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SUMMARY:OUTREACH: Supportive Arts Program for Young Adults with (dis)Abilities
DESCRIPTION:An inclusive\, all abilities art and mindfulness workshop for young adults with (dis)abilities 18+ \nSUPPORTIVE 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. \n \nTHE 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. \n \nTo find out more about this program\, or to register\, please click here! \nVisit our Facebook page for photos and weekly updates! \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nOTF Grant Boost:  The Ontario Trillium Foundation has supported this program with a 3-year grant boost\, allowing us to offer additional classes each year.  Our 2021 Fall program has expanded to 3 workshops a week\, with plans to expand to 4 times a week in the fall of 2022. \nThe Ontario Trillium Foundation investment in this project will support positive change in our community to make it healthier and more vibrant over the next 3 years. \nFor more information about this program please click here. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://eloracentreforthearts.ca/event/outreach-supportive-arts-program-for-young-adults-with-disabilities/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Outreach Programs
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SUMMARY:Supportive Arts Program for Young Adults with (dis)Abilities - Fall 2022 to Spring 2023
DESCRIPTION:An inclusive\, all abilities art and mindfulness workshop for young adults with (dis)abilities 18+ \nSUPPORTIVE 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. \nTHE 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. \n \n \nFALL 2022 – SPRING 2023 \nWe offer four\, 2-hour sessions per week\, Mondays\, Wednesdays and Thursdays\, between Sept and June. \nOUR SPACE: Our bright and cheerful ECFTA classroom is wheelchair accessible and adheres to all WDGPH covid-19 protocols.  In warm temperatures\, we may run programming outside in our 1500 square foot big top tent! \nPlease contact us for more information about the program or for availability in our Supportive Arts program! \nVisit our Facebook page for photos and weekly updates! \n\nLOOKING TO VOLUNTEER? \nWe are welcoming new volunteers for our Fall 2022- 2023 season! If you looking for a way to meaningfully engage with your community and have a couple hours a week to assist one of our Supportive Arts’ participants in our cheery studio classroom setting\, please contact us! \n\nOTF Grant Boost:  The Ontario Trillium Foundation has supported this program with a 3-year grant boost\, allowing us to offer additional classes each year.  Our 2021 Fall program has expanded to 3 workshops a week\, with plans to expand to 4 times a week in the fall of 2022. \n  \nThe Ontario Trillium Foundation investment in this project will support positive change in our community to make it healthier and more vibrant over the next 3 years. For more information about this program please click here. \n                    \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://eloracentreforthearts.ca/event/supportive-arts-program-for-young-adults/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Adult Workshops
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240614
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SUMMARY:THE NEST!  After-school drop-in space (ages 10 and up)
DESCRIPTION:THE NEST! An after school drop-in space for ages 10+ \nPlease check back for the next session registration information! \nWhat 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. \nThis is a safe student space for student led projects guided by an ECFTA Arts Facilitator. \n \n \nEach week\, we will provide tea\, a snack. a limited variety of materials each week and engagement with ECFTA Arts Facilitators.  Everyone welcome! \n\nStudents will be asked to sign in and out independently.  \nParents are not required to accompany their children.\nThis is a program to encourage independence.  It is the responsibility of each family to ensure that their child arrives safely.  If parents would like confirmation of arrival\, please instruct your child to use our landline or their own cell phone to check in.\nPlease note\, electronic devices will not be allowed once the program starts.\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://eloracentreforthearts.ca/event/the-nest-after-school-drop-in-space-ages-10-and-up/
LOCATION:Ontario
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SUMMARY:Contemporary Wall Sculpture  |  Ceramics with Inga Gircyte
