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    • ‘The Secret Garden’ outdoor summer series presented by Elora Community Theatre

    Enjoy outdoor live theatre in the yard at the Elora Centre for the Arts!  Presented by Elora Community Theatre The Secret Garden, a children’s novel by British author Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published in 1910 as a magazine serial and a year later as a novel, focuses on a headstrong young girl sent to live with her uncle after losing her parents to cholera in India. She meets her sickly cousin, Colin, and clashes with the boy, but they eventually bond after discovering a secret garden in the manor, locked behind a gate. Together with a local boy, they transform the garden and become close friends, transforming each other in the process. Please bring your own chair or blanket to the performance.
    $15.00 – $22.12

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    • Summer Camps 2022

    CAMP REGISTRATION OPENS SATURDAY MARCH 12 AT 10AM! 

    To view camp descriptions and register, please click here.  Scroll to the bottom of the page to view each individual camp description!

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    Lucky Ducklings! Half Day Morning Mini Camp (3 days)

    LUCKY DUCKLINGS! HALF DAY MORNING MINI SUMMER CAMP (3 DAYS) | WITH JUDY ANDERSON

    Monday July 4 - Wednesday July 6, 2022  |  9 - 12 AM (morning only)

    AGES 4-6  | Max 18 campers

    $90 per student (no HST)

    sold out

    Join us for a morning of mini-making, story time and indoor and outdoor play for our youngest artists in our sunny studio classroom and under our big top canopy tent situated in the ECFTA large and lush yard! This 3-day morning camp will be a great way to ease into the summer after a long school year! Projects will include; eye spy flashlight in a bag, blue jay garden sticks, “no-peeking” sketching, animal shadow drawing, cloud telescopes and more!

    $90.00

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    Lucky Ducklings! Half Day Afternoon Mini Camp (3 days)

    LUCKY DUCKLINGS! HALF DAY AFTERNOON MINI SUMMER CAMP (3 DAYS) | WITH STEPH LINES-TOOHILL

    Monday July 4 - Wednesday July 6, 2022  |  1 - 4 PM (afternoons only)

    AGES 4-6  | Max 18 campers

    $90 per student (no HST)

    sold out

    Join us for an afternoon of mini-making, story time and indoor and outdoor play for our youngest artists in our sunny studio classroom and under our big top canopy tent situated in the ECFTA large and lush yard! This 3-day morning camp will be a great way to ease into the summer after a long school year! Projects will include; eye spy flashlight in a bag, blue jay garden sticks, “no-peeking” sketching, animal shadow drawing, cloud telescopes and more!

    $90.00

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    Creative Spark in the Yard | Our annual summer event is back!

    Elora Centre for the Arts presents Creative Spark in the Yard 2022 | An artisans and makers show & sale in Elora! Event Dates: Saturday & Sunday July 9 & 10, 2022  Time: 10AM – 5PM, both Saturday and Sunday Entry fee: by donation  The Venue: Elora Centre for the Arts, 75 Melville Street, Elora ON

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    Little Earthlings! 5 day summer camp

    SOLD OUT! Little Earthlings! 5 day camp  | with Carolyn McLeod from Creative Spark Workshops

    July 11 - 15, 2022   |  9AM - 4 PM

    AGES 7-12  |  MAX 18 campers

    $300 PER STUDENT (NO HST)

    Join us for a week with no limits! Our Earth and Space art camp is designed to connect campers to outer space, the skies above and their own special place here on Earth. Projects will include papier mâché moon landing, design your own rocket ship, dazzling acrylic pour planet planets, spacey shrinky art, and more!

    $300.00

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    Story + Stretch + Art (half day MORNING mini camp)

    SOLD OUT! STORY+ STRETCH + ART | HALF-DAY MORNING MINI CAMP

    JULY 18 - 22, 2022  |  9AM - 12 PM

    AGES 4-6  |  MAX 18

    $150 per student (no HST)

    What’s the story morning glory? Yoga and story camp!  Wake up with a streeetch in the gallery, followed by a hand-picked book for story-time to inspire a make and take art project each day.

    $150.00

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    Story + Stretch + Art (half day AFTERNOON mini camp)

    STORY+ STRETCH + ART | HALF-DAY AFTERNOON MINI CAMP

    JULY 18 - 22, 2022  |  1 - 4 PM

    AGES 4-6  |  MAX 18

    $150 per student (no HST)

    SOLD OUT!

