• Beat the Winter Blues! Winter Drawing Classes with Tim Murton

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    Tuesday Nights  |  January 7 - February 11, 2020  |  6 - 9 PM

    BEGINNER - INTERMEDIATE WELCOME!  Get social and have fun learning new skills on Tuesday nights with artist Tim Murton in a creative and congenial environment. This 6 week course will feature a series of hands-on exercises designed to explore ways to express what you see, feel or imagine. Explore composition, line, contour, light and shadow, atmospherics, perspective, golden mean, contour and gesture.

    Ideal for the beginner to intermediate. All levels are welcome!

    Starter kit included the first week. (newsprint and conte).  A modest supply list will be suggested for subsequent weeks. Students are encouraged to bring any favourite drawing materials.

    Ages 18+

    $225 for the series, plus HST

    Max 18 participants

     

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    Supportive Arts for Adults – Winter/Spring Edition 2020 (on hold)

    24 Week Winter/Spring Session  |  Thursdays 10AM-12PM

    Thursday Supportive Arts sessions will resume in the Fall. We understand the growing concern around the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)and as promised we are closely monitoring the evolving health reports from reputable sources.  The health of our community, staff and volunteers are the utmost importance to us. We are following the advice of local public health agencies and other leaders in our community as information unfolds rapidly.  This morning our Executive committee made the tough decision to cancel our March Break program for this coming week.  In making these difficult decisions, we hope to reduce the risk of spreading the virus, and, in turn, protect our vulnerable populations.  Our hearts go out to all those impacted in Canada and across the world, and we will do our part in helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We will resume normal programming as soon as local health officials indicate it is safe to do so. Thank you for your help and support of these difficult decisions. _____

    January 9 - Thursday June 25, 2020 (24 sessions)

    *no class Thursday, March 19

    Ages 18+

    $288 for 24 sessions, plus HST  (if you are not registering for the 24 sessions and would like to register for individual classes only please contact our office.  Individual sessions are $12 each)

    Max. 20 participants - please register in advance!

     

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    Paint the Winter Blues Away! Winter Painting Classes with Tim Murton

    Thursday nights  |  January 9 - February 13, 2020  |  6 - 9 PM

    BEGINNER - INTERMEDIATE WELCOME!  Bring your painting materials and come learn, experiment, and make art with artist Tim Murton. Make a few new friends in a creative, friendly atmosphere and learn about colour and basic painting techniques to get you started on a very rewarding pastime. Guaranteed to stave off the winter blues.

    Ideal for the beginner to intermediate. All levels are welcome!

    All materials provided for the first session, which will be a hands-on introduction to the different types of paint and surfaces. Students will be encouraged to purchase a modest painting kit to bring to class and explore for the remaining weeks. Please wear comfortable clothes for painting.

    Ages 18+

    $250 for the series, plus HST

    Max 18 participants

     

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    Wet-Felted Wool Slippers Workshop with Megan Cleland

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    Create your own pair of custom felted wool slippers, embellished with silk or yarn.  No sewing required! Designed as a full slipper with heel, made in one piece using a plastic resist technique.  Your choice of colour2.

    All materials provided.

    Ages 16+

    $95 per person, plus HST

    Max 15 participants (Minimum of 6 students required to offer this class).

     

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    Wet-Felted Wool Slippers Workshop with Megan Cleland

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    Second workshop added!  Create your own pair of custom felted wool slippers, embellished with silk or yarn.  No sewing required! Designed as a full slipper with heel, made in one piece using a plastic resist technique.  Your choice of colour.

    All materials provided.

    Ages 16+

    $95 per person, plus HST

    Max 15 participants (Minimum of 6 students required to offer this class).

     

    $95.00

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  • Wet-Felted Wool Slippers Workshop with Megan Cleland

    NEW!

    Third workshop added!  Create your own pair of custom felted wool slippers, embellished with silk or yarn.  No sewing required! Designed as a full slipper with heel, made in one piece using a plastic resist technique.  Your choice of colour.

    Ages 16+

    $95 per person, plus HST

    Max 15 participants (Minimum of 6 students required to offer this class).

     

    $95.00

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    Brush Lettering Valentine’s Workshop with Wendy Hardy

    SOLD OUT! Modern brush lettering is incredibly popular and it is very simple to learn! In this 3 hour workshop, we will learn a basic brush alphabet using the Tombow Fudenosuko brush marker. Once we have mastered the letterforms, we will learn to connect them to flow into words. We will then take our letters to the limits, extending ascenders and descenders, bouncing our letters of the baseline, and flourishing our pages. Create a Valentines Card with your own lettering to impress a special someone in your life.

