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 mornings 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 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...
REGISTRATION OPENS 10 AM THURSDAY, JANUARY 23 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! click LEARN...
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...
Artist Eileen MacArthur is back in the ECFTA classroom to lead a fast and fun, art-packed introduction to the basics of painting for young artists ages 8 +. Eileen will offer guidance in observational painting techniques, transfer-methods, colour theory, value, brush handling and composition, and how to break a painting down into more manageable parts!...
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...
Join fibre artist Megan Cleland for a fun and friendly introduction to the art of needle felting in the round! Megan will guide participants in landscape composition, use of a source image, choosing needle size, and how to choose from a selection of beautiful natural fibres, suitable for needle felting. Working on a 9" hoop,...
Please join us in the gallery to meet and mingle with the artists of our new 'Quadrant' exhibition! A lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome. Help us welcome this group of artists to our community, and kick off this new and thought-provoking exhibition in the gallery. Meet...
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...
WEAVING WITH DIANNE KENNEDY CRUTTENDEN The smooth, flowing nature of circles offer a calming connection to nature. Join tapestry artist Dianne Kennedy Cruttenden in our bright and cheery workshop classroom for a creative journey into the portals of circle weaving! “Caim” a Gaelic word that means protective circle, circles are an intrinsic way to live...
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...
OIL PAINTING WITH RICK WORTHINGTON The second in our GEORGIAN BAY series celebrating the work of members of the Group of 7, AFTER TOM THOMSON is an intermediate oil painting workshop for artists with some oil experience. Create a master copy of Tom Thomson’s iconic 1916-1917 painting The West Wind. Copying a master’s work is...
Join fibre artist Megan Cleland for a playful afternoon of guided needle felting and learn how to take felting into another dimension! This class is suitable for beginners and those with some experience flat felting that want to try felting sculpturally! Students will learn how to use core wool, add curls to the outer layer,...
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...
OIL PAINTING WITH RICK WORTHINGTON 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 iconic painting captures the rugged...
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...