    Join us for 5 wide-eyed afternoons of Yoga and Story camp!  Start with a streeetch in the gallery, followed by a hand-picked book for story-time to inspire a make-and-take art project each day!

    $150.00

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    Artist Talk – Motivation & Inspiration! with artist Eva McCauley

    Are you looking for some creative inspiration?  A bit of motivation to rejuvenate your artistic practice?  Does your soul need to be filled with the energy from other creative people in our community?  Are you just looking for some balance in your life, a way of welcoming creativity into your mindset?  If you answered yes to any of the above, please JOIN US for this FREE Artist Talk with Eva McCauley this summer!

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    Friends of the Planet! 5 day camp

    FRIENDS OF THE PLANET!  |  5 DAY SUMMER CAMP

    JULY 25 - 29, 2022  |  9AM - 4 PM

    AGES 7-11  | MAX 18 campers

    $300 PER STUDENT (no HST)

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     Campers! Recycle, Upcycle and Go Green this July as we gather together in our cheery studio classroom and out in the great outdoors for fresh-air creativity and fun designed to bring out the Friend of the Planet in you! Each day will be filled with eco-inspired creativity. Make a recycled jean bag with blanket stitching, upcycled T shirts, story stones, nature crafting and free-range play perfect for a hot July week!

    Led by artist and educator Carolyn McLeod of Creative Spark Workshops in Guelph with the support of student leaders from the Canada Summer Jobs Youth Program.

    $300.00

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    • Art of the Bizarre! 4 day camp

    ART OF THE BIZARRE!   |  4 DAY SUMMER CAMP

    AUGUST 2 - 5, 2022 (Tuesday - Friday, no camp Holiday Monday, Aug 1)  |  9AM - 4 PM

    AGES 7-12    |  MAX 18 campers

    $240 PER STUDENT (no HST)

    SOLD OUT!

    Join us for 4 full-on days of bizzaro hands-on and interactive outdoor activities and games and extreme art-making, including; doll head planters, stuffy printmaking, drawing from the flip-side, exquisite “corpses”, surreal snow globes and radioactive-green cat sculptures! A week of Op Art, Dada, and contemporary Surrealist insane-inspiration!

    $240

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    ‘The Taming of the Shrew’: Outdoor Summer Series presented by Elora Community Theatre

    Enjoy outdoor live theatre in Bissell Park!  Presented by Elora Community Theatre About the Show: written between 1590 and 1592, Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy about the unconventional marriage between Petruchio and Katherine. Disreputable Petruchio is paid to woo cantankerous Katherine so that her younger sister, Bianca, is eligible for marriage. Please bring your own chair or blanket to the performance.
    $15.00 – $22.12

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    Birds of a Feather! 5 day camp

    BIRDS OF A FEATHER!  |  5 DAY SUMMER CAMP

    AUGUST 8-12, 2022   |  9AM - 4PM

    AGES 7-12  |  MAX 18 campers

    $300 PER STUDENT (no HST)

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    Birds of a Feather! Let’s flock together this August for a week of avian-inspired-projects in our sunny studio classroom and free range outdoor play!

    We will fluff our friendship feathers and sharpen our art-making talons as we explore the aerial world of all things feathered and plumed.

    Projects will include songbird marionettes, owl pastel, feather calligraphy pens, paper feather lanterns, crane sculpture and more!

    Let’s wing it together and soar!

    $300.00

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    ART + MUSIC = FUN! 5 day camp

    ART + MUSIC = FUN!  |  5 DAY SUMMER CAMP

    AUGUST 22-26, 2022  |  9AM - 4 PM

    AGES 7-12  | MAX 18 campers

    $300 PER STUDENT (no HST)

    sold out!

    This camp is designed to bring out the musician + artist in you! Don’t worry about knowing your way around a melody. By the end of the week, musician and educator Carolyn McLeod will have you playing a tune and creating some harmonious art to accompany it!

    Let music inspire your choice of colours & style for a musical painting, learn to write an original song and then add a melody & beat, explore ways to make music with every-day objects, create a box drum and rubber band guitar, experiment with water glass chimes, and art-up your own unique instruments. Who said music theory was boring? Not us!

