Upcoming events and programs.
Nature + Art Encounter Camp
Nature + Art Encounter Camp
August 14 – August 18 | 9:00 am - 4:30 pm | Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre | Age 6-12 | Cost $160
Let nature lead! Art that inspires natural curiosity – clay hand-building, coil pots, wax resist watercolours, hanging mobiles, paper marbling, plant dying, shadow drawing and more. Taking inspiration from nature this week to create awesome art experiments together.
Moovin' and Goovin' to the Art Beat Camp
Moovin' and Goovin' to the Art Beat Camp
July 31 – August 4 | 9:00 am - 4:30 pm | Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre | Age 6-12 | Cost $160
Flip it up, spin it around, move that dot, take a line for a walk, repeat! Put art in motion this week! Make a drawing machine, a motion painting with a pendulum, lay low and move like a giant spirograph, spin a little yarn, with yarn circles and catch the wind with clay mobiles.
Ahoy! Artist Adventurers Camp
Ahoy! Artist Adventurers Camp
July 17 – July 21 | 9:00 am - 4:30 pm | Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre | Age 6-12 | Cost $160
Get on board! Mission Explore! Colour, shape, pattern, textures and materials – look at a bunch of cool artists and how they make their art! From painting and drawing to sculpture and printmaking, we're going to explore it all and have so much fun encountering new things!
Creativity Inc. Art Camp
Creativity Inc. Art Camp
July 4 – July 7, 2023 | 9:00 am - 4:30 pm | Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre | Age 6-12 | Cost $128
Yo! Young designers! From logos, posters, patches, tote bags, mugs and more in this camp - your designs lead the way! Tell your story using art making methods like printmaking, drawing, mixed media, painting and more!
Trimorphism: François Grenier
Trimorphism: François Grenier
June 14 - July 29, 2023
Opening Reception: June 16, 2023 from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm during ARTcrawl (5:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
A study dissecting the components of art forms investigating the raw elements constituting them. Through an exploration of low fire oxidation ceramics, Grenier is examining visual compositions and how context changes their interpretative value.
Pottery Hand-building
Pottery Hand Building
8 Week Pottery Hand-building Course - With practice and a few hand-building techniques, you can make your own tableware such as, mugs, plates, platters and also decorative vessels and /or sculpture —the possibilities are endless! Learn to master the hand-building techniques of pinching, coiling, and slab rolling. Class includes one sleeve of Cone 6 clay, glazes, underglazes and firings.
Wednesday April 12 - May 31, 2023
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre
Age: 18+ | Cost: $240.00
Register Online or by calling Customer Service at 519.360.1998
Hoot! Hoot! Sew Together in the Gallery!
Hoot! Hoot! Sew Together in the Gallery!
May 6, 2023 11 am - 1 pm. Free. Children Accompanied by an Adult. Registration Required. By Donation
Learn to sew! Learn simple stitches and create a soft fabric owl to gift or keep. Perfect first-time sewing activity!
Join us in the gallery on Saturday May 6, 2023 from 11 AM – 1 PM. All materials provided. Kid friendly!
Garden Party PA DAY!
Garden Party PA Day
Friday April 28, 2023. 9 am - 4:30 pm. Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre. Ages 6-12 years old. Cost: $40.00. Please bring lunch and snacks. Wear a coat for a park visit. Dress for Mess!
Grab a faux moustache, paint shirt and palette and join us for a fun day celebrating gardens - French Impressionist style! Taking as our inspiration the beautiful, imaginative paintings of 20th. Century artist Pierre Bonnard, learn to mix the shades of sunlit gardens, compose a lush setting and create atmosphere with small brushstrokes or even our fingertips. Put down your brushes and try your hand at building a coil pot for garden birds and create a stamp to support a pollinator.
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Visible Mending with Patches
April 15, 2023 11 am - 1 pm. Free Family Activity. Registration Required.
Join in this free family friendly event with exhibiting artist Jessica Wohl and learn patching and stitching techniques to mend tattered garments with visible needlework. Bring your own loved or worn garment. Woven fabrics like cotton, denim, or flannel – instead of knitted garments like sweaters work best. Light refreshments, activities, and care for accompanying small children is available.
Tether Opening Reception
Tether
Opening Reception April 14, 2023 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Exhibition On Display April 6 - June 4, 2023
The often invisible work of caregiving is constant and undervalued. Tether explores narratives of motherhood and correlated themes, including artwork by April Hickox, Natasha Lan, Jennifer Long, Kelly O’Brien, Theola Ross, Arpita Shah, and Jessica Wohl. This group brings together parents of toddlers, children with disabilities, and school-aged youth, who have actively explored their personal experiences of being or becoming a parent within their practice. From sewing to film-making and photography, this collection of artworks ranges from works produced three decades ago to the current moment. Interweaving themes relating to the experience of time, visibility, intimacy and memory, these artists examine their relationships with parenting and their larger connection to the world in which we live.
