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Artisan Shop Vendor Application
Interested in being part of our Artisan Shop? We are committed to showcasing and supporting artists and makers! Our handmade artisan market shop features up to 50 artists and makers at any given time, showcasing their unique, handmade or artist-designed items – including pottery, self-care products, jewelry, bags, art cards and souvenirs, hand crafted home decor, original art and prints, consumables (food items), gifts, wearables and more! The Elora Centre for the Arts is a not-for-profit charitable organization that promotes and uplifts the work of artists. One of the ways we do that, is by selecting and featuring makers in...
‘Journey to the Metaverse’ a 3D visual music experience by Generative Artist Gord Harris
A fusion of interactive art, music and technology! 3D visual music experience in the gallery: February 1 - March 17, 2024 Admission is free! Artist Opening Reception: Saturday February 3rd, 2024 from 2-4PM (more…)
‘Mimosa’ – a curated group exhibition that celebrates women, presented by IMpower Wellness
The exhibition will run from March 21 to May 12th (Mother’s Day) 2024, presented by IMpower Wellness. An Opening reception event will take place on Sunday March 24th from 2 - 4PM. Let’s celebrate women in the arts! The female artists who create, the women who inspire artists to create, the women in our community who need inspiration from other creative women! This curated group exhibition in the gallery at the Elora Centre for the Arts, will feature paintings, photography, mixed media, textiles and sculpture – all in celebration of the female form, positivity, and strength. Let’s encourage each other...
Elora Plein Air Festival – Gallery Show & Sale in the gallery (one day only!)
One day gallery show & sale: Elora Plein Air Festival This is the culmination of the artists’ efforts and they are ready to share and celebrate! In the gallery, there’s a buzz of excitement as people come in to view and buy the beautiful works the artists created over the previous 3 days. Meet the artists, discover a piece you can’t resist, vote for your favourite for the People’s Choice award, and just enjoy the show! (more…)
‘Kodachrome’ by Anne Marie Olczak
Anne-Marie Olczak is an abstract painter based in Toronto, Ontario. Her work uses the grid as a parameter to explore colour and application of paint through its constructs. Working with grids, layers and pulling inspiration from colours in her family Kodachrome slides - she captures the nostalgic saturated hues from her father’s amateur photography of her youth. Projections of images created from old slides featured within the gallery space will be a further nod to the inspiration of the colour, and the ways our memories and “old technologies” play into our modern techniques and perceptions. Admission to the gallery is...
DEER IN THE FOREST for FAMILIES!
DEER IN THE FOREST for FAMILIES! OIL PASTEL for KIDS & ADULTS with Katherine Olenic Sunday March 3, 2024 | 2 PM - 4 PM Ages 6 +| Max. 8 $60 for 2 | Ticket price includes one child and one adult Join artist Katherine Olenic for some art-filled together-time for YOU and your YOUNG ARTIST. This class is designed to bring kids and a parent, grandparent, or caregiver TOGETHER! Each big and little will work on their own DEER IN THE FOREST oil pastel on paper. Learn some great techniques and make some Sunday afternoon memories together! (more…)
GLOWING FORESTS | LIGHT & SHADOWS | ACRYLIC PAINTING WITH VERA KISSELEVA
GLOWING FORESTS | LIGHT & SHADOWS ACRYLIC PAINTING | with Vera Kisseleva SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2023 | 12:30 pm - 430 pm AGES 16+ | MAX. 12 $120 plus hst All materials provided Join Artist Vera Kisseleva for a beginner-friendly workshop where you'll discover the joy of painting vibrant forest scenes filled with luminous light! www.VeraKissArt.com (more…)
Miziwezi (‘He is whole’, Ojibwe) | An exhibition of photography & short film by Wayne Simpson
A personal journey of connection to a once forbidden culture | An exhibition of photography and short film by Wayne Simpson Exhibition in the gallery: October 5 - December 23. 2023 Artist Opening Reception: Sunday October 15 from 2-4PM (more…)EMBROIDERY BASICS with Ahmri Vandeborne
EMBROIDERY BASICS with Ahmri Vandeborne SATURDAY, OCT 7, 2023 | 1:30 pm-3:30 pm AGES 12+ | MAX 20 $30 plus hst *$10 kit fee is payable in cash to the instructor at the start of class. Join Ahmri Vandeborne from Otherwise Studios for a beginners’ textile workshop! Participants will learn how to take their idea or source image from paper onto fabric in this introductory embroidery workshop. They will gain the knowledge of 8 hand-embroidery stitches that can be used to embellish their desired image on a 4” embroidery hoop. (more…)