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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/LRC classes.  We meet students once a month through the school year at Centre Wellington District Secondary School, Elora Public School, and John Black Public School. The sessions offer guided art instruction and ideas, led by an ECFTA Arts Educator, and assisted by classroom teachers.

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.

Event Series Youth Outreach: The Power of Art & Creative Expression | Addiction & Recovery Program | A partnership with Portage

Youth Outreach: The Power of Art & Creative Expression | Addiction & Recovery Program | A partnership with Portage

Youth Addiction & Recovery Program: The Power of ART & Creative Expression. This program offers weekly art and creative expression classes to residents at Portage Elora as a conduit for acceptance, sharing and healing. It allows for emotional exploration, development of coping strategies and sharing the challenges of recovery. Run by arts educators, engagement facilitators and a social worker. The program runs in the gallery and classroom at the Elora Centre for the Arts throughout the school year.
Event Series Youth Outreach: The Power of Music & Creative Expression | Addiction & Recovery Program | A partnership with Portage

Youth Outreach: The Power of Music & Creative Expression | Addiction & Recovery Program | A partnership with Portage

Youth Addiction & Recovery Program: The Power of MUSIC & Creative Expression. THE POWER OF ART & CREATIVE EXPRESSION continues to be an important outreach connection to our community. Through our partnership with Portage Elora, this Youth Outreach Program is all about the POWER OF MUSIC! MUSIC JAM MONDAYS! is a pilot program this Fall and invites Portage youth in recovery to a welcoming environment to explore the basics of rhythm and melody with a variety of acoustic instruments.

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.

FALL OPEN STUDIO SERIES | WITH EILEEN MACARTHUR (6 weeks)

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

6-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!

$180.00

DRAWING BASICS FOR KIDS! | 6 WEEK SUNDAY SERIES | with Eileen MacArthur

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

Drawing 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.

$150.00

Writing With Fire | Intro to Pyrography With Heather Martin

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada
AGES 14+  |  MAX 12  $75 + hst  |  + kit fee Join artist Heather Martin for a relaxed afternoon and explore the beautiful and unique art of Pyrography. Create your own wood-burned Charcuterie board, incorporating intuitive marks, textures and depth and learn about the tools and techniques of Writing with Fire!
$75.00

Artist Reception in the Gallery: ‘Clay & Cloth’ by sisters Annette & Gitte Hansen

Join us in the gallery to meet and mingle with clay artist Annette Hansen and textile artist Gitte Hansen, as they launch their new exhibition in the gallery!  'Clay & Cloth' is a collaboration between the sisters as they explore and incorporate elements of the forest, both on land and under water, and demonstrate how these interconnected creative elements can remind us of the very things that sustain life. Refreshments will be provided.  Free admission.  No registration required.

‘Moonlight at the Mill’ fundraising gala in support of the Elora Centre for the Arts

The Granary 77 Mill Street West, Elora, Ontario, Canada

 

You are invited to Moonlight at the Mill -   presented and sponsored by the Elora Mill Hotel & Spa. This fundraiser for the Elora Centre for the Arts is not to be missed!

Guests will enjoy world class cuisine and hospitality with cocktails and a 3-course meal with wine, served in the beautiful Granary Building at the Elora Mill Hotel & Spa.  The festivities will include a live auction, a silent auction and dancing to live music by Lauren Roy and The Boutique Collective.

$250.00

Elora Adventure Film Festival 2024

Let the 2024 adventure begin - what’s new for 2024!? Following on from last year’s incredible success with 100% sold out screenings, the Elora Adventure Film Festival folks are gearing up for an expanded festival in 2024!

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

Elora Adventure Film Festival Speaker Event: “Out there” experiences with Ian Evans

In this speaker series event, Ian Evans will recount the fun and lessons learned from his expeditions around the globe. The event is approximately 1 hour, including Q&A. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased here.  THIS EVENT IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE ELORA CENTRE FOR THE ARTS.  The speaker is donating 100% of proceeds to the Arts Centre. Location: in the gallery at the Elora Centre for the Arts, 75 Melville Street, Elora

Adventure Speaker Series – presented by the Elora Adventure Film Festival

As part of the Elora Adventure Film Festival activities this year, they are offering an Adventure Speaker Series that you can sign up for in addition to film festival packages.  Be inspired by the experiences and passions of other Adventurers in this interactive speaker series.  There will be opportunities for Q&A, and engagement with others who share your interest in exploring, pushing boundaries, and living live to the fullest.

