SUPPORTIVE ARTS WINTER THURSDAYS
January 8, 2026 @ 10:00 am - March 26, 2026 @ 12:00 pm EST
$220.00
SUPPORTIVE ARTS WINTER THURSDAYS
10 AM – 12 PM
JANUARY 8 – MARCH 26, 2026
REGISTRATION OPENS DECEMBER 8 at 10 AM
Weekly, inclusive art & mindfulness classes for adults with varying abilities and music in partnership with the Elora Singers!
Join us Sept to June for weekly guided 2-hour workshops designed to support adults of all abilities. Each session embraces diversity and friendship through explorations in art making, movement, mindfulness and music. Every week is as unique as our participants!
SUPPORTIVE ARTS is a unique program offering arts-based learning opportunities and compelling artistic experiences to individuals with varying abilities. We welcome adults and caregivers from Wellington County and the surrounding areas to our weekly program led by ECFTA Arts Educators and Mindfulness Facilitator.
Our bright and cheerful ECFTA classroom is wheelchair accessible and accommodates up to 14 participants, with accompanying support workers and volunteers.
The 2025-26 Supportive Arts season is supported by;
- WC Wood Foundation
- Rotary Club of Fergus/Elora
- The Township of Centre Wellington
- The Foot Family Fund
- Lindy Green Family Foundation
- Marjorie and Joseph Wright Memorial Foundation
- And many generous individual donors from our community
We thank you!
There are no REFUNDS for missed classes. If you are unable to attend for any reason, classes are transferrable to another participant.
PAYMENT can be made using a credit card by registering below. Registration & payment via e-transfer or personal cheque are also accepted.
Please contact us for more information or availability on our waitlist.
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Meet Judy!
Judy Anderson is an artist and educator and manages Public Programs at the Elora Centre for the Arts. She has run the Supportive Arts program since 2017, creating art projects that embrace diversity and are engaging for artists of all abilities. Judy is passionate for creativity in all its forms and is particularly fascinated by shadowy storytelling, the curious imaginations of children, and the unique abilities within each of us. Judy studied at Ontario College of Art & Design and the University of Guelph. She makes her playful and peculiar brand of art under the name kukucaju.com
Meet Eileen!
Eileen MacArthur is a practicing artist and arts educator with over 20 years of experience teaching art to adults and children at the Guelph School of Art, Studiohere and the Art Gallery of Guelph. She holds a Master of Fine Art degree from the University of Guelph, and a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. Eileen is inspired by watching artist communities evolve and flourish! Eileen owns and operated the Arthur School of Art, an art school located in her studio at her home in Arthur Ontario.
Meet Stephanie!
Stephanie Lines-Toohill brings compassion, creativity, and mindfulness to everything she does and reminds us to pause and find wonder in unexpected places. Stephanie also runs Sparrow’s Nest Makerspace, a Community Social Enterprise that is located in the Art Centre. The Nest is a collaborative creative space for all ages, where making, mending and inventing know no bounds! You might find her on a forest walk where she finds calming inspiration and beautiful found objects. Stephanie has been leading youth art groups and community art opportunities for over 20 years. She champions the process of each artist as a curious explorer!