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Youth Outreach: Connecting to Community Through Art – for elementary and high school students with (dis)abilities

This program provides arts programming to youth with intellectual and/or developmental delays in elementary and secondary school in the Life Skills and LRC classes.  We meet students once a month throughout the school year at Centre Wellington District Secondary School, Elora Public School, John Black Public School in Fergus, Arthur Public School and Victoria Cross Public School in Mount Forest. These sessions offer guided art instruction and contemporary art ideas led by an ECFTA Arts Educator.

The program is free to students.  Project themes are centered around community building and emphasize collaboration and success through personal artistic expression. The goal is connecting students to the community in meaningful and creative ways.

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SUPPORTIVE ARTS | Weekly inclusive ART & mindfulness WORKSHOPS

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY classes for adults with varying abilities. September through June.

Please visit our PROGRAMS-ADULT WORKSHOPS page for more information or to register for FALL, WINTER, or SPRING session blocks.

SUPPORTIVE ARTS is a unique and inclusive program offering arts-based learning opportunities and compelling artistic experiences to individuals with varying abilities.

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2025 SUMMER CAMPS!

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

REGISTRATION IS OPEN! 

SCROLL DOWN TO JULY/AUGUST TO SEE WEEKLY CAMP DESCRIPTIONS

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ARTFUL AGEING FOR SENIORS: CONNECTING TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH ART FOR OLDER ADULTS IN LONG-TERM CARE AND RETIREMENT LIVING

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

DISCOVERING CREATIVITY AND CONNECTING WITH OTHERS!

 

ARTFUL AGEING is a pilot project for seniors offered through the Elora Centre for the Arts as part of our growing Outreach program.

Monthly guided art sessions are designed especially for long-term care and retirement living residents and are offered on-site at Heritage River and Wellington Terrace in Elora and at Caressant Care, Fergus.

 

Whether residents are new to art making, bring some artistic experience, or just love expressing themselves, we are here to serve our older adult community through the exploration of materials, artists, and ideas in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

 

Led by ECFTA Art Educators, each month offers a new and exciting program that’s playful, engaging, and full of learning!

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SUPPORTIVE ARTS WEDNESDAY MORNINGS

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

SUPPORTIVE ARTS SPRING

WEDNESDAY MORNINGS

10 AM – 12 PM

MARCH 19-JUNE 18, 2025  

 

Weekly inclusive art & mindfulness classes for adults with varying abilities. We offer Wednesday morning and Thursday classes, September-June! 

$280.00

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SUPPORTIVE ARTS THURSDAY MORNINGS

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

SUPPORTIVE ARTS SPRING

THURSDAY MORNINGS

10 AM–12 PM 

MARCH 20-JUNE 19, 2025 

Weekly inclusive art & mindfulness classes for adults with varying abilities. We offer Wednesday morning, Thursday morning & Thursday afternoon classes, September-June! 

$280.00

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SUPPORTIVE ARTS THURSDAY AFTERNOONS

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

SUPPORTIVE ARTS SPRING

THURSDAY AFTERNOONS

1 PM-3 PM

MARCH 20-JUNE 19, 2025 

 

Weekly inclusive art & mindfulness classes for adults with varying abilities. We offer Wednesday morning, Thursday morning & Thursday afternoon classes, September-June! 

$280.00

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HOW TO BUILD A PAINTING WEDNESDAY NIGHT OIL PAINTING

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

WEDNESDAY NIGHT OIL PAINTING WITH RICK WORTHINGTON

4-WEEK WEDNESDAY SERIES

How to Build an Oil Painting is designed to gently guides students through Elora artist Rick Worthington’s unique process of creating an oil painting from start to finish. Throughout the course, students will learn how to choose a color palette, sketch out a drawing, block in shapes, and layer oil paints to bring a piece to life!

Sold Out $160.00

WEAVE! AMULET POUCHES

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

WEAVING WITH DIANNE KENNEDY CRUTTENDEN

Celebrate May Day with tapestry artist Dianne Kennedy Cruttenden. This workshop will offer an easy-going introduction to the art of weaving and go home with your own hand woven and embellished amulet pouch, perfect for the arrival of Spring!

Get Tickets $75.00 8 tickets left

TINY ART EXPO at the SCHOOLHOUSE ARTS COLLECTIVE

The Schoolhouse Arts Collective is marking its 2nd Annual TINY ART EXPO!

APRIL 26 and 27

11 AM to 4 PM

It’s a weekend celebrating beautiful things that come in small packages. All pieces are new, original 8” square or smaller works of art and we very much look forward to sharing these small gems with you!

Visit us at the Schoolhouse Arts Collective, 75 Melville Street (South Entrance)

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DRAWING FOR ADULTS WITH EILEEN MACARTHUR

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

Join artist Eileen MacArthur April 27 and May 4 for this two-Sunday introduction to the basic concepts of studio drawing. Students will work with graphite, conte and charcoal and explore the use of line, shape, value, proportion and composition. Using a still life set-up, there will be time for group and individual critique. This class will focus on observational drawing from life and how to draw what you see.  All skill levels welcome!