The Adventure Speaker Series will take place on Saturday November 9th, in the gallery at the Elora Centre for the Arts (75 Melville Street in downtown Elora).  The location is walkable from the Gorge Cinema where the films are being presented.  There are 3 speaking sessions to choose from, with dynamic presenters - pick one, two, or all three!  Tickets are $12 per session.  

Here's the line-up!  Register today (links below):


BASQUIAT-INSPIRED PET PORTRAITS | WITH EILEEN MACARTHUR

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada
AGES 16+  |  MAX 12  $75 + hst  |  All materials included Share some art-love with our furry friends in this playful afternoon of mixed media exploration and collage with artist Eileen MacArthur! Inspired by the Neo-Expressionist work of American pop-culture icon Jean-Michel Basquiat, we will be using a variety of materials and approaches to explore how artists convey emotions and ideas. This workshop is all about using an abstract painting approach and getting a little messy! No experience necessary!
$75.00

Elora Adventure Film Festival Speaker Event: Stories of Expeditions and ‘Where the Falcon Flies’ with Adam Shoalts

In this speaker series event, Adam will share stories and photos from his expeditions, and discuss his most recent book Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 km Odyssey from My Doorstep to the Arctic. The event is approximately 1 hour, including Q&A. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased here. Location: in the gallery at the Elora Centre for the Arts, 75 Melville Street, Elora

Designing for Tapestry | WEAVING WITH Dianne Kennedy Cruttenden

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

AGES 14 +  |  MAX 12  

$130 +hst  |  + 40 kit fee  |  All materials included in kit fee

 
Join Tapestry Artist Dianne Kennedy Cruttenden for a full day of tapestry weaving in the our sunlight studio classroom at the Elora Centre for the Arts!
 

$130.00

Inspiring Your Creativity at Any Stage of Life: ‘Bloom’ with artist Janice Mason Steeves

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

Are 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.

$8.85

BOOK BINDING FOR KIDS! | WITH AHMRI VANDEBORNE

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

AGES 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!

$40.00

Annual General Meeting

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

You are invited to join us for our Annual General Meeting, and celebrate the past year and all of our volunteers who helped make it a success! Please come to the gallery and see our “year in review” and how we’ve worked to improve our community through the arts.

Everyone is welcome to attend (you don’t have to be a member)!  A reminder that your membership needs to be current in order to vote.  Membership information can be found here.

LET’S DILLY DALI! | NOVEMBER PA DAY FOR KIDS!

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada
AGES 5-12  |  MAX 36    $70  |  No hst Let’s explore the wild and wonderful surreal world of Salvadore Dali through his mysterious Melting Clocks landscapes! Young artists will learn about weird world of Surrealism and how artists use dreams to create strange artworks with hidden meanings. We will also be looking at some of the methods artists use to express complex ideas, such as frottage and finding images in abstract marks. Get ready to dally with Dali!

DUTCH FLORAL STILL LIFE | Learning from The Masters | with EILEEN MACARTHUR

Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Melville Street, Elora, Ontario, Canada
AGES 16+  |  MAX 12   $75 + hst  |  All materials included Join artist Eileen MacArthur for an introduction to painting a botanical still life using acrylics. Looking at the works of Dutch masters for inspiration, students will learn about paint handling, value, composition, colour mixing, and creating shape and drama. Eileen will also discuss glazing and how to unify paintings and create strong focal points. Students will go home with an 8×10 painting detail of a Dutch Still Life botanical. Everyone welcome! No experience required.
$75.00

TEENY TINY BAKERY PRESENTS HOLIDAY COOKIE DECORATING!

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

At last! Teeny Tiny Bakery joins us to share the love of mini decorated-cookie masterpieces! Join cookie artist Jackie Long for a fun and playful evening workshop to learn the art of decorating cookie-tops, themed to the Holidays!

$75.00

INTIMATE INTERIORS  |  ACRYLICS WITH RICK WORTHINGTON

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

AGES 16+  |  MAX 12 

$150 + hst  |  + $15 kit fee

Join artist Rick Worthington to learn the fundamentals of creating interior paintings and discover the essentials of acrylic painting in this foundational course. Interior scenes offer some of the most intimate, inviting, and captivating subjects to paint! Join us for this immersive day of intimate interiors!

$150.00

SUPPORTIVE ARTS FOR ADULTS SPRING 2025

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

Scroll down to MARCH classes. Click LEARN MORE to register.