    $300.00

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    Comic Daze Super Camp! | 5 day camp

    Comic Daze Super Camp!  | 5 DAY SUMMER CAMP

    AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

    9 AM - 4 PM   |  AGES 7-12

    MAX 18 campers

    $300 PER STUDENT (no HST)

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    You don’t have to be a superhero artist to join this fun-filled camp. You just have to be SUPER! Join artist and illustrator Katherine Olenic for a week of animating your way to becoming a comic genius!

    Design your own characters for action, fantasy or super high tech adventures, learn to plan a story, create fantastical landscapes, build action hero puppets and create your own comic. 

    Ka-POW!

    $300.00

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    • Hello Sunshine! Artisan Market by Celestho

    Saturday 10 am - 5 pm and Sunday 10 am - 4 pm

    CANCELLED

    Summer artisan market by Celestho will take place outside at the Elora Centre for the Arts.

    Enjoy the sunny days at the beautiful scenic town of Elora along with some handmade gift shopping.

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    Supportive Arts Program for Young Adults with (dis)Abilities – Fall 2022 to Spring 2023

    An inclusive, all abilities art and mindfulness workshop for young adults with (dis)abilities 18+

    SUPPORTIVE ARTS is a unique program supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, offering arts-based learning opportunities and compelling artistic experiences to individuals with (dis)abilities living in the community. We welcome adults and caregivers from Wellington County and the surrounding areas to our weekly program. Led by ECFTA Arts Educators and Mindfulness Coaches.  The Supportive Arts program has now expanded to 4 sessions per week.

    THE PROGRAM: Join us for a guided 2-hour workshop, specifically designed to support adults of all abilities. Each session, we will embrace diversity and friendship through explorations in art making, movement, mindfulness and music. Every week is as unique as each of our participants!  Supportive Arts is offered free of charge to all participants and support companions, thanks to the generous support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

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    Welcome to the Elora Nature Journaling for homeschooling families!

    Tuesdays, September 13 - December 6, 2022 | 10 am - 12 pm Ages 6-10 $35 for all 7 weeks Welcome to the Elora Nature Journaling group for homeschooling families! This is a registration required, in person group which meets bi-weekly at the Elora Centre for the Arts, open to homeschooling students between the ages of 6 and 10 who reside in Wellington County and are currently participating in any style of homeschooling. Please contact Lauren at Eloranaturejournaling@gmail.com to register or for more information.

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    So you want to write a novel? In the gallery with authors Sonia Day and Donna McCaw

    THURSDAY, SEPT 29  |  7-9 PM

    Maximum 50 participants

    $15 PLUS HST

    TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE OR $20 CASH AT THE DOOR

    An interactive discussion between authors Sonia Day and Donna McCaw. Sonia and Donna will share their ideas about their experiences writing, publishing and marketing a novel.

    Bring your ideas, your questions, your sense of humour and your curiosity!

    $15.00

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    • Colour, Light & Line with Peter Skoggard

    DRAWING EXPLORATIONS IN PASTEL FOR ALL!  |  COLOUR, LIGHT & LINE WITH PETER SKOGGARD

    AGES 16+

    MAX 12 people

    $75 + HST

    A lively introduction to drawing for beginners or those who wish to re-engage with their drawing practice.  Led by enigmatic artist and Instructor Peter Skoggard.

    $75.00

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    Across the Great Divide: A Novel Adventure! | In the gallery with authors and music

    IN THE GALLERY WITH AUTHORS DONNA MCCAW AND MARTIN FEATHERSTON & MUSIC BY PAUL WHITAKER

    7-9 PM  |  50 MAX

    TICKETS NOW ONLY AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR!  $25 cash.

    An evening of music, storytelling and fun! Meet a Mae West quoting Angel. Meet Earl, an underperforming reporter who becomes the media liaison for God. Meet Simon, a clay-footed mortal man whose life needs a do-over.

    Try your hand at musical trivia too! Come for some laughs, music and stories!

    $20.00

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    Exploring Oil & Cold Wax Medium – weekend workshop with Laurie Skantzos

    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 & SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2022  |  11 AM - 4 PM SAT & SUN

    Ages 16+

    $250 + HST  +$20 KIT FEE

    MAX 10 - SOLD OUT About the Workshop: 

    This course will appeal to painters of any level, who wish to deepen or rekindle their relationship to their inner muse.

