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...
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. We welcome all adults and caregivers...
REGISTRATION IS OPEN! SCROLL DOWN TO JULY/AUGUST TO SEE WEEKLY CAMP DESCRIPTIONS Looking for assistance? We have funding available thanks to the Optimist Club of Centre Wellington-Fergus available on a first-come-first-served basis for families facing financial barriers. Contact us today to request a spot! TIPS FOR REGISTRATION! You DO NOT need to log in to...
Scroll down to MARCH classes. Click LEARN MORE to register. EVERY WEDNESDAY 10 AM-12 PM EVERY THURSDAY 10 AM–12 PM Weekly inclusive art & mindfulness classes for adults with varying abilities. We offer Wednesday morning, Thursday morning & Thursday afternoon classes, September-June! SUPPORTIVE ARTS is a unique program offering arts-based learning opportunities and compelling artistic experiences...
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 SUPPORTIVE ARTS is a unique program offering arts-based learning opportunities and compelling artistic experiences to individuals with varying abilities. We welcome adults and caregivers from Wellington County...
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 SUPPORTIVE ARTS is a unique program offering arts-based learning opportunities and compelling artistic experiences to individuals with varying abilities. We welcome adults and caregivers from Wellington County...
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. This series is for artists who have some experience and would like specific guidance to develop or resolve their work. Classes will offer both individual and group critiques, as well as...
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...
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! Both classes will begin with warm-up practice. Week 1 will include practice...
Join us for our second afternoon in our 'Vibrant Visions' speaker series! Our 5 panelists will discuss and present various angles and viewpoints on Beyond Words: How the Arts Bring Meaning and Connection in Life's Final Chapter, presented by the Aboyne Rural Hospice and the Elora Centre for the Arts. Tickets are on sale now!...
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...
DISCOVERING CREATIVITY AND CONNECTING WITH OTHERS! ARTFUL AGEING is a pilot project for seniors offered through the Elora Centre for the Arts as part of our growing Outreach program. Monthly guided art sessions are designed especially for long-term care and retirement living residents and are offered on-site at Heritage River and Wellington Terrace in...
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: Gratitude and Connection – Breathwork, Stretching and Hands-on Art Project Part 1 in...
IMAGINING IS BELIEVING March Break Camp! A week where creativity knows no bounds. A place to dream, to believe, and to inspire. Where imaginations can run wild, where possibilities are endless, and art comes alive! For ages 5-12. Camp week is designed to inspire 36 young artists. Led by ECFTA Arts Educators and staff, we...
The IGNITE! Art Auction BIDDING NOW LIVE ON OUR PORTAL! - An extraordinary silent art auction fundraising event!! This special one week virtual-bidding event will celebrate and feature the vibrant creativity of some of Canada's finest artists with a curated collection of beautiful original works from across Centre Wellington and Southern Ontario. A massive and...
OIL PAINTING WITH RICK WORTHINGTON Rescheduled to Saturday, March 15. The third in our GEORGIAN BAY series celebrating the work of members of the Group of 7, AFTER VARLEY is an intermediate oil painting workshop for artists with some oil experience. Create a master copy of Frederick Varley's 1921 masterpiece, Stormy Weather, Georgian Bay. This...
Calling all creative people in our community who want to be inspired! Join the Canadian Opera Company and Elora Centre for the Arts for a transformative evening workshop designed to fuel your artistic spirit. Hosted by Renée Salewski, a talented Teaching Artist from the Canadian Opera Company, this workshop is crafted to push you beyond...
SUPPORTIVE ARTS SPRING WEDNESDAY MORNINGS 10 AM – 12 PM MARCH 19-JUNE 18, 2025 Weekly inclusive art & mindfulness classes for adults with varying abilities. We offer Wednesday morning, Thursday morning & Thursday afternoon classes, September-June! SUPPORTIVE ARTS is a unique program offering arts-based learning opportunities and compelling artistic experiences to individuals with varying abilities....
SUPPORTIVE ARTS SPRING THURSDAY MORNINGS 10 AM–12 PM MARCH 20-JUNE 19, 2025 Weekly inclusive art & mindfulness classes for adults with varying abilities. We offer Wednesday morning, Thursday morning & Thursday afternoon classes, September-June! SUPPORTIVE ARTS is a unique program offering arts-based learning opportunities and compelling artistic experiences to individuals with varying abilities. We welcome adults...
SUPPORTIVE ARTS SPRING THURSDAY AFTERNOONS 1 PM-3 PM MARCH 20-JUNE 19, 2025 Weekly inclusive art & mindfulness classes for adults with varying abilities. We offer Wednesday morning, Thursday morning & Thursday afternoon classes, September-June! SUPPORTIVE ARTS is a unique program offering arts-based learning opportunities and compelling artistic experiences to individuals with varying abilities. We welcome...
Let's paint with yarn! Join textile artist Caitlin Barrie for a guided introduction to the traditional art of punch needle rug hooking! Join us for an immersive day and create your own a 9.5" x 9.5" vibrant punch needle rug inspired by Nova Scotian Folk Artist, Maud Lewis’s lively painting Tulips! No experience is necessary, Please...
IGNITE! Grand Finale Event - The exciting wrap-up event to our IGNITE! Art Auction Event. This is THE event to attend! Tickets for the IGNITE! Grand Finale Event are $50 and spots are limited, so be sure to secure yours NOW (ticket link below). Prepare for an elevated evening filled with artful cuisine (donated by a...
Spring greens can be tricky to work with. Join Elora artist Rick Worthington and learn to tame "the green" using techniques inspired by the Impressionists in the full-day, relaxed introduction to oil painting. Working from Rick's original plein air sketch, students will learn how to bring a dynamic, authentic feel to their painting journey! Through...
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: Self-Care for Body and Soul: Facial & Massage Techniques, Inner Beauty Encouragement and...
2-SATURDAY WORKSHOP MARCH 29 & APRIL 5 Learn the tools and techniques needed to create a two-colour image through reductive linoblock printmaking with artist Ahmri Vandeborne! Reductive lino prints are created through a process of designing an image and selectively carving away details to print each new colour layer. Participants will learn to create a...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OIL PAINTING WITH RICK WORTHINGTON 4-WEEK WEDNESDAY SERIES How to Build an Oil Painting is designed to gently guides students through Elora artist Rick Worthington’s unique process of creating an oil painting from start to finish. Throughout the course, students will learn how to choose a color palette, sketch out a drawing, block...
I love Paris in the Springtime! CEZANNE, MATISSE, & CHAGALL will pay a visit to our studio classroom this PA Day, as we create our own art-salon, complete with Edith Piaf as our background crooner! Aspiring artists will learn about the great French Impressionists and consider how art movements develop, by many minds coming together...
You are invited to be the first to view this new exhibition! Meet & mingle with the 9 artists of 'Escape: Transcending Bounds', and enjoy a Saturday afternoon surrounded by creativity and community. Admission is free. Above: The Octarine Women Artists' Collective. Back row, L to R: Gail Root, Carol Hughes, Leslie Miles, Gail Brown, Anne...