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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:SUPPORTIVE ARTS WEDNESDAYS for Adults with Varying Abilities  |  Spring Wednesday Program
DESCRIPTION:SPRING 2024 Wednesday Classes  |  14-week series \nWEDNESDAY mornings  |  March 20 – June 19\, 2024  |  10 am – 12 pm \nWeekly inclusive ART & mindfulness WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS for adults with varying abilities. \nsold out \n \nAre you a Passport funding recipient? If so\, please email programming@ecfta.ca if you would require special Passport receipts. \nMax. 14 spaces |  Ages 18+  |  $252 + hst for all 14 weeks  \nParticipants please register for the full season block. No charge for support workers or caregivers. \nSUPPORTIVE 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 and the surrounding areas to our weekly program\, led by ECFTA Arts Educators and Mindfulness Coach. \nJoin us for a guided 2-hour workshop 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!  \nOUR SPACE Our bright and cheerful ECFTA classroom is wheelchair accessible and accommodates up to 14 participants\, with accompanying support workers and volunteers. \n Supportive Arts is offered at a subsidized rate\, thanks to the Centre Wellington 100 Women Who Care and our Spring Fundraising Gala! \n \nREFUNDS please note\, there is no refund for missed classes. If you are unable to attend for any reason\, classes are transferrable to other participants. \nPAYMENT can be made using a credit card by registering below. \nRegistration & payment via e-transfer or personal cheque are also accepted by contacting Judy at programming@ecfta.ca \nPlease contact us for more information about the program or for availability in our Supportive Arts program! \nVisit our Facebook page for photos and updates!
URL:https://eloracentreforthearts.ca/event/supportive-arts-wednesdays-for-adults-with-varying-abilities-wednesday-program/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Adult Workshops,courses
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DTSTAMP:20260416T112654
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SUMMARY:SUPPORTIVE ARTS THURSDAYS for Adults with Varying Abilities  |  Spring Thursday Program
DESCRIPTION:SPRING 2024 Thursday Classes  |  14-week series \nTHURSDAY mornings  |  March 21 – June 20\, 2024  |  10 am – 12 pm \nWeekly inclusive ART & mindfulness THURSDAY WORKSHOPS for adults with varying abilities. \nsold out \n \nAre you a Passport funding recipient? If so\, please email programming@ecfta.ca if you would require special Passport receipts. \nMax. 14 spaces |  Ages 18+  |  $252 + hst for all 14 weeks  \nParticipants please register for the full season block. No charge for support workers or caregivers. \nSUPPORTIVE 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 and the surrounding areas to our weekly program\, led by ECFTA Arts Educators and Mindfulness Coach. \nJoin us for a guided 2-hour workshop 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!  \nOUR SPACE Our bright and cheerful ECFTA classroom is wheelchair accessible and accommodates up to 14 participants\, with accompanying support workers and volunteers. \n Supportive Arts is offered at a subsidized rate\, thanks to the Centre Wellington 100 Women Who Care and our Spring Fundraising Gala! \n \nREFUNDS please note\, there is no refund for missed classes. If you are unable to attend for any reason\, classes are transferrable to other participants. \nPAYMENT can be made using a credit card by registering below. \nRegistration & payment via e-transfer or personal cheque are also accepted by contacting Judy at programming@ecfta.ca \nPlease contact us for more information about the program or for availability in our Supportive Arts program! \nVisit our Facebook page for photos and updates!
URL:https://eloracentreforthearts.ca/event/supportive-arts-thursdays-for-adults-with-varying-abilities-spring-thursday-program/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Adult Workshops,Classes
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SUMMARY:OIL & COLD WAX ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES  |  WITH CAROLYN SHARP
DESCRIPTION:OIL & COLD WAX ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES   \nWEEKEND WORKSHOP  |  WITH CAROLYN SHARP \nSATURDAY\, APRIL 6\, 2024  |  11 am – 4 pm \nSUNDAY\, APRIL 7\, 2024  |  11 am – 3 pm \nAGES 16+ | MAX. 8  |  $250 + hst  \nUnleash your creativity and make your own masterpiece using oil paint and cold wax medium. Carolyn will guide you towards creating atmospheric and colourful abstracted land & waterscape paintings on archival oil paper and cradled wood panels. You will also learn ways to find compelling compositions and create colour harmony in your paintings. Materials list will be emailed to students. \nThis workshop is suitable for all levels of experience! \n \nEXPERIENCED OIL & COLD WAX PAINTERS (NO KIT FEE) \nPlease bring the following: \n\n5 landscape images printed in black and white on 8-1/2” by 11” paper\nOil paints – a variety of colours\, plus LOTS OF TITANIUM WHITE\nCold Wax Medium\nOil Sticks and/or oil pastels\nVariety of mark