DESCRIPTION:CONTEMPORARY WALL SCULPTURE  |  CERAMICS with INGA GIRCYTE  \nFrom Domestic Object to ⇨ Contemporary Sculpture \n2 Thursday evening ceramic workshop! \nThursday\, April 27 | 6:00-9 pm  \nThursday\, May 11 | 6:00-9 pm \nOnly 6 spots only available for this workshop! \nAges 16+ \n$175 plus HST \n$20 kit fee payable in cash to instructor.  All materials provided in kit fee\, including glazing and firing. \n\nClay hanging on the wall? Yes!! Let’s look at the ceramics from a different angle! \nIn this limited-space workshop\, artist INGA GIRCYTE will guide you in the creation of a unique abstracted\, sculptural wall piece made from clay\, mimicking a domestic object. \nInga will lead you through this 2 evening bi-weekly process to achieve ready-to-hang\, MOMA-worthy results!  Will it be an exact look alike of the primary object or an abstract take! It’s up to you! \nIn this workshop you will learn: \n\nthe basic techniques of hand building\nbasic techniques of glazing and colour mixing\n\nWe will provide a number of objects from daily life from which to choose. Or if you have a favourite or sentimental object at home; your grandmothers’ egg beater\, a well-worn tool from your father’s workbench\, a vintage high heel or clutch; a retro game controller; an old-timey toaster or espresso percolator; your dad’s stuffed prized trout; your lucky push up bra? Bring it with you and turn it into an art piece with a deeper personal meaning. The weirder or more wonderful the better! \nMaximum size approx. 12”x12”. Please note\, to create a mould we will be covering these objects in clay and then remove it. \n \nEvening one\, 3 hours: hand building. \nEvening two\, 3 hours: paint and glaze \nWork will be fired and ready for pick up from our Artisan Shop by Tuesday\, May 15 through to Sunday May 21\, 2023 \nPlease note\, there is a $20 kit fee payable in cash to the instructor at the start of class to cover clay and firing. \nInga Gircyte is a Lithuanian multidisciplinary artist whose abstract painting has recently migrated from canvas onto ceramic sculpture. She hand-builds panels\, slabs\, and three dimensional hanging objects from clay. After firing them she then explores the irregular surface\, treating it like a canvas or a drawing paper using pigments and glazes\, glaze pencils and crayons\, spray paint and oil. To balance the two and three dimensional surface is Inga’s main challenge and ambition. \nInga holds a BFA of Drawing and Painting from OCAD University (2019) Toronto\, CA and BFA of Theater Directing from Klaipeda’s University\, Lithuania (2010) and is currently based in Elora\, Ontario. \nInstagram @inga.gircyte \n              \n \nIF YOU CANCEL \nCancellations up to 7 days prior to start date will receive a full refund\, less a $25 administrative fee. No refund of fees will apply to cancellations within 7 days of start date (fees may be applied/credited to an alternate workshop depending on availability). \nIF WE CANCEL \nTo help ensure the course you’re interested in runs\, we suggest you register no less than two weeks in advance. In the event of insufficient registrations ECFTA reserves the right to cancel workshops. You would be eligible for a full refund of fees\, or credit for a future workshop\, pending availability.
URL:https://eloracentreforthearts.ca/event/contemporary-wall-sculpture-ceramics-with-inga-gircyte/
LOCATION:Ontario
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SUMMARY:SUNDAY EXPLORERS |  GUIDED ART 7-PACK FOR KIDS!
DESCRIPTION:SUNDAY EXPLORERS | GUIDED ART 7-PACK FOR KIDS! \nwith RACHEL ABEL \nSundays\, May 7 – June 25\, 2023  |  9:30-11:30 am \nMax. 18  |  Ages 6-12 \n$150 for all 7 weeks (no hst)  |  All materials provided \nsold out\nJoin artist and ECFTA Arts Educator Rachel Abel for weekly art fundamentals to bring out the junior artist in you! Each week Rachel will offer young artists a guided art lesson designed to learn\, explore\, and get creative! Students will develop their skills in drawing\, painting and learn some theory to go along with them. \nClasses will be held in the ECFTA classroom and/or gallery each Sunday. \nMay 7\, May 14\, May 28\, June 4\, June 11\, June 18\, June 25 \nPlease note: No class holiday weekend Sunday\, May 21. \n\nThis weekly art program is hosted by the Elora Centre for the Arts. \nPlease contact RACHEL at rae.can.draw@outlook.com for more information or to register. \n \nAbout the artist: \nRachel Abel (they/them) \nRachel is an artist\, trained in Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo. Rachel also holds a Montessori Teachers College diploma and brings a unique artistic appreciation and knowledge to all their teaching. In the past Rachel has worked at the Clay & Glass Gallery as a programmer and teacher and has a passion for the arts and supporting all young artists! \nRachel also manages our ECFTA Artisan Shop and you will find their welcoming smile in the gallery Thursday through Saturday. \n  \n  \n \n 
URL:https://eloracentreforthearts.ca/event/sunday-explorers-guided-art-5-pack-for-kids-2/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Classes,Young Makers
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230602T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230602T160000
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SUMMARY:Design & Build! JUNE PA DAY FOR KIDS!
