, to deepen community engagement with the non-profit’s exhibitions, archives, and facilities. Pietro earned his MA from SFU on the unceded territories of the səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), studying soundscape composition with Barry Truax and Hildegard Westerkamp, and youth media with Stuart Poyntz. He joins the Gibson’s team as their new Curator of Learning & Community Engagement in October 2025.