    Over two days, you will venture deeper into your painting process and develop your personal expression in a safe, non-judgmental and playful space. There will be lots of individual attention along with group demos to address questions and ideas!

    $250.00

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    HARVESTING HOPE REFLECTIVE WRITING & POETRY WORKSHOP WITH KAYLA-JANE

    Tuesday, October 20, 2022 | 7 PM -9 PM Tickets $30 Max 10 This event is held at the Elora Centre for the Arts and is hosted by Harvesting Hope. Please visit their website for more information or to purchase tickets: https://www.writewithkj.ca/event-details/harvesting-hope
    Harvesting Hope poetry workshop invites you to move through a freewriting and poetry practice guided by Kayla-Jane. Explore the seasonal change within us by looking to nature and art to write. No experience in writing or poetry is required to enjoy this event. An open mind and pen is all you need!

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    Needle Felted Sheep! Workshop with Megan Cleland

    Ages 12+ (MAX. 10 participants)

    $95 + HST   |  $15 KIT FEE

    Join artist Megan Cleland of In the Line of Fibre to learn the basics of needle felting and create your own amazingly life-like wooly sheep portrait in a day! Megan will guide you step-by-step through this multi-media process and teach you the techniques of transferring a sketch; painting a background; and how to needle felt an image onto canvas. Once completed you will have the skills to create your own designs.  Bring a friend and sign up today!

    Ideal for ages 12 and up. No experience required.

    $95

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    PYROGRAPHY WORKSHOP! BIRCH TREE WOODBURNING ON CHARCUTIERIE BOARD WITH HEATHER MARTIN OF FIREWORK DESIGNS

    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2022 | 12 PM – 3:30 PM MAX. 12 | Ages 14+ $80 + hst (register through the link below) Elora Centre for the Arts is pleased to host FireWorks Designs, please register through  Event Brite : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/414253482317 Woodburning has endless possibilities when it comes to creating images, similar to drawing with pencil on paper.  Woodburning, however, requires various different techniques to create texture, lines and tonal values and is a much slower process. Join Pyrography Artist Heather Martin of FireWork Designs to begin or expand your knowledge of woodburning while you create your own usable, giftable charcuterie board. Heather will guide you through various woodburning techniques to add texture and interest to your 8"x 10" charcuterie board.  You will also learn about recommended woods and other helpful hints as you work your way through this immersive process using a (variable temperature) walnut hollow versa tool!

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    MONSTER MashUP! OCTOBER PA DAY FOR KIDS!

    Monday, October 24, 2022 | 9 am – 4 pm Ages 6-12 Max 15 $65 no hst

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    *Please note that this UGDSB PA Day is scheduled for a MONDAY. MONSTER MashUP! Let’s mix up our mythic monsters and use our limitless imaginations to create our own unique monster to rival the classics! Franken-fluffer-Nutter? The Were-Bunny? A Drac-Wurst? TikTok the Evil Clock? It will be a cheerfully-chilling day at the Art Centre and we can’t wait!  
    $65

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    Drawing Live Animals! Sketching for KIDS with Donna Hull

    Saturday, October 29, 2022 | 1pm-4pm MAX. 10 | Ages 8-13 $50 no hst What is better than a room full of art supplies? A room full of art supplies AND animals! Learn to draw LIVE animals with live models in our classroom. Careful observation will bring a deeper understanding of anatomy, line, shape, colour and value to help young artists draw the natural world in its’ infinitely diverse and wondrous beauty! All materials provided.

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    $50.00

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    • PAINT the ART you LOVE!

    PAINT the ART you LOVE! with Eileen MacArthur  |  6-week OPEN STUDIO series

    Every Wednesday  |  November 2 – December 7, 2022

    7:00 pm-9:00 pm

    Max. 10  |  Ages 16+

    $150 plus HST ($25 per session)

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    Learn to make the paintings you LOVE in this OPEN STUDIO class with artist and ECFTA Arts Educator Eileen MacArthur.  Eileen will guide you through various exercises and allow for independent working time and individual & group critique.  If there is an artist whose work inspires you, this class will provide guidance on how to emulate their work and incorporate ideas and techniques into your own own work.

    Eileen will offer a welcoming and collaborative environment for all skill levels to learn from one another, while developing their own individual art practice.