making tools\nCreative catalyst Wedge\, straight edge\nSilicone Bowl Scraper\nMetal Palette knife\, pointed tip\nDisposable paint Palette or parchment paper\n1” roll of Painter’s masking tape\n2-3 cradled wood panels with 2 coats of gesso (tape off the sides before gessoing)\n\nPanel sizes between 8×10 up to 16×20  \n\n1/2 sheet Arches Oil Paper (22” x 30”) cut lengthwise\nRoll of blue “Shop” Paper Towels\nWax Paper (for transporting wet paintings)\nBox or box lid for transporting wet panels\n\nBEGINNER PAINTERS (**KIT FEE of $20 payable in cash to Carolyn at the start of class) \nPlease bring the following: \n\n5 landscape images printed in black and white on 8-1/2” by 11” paper\nTitanium White oil paint\n2-3 cradled wood panels – Sizes 8” x10”\n1” Painters Tape\nBox or box lid for transporting wet panels home on Day 2\n\nYour $20 Kit Fee will provide you with use of the following: \nCold Wax Medium\, ½ sheet of Arches Oil Paper\, a variety of oil paint colours\, a variety of oil sticks & pastels\, mark making tools including Palette Knife & silicone tools\, Gesso (to seal your cradled panels)\, Parchment paper (to use as a palette)\, Wax paper (for transporting wet panels home)\, Shop paper towels \n\nMeet Carolyn! \nCarolyn Sharp is an award-winning full-time artist living & working in beautiful Elora. Her paintings are imaginary\, intuitive\, soulful expressions depicting the lands and waters of Ontario in an abstracted manner. Her background in Interior Design provides her with a keen eye for creating colourful and compelling paintings in both acrylic and oil & cold wax. She began studying art in 2003\, and has trained with many highly regarded artists throughout North America. Carolyn exhibits her work through galleries\, the annual Elora Fergus Studio Tour\, and her private studio/gallery which is open to the public by appointment. She offers semi-private classes from her Elora studio\, has taught at the Elora Mill\, and now through the Elora Centre for the Arts. www.carolyn-sharp.com \n  \n \nIF YOU CANCEL \nCancellations up to 14 days prior to start date will receive a full refund\, less a $25 administrative fee. No refund of fees will apply to cancellations within 14 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/oil-cold-wax-abstract-landscapes-with-carolyn-sharp-2/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Adult Workshops,courses
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SUMMARY:SPRING AWAKENING!  APRIL PA DAY FOR KIDS!
DESCRIPTION:SPRING AWAKENING!  |  PA Day for Kids! \nMonday\, April 8\, 2024  |  9 am – 4 pm \nPA Day camp has been changed to Monday April 8\, to align with UGDSB PA Day schedule.  Please contact programming@ecfta.ca if you have registered and would like a refund for the Friday\, April 19 PA Day. \nIf you have registered already for April 19\, your spot is secure. Please join  us on Monday the 8th! \nAges 4-12  |  Max 36 \n$70 no hst \n1 spot left! Please email programming@ecfta.ca for a spot. \nApril SHOWERS bring May FLOWERS in this creative-play-day featuring expressive watercolour painting and paper. Let’s spread our arms wide and welcome April\, learn about the solar eclipse and let our creativity shine in our cheery Art Classroom and Maker Space! \nThis school year\, we have expanded our PA Day program to accommodate 36 young artists! We will be dividing our PA Day kids into 2 groups (ages 4-6 and 7-12) and working in both our cheery Art Classroom and the sunny Sparrow’s Nest Maker Space . \nLed by ECFTA Art Educators Alexa Collette and Stephanie Lines-Toohill. Our PD days are a balance of guided art instruction & learning in our art classroom\, and open-creative exploration in our maker space. Along with outdoor fresh air and play during breaks\, as always! \n \n\nAbout the Instructors \nAlexa Collette recently graduated from the BA program at the University of Guelph and has been facilitating workshops and camp experiences for the past few years and loving every minute of it! Alexa is a painter\, drawer\, loves creating murals\, and collaborating with the community. She is excited to create a space for art-making and exploration at the Elora Centre for the Arts! \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nStephanie Lines-Toohill brings her magical mix of compassion\, creativity\, and mindfulness to everything she does. She reminds us to pause and find wonder in unexpected places. She helps us let go of our worries and to be brave. Steph also runs Sparrow’s Nest Makerspace\, a collaborative community space of connection. You might find her on a forest walk where she finds calming inspiration and beautiful found objects. Stephanie has been leading youth art groups and community art opportunities for over 15 years. She champions the process of each artist as a curious explorer! \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 and for getting messy\n\n\n \nIF YOU CANCEL \nCancellations up to 14 days prior to start date will receive a full refund less a $25 administrative fee. No refund of fees will apply to cancellations within 14 days of start date\, Registration fees may however be 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.
