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    • ONTARIO CRAFT GIN FESTIVAL

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

    ONTARIO CRAFT GIN FESTIVAL

    Food, Music, Spirits & Guest Speakers

    Join us for the 2026 Ontario Craft Gin Festival at the Elora Centre for the Arts on Saturday, June 6 from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Enjoy an exciting afternoon featuring Ontario craft gin tastings, live music, local food vendors, and engaging guest speakers. Hosted by Craft Gin Trail , this vibrant festival celebrates the creativity and craftsmanship of Ontario’s distilling community in a lively and welcoming atmosphere.

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    AFTER VAN GOGH. OIL PAINTING WITH RICK WORTHINGTON

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

    THE STARRY NIGHT. POST-IMPRESSIONISM WITH RICK WORTHINGTON

    Join artist Rick Worthington for this beginner to intermediate oil painting workshop, inspired by the Post‑Impressionist vision of Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night. Explore how Van Gogh used bold, directional brushstrokes and striking colour contrasts to infuse the night sky with movement and emotion.

    Get Tickets $150.00 8 tickets left

    • O-CANADA DAY! SUMMER ART CAMP

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

    2-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 5-12

    Celebrate O-Canada and jump into July with a 2-day camp where creativity meets the first rays of summer!

    This camp invites young artists to explore Canada-inspired craft and forest-themed art. Perfect for kicking off the summer break with imagination, friendship, and a splash of red and white!

    Get Tickets $150.00 7 tickets left

    WILDWOOD TRAILBLAZERS! ART OF NATURE SUMMER CAMP

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

    5-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 7-12 

    Welcome to Wildwood Trailblazers, where creativity runs wild and imaginations blaze new trails!

    Set deep in the heart of nature, this summer art camp invites young artists to explore the magic of making through paint, collage, assemblage, and more. All inspired by the wonders of the woods!     

    $375.00 Sold Out

    FOREST FRIENDS! ART OF NATURE SUMMER CAMP

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

    5-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 4-6

    Forest Friends is a magical summer art camp of Nature and Nonsense! Where our youngest creators, ages 4–6 discover the joy of story-time, art & friend-making in the great outdoors.

    Each day is a gentle adventure filled with kindness, colour, curiosity, and woodland wonder!

    $375.00 Sold Out

    ART WORLD SUPERSTARS! SUMMER ART CAMP

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

    5-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 7-12

    Junior Art Stars 7! Step into the summer camp spotlight at Art World Superstars.

    This week, we will channel iconic artists like Pop icon Andy Warhol and Street-Art master Banksy and make our own mark on the world! Let’s celebrate the bold colors, big ideas, and the unforgettable styles of Contemporary Arts’ brightest Stars!

    $375.00 Sold Out

    CAMP CANDY FACTORY! SUMMER ART CAMP

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

    5-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 4-6

    Step into a world of colour, creativity, and candy-coated imagination at Camp Candy Factory, the ultimate art camp for the sweetest of mini artists!

    This playful summer adventure blends the joy of storytelling with the magic of art-making, where every day is a deliciously sweet surprise

    $375.00 Sold Out

    • BIG ART LITTLE ART! SUMMER ART CAMP

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

    4-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 7-12

    Get ready to explore a world where size sparks creativity!

    BIG ART-little art invites young artists to explore the power of scale and dive into extremes. From giant abstract paintings that stretch across canvases, to tiny insect illustrations that celebrate the beauty of things big and small.

    $300.00 Sold Out

    OCEAN ODYSSEY! SUMMER ART CAMP

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

    5-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 7-12

    Welcome aboard ocean Explorers! Join us for Ocean Odyssey, a summer camp week designed for artful adventures inspired by our big blue planet!

    Come explore your deep-sea creativity and discover the wonders of the oceans through play and hands-on making.

    $375.00 Sold Out

    UNDERWATER WORLDS! SUMMER ART CAMP

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

    5-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 4-6

    Dive into a summer of art camp creativity! Underwater Worlds is a week where imagination swims free and every project is a splash of adventure.

    This ocean-themed experience invites our newest campers, ages 4-6 to dip their toes into the mysteries of the deep through paint, sculpture, storytelling, and more.

    $375.00 Sold Out

    IMAGINEERING! SUMMER ART CAMP

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

    5-DAY CAMP FOR AGES 7-12

    Imagineering! A dynamo summer art camp that fuses curiosity and creativity. Explore the wonders of Art and Tech through playful experiments and expressive builds.

    From designing kinetic sculptures to painting with light, campers will discover how innovation and artistry can go hand in hand. Get ready to dream big and make it real!

    $375.00 Sold Out

    • LIFE DRAWING IN THE ATRIUM

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

    SEPTEMBER - JUNE.  EVERY 1ST + 3RD TUESDAY.

    3-HOUR SELF-GUIDED SESSIONS WITH LIVE MODEL

    Join us,  the first and third Tuesday of each month for self-directed life drawing centered on creative flow, shared space, and working from the human form. This is a welcoming evening designed to support both personal practice and community connection. Come draw, paint and reconnect with your practice alongside fellow artists!

    Get Tickets $30.00 308 tickets left

    Opening Reception: Meet the Artists of the Elora Fergus Studio Tour

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

    You are invited to the new gallery & atrium at the Arts Centre to meet & greet the artists of this year's Elora Fergus Studio Tour!  This is a wonderful celebration of art and community - come enjoy a catered night out in a beautiful space, and be the first to view the exhibition featuring all of the artists in the Tour.

    Free Event

    • Meet & Greet with Stu Oxley: Artist Reception & Exhibition Opening Event

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

    Join us for an afternoon of art and conversation at a special Artist Reception with Stu Oxley!

    Be among the first to experience Between Silence and Gesture, a striking new exhibition of large-scale paintings and monoprints installed throughout our beautiful new gallery spaces. A long-time Elora resident and prominent Canadian painter and printmaker, Oxley is known for his distinctive abstract language, where layered marks, luminous colour fields, and intuitive compositions invite slow looking and quiet reflection.

    Featuring new, never-before-exhibited pieces, Between Silence and Gesture highlights a compelling evolution in his palette, spatial awareness, and emotional depth. Through abstraction, Oxley reveals how memory, atmosphere, and meaning can be felt without the need for narrative.

    Free Event

    PLAYFUL PUNCH NEEDLE CHARACTER! WITH ALISA McRONALD

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

    Summon a soft, squishy sidekick from the depths of your creative cauldron—let’s BREW UP A PAL with ALISA McRONALD! Let the colours swirl and the characters emerge with internationally exhibited textile artist Alisa McRonald!

    Get Tickets $150.00 10 tickets left

    WEAVING A CANADIAN LANDSCAPE WITH DIANNE KENNEDY CRUTTENDEN

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

    TAPESTRY WEAVING WITH DIANNE KENNEDY CRUTTENDEN

    Discover the quiet joy of tapestry weaving with fibre artist Dianne Kennedy Cruttenden and create your own hand-woven Canadian landscape. This workshop welcomes both beginners and experienced weavers into a relaxed, creative space that celebrate the land, sky, and beauty of our home-Canada.

    Get Tickets $120.00 11 tickets left