Edmonton Cat Fest

Create Your Own Kitty Tote Bag during the 2025 Edmonton Cat Fest!

Join Robin Good Art & Design in creating a colourful painted portrait of your kitty on a tote bag at the Edmonton International Cat Festival on Caturday, May 31, 2025!

You can bring your cat with you wherever you go (in tote form lol).

This session is included with your Edmonton Cat Festival ticket—along with so meowny other CATivities and PURRgramming happening on May 31, 2025! You must have a Cat Festival ticket for entry into the festival + access to this CATivity.

In this 1.5 hour workshop at the festival on May 31, 2025, you’ll learn the basics of painting on fabric, and create your own custom cat tote! This class is FREE (included with your festival ticket), but requires pre-registration. Register for limited spots May 24 @ 10 a.m.

You’ll be guided step-by-step through the entire process, from how to sketch your kitty portrait, the tools and techniques of painting with acrylics, and how to mix vivid colours with confidence.

This workshop is for ages 10 and up, and open to all experience levels. Whether you are new to painting, or have painted for years, you’ll learn something new – and have a wonderful time with your cat-loving pals.

Pre-registration is required! Spots are limited.

The kitty tote bag workshop is included with your festival admission, but you must RSVP in advance.

All supplies and instruction included, but bring a photo of your cat for reference! More details are below.

Kitty Tote Bag Workshop with Robin Good Art & Design at the Edmonton Cat Festival

Location: MacEwan Robbins Health Learning Centre (10910 104 Ave.) – Room 9-102 (Main Floor)

Date: Caturday, May 31, 2025 as part of the Edmonton Cat Festival

Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Registration for the May 31, 2025 Kitty Tote Bag Workshop opens May 24 @ 10 a.m.

This workshop will be run by local artist Robin Good, a professional artist with a deep love for kitties!

Register for a limited spot in the workshop!

* registration opens on May 24, 2025 @ 10 a.m.

Note: you will need a festival ticket as well as a (free) workshop ticket in order to access this workshop.

What to bring:

Pictures of your kitty, printed in colour is highly recommended. For the best results, pick photos with bright natural lighting (captures colours/details the best), and front-facing images at eye-level. If you’re not sure what works best, bring a few options and Robin can help you decide. Since the workshop will be an hour, please bring a beverage or some snacks. Please bring or wear a paint-friendly apron, shirt, or whatever makes you feel most comfortable. Please let us know of any accessibility needs as well.

After the workshop:

To set the paint permanently on your new tote bag, follow the following steps. Let the tote bag dry flat for at least 24 hrs, then remove the plastic sheet inside your tote (helps prevent paint from bleeding to the back side of your tote). Tear off a piece of parchment paper large enough to cover your tote. Heat set the paint permanently by ironing over the parchment-covered tote for about a minute or two, making sure to go over all the painted areas. Iron over a flat and heat-safe surface like an ironing board. To keep your tote bag looking awesome, spot-clean or hand-wash with mild soap and cool water.

You can also visit ROBIN GOOD ART & DESIGN in the vendor meowketplace and shop more cat nip and other felt cat toys!

About the instructor:

Robin Good (she/her) is the owner of Robin Good Art & Design. She is a full-time freelance designer, illustrator, and fine artist based in Edmonton. Her work is inspired by her admiration of all creatures, especially cats – big or small! She loves to paint colourful, realistic, and very expressive animal portraits with all of the relatable feelings. Creating stickers, pins, greeting cards, earrings, prints, tufted rugs, and mini paintings that put a smile on your face. You can find out more about her at www.robingoodart.com or follow @robindesign on Instagram.

Join us for our Caturday, May 31, 2025 pawty, Alberta’s biggest celebration of cats, cat culture, and cat people, that raises money for cat rescues, in downtown Edmonton. It’s going to be AMEOWZING!

The Edmonton International Cat Festival returns to downtown Edmonton on Caturday, May 31, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at MacEwan Robbins Learning Centre (10910 104 Ave.) on both the Main Floor and Second Floor, celebrating cats, cat culture and cat people while raising money for cat rescues. It’s an AMEOWZING pawty featuring a ton of CATivities for cat lovers that you don’t want to miss, and it’s all for a good cause! We are not kitten you right meow!!

Since 2014, we have donated $170,000 to local cat rescues while helping thousands of cat lovers come together annually.

100% purr-ceeds are donated to local cat rescues. This year’s rescue recipient is Little Cats Lost (Trap-Neuter-Return) Society!

Tickets:

$15 (online in advance)

$20 (at the door, cash)

Kids 12 and under are FREE!