    Note: A $10 material fee is payable to the instructor at the start of class and includes a Tombow Fudensosuko Brush Marker, worksheets, paper and card stock.

    Ages 18+

    $45 per person, plus HST

    Max 10 participants

    Min. of 5 students required to offer this class.

     

    $45.00

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    Wet-Felted Wool Slippers Workshop with Megan Cleland

    Sold Out!

    Third workshop added!  Create your own pair of custom felted wool slippers, embellished with silk or yarn.  No sewing required! Designed as a full slipper with heel, made in one piece using a plastic resist technique.  Your choice of colour. Please bring the following items to class:
    • bubble wrap (roughly, 2’ x 4’)
    • 2 large towels
    • 2 plastic grocery bags
    • newspaper (enough for stuffing slippers)
    • permanent marker
    • scissors
    • vinyl gloves
    • empty plastic water bottle

    Ages 16+

    $95 per person, plus HST

    Max 15 participants (Minimum of 6 students required to offer this class).

     

    $95.00

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    Needle-Felted Sheep Workshop with Megan Cleland

    Create your own needle felted sheep portrait on an 8"x10" felt base using wool and curly locks! Students will be given a choice of two sheep photo's from which to work. Perfect for the beginner who wants to give needle felting a go!

    All materials provided

    Ages 12+

    $85 per person, plus HST

    Max 15 participants  (Minimum of 6 students required to offer this class)

     

    $85.00

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  • Uncials & Celtic Knots St. Patrick’s Workshop with Wendy Hardy

    The Uncial hand is a very Celtic hand, with quite a bit of character and is fun to use. It is a very round alphabet with no capitals. Spend time with Wendy Hardy time learning the basics of Uncials and create your own Celtic knot variations. Then get your Irish on, using classic blessings and sayings to create unique pieces to frame or make into cards.

    We will be lettering with the 3.8mm Pilot Parallel Pen or a dip pen with Speedball C2 nib and ink. Worksheets will be supplied for the lettering. This course includes instruction, demonstrations and a fun calligraphic project, with discussion around tools and best practices.

    Note: A $5 material fee is payable to the instructor at the start of class.

    Supply List: 3.8mm Pilot Parallel Pen (green cap) or dip pen, C2 nib & ink. You will also need a mechanical pencil, a fine line black marker (Copic or Micron size 03 preferred) or a Sharpie extra fine, graph paper for the Celtic knots & ruler.

    Ages 18+

    $70 per person, plus HST

    Max 10 participants

    Min. of 5 students required to offer this class.

    $70

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    Thursday night PAINT! Snowscapes (new date) Thurs. Mar. 5

    RESCHEDULED DUE TO LAST WEEK'S STORM!  Not your average paint night! This class will introduce students how to paint snow, inspired by Canadian landscape painters who have mastered representations of snow, such as Clarence Gagnon and the Group of Seven. We will also look at the work of contemporary artists Peter Doig and Kim Dorland. Students will learn about colour and value, and complete an acrylic painting on canvas. No experience necessary. All materials included.  This workshop will take place in our main floor classroom.

    Led by artist Eileen MacArthur.

    Ages 16+

    $45 per person, plus HST

    Max 15 participants

    $45

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  • PD Day April: The Day of Nothing! (cancelled)

    This has been cancelled, refunds will be issued.

    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

    $56.00

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  • Classroom and Workshops at ECFTA during Covid-19

    Our workshop class sizes have been reduced to ensure that work stations for workshop participants can be 2 metres apart.  Where class size is more than 8, we have overflow teaching space in our gallery.  The safety and peace of mind for our participants, visitors and staff are our priority.  We believe that creativity can be very valuable in this time of recovery, and we invite you to visit our gallery, artisan shop or sign up for a workshop.  For more information about our safety protocols and procedures, please click here.

     

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    Plein Air Kids! Painting Outside with Watercolours

    SOLD OUT!  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 9 participants.  **We have implemented COVID-19 safety protocols within our building and in our workshop spaces.  This is an outdoor workshop, participants will be set up 6 feet apart.  For more information about our workshop safety procedures, please click here.

    $40.00

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