Sold Out $100.00

OPEN STUDIO SPRING MONDAYS

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

MONDAY AFTERNOON 6-WEEK SERIES

Join us Mondays 1:00-3:00 pm this Spring! Open Studio is designed as open-flow studio time, loosely guided by artist Eileen MacArthur for artists who have some experience and would like specific guidance to develop or resolve their work. Classes will be collaborative and relaxed and offer both individual and group critiques, as well as affording the students to opportunity to experiment with various methods and materials.

Get Tickets $180.00 7 tickets left

COLLAGRAPHS FOR KIDS! PRINTMAKING WITH AHMRI VANDEBORNE

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

Calling all budding artists! Interested in trying something new? Learn the basics of printmaking through the art of collagraphs!

Guelph artist Ahmri Vandeborne will show you tips and tricks on how to compose an image of your choosing, translate your image to a collagraph matrix (raised surface), and ink up your plate for some hot-off-the-presses printing!

Get Tickets $30.00 8 tickets left

The Art of Support: Creative Pathways for Caregiving

Join us for our third Vibrant Visions speaker series event!

The Art of Support: Creative Pathways for Caregiving will be an insightful panel discussion on the caregiving experience, the reality of compassion fatigue, where to go to find support, and the power of creative expression to foster meaning, connection and joy.

Are you caring for an aging parent, a spouse with a health condition, a child with special needs or another person in your life? 

If so, you’re far from alone: one in four Canadians are currently in a caregiving role, and 50% of Canadians will be in a caregiving role at some point in their lives.

Get Tickets $20.00 – $30.00 24 tickets left

POKEMON WORLDS!

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

Pokemon kids! Join artist Eileen MacArthur for a half-day Sunday workshop celebrating the world of Pokemon! We will be making a Pokemon habitat using a variety of different materials and methods, including drawing, painting and sculpting!

Sold Out $65.00

PAINTING OUTSIDE! FAMILY PLEIN AIR

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

Join in our local celebration of plein air painting this May in this 2-hour quick-paint class with artist Eileen MacArthur! Family Plein Air is a fun indoor-outdoor, family-friendly paint for all ages who want to experience art-making together!

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Annual Elora en Plein Air Festival

The annual Elora Plein Air Festival features selected artists from all over Ontario (and beyond!) who will be painting outdoors throughout Fergus, Elora and surrounding countryside.  Some even paint at night to capture the magic of nocturne views.  There are several events that take place throughout the festival, such as interactive painting opportunities, Quick Paint competitions, walking tours, film music and great food.  The week ends with a show & sale on May 18th in the gallery at the Elora Centre for the Arts.

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ABSTRACT EMBROIDERY WITH AHMRI VANDEBORNE

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

Artist Ahmri Vandeborne joins us for a Thursday evening introduction to embroidery this May. Learn how to take an abstract idea from paper to fabric in this easy-going, loose and freestyle approach to embroidery!

Get Tickets $65.00 6 tickets left

Elora Plein Air Festival Show & Sale Event

This is the culmination of the artists' efforts throughout the week, and they will be on hand to share and celebrate the end of the event.  In the gallery, you can view and purchase the beautiful work created, meet the artists and vote for your favourites!  Everyone is welcome.  Admission is free.

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SCULPTURAL NEEDLE FELTED HARE

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

Join us for a transformative experience with fibre artist Megan Cleland into the world of Sculptural Needle Felting. Whether you’re an experienced felter or a curious beginner, this 2-day workshop promises an engaging blend of artistry and fun.

Don’t miss this opportunity to create, connect, and be inspired!

Get Tickets $225.00 12 tickets left

FREEFORM FIBRE SCULPTURE

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

COILING, WRAPPING & FREESTYLE WEAVING with Dianne Kennedy Cruttenden

Join Tapestry Weaver and Fibre Sculptor Dianne KC and let loose for a day of creative expression coiling, wrapping, twisting and creating your unique freeform sculpture!

Get Tickets $110.00 9 tickets left

BREAKING BOUNDARIES: USING LIMITATIONS TO EXPAND CREATIVITY IN PAINTING WITH AHMRI VANDEBORNE

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

Find out how creative you can be when you set your own rules while painting! What happens when you only use two colours? Or when you have to use a tiny paint brush on a large canvas? Or when you use dice to choose what type of lines you paint and what colours you use?

Artist Ahmri Vandeborne will guide artists in a playful evening workshop setting limitations on tools and processes to help expand your creativity!

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INTUITIVE ABSTRACT PAINTING

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

Join Stratford artist Sal Cucci for an introduction to intuitive abstracts and explore your personal expression in this  playful and inclusive weekend!

