Adult Open Studio

Adult Open Studio

Thursdays, 7-9pm | $25+GST

Adult Open Studio classes are casual, social drop-in art workshops, featuring a new project and theme connected to current exhibitions. These workshops explore the technical and conceptual side of art-making and give participants opportunities to experiment and explore new ideas and materials in the studio.

Upcoming Classes

 

October 24 | Figure Drawing II

Hone your figurative drawing skills with a series of gestural ink drawings. Choose to stay in a loose, expressive style or try your hand at a sustained tonal drawing. Focus on methods such as sight measuring to achieve representational proportion. Learn about the many ways to create a figurative drawing and the various strengths in gesture and representation. 

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NB: This class features a nude model.


October 31 | Exquisite Corpse 

Join us in the studio on Halloween and delve into the uncanny and strange. A classic drawing game, Exquisite Corpse was first played by the surrealists Yves Tanguy, Jacques Prévert, André Breton and Marcel Duchamp in 1925. Make a series of printed monsters a la Mary Shelley. 

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November 7 | Acrylic Painting 

“To paint, all you need is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind”. Channel your inner Bob Ross and paint a landscape in under 1 hour. Visit current exhibitions for inspiration before heading to the studio to create a finished artwork filled with happy little accidents! 

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November 14 | Holiday Card Making 

The holiday season is fast approaching and there is a lot to celebrate. Get a head start and design a set of cards to send out to your loved ones letting them know you are thinking of them. Try watercolour, printed or pop-up versions. 

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November 21 | Guerilla Art

Inspired by Laura St. Pierre’s series Urban Vernacular, create a collaborative sculpture using everyday objects and materials and place it within the public spaces of the AGA. Light and photograph the results before taking them down without a trace. 

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November 28 | Nailed it! 

Inspired by the wildly popular internet memes, we’re putting our drawing skills to the test! Try your hand at re-creating an artwork from our current exhibition AGA100: A Lasting Legacy and then compare it to the original. How’d you do? Either way, walk away with a sense of creative victory! 

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December 5 | Figure Drawing III

Begin to fine-tune your figure drawing skills with some warmup drawings, then transition into the third dimension and use clay to sculpt the figure. Get in tune with volume and form to create a truly unique clay figure! 

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NB: This class features a nude model.

December 12 | Needle Felting 

Try your hand at needle felting and create a mini sculpture inspired by our winter flora and fauna. Gift it or keep it for yourself. 

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December 19 | Handmade Gifts  

Looking for some last-minute gifts? Make one in this open studio! Experiment with materials or let us help you create a one-of-a-kind present. 

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