Create your own unique sculpture inspired by the work of artist Couzyn van Heuvelen. Exploring scale, you'll design your own fishhook sculptures with decorated with bright beads, paint and more! Make something mini or big; the choice is yours! Work independently, or with your small group, this program...
Join us in the studio for a Pride Art Jam with the Youth Project! Bring a friend and express yourself as we paint, make buttons, and more. Raphael Chipman will show us how to make prints that celebrate 2SLGBTQIA+ joy and histories. Featuring music, snacks, and a few...
Inspired by the ceramic hearts of artist Shauna MacLeod featured in the exhibition, Inner/Outer Space, we will create & embellish their own art-hearts. Working with a plaster of paris molded heart, participants can decorate their piece and create a setting for display of their finished work. Draw inspiration from the...
Join us in the studio to play with patterns and multiples, printing with a stamp! We will create our own stamps of simple shapes or abstract design, then repeat them to make patterns. This activity is inspired by the work of artist Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe. Work independently, or with your...
In celebration of two successful seasons of the Unfinished Work: blk scotian; blk art Podcast, we invite you to a social in the studios! Meet and chat with the hosts and guests from the podcast. Stay for art making, music and great conversations. All ages are welcome to...
Exploring the exhibition, Inner/Outer Space for inspiration, you will create a 3D Diorama reflecting your interpretation of the world around you. Using a cardboard window box, you'll make a mini world environment using varied coloured & textured cardstock paper. Create a landscape inspired by real life, books or...
Visit the Gallery during Nocturne and check out part of Generations: The Sobey Family and Canadian Art, play in the studio and take in the Nocturne installations on view for one night only. Studio Activity: We all have stories to tell, so bring your perspective and pick up...
Practise weaving in our studios! Use colourful papers to create your own designs and learn techniques inspired by Mi’kmaw basketry. Get inspired by etchings of Mi’kmaw basketry and the words for each technique, in Ursula Johnson’s artwork Museological Grand Hall, on view in Generations: The Sobey Family and...
Create, share, curate in this interactive mini-gallery space for visitors! Collections tell stories about communities, people, and places. Art museums preserve and care for artworks so generations of people can learn from, engage with, and be inspired by them. Create your own art and add it to the...
Thinking about memory, portraiture, and family, explore painting in the style of Jean Paul Lemieux. Working from a photo of your choosing- with people as a subject, you will create works of art based on a family photo, special memory, or meaningful place. Bring your own printed photo...
Inspired by the rugged mountains and towering trees in the Group of Seven paintings, we’ll explore the use of stencils to mix and match our own landscape painting! Playing with underpainting and composition, use shapes to create unique and beautiful painted landscapes on canvas. Join artist Meggie Richards...
Try a new technique used by the artist David Milne- playing with ink on wet paper! Visitors will have a chance to discover this wet-on-wet watercolour process and create a work of art to take home with them. Process-based activity, play and explore and discover new and unexpected ways...
