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.
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THE NEST! TUESDAY AFTER-SCHOOL DROP-IN SPACE : for ages 10 and up
SESSION TWO (6 weeks)
Max 15 students per session | $30 for 6 week sessionDROP INTO THE NEST!
A space to relax and create in our sunny studio at the Elora Centre for the Arts! Just bring YOU and any projects you’re working on, non-digital games, homework, water bottle and snack if you wish. This is an open flow, gender diverse space for gently guided creativity and gathering with friends.
Registration is required! $30 for 6 week session ($5 per week)
We encourage you to bring a friend and anything you wish to work on! This is a safe student space for student led projects guided by ECFTA Volunteer Arts Facilitators.
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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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CAMP REGISTRATION OPENS SATURDAY MARCH 12 AT 10AM!
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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)
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!
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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)
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!
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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)
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.
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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!
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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)
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!
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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)
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!
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AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
9 AM - 4 PM | AGES 7-12
MAX 18 campers
$300 PER STUDENT (no HST)
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!
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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 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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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!
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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)
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.
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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!
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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!
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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!Click Learn More for ticket availability
Sunday, November 27, 2022 | 1 pm to 4 pm
Ages 16+ | Max 15
$90 plus hstOak + 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.
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THE NEST! An after school drop-in space for ages 10+
Please check back for the next session registration information!What is the Nest? A space to relax and create in our sunny studio at the Elora Centre for the Arts! Just bring YOU and any projects you’re working on, non-digital games, homework, water bottle and snack if you wish. This is an open flow, gender diverse space for gently guided creativity and gathering with friends.
This is a safe student space for student led projects guided by an ECFTA Arts Facilitator.
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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 :)Click Learn More for ticket availability
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