Young Makers Classes
PD Day April: The Day of Nothing!
April 24 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Let’s explore the idea of NOTHING! Zero, blank, nil. What does nothing look like? A void, boredom, a black hole? Is it like “putting blue into your head”? The word “nothing” is real, but does “nothing” really exist?
Nothing can be a starting point, it can be a beginning…a blank canvas! Enjoy a day of rotating activities and projects, combined with fresh air outside! (a ton of EVERYTHING, really)
Led by artists and ECFTA Arts Educators Eileen MacArthur and Natalie McDonald.
Ages 4 -11 (in two different groups)
$56 per session
Max 24 kids (more…)
Plein Air Kids! Painting Outside with Watercolours
May 9 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
This class is all about painting in the great outdoors! We will begin inside in the classroom with a short lesson covering the fundamentals of working outside including how to choose a subject, composition and how to paint some simple textures. Then we head outside, rain or shine, to the yard at the Art Centre, set up our easels and create a watercolour painting en plein air!
Led by artist and ECFTA Arts Educator Eileen MacArthur.
Please come dressed for the weather.
Ages 6-12
$40
Max 15 participants
More Bees Please! PD Day Art Camp
June 5 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday June 5, 2020 | 9AM – 4PM
Join artist and ECFTA Arts Educator Natalie McDonald for the last PD Day of the year! Full of art-making and learning, this busy-buzzy day will be inspired by the friendly world of entomology and ornithology (birds and the bees!). We will make a beehive box, explore the difference between bugs and insects, create a bird themed project and buzz with creativity indoors and out!
Ages 4-10
$56 per student. Maximum 18 kids.
Little Earthlings! Summer Camp
July 13 @ 9:00 am - July 17 @ 4:00 pm
July 13 – 17, 2020 | 9AM – 4PM
Join us for a week with no limits! Our Earth and Space art camp is designed to connect campers to outer space, the skies above and their own special place here on Earth. Projects will include papier mâché globes, design your own rocket ship, dazzling watercolour planets, and galaxy slime making!
Led by artist and ECFTA Arts Educator Natalie McDonald and our summer camp staff.
Ages 5 – 11
$250 per student
Wild Things! Outdoor Art Camp
July 20 @ 9:00 am - July 24 @ 4:00 pm
July 20 – 24, 2020 | 9AM – 4PM
Campers! Join us outdoors for fresh-air fun, designed to bring out the Wild Child in you! Each day will be filled with nature-inspired creativity, fort making in the fairy garden, scavenger hunts, campfire & s’mores and free-range play perfect for a hot July week! With a focus on outdoor art-making, the bullseye for this week will be our team-build Sculpture for the our permanent Outdoor Sculpture Garden! (in partnership with Bicycle Friendly Centre Wellington)
Led by ECFTA Arts Educator, kukucaju’s Judy Anderson and our summer camp staff.
$250 per camper. Ages 5 – 11
Story Stretch Art: Morning Mini Summer Camp
July 27 @ 9:00 am - July 31 @ 12:00 pm
July 27 – 31, 2020 | 9AM – 12PM
What’s the story morning glory? Yoga and story camp!
Wake up with a streeetch in the gallery, followed by a hand-picked book for story-time to inspire a make and take art project each day. Led by artist and ECFTA Arts Educator Bernadine Lacey and our summer camp staff.
Ages 4-6
$125 per student
Art of the Bizarre: 4 Day Summer Camp
August 4 @ 9:00 am - August 7 @ 4:00 pm
Tuesday August 4 – Friday August 7, 2020 | 9AM – 4PM
Join us for a short week of bizzaro hands-on activities and extreme art-making! Weird and wacky projects include Doll Head Planters, Frankenstuffies and Radioactive-Green Cat Scultpures! A camp inspired by Op Art, Dada and contemporary Surrealist insanity! Led by artist and ECFTA Arts Educator Natalie McDonald and our summer camp staff.
Ages 5 – 11
$200 per camper
Little Earthlings Morning Mini Camp
August 10 @ 9:00 am - August 14 @ 12:00 pm
August 10 – 14, 2020 | 9AM – 12PM
Join us for 5 wide-eyed mornings with no limits! Our Earth and Space mini art camp is designed to connect campers to outer space, the skies above and their own special place here on Earth. Projects will include papier mâché globes, design your own rocket ship, dazzling watercolour planets, and galaxy slime making!
Led by artist and ECFTA Arts Educator Natalie McDonald and our summer camp staff.
Ages 4-6
$125 per camper
Harry & Hedwig’s Week of Wizarding Wonder! Summer Camp
August 17 @ 9:00 am - August 21 @ 4:00 pm
August 17 – 21, 2020 | 9AM – 4PM
Join us in the wizarding realm and pack your imaginations for a full-on day with Harry and Hedwig inspired creativity! We’ll start each morning with adventure and wonder, led by our guest instructor and HP Expert from Theatricks. Mornings will include a Charms and Magic class; the care of Magical Creatures; Spell Writing; Wand making (and duelling!); Levitation and Quidditch!
The afternoons will feature Harry Potter-inspired projects in the classroom with ECFTA Arts Educator Bernadine Lacey. Make a Hedwig-worthy Owl Mask (complete with hand-written letter for the beak), design a Coat of Arms for your Camp’s “House” and try some Mythical Beast-morphing!
An exciting journey for muggles and wizards alike!
Ages 5 – 11
$250
Comic Art Super Camp!
August 24 @ 9:00 am - August 28 @ 4:00 pm
August 24 – 28, 2020
You don’t have to be a comic genius or even a superhero artist to join this fun-filled action-packed art camp! You just have to be SUPER! Join artist and ECFTA Arts Educator, Eileen MacArthur and our summer camp staff for a week of puppet making, comic hero design, sketching from action figures, storyboarding, making your own comic or flip book, paintings inspired by artists Raymond Pettibon and Keith Haring, and a weeklong “Crankie”-making panorama project, with a final performance for parents. Ka-POW!
Ages 5-12
$250 per camper