    $150.00

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    Peter Rabbit & Friends. Storytime and Drawing for Young Artists

    Saturday, November 5, 2022 | 1pm-3:30pm Max. 8 Ages 4-8 $45 No hst

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    Beatrix Potter wrote the story of Peter Rabbit for a little boy named Noel. Each of her stories emerged from letters and gifts sent to the children of her friends and relatives. When her stories were published, she wanted little books for little hands. Our youngest artists ages are invited to join artist and educator Donna Hull in a guided afternoon of character sketching and a finished drawing with coloured pencils! Please note, we've expanded ages for this class up to age 8! All materials provided.
    $45.00

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    MACRAME fringed feathers with Cecelia Cheng Wall Hanging for Kids!

    November 12, 2022 | 1pm-3pm

    MAX. 15

    Ages 8+

    $50 no hst

    All materials provided

    Young Makers! Join Cecilia Cheng from Fringed Elora and come make a fun, whimsical feather wall hanging! Perfect for beginners, ages 8 and up will learn how to use one of the most common macrame knots to make feathers.Cecelia will offer techniques for incorporating different colours, beads, and how to use household items as useful macrame tools. 

    A variety of colours of cotton macrame string will be available for kids to personalize their feathers. This workshop will encourage everyone to think creatively, develop fine motor skills and patience in learning a new skill! No experience necessary! 

    $50

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    Holiday Cardinal! Needle Felting & Mixed Media Workshop with Megan Cleland

    AGES 16+ | MAX. 10 participants

    $95 + HST | $15 KIT FEE

    Spend the day with artist Megan Cleland of @inthelineoffibre to learn the basics of needle felting and create your own 8x10 canvas, featuring a cheery needle felted and mixed-media, acrylic Holiday Cardinal!

    2 spots left!

    $95.00

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    Bungalow Community Lunch Program: “Feeding the Soul”

    Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month!  FREE | Everyone welcome  |  12:00 - 1:30PM Tuesday December 13 - HOLIDAY FEAST WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE ELORA LEGION!!!   DINE IN, OR TAKE HOME *New location this week for the Holiday Feast.  This will be the final lunch of the year, until the program begins again in January 2023.

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    Annual General Meeting @ ECFTA

    Annual General Meeting: Elora Centre for the Arts You are invited to join us for our Annual General Meeting, and celebrate our 20th anniversary! 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.  Please ensure your membership is current in order to vote at the AGM.  Membership information can be found here. To find out more about the upcoming AGM, our past Annual General Meetings, or review past updates from the Co-Chairs, please click here.

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    HOLLYdays MAKE + SHARE! NOVEMBER PA DAY FOR KIDS!

    Friday, November 25, 2022 | 9 am – 4 pm Ages 6-12 | Max 15 $65 no hst HOLLYdays MAKE + SHARE!

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    Young makers! Let’s meet new friends & old in our cheery studio classroom this November to get ready for the holiday season for a day of making and taking! We’ll focus on the idea of sharing and giving in this makers’ day designed for big-hearted junior artists who love to share their handmade talents with their friends and families!
    $65.00

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    Open House Weekend: Artist Studios Open! Get Ready for Christmas Sale!

    Saturday November 26 and Sunday November 27, 2022  |  10AM - 4PM

    You are invited to wander our building and meet the working artists in their studios!  Normally, these studios are closed to the public but we are opening our doors throughout the building so you can meet the artists and see the collection of work that they've been working on recently.  Just in time for Christmas gift-giving!

    Unique and one-of-a-kind artist made gifts including watercolours, oil & wax, acrylics, mixed media, needle felting, pottery, sculpture, prints and more!

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    Winter MACRAME & Evergreen WREATH! with Fringed Elora and Oak + Ivy

    Sunday, November 27, 2022 | 1 pm to 4 pm

    Ages 16+ | Max 15

    $90 plus hst

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    Oak + Ivy and Fringed Elora are combining forces to bring a festive, ever lasting holiday wreath workshop to Elora Centre for the Arts’ studio classroom for some seasonal merry MAKING!

    Learn the basics of macrame from Cecilia Cheng of Fringed Elora, with an emphasis on the most common knots used to create your own designs.  Olivia Harrison from Oak and Ivy will teach you how to create your own seasonal foliage arrangement and discuss foraging tips to create your own winter wreath!