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 2\, 2023 | 9 am – 4 pm \nAges 6-12 | Max 18 \n$65 no hst \nsold out!\nDesign & BUILD! Our June PA Day will find us exploring ways to turn 2-D designs into intuitive 3-D builds using cardboard\, paper and paint! Young designers will draw plans\, learn about scale & function\, practice adaptation when challenges guide us in other directions and build a day of surprises\, along with lots of outdoor play! Bring your BIG IDEAS and BIG IMAGINATION! \n \nLed by ECFTA Arts Educator Judy Anderson \n  \nJudy Anderson is an artist and educator and manages  programming at the Elora Centre for the Arts.  Judy is passionate for creativity in all its forms and is particularly fascinated by shadowy storytelling\, the curious imaginations of children\, and the unique abilities within each of us. Judy studied at Ontario College of Art & Design and  the University of Guelph. She makes her playful and peculiar brand of art under the name kukucaju.com \n  \n  \n  \n  \nTo ensure that your child is ready for a full day of art making and fun: \n\nA healthy mid-morning snack and lunch\nRefillable water bottle\nDress for the weather each day and for getting messy\nMasking is not required and is left to your discretion.\nWe ask that you follow UGDSB pre-screening best practices. If your child has a new or worsening symptom\, please use your best judgement.\n\n  \nIF YOU CANCEL \nCancellations up to 7 days prior to start date will receive a full refund less a $25 administrative fee. No refund of fees will apply to cancellations within 7 days of start date (fees may however be applied/ credited to an alternate course/ workshop). \nIF WE CANCEL \nTo help ensure the course you’re interested in runs\, we suggest you register no less than two weeks in advance.  In the event of insufficient registrations ECFTA reserves the right to cancel courses/ workshops\, & you would be eligible for a full refund of fees\, or credit can be applied to a future course/ workshop\, pending availability. \n  \n 
URL:https://eloracentreforthearts.ca/event/design-build-june-pa-day-for-kids/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Classes,Young Makers
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SUMMARY:Ontario Craft Gin Festival in Elora
DESCRIPTION:Saturday June 10\, 2023  |  12 – 6pm  (19+ event) \nONLINE TICKETS SALE ENDS FRIDAY AT MIDNIGHT \nTICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR: $20 \nPurchase your tickets online NOW!  $19 per person ($16.82 + HST) \n  \n  \nGin Lovers Unite! \n  \nThe Ontario Craft Gin Trail warmly invites you to the inaugural Craft Gin Festival on the grounds of the Elora Centre for the Arts. \nCome meet artisan makers and sample craft gins from across the region. \nFeaturing spirits from: \n\nJunction 56 Distillery (Stratford)\nElora Distilling Company\nSpring Mill Distillery (Guelph)\nDixon’s Distilled Spirits Inc. (Guelph)\nSilver Fox Distillery (Arthur)\nWillibald Farm Distillery (Ayr)\nLast Straw Distillery (Vaughan)\nParadigm Sprits Company (London)\nSobrii (Stratford)\n\nStay tuned for more information on the Martini Olympiad\, live music\, food vendors\, and more! \nPurchase your tickets online NOW!  $19 per person ($16.82 + HST) \nTickets at the door: $20 \n \nSCROLL DOWN TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS NOW! \nFor more information\, please visit www.CraftGinTrail.com \nQuestions about the event? Contact Marty at  Marty@eloradistillingcompany.com \n \n  \n 
URL:https://eloracentreforthearts.ca/event/craft-gin-festival-elora/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230611T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230611T160000
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SUMMARY:A Fox or A Hare? | Needle Felting with Megan Cleland
DESCRIPTION:A FOX OR A HARE? | NEEDLE FELTING with MEGAN CLELAND \nSUNDAY\, JUNE 11\, 2023 | 10am – 4pm  \nMAX. 12 | Ages 16+ \n$130 plus HST | All materials included in kit fee. \nsold out\nPlease note\, there is a $20 material kit fee is payable in cash directly to artist at the start of class. \n\nA Fox or A Hare? What a fine pair!  \nLearn the art of needle felting a FOX or HARE portrait. Your choice! \nJoin fibre artist\, Megan Cleland in a guided workshop to needle-felt your way to create your own woolly portrait of either a fox or a hare. Megan will talk about different transfer techniques\, options for backgrounds\, colour theory and the basics of dry felting with wool. The finished piece will be framed in a 10” embroidery hoop. \nA great way to learn a new skill that you can continue to develop and experiment with on your own. Suitable for any level of experience! \n$20 kit fee is payable in cash to the instructor at the start of class. \nIncluded in the kit fee: Backing fabric with image\, foam backing\, wool\, needle\, 10” embroidery hoop. \n**Please let us know your choice of FOX or HARE after you register by emailing Judy at programming@ecfta.ca. Please put “Fox” or “Hare” in the subject line!  \n \nAbout the artist: \nMegan is a self-taught artist with a passion for felting. In 2000 Megan and her husband purchased a farm in Australia that came with 400 fine wool merinos. She started explored felting\, spinning\, and weaving for the sheer enjoyment of being surrounded by incredible fibres. Megan returned to Canada in 2008 and began to combine her love of portraiture and needle felting. The switch from amateur to professional has been a recent decision. The response to Megan’s work has driven that path. Painting with wool to create realistic portraits and landscapes has been a natural progression from watercolour and pastel with exciting results. It is more organic and has a warmth and texture that makes the viewer want to reach out and touch it. Creating hats and other wearables from Felt has become an extension to Megan’s portraits. It gives her another avenue of using wool and fibre as a medium to create. \nwww.inthelineoffibre.ca  www.facebook.com/InTheLineofFibre \n \nIF YOU CANCEL \nCancellations up to 7 days prior to start date will receive a full refund\, less a $25 administrative fee. No refund of fees will apply to cancellations within 7 days of start date (fees may be applied/credited to an alternate workshop depending on availability). \nIF WE CANCEL \nTo help ensure the course you’re interested in runs\, we suggest you register no less than two weeks in advance. In the event of insufficient registrations ECFTA reserves the right to cancel workshops. You would be eligible for a full refund of fees\, or credit for a future workshop\, pending availability.
URL:https://eloracentreforthearts.ca/event/a-fox-or-a-hare-needle-felting-with-megan-cleland/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Adult Workshops,Classes
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