URL:https://eloracentreforthearts.ca/event/spring-awakening-april-pa-day/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Classes,Young Makers
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240414T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T112654
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SUMMARY:WEAVING 201 | EXPRESS YOURSELF THROUGH TAPESTRY | WITH DIANNE KENNEDY CRUTTENDEN
DESCRIPTION:WEAVING 201 | EXPRESS YOURSELF THROUGH TAPESTRY  \nWITH DIANNE KENNEDY CRUTTENDEN \nSunday\, April 14\, 2024  |  9:30 am to 4 pm \nAGES 14+  |  MAX 10  |  $110 + hst   \n$30 kit fee  |  All materials included in the kit fee. \nsold out \nWeaving 201 is designed for those with some weaving experience who wish to dive into designing and creating woven tapestry. To support weavers on this journey\, Dianne will review techniques\, answer your questions\, and discuss a variety of designing techniques. \nThis workshop will give you the opportunity to experiment with various methods and materials. A great way to continue your weaving journey!  Just bring your enthusiasm! \nIf you have ideas and images you wish to work with\, bring them along! \nWe will be working on 13” x 17” frame looms and learn how to warp the loom and use ‘butterflies’ (yarn bundles). Dianne will offer a variety of beautiful yarns for your weaving pleasure including a selection of her hand dyed and hand spun yarn\, unspun wool\, and even some strips of fabric and ribbon yarns to play with. You should be well along the way of creating your masterpiece by the end of the day! \nThis workshop is ideal for those with basic weaving experience or those who have taken one of Dianne’s beginner workshops. \nBring your sense of adventure\, willingness to play with design\, colour and texture! \nPlease note: $30 kit fee to be paid to Dianne at the start of the workshop. \nMeet Dianne! \n \nDianne has been creating woven art since the early 1970’s. Dianne first studied weaving at Sheridan School of Design\, apprenticed with Robert L. Kidd in Michigan and in 2015 completed an internship with Master Tapestry artist Maximo Laura in his studio in Lima\, Peru. A lifetime of weaving; Dianne’s work has been shown and collected throughout North America in venues such as The Detroit Institute of Art\, Nuit Blanche in Ottawa\, The Gore Bay Museum\, the Textile Museum of Canada\, The Queen Street Gallery in Niagara on the Lake\, The Brick Room Gallery in St. Cathrines and the Sheepish Grin on Manitoulin Island\, The Elora Fergus Studio Tour\, and is a member of the Octarines Women’s Art Collective that has shown throughout the region. Dianne recently won an award for her piece in the recent ‘Insights’ show at the Wellington County Museum. \n  \n \nIF YOU CANCEL \nCancellations up to 14 days prior to start date will receive a full refund\, less a $25 administrative fee. No refund of fees will apply to cancellations within 14 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. \n 
URL:https://eloracentreforthearts.ca/event/weaving-201-express-yourself-through-tapestry-with-dianne-kennedy-cruttenden/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Adult Workshops,courses
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240418T210000
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SUMMARY:BRACELET & EARRINGS |  SCALE-MAILLE WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION:BRACELET & EARRING | SCALE-MAILLE WORKSHOP \nWITH ARTISAN MAILLE \nThursday\, April 18\, 2024  |  6:00-9:00 PM \nAges 16+  |  Max. 20  |  $75 + hst   |  All materials included. \nUnleash your creativity and dive into the mesmerizing world of scalemaille with this Thursday evening workshop\, designed for both beginners and seasoned crafters. \nIn this hands-on session\, you’ll  create your very own scalemaille bracelet and earrings\, blending the ancient art of maille with the shimmering beauty of scales! \n \nJoin us and transform simple materials into stunning pieces that capture the light! Rachel and Brad of Artisan Maille will guide you through the process of selecting scales\, linking rings\, and assembling them into wearable art. Whether you’re looking to make a statement piece or add a unique touch to your jewelry collection\, this workshop offers the skills and inspiration you need to craft your own scalemaille accessories. \nThis 3 hour class is a perfect introduction to the how-to’s of creating aluminum scale-maille patterns. A great way to keep the creativity flowing this spring! \n  \nMeet Artisan Maille! \n \nBrad and Rachel of Artisan Maille have been creating chainmaille for almost 10 years. They love to demonstrate their creativity by giving this medieval armor crafting a modern twist. \nInstagram: @Artisan.Maille\nFacebook: @ArtisanMaille\nTiktok: @Artisan.Maille\nEtsy: ArtisanMailleShop.etsy.com \n  \n \n\nIF YOU CANCEL \nCancellations up to 14 days prior to start date will receive a full refund\, less a $25 administrative fee. No refund of fees will apply to cancellations within 14 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/bracelet-earring-scale-maille-workshop/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Adult Workshops,Classes
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SUMMARY:TINY ART EXPO  |  SCHOOLHOUSE ARTS COLLECTIVE
DESCRIPTION:TINY ART EXPO  |  SCHOOLHOUSE ARTS COLLECTIVE \nSaturday April 27  |  10am – 4pm \nSunday April 28   |  10am – 4pm \nJoin us for a weekend of celebrating beautiful things that come in small packages! \nThe TINY ART EXPO will feature original art from our 16 SHAC member artists – and everything will be less than 8 inches large! \nTake home a tiny treasure for you\, your mom\, or someone else special in your life! \n \n  \nFollow us at https://www.facebook.com/events/1193432768318596/1193437044984835/  \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://eloracentreforthearts.ca/event/tiny-art-expo-schoolhouse-arts-collective-2/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Events
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