Youth Outreach: The Power of Art & Creative Expression | Addiction & Recovery Program | A partnership with Portage
Youth Outreach: The Power of Music & Creative Expression | Addiction & Recovery Program | A partnership with Portage
SUPPORTIVE ARTS | Weekly inclusive ART & mindfulness WORKSHOPS
SUPPORTIVE ARTS WEDNESDAYS for Adults with Varying Abilities
SUPPORTIVE ARTS for Adults with Varying Abilities | 14-week series
WEDNESDAY | September 18 - December 18, 2024 | 10 am - 12 pm
Weekly inclusive art & mindfulness for adults with varying abilities.
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SUPPORTIVE ARTS THURSDAYS for Adults with Varying Abilities
SUPPORTIVE ARTS for Adults with Varying Abilities | 14-week series
THURSDAY | September 19 - December 19, 2024 | 10 am - 12 pm
Weekly inclusive art & mindfulness for adults with varying abilities.
sold out
FALL OPEN STUDIO SERIES | WITH EILEEN MACARTHUR (6 weeks)
Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada6-WEEK EVENING OPEN STUDIO
Thursdays | October 10, 17, 24, Wednesday 30, November 7, 14, 2024 | 6:30 -8:30 pm (Please note, no class Thursday, Oct 31. Week 4 will be held on Wednesday, Oct 30.)
AGES 14+ | MAX 12 $180 + hst for all 6 weeks
OPEN STUDIO with artist Eileen MacArthur is designed for artists who have some experience and would like specific guidance to develop or resolve their artwork. All mediums are welcome in this collaborative and friendly Thursday evening series!
DRAWING BASICS FOR KIDS! | 6 WEEK SUNDAY SERIES | with Eileen MacArthur
Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, CanadaDrawing Basics is designed for older kids 10 and up who love to draw and want to learn some new skills! Young artists will learn how to draw from observation and how to translate what we see into drawing. Led by artist Eileen MacArthur, Eileen will guide the class in learning about line, value, and balance in composition. Artists will be experimenting with various wet and dry drawing material including graphite, charcoal, ink and watercolour.
2025 SUMMER CAMPS COMING SOON!
Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, CanadaREGISTRATION OPENS THURSDAY, JANURARY 23 at 10 am!
9 weeks of Summer Art Making for ages 4-6 and 7-12!
July 2 to August 28, 2025
9 am - 4 pm each day
Weekly Camp descriptions coming soon!
Inspiring Your Creativity at Any Stage of Life: ‘Bloom’ with artist Janice Mason Steeves
Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, CanadaAre you looking to be inspired for the next stage of your life? Wondering where to begin as you re-imagine where your creative opportunities and life changes may take you? Join artist and author Janice Mason Steeves as she talks about how an insistent dream she had while she was at an artist residency in Sweden, led to writing 'Bloom: On Becoming An Artist Later in Life'. Interspersed with stories of the 138 artists she interviewed, Janice shares her own journey to become an artist as well as the research she did into art and aging. While written with older artists in mind, this is an inspiring book about creativity for all ages and all mediums, whether music, writing, painting, or poetry.
Open House! Christmas Sale Weekend – artist studios open throughout the building! (one weekend only)
Mark your calendars for our annual OPEN HOUSE! All of our artist studios in the building will be open to the public for you to wander and shop for creative Christmas finds at affordable prices!
35 participating artists | 4 studios | Hundreds of gift ideas!
Admission is free!
The artisan shop will also be open!
BOOK BINDING FOR KIDS! | WITH AHMRI VANDEBORNE
Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, CanadaAGES 6-12 | MAX 12
$40 | No hst | All materials provided
Young makers! Join Guelph artist Ahmri Vandeborne and learn how to book bind! Make your very own notebooks, journals and books in this playful Saturday afternoon, perfect for kids who like to journal, draw, or keep track of their discoveries when they’re exploring outside. We'll bind and decorate together and then explore the Elora Centre for the Arts to document all our discoveries in these brand-new, hand-made pocket books. Artists will leave the class with the skills to keep making their own special books for all their favourite activities!