This immersive 2-day workshop will appeal to painters of any level, whether you are beginning your abstract journey, or would like to deepen your practice.

Sold Out $290.00

LET’S VAN GO! JUNE PA DAY FOR KIDS

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

Young makers! Take a stroll through the vibrant world of Vincent Van Gogh and explore his use of colour and line to create motion, emotion, and intensity! Let's explore the sunny side of painting and using LOTS of vibrant yellow, yellow, yellow and practice Impressionist methods of art-making, as we work together to recreate Van Gogh’s luminous sunflowers on canvas!

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FLOW+GLOW! ART & MOVEMENT CAMP

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

3-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 4-7

If your budding artist loves art, with a little get-up-and-go mixed in, this ART + MOVEMENT camp is for you!

We’ll invent our own junior yoga moves and get those ants in your pants dancing and singing, along with playful creativity and friend-making!

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ART THEN+NOW! MINI MASTERS CAMP

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

5-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 7-12

Let’s time-jump into the art time machine and look at Art THEN + NOW! This camp is full-on art making, trying out new materials, and exploring the connections between art today and art of the past!

Sold Out $350.00

ART TECHS! THE SCIENCE OF ART CAMP

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

5 DAY CAMP FOR AGES 7-12

If you love to experiment, innovate, and collaborate then this camp is for you! This STE(A)M-injected camp brings super-sonic art making to young artists who love bright colours, bright ideas and are curious about how science and tech can POWER their ART explorations!

Sold Out $350.00

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ART! THE ART OF NATURE CAMP

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

5-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 4-7

Let’s answer the call of the wild in this nature-inspired camp, designed to bring out the WILD artist in you! We’ll use our creative nature to wander, wonder and engage with the wild world all around us in a week of fresh-air creativity, nature explorations and outdoor play!

Sold Out $350.00

ALEXANDER CALDER! KINETIC CIRCUS CAMP

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

5-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 7-12

Ready for a week of avant-garde awesomeness? This kinetic camp will introduce young artists to American Modernist, Alexander Calder’s 1931 Cirque! A moveable feast of characters, contortionists, fire eaters, hi-wire performers and circus animals. We will spend the week creating our own kinetic circus fun!

Sold Out $350.00

POP UP BOOKS! STORYBOOK ART CAMP

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

4-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 4-7

Junior artists! Turn your fave book into a power pop-up 3-D Diorama Story Box. We will start each morning with a story and then get to work exploring visual story-making and transform our own favourite stories from home into sculptural ART!

Sold Out $280.00

POP UP BOOKS! YOUR FAVE KIDS-LIT CAMP

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

5-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 7-12

Young Makers! Turn your fave book into a power pop-up  Diorama Story Box. Let’s explore visual story making and transform each of our favourite storybooks from home into sculptural Kid-Lit ART!

Sold Out $350.00

EARLY BIRDS+NIGHT OWLS! RISE+SOAR CAMP

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

5-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 4-7

Birds of a feather flock together in this week of high-flying fun! Join us for creative making inspired by our feathery friends! Whether you’re an early bird or a night owl we’ll spread our art wings and soar together and make memories that take flight!

Sold Out $350.00

DARK SHADOWS! THE IMAGINARIUM OF EDWARD GOREY CAMP

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

4-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 7-12

Love to draw and shadowy storytelling?! Join us for some old-timey illustration inspired by American Gothic writer and illustrator Edward Gorey. Let’s explore the world of fancy-fine-line drawing, graphic story-telling and dark humour in this week of drawing and doodling.

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SUPPORTIVE ARTS WEDNESDAY MORNINGS

SUPPORTIVE ARTS FALL

WEDNESDAY MORNINGS

10 AM – 12 PM

SEPTEMBER 17-DECEMBER 17, 2025  

registration opens June 2, 2025 at 10 am

Weekly, inclusive art & mindfulness classes for adults with varying abilities.

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! 

$280.00

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SUPPORTIVE ARTS THURSDAY MORNINGS

SUPPORTIVE ARTS FALL

THURSDAY MORNINGS

10 AM – 12 PM

SEPTEMBER 18-DECEMBER 18, 2025  

registration opens June 2, 2025 at 10 am

Weekly, inclusive art & mindfulness classes for adults with varying abilities.

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 each of our participants! 

$280.00

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SNOW COVERED FARM OIL PAINTING WITH RICK WORTHINGTON

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada

Snow is more than just white paint. It's a delicate dance of light, shadow, and subtle colour variations.

Join Elora artist Rick Worthington for a relaxed day of oil painting and learn how to capture the serene beauty of a late winter landscape. In this guided workshop, artists will paint a peaceful, snow-covered farm during the last days of winter, while exploring the techniques Impressionist painters used to bring scenes to life!

Get Tickets $150.00 10 tickets left