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    Abstract Painting Workshop with Lydia Panart – March 2024

    Workshop offers artists the opportunity to explore and expand their artistic vocabulary into the abstract realm. Artist and instructor Lydia Panart will guide participants through the process of examining a provided image from different points of view to develop a personalized, abstract response. Through visual explanations, technique demonstrations, and one-on-one feedback, Lydia will help students discover the layering process that is crucial to bring their images to life. This program is suitable for those with previous painting experience looking to enhance their artistic voice.

    • Family Day Monday: African Rhythms

    https://mcmichael.com/wp-content/uploads/Amadou_Kiengou_header.jpg Family Day Monday African Rhythms, Art and Music Festival To celebrate Topographies, which explores the work of Montreal-based Congolese artist Moridja Kitenge Banza, the McMichael is pleased to present two days of art, music and dance that will bring to live the vibrant culture of Africa to Kleinburg. Families can enjoy hands-on art activities, [...]

    Family Sunday African Rhythms

    https://mcmichael.com/wp-content/uploads/maxresdefault2.jpg Family Sunday African Rhythms, Art and Music Festival To celebrate Topographies, which explores the work of Montreal-based Congolese artist Moridja Kitenge Banza, the McMichael is pleased to present two days of art, music and dance that will bring to life the vibrant culture of Africa to Kleinburg. Families can enjoy hands-on art activities, guided [...]

    • Exhibition Opening Talks: Cobalt: A Mining Town and the Canadian Imagination & Moridja Kitenge Banze: Topographies

    Exhibition Opening Talks Cobalt: A Mining Town and the Canadian Imagination & Moridja Kitenge Banza: Topographies Saturday, November 18 Speakers: Dr. Catharine Mastin and Moridja Kitenge Banza With John Geoghegan, Sarah Milroy https://mcmichael.com/wp-content/uploads/KITE2023012_WEB.jpghttps://mcmichael.com/wp-content/uploads/1971.9_WEB1.jpghttps://mcmichael.com/wp-content/uploads/KITE2023011_WEB.jpghttps://mcmichael.com/wp-content/uploads/McLaughlin-2303_37-24-92of6-10_WEB.jpg Date & Time Saturday, November 18 from 1 to 3 pm Price Registration Required. Free with Gallery admission. Location McMichael Canadian Art [...]

    • Elisapee Ishulutaq, Curatorial Virtual Talk

    Elisapee Ishulutaq: My World, Virtual Talk Tuesday, September 27 7 pm About the event A conversation between McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy and Tarralik Duffy, Inuit artist and writer, this virtual event will focus on Ishulutaq’s remarkable oil stick drawings created during the last years of her life. In these dramatic often large-scale works, [...]

    • Memories & Mementos: Painting Workshop with Brenda Draney

    Date: Saturday, March 7, 2020 Time: 10 am to 4:30 pm (including 30-minute lunch break) Fee:  $90 general public; $72 McMichael members Age requirement: Adults only, 18+ Skill level: Open to all levels Materials: Not included. View suggested materials list. Program description This workshop is a rare opportunity to work directly with award-winning contemporary painter Brenda Draney. [...]

    Brenda Draney

    Brenda Draney’s paintings, with their gestural mark making and wide expanses of canvas, present fragmented narratives that stem from her personal history as a Cree woman, living in northern Alberta.

    • Ice & Snow

    During the winter in Canada we ski, toboggan, skate, build snow men, sip hot cocoa and so much more. This art workshop explores Canadian winter activities on the ice and snow!

    Free
    Byng Inlet, Georgian Bay by Tom Thomson

    Tom Thomson

    Tom Thomson is often wrongly assumed to have been a member of the Group of Seven. He almost certainly would have been had he not died too soon.

    Byng Inlet, Georgian Bay by Tom Thomson

    Tom Thomson

    Tom Thomson is often wrongly assumed to have been a member of the Group of Seven. He almost certainly would have been had he not died too soon.

    • Accessible Family Art Workshop
    Home for the Holidays

    Home for the Holidays Sunday, December 15 1 - 3 pm       Maud Lewis (1903 - 1970)Skaters on a Pond, late 1950s/early 1960soil on green beaverboard29.8 x 34.9 cmCollection of CFFI Ventures Inc. as collected by John Risley© Art Gallery of Nova Scotia     About the [...]

    Free

    • Accessible Family Art Workshop
    Autumn’s in the Air

    Autumn's in the Air Sunday, October 6 1 - 3 pm     Maud Lewis (1903-1970)Carriage Ride, late 1940soil on boardframed: 31.8 × 39.4 cmBryan J. Rice© Art Gallery of Nova Scotia   These special Accessible Studio Family art workshops for children and youth living with special needs encourage [...]

    Free

    • Prize Holsteins Folk Art

    Folk Art Workshop

    A one-day adventure into the world of folk art.

    $75 – $95

    • Wonder Mom: Accessible Studio Workshop

    Sunday, May 12, 2019 Mother's Day Workshop 1 to 3 pm Program Description Enjoy the wonders of spring with mom, women and the special individuals in your life and allow the McMichael's beautiful natural environment to inspire your art-making. In this indoor/outdoor family workshop we begin with a short nature walk and outdoor art-making [...]

    Free

    • Let it Snow: Accessible Studio Workshop

    These special Accessible Studio Family art workshops for children and youth living with special needs encourage collaborative artmaking that involves the entire family. Based on exploring the McMichael’s collection and spectacular grounds, each session focuses on an art projects planned for various skills and abilities.

    Free

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    Holiday Wish Tree: Accessible Studio Workshop

    These special Accessible Studio Family art workshops for children and youth living with special needs encourage collaborative artmaking that involves the entire family. Based on exploring the McMichael’s collection and spectacular grounds, each session focuses on an art projects planned for various skills and abilities. This program is free with gallery parking fee. Registration is required. Please register [...]

    Free

    • Mother Earth: Accessible Studio Workshop

    Celebrate Mom in an Accessible Studio artmaking workshop that explores an Indigenous understanding of the spiritual and natural world. Moms, grandmas, aunts and sisters are all invited to take part in this multigenerational and collaborative workshop.

    Free

    • Oil painting of many silver birch tree clumps in a predominantly blue landscape.

    FULL Accessible Program: Winter. Wonder. Land.

    Be inspired by the season while creating festive gifts and greeting cards for friends and family! Learn unique printmaking techniques as you work with ink and various printing tools. These family workshops are designed specifically for children and youth living with special needs. Take full advantage of the McMichael with discovery tours, art making, and social activities designed for various skills and abilities.

    Free