EVERY WEDNESDAY 10 AM-12 PM

EVERY THURSDAY 10 AM–12 PM 

HOLIDAY CHARCUTERIE & MORE | WOOD BURNING WITH HEATHER MARTIN

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

AGES 14+  |  MAX 12 

$75 + hst  |  + $30 kit fee

Handcraft your own seasonally inspired charcuterie board to take home or gift for the holidays! , guided Join Pyrography artist Heather Martin in a relaxed afternoon creating your own wood burned, textured design. Learn various Pyrography techniques to create texture, line, and tonal value. Inspired by your own intuitive exploration, students will go home with a charcuterie board as unique as you!

$75.00

TEENY TINY BAKERY PRESENTS HOLIDAY COOKIES!

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

2nd CLASS ADDED!  DECEMBER 12 at 6:30 PM

Teeny Tiny Bakery joins us to share the love of mini decorated-cookie masterpieces! Join cookie artist Jackie Long for a fun and playful evening workshop to learn the art of decorating cookie-tops, themed to the Holidays!

$75.00

HOLIDAY CARDS FOR KIDS!  |  MIXED MEDIA WITH AHMRI VANDEBORNE

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

AGES 6-12  |  MAX 12 

$40  |  No hst  |  All materials provided

Do you have a crafty kiddo looking for new ways of using all the bits & bobs in your craft drawer? Join this mixed media class with Guelph artist Ahmri Vandeborne! Young makers will explore our current exhibition, collect inspiration in a fun scavenger hunt activity, then will take their new-found inspiration back to the crafting room to work with pencil crayons, pastels, markers, collage materials and more to create unique compositions of colour and shape on giftable cards, perfect for holiday giving!

$40.00

BRIGHT BOLD CANVAS FOR KIDS! | PAINTING BIG ABSTRACTS | WITH EILEEN MACARTHUR

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

AGES 8 + |  MAX 10

$65  |  No hst  |  All materials provided

Junior artists! Join Eileen MacArthur to explore the methods and materials abstract artists use to make big, expressive paintings! We will be experimenting with using mixed media approaches and looking at the work of contemporary and historical artists for inspiration, learn about line, shape, colour, pattern and composition.

$65.00

The Nest! Thursday after-school maker space: Spring 2023

THE NEST!  THURSDAY AFTER-SCHOOL MAKER SPACE

FOR AGES 10+  |  Maximum 20 spots

SPRING PROGRAM  |  APRIL 6– JUNE 15, 2023

THURSDAYS 3:30-5:30

$5 PER SESSION  |  $55 for the entire session 

Register for all 10 weeks (no single date sign-ups or drop in). 

sold out

If you would like to sign up for The Nest after the start date, please contact us to arrange details!  Payment will be prorated.

$55

HOLIDAY MINI CAMP! 2-DAY JANUARY WINTER BREAK WITH ALEXA COLLETTE

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

Give your kiddos’ school break a creative kickstart to the New Year before they head back to school!

Join artist Alexa Collette on Thursday and Friday for 2 snow-inspired days exploring mixed-media, paint and clay, to create their own imagined winter-worlds filled with snowy landscapes and captivating creatures! Ages 6-12.

$130.00

SUPPORTIVE ARTS WINTER WEDNESDAYS

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

SUPPORTIVE ARTS 2025 WINTER WEDNESDAYS

JANUARY 8 - MARCH 5, 2025 

EVERY WEDNESDAY, 10 AM - 12 PM 

Weekly inclusive art & mindfulness classes for adults with varying abilities 

$180.00

SUPPORTIVE ARTS WINTER THURSDAYS

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

SUPPORTIVE ARTS 2025 WINTER THURSDAYS

JANUARY 9 - MARCH 6, 2025 

EVERY THURSDAY, 10 AM - 12 PM 

Weekly inclusive art & mindfulness classes for adults with varying abilities 

$180.00

PAINTING BASICS FOR KIDS! 4-WEEK SATURDAY SERIES

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

Artist Eileen MacArthur is back in the ECFTA classroom to lead a fast and fun, art-packed introduction to the basics of painting for young artists ages 8 +.

Eileen will offer guidance in observational painting techniques, transfer-methods, colour theory, value, brush handling and composition, and how to break a painting down into more manageable parts!

$110.00

OPEN STUDIO MONDAYS WITH EILEEN MACARTHUR

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

MONDAY AFTERNOON 7-WEEK SERIES

Join us Mondays 12:30-3:00 pm this winter! Open Studio is designed as open-flow studio time, loosely guided by artist Eileen MacArthur.

$245.00

MIGHTY MATISSE! JANUARY PA DAY FOR KIDS

From bright solid shapes to colourful painted still life florals, we will ponder the beautiful and complicated inner world of French icon Henri MATISSE. Young makers will explore composition, pattern and colour, and learn about how artists tell stories with pictures!

sold out 

$70.00

NEEDLE FELTED LANDSCAPE WITH MEGAN CLELAND

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

Join fibre artist Megan Cleland for a fun and friendly introduction to the art of needle felting in the round!

