Check out Our Painted House at the Gallery! This drop-in activity is inspired by Maud Lewis’ iconic Painted House. Using a variety of materials, you are invited to create your own artwork shingle to add to the painted house, an almost-to-scale image of Maud’s home. Inspired by Maud's...
Join us this winter for kid’s painting classes at the Gallery. This 4-week workshop series, led by artist-educator, Rosemary Clarke Young, will inspire young creatives, while they learn new painting techniques and have fun! Each artmaking class will begin with a visit to the Maud Lewis Gallery to...
This event is sold out. Tyshan Wright is the 2022 Sobey Art Award finalist representing the Atlantic region. He describes his practice as working from his cultural traditions, those of the Jamaican Maroons. Jamaican Maroons are descendants of Africans who resisted slavery and formed their own independent communities...
Join us at the Gallery for our upcoming Make Day inspired by the exhibition Ta’n a’sikatikl sipu’l | Confluence! Lead by Mi’kmaw artist and youth programmer Melanie Nasson, guests will use white ash to learn weaving in an activity inspired by Mi’kmaw baskets. Paint the weavings and seal...
Join artist Judy Jenkins as we explore self portraits and self-expression. Based on artworks in the Nova Scotia Art Bank 2020-2021 exhibition, we’ll look to artworks featuring figures, faces, and more for inspiration! Express yourself, thoughts, and interests while creating a sculptural self portrait using painting, drawing and...