    A perfect Sunday afternoon for you and a friend! No experience necessary. All materials included.

    $90.00

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    Artist Reception and Live Music: Meet the artist Carolyn Riddell (with harp musician Shannon Kingsbury)

    You are invited to join us in the gallery to meet painter and printmaker Carolyn Riddell as we launch her new solo exhibition, 'Common Threads: A Printmaker's Portal'. Live Music at the Reception!  Musician Shannon Kingsbury will be gracing the space with her harp playing! Refreshments will be served.  This is a free event, everyone is welcome!

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    Giving Tuesday! Tuesday November 29th: Please support our youth outreach programs!

    PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR GIVING TUESDAY 2022! 

    YOU CAN MAKE AN IMPACT FOR 1 OR MORE KIDS IN CENTRE WELLINGTON!  OUR PROGRAMS: Youth sense of belonging and resilience have been rocked by the pandemic. Our Youth Outreach programs are designed to harness the power of community, creativity and art to teach valuable life skills. Your generosity could sponsor 1 kid, 2 kids or a kid for an entire session!

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    • Hospice Wellington presents: Intentional Creative Connections

    Intentional Creative Connections: 4-Part Art Therapy  4 Fridays in the New Year!  Sessions held in the classroom at the Elora Centre for the Arts, presented by Hospice Wellington. 75 Melville St, Elora Friday January 6  |  Friday January 20  |  Friday February 3  |  Friday February 17  | 10:30AM - 1:00 PM This 4-session art therapy series will invite participants to explore the use of art-making materials to support safe emotional expressions connected with memory and meaning-making. Using art and narrative medicine techniques, participants will be guided through exercises aimed at fostering connection within their grief process to their loved ones, engaging in self-compassion practices to enhance overall wellbeing. All materials will be provided in connection to this program offering, though space is limited to registered participants. Open to adults who have experienced the death of a loved one. All are welcome. Please know that there is no requirement of previous art experience. Registration is required - please call or email below (no registration on this website) To register, please call 519-836-3921 ext. 228 or email contactinfo@hospicewellington.org

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    ARTIST TALKS WITH CAROLYN RIDDELL- MEMORY & MATERIAL

    2 ARTIST TALKS WITH COMMON THREADS: A PRINTMAKER’S PORTAL EXHIBITION ARTIST CAROLYN RIDDELL! THURSDAY JAN 12 at 2 pm    |    SUNDAY JAN 22 at 2:30 pm Join us this month as we welcome artist Carolyn Riddell for two afternoons in our main gallery. If you haven’t yet seen this beautifully layered and evocative exhibition exploring memory, relationships, and tactile material, this is an ideal way to engage with Carolyn’s lush explorations into printmaking, stitching/weaving, and assemblage. We are excited to have Carolyn with us to lead 2 interpretative talk & walk throughs, with a causal question and answer period at the end.

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

    THE NEST!  THURSDAY AFTER-SCHOOL MAKER SPACE FOR TWEENS!

    FOR AGES 10+  |  Maximum 20 spots

    WINTER PROGRAM  |  JANUARY 19– March 30, 2023

    THURSDAYS 3:30-5:30 *no session during March Break, Thursday, March 16.

    $5 PER SESSION  |  $50 for the entire 10 week session 

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

    **Please note, The Nest will NOT run on School Closure Days. The Nest WILL run on No Bus days :)

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    $50.00

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    EXPRESSING YOUR CREATIVE SPIRIT! TAPESTRY WEAVING WITH DIANNE KENNEDY CRUTTENDEN

    EXPRESSING YOUR CREATIVE SPIRIT! TAPESTRY WEAVING with DIANNE KENNEDY CRUTTENDEN FOR AGES 16+ | MAX. 8 Saturday, January 21, 2023 | 10 am – 3:30 pm $95 plus HST | $25 kit fee payable to instructor

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    Tapestry weaving is a medium of artistic expression that is both ancient and modern. It is a way of ‘painting’ with yarn that uses texture, colour and line as part of the process. It is a slow meditative practice that can be described as a form of moving meditation. Join Dianne Kennedy Cruttenden for a day of fun with fibre in this free-spirited weaving workshop. This class is for new weavers and for those who have the basics and wish to explore new techniques. Dianne brings her wealth of knowledge and spirit of adventure to this 51/2 hour class. We will explore the art of tapestry weaving through a variety of techniques such as; plain weave, rya knots, soumak, eccentric weave and irregular hatching, whilst playing with form, colour and texture. Participants will go home with a finished tapestry ready to hang. This is a great way to begin your weaving adventure without the cost of an expensive loom!
    $95.00