$120.00

Meet the Artists of ‘Quadrant’ – Opening Reception Event

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

Please join us in the gallery to meet and mingle with the artists of our new 'Quadrant' exhibition!  A lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon.  Refreshments will be served.  Everyone is welcome.

Artists Inspiring Artists – a FREE series to ignite creativity, presented by the Canadian Opera Company! – Session 1

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

Event cancelled due to illness.  To be rescheduled.  Register for one of the other upcoming sessions!

New Year, New You! With the Canadian Opera Company!

Kick off 2025 with a burst of creativity by joining the Canadian Opera Company and Elora Centre for the Arts for a transformative series of 3 evening workshops designed to fuel your artistic spirit. Hosted by Renée Salewski, a talented Teaching Artist from the Canadian Opera Company, these workshops are crafted to push you beyond your artistic boundaries. Explore new techniques and perspectives through improv, acting, creative writing, and visual art.

Free

CIRCLE WEAVING WITH WOOL & NATURE

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

WEAVING WITH DIANNE KENNEDY CRUTTENDEN

The smooth, flowing nature of circles offer a calming connection to nature.   Join tapestry artist Dianne Kennedy Cruttenden in our bright and cheery workshop classroom for a creative journey into the portals of circle weaving!

$120.00

Artists Inspiring Artists – a FREE series to ignite creativity, presented by the Canadian Opera Company! – Session 2

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

New Year, New You! With the Canadian Opera Company!

Kick off 2025 with a burst of creativity by joining the Canadian Opera Company and Elora Centre for the Arts for a transformative series of 3 evening workshops designed to fuel your artistic spirit. Hosted by Renée Salewski, a talented Teaching Artist from the Canadian Opera Company, these workshops are crafted to push you beyond your artistic boundaries. Explore new techniques and perspectives through improv, acting, creative writing, and visual art.

Free

The Georgian Bay Series AFTER TOM THOMSON

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

OIL PAINTING WITH RICK WORTHINGTON

The second in our GEORGIAN BAY series celebrating the work of members of the Group of 7, AFTER TOM THOMSON is an intermediate oil painting workshop for artists with some oil experience. Create a master copy of Tom Thomson’s iconic 1916-1917 painting The West Wind.

$150.00

VALENTINE POP-UP MARKET AT SCHOOLHOUSE ARTS COLLECTIVE

Art LOVERS❤️ Warm your soul this Valentine’s weekend!

Visit the artists of the Schoolhouse Arts Collective at the Elora Centre for the Arts, FEBRUARY 8 + 9 from 11 -4 for a heart-warming weekend featuring a Pop-Up Art Sale, Playful Workshops, and sweet ❤️TREATS! 

For more information, please visit! 

NEEDLE FELTED 3D SHEEP WITH MEGAN CLELAND

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

Join fibre artist Megan Cleland for a playful afternoon of guided needle felting and learn how to take felting into another dimension! This class is suitable for beginners and those with some experience flat felting that want to try felting sculpturally!

$80.00

Sundays at the Centre – Women’s Winter Wellness

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

Grab your bestie, sister or mom and join us for an afternoon to rejuvenate and reconnect!  With a focus on mindfulness and creativity, this session includes take home items, art project & materials as well as a special beverage and snack.  

Theme – Intention Setting and Mindfulness: Gentle Movement, Reflection and Art Project

$75.00
Event Series THE DRAWING ROOM! |  4-WEEK SATURDAY SERIES  | with Donna Hull

THE DRAWING ROOM! |  4-WEEK SATURDAY SERIES  | LIVE ANIMALS with Donna Hull

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

Art-up your Saturdays in a playful afternoon of drawing with artist Donna Hull! Learn the 101’s of drawing from an art educator with more than 30 years of experience teaching in the classroom and beyond!  This 4-week series will focus on a visit from LIVE ANIMALS, the wonders of nature, drawing organic shapes and artist's choice of a naturalistic animal portrait, Owl or Horse! FEB 15, 22, MARCH 1, 8

$120.00

BURNING ON PAPER! PAPER PYROGRAPHY WITH HEATHER MARTIN

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

Join Pyrography artist Heather Martin of FireWork Designs for an introduction to the art of burning on paper! In this interactive 2-Sunday afternoon class students will have an opportunity to explore and practice creating consistent lines, patterns, and shading with burning on paper!

$130.00