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    ARTIST TALKS WITH CAROLYN RIDDELL- MEMORY & MATERIAL

    2 ARTIST TALKS WITH COMMON THREADS: A PRINTMAKER’S PORTAL EXHIBITION ARTIST CAROLYN RIDDELL! THURSDAY JAN 12 at 2 pm    |    SUNDAY JAN 22 at 2:30 pm Join us this month as we welcome artist Carolyn Riddell for two afternoons in our main gallery. If you haven’t yet seen this beautifully layered and evocative exhibition exploring memory, relationships, and tactile material, this is an ideal way to engage with Carolyn’s lush explorations into printmaking, stitching/weaving, and assemblage. We are excited to have Carolyn with us to lead 2 interpretative talk & walk throughs, with a causal question and answer period at the end.

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    Snow Day! JANUARY PA DAY FOR KIDS!

    Friday, January 27, 2023 | 9 am – 4 pm Ages 6-12 | Max 15 $65 no hst

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    It’s a Friday SNOW DAY in our cozy classroom this January as we gather to celebrate the snowiest month of the year and embrace everything frozen, icy and crystalized! Join us to explore the geometry of a snowflake, the magic of a swirling snow globe and the underground homes of our wintering forest friends!
    $65.00

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    Watercolour Animals for Young Storytellers! with Donna Hull

    Saturday, January 28, 2023 | 1pm-4pm Max. 10 | Ages 8-12 $50 No hst

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    Children in Victorian England were encouraged to write stories and illustrate their characters in watercolour. Animals have inspired us through the ages with their incredible diversity and beauty.  Join artist and educator Donna Hull to learn how to draw your favourite animals with pen and ink hand-tinting. All materials provided.
    $50

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    • BLUE WHALE! ACRYLIC FOR KIDS WITH KATHERINE OLENIC

    BLUE WHALE! ACRYLICS FOR KIDS | with KATHERINE OLENIC Saturday, February 11, 2023 | 10 am – 12 pm MAX. 12 | Ages 7+ $50 no hst | All materials provided

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    Young painters! Join artist and illustrator Katherine Olenic in our cheery classroom to explore the underwater world of whales in a guided 2 hour introduction to acrylics! We’ll be painting in the round on a 12” mdf panel and each junior artist will go home with their own blue whale creation. Explore the technical and creative possibilities of painting this underwater landscape!
    $50.00

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    Kitsune Inking! Magical Firefox for Kids with Katherine Olenic

    KITSUNE FIRE FOX! JAPANESE INKING FOR KIDS | with KATHERINE OLENIC Saturday, February 11, 2023 | 1 pm – 3 pm MAX. 15 | Ages 9+ $50 no hst | All materials provided

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    Inking Kitsune! With artist and illustrator and Katherine Olenic!  Kitsune's are from Japanese folklore, they are also known as Fire Foxes! They are trickster creatures that cause mischief and delight and are known too shape shift. Explore this style of Japanese inking using indian ink and watercolor. Explore different brush techniques, ink wash and learn to create this fantastical creature.
    $50.00

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    LOOSE DUTCH FLORAL ACRYLIC! PAINTING IN THE ROUND WITH EILEEN MACARTHUR

    LOOSE DUTCH FLORAL ACRYLIC! PAINTING IN THE ROUND with EILEEN MACARTHUR FOR AGES 16+ | MAX. 10 Saturday, February 18, 2023 | 10 am - 3 pm $130 plus HST | All materials included

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    Join artist Eileen MacArthur for a light and loose, guided workshop, with focus on creating a tondo floral composition using multiple found sources for inspiration and a conte transfer to get started! Eileen will lead you in the steps to create a 2-foot diameter, original acrylic on a round MDF panel. Explore colour mixing, the figure-ground relationship, and elements of composition. During the course of the day, artists will also delve into various techniques of representational painting, loosely based in the Dutch floral tradition, and try out several brushes and methods of paint application. All levels of experience welcome!
    $130.00

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