Intermediate / Advanced Wheel Pottery
Intermediate / Advanced Wheel Pottery
10 session Intermediate / Advanced Wheel Pottery offers participants opportunities to move beyond making basic cylinders to creating a range of dynamic forms on the wheel. Develop your technical skills in wheel-throwing and glazing, as you throw pots of your own design! Participants must have basic wheel throwing skills. One sleeve of clay (22lbs) is provided. Instructed by Andrea Vuletin.
Thursdays, April 13 - June 15, 2023
6:00-9:00 pm | Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre | Age: 18+ | Cost: $300.00
Register Online or by calling Customer Service at 519.360.1998
Wheel Pottery
Learn the basics of wheel pottery: centering, throwing cylinders and bowls, attaching handles and simple glazing. Everything you need to know to make your own pottery! One sleeve of clay (22lbs) is provided. 10 sessions. This course may be taken more than once. Instructed by Andrea Vuletin.
April 11 - June 15, 2023
6:00-9:00 pm | Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre | Age: 18+ | Cost: $300.00
Register Online or by calling Customer Service at 519.360.1998
Open Studio Pottery
Open Studio Pottery is for clay enthusiasts with previous in-class experience wishing to continue their ceramic practice. Clay must be purchased from TAG. Clay is sold per bag and the price includes firing and glazes. The studio has ten electric wheels, hand-building and wedging table, hand tools and two electric kilns. Work will only be fired if it is made with our in-studio clay during Open Studio. Work made at home will not be fired.
Tuesdays April 11 - June 13, 2023
10:00 am - 2:00 pm | Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre
Age: 18+ | Cost: $148.50 + HST
Register Online or by calling Customer Service at 519.360.1998
Tether
Tether
April 6 - June 4, 2023
Opening Reception April 14, 2023 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The often invisible work of caregiving is constant and undervalued. Tether explores narratives of motherhood and correlated themes, including artwork by April Hickox, Natasha Lan, Jennifer Long, Kelly O’Brien, Theola Ross, Arpita Shah, and Jessica Wohl. This group brings together parents of toddlers, children with disabilities, and school-aged youth, who have actively explored their personal experiences of being or becoming a parent within their practice. From sewing to film-making and photography, this collection of artworks ranges from works produced three decades ago to the current moment. Interweaving themes relating to the experience of time, visibility, intimacy and memory, these artists examine their relationships with parenting and their larger connection to the world in which we live.
Drop-in and Draw: What Lays Beneath
Drop-in and Draw: What Lays Beneath
Drop-in, spend an hour, two, or longer. Paper and pencils and an arrangement of objects, or still-life, has been set up for you to draw in the gallery - inspired by a work of art on exhibit.
Drop-in and Draw: What lays Beneath will be on the following days:
March 2, 2023 from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm | Gallery | Registration Required | By Donation
March 9, 2023 from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm | Gallery | Registration Required | By Donation
March 16, 2023 from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm | Gallery | Registration Required | By Donation
Art + Climate = Change: This Changes EVERYTHING
March 10 - April 22, 2023
Reception: March 10, 2023 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
When it comes to Climate and the Environment, our first thought may turn to satellite images of polar icecaps or infrared maps illustrating rising temperatures across the globe. In truth, climate change is happening much closer to home. It is time to reimagine the kind of world in which we wish to live. In the final analysis and above all else, it is a cultural question. The science is there. Technology advances every day. What is needed, however, is the willingness to harness our capabilities and address the problems we have created; to imagine new and better ways of being in the world.
Drop-in and Draw: What Lays Beneath
Drop-in and Draw: What Lays Beneath
Drop-in, spend an hour, two, or longer. Paper and pencils and an arrangement of objects, or still-life, has been set up for you to draw in the gallery - inspired by a work of art on exhibit.
Drop-in and Draw: What lays Beneath will be on the following days:
March 2, 2023 from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm | Gallery | Registration Required | By Donation
March 9, 2023 from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm | Gallery | Registration Required | By Donation
March 16, 2023 from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm | Gallery | Registration Required | By Donation
Drop-in and Draw: What Lays Beneath
Drop-in and Draw: What Lays Beneath
Drop-in, spend an hour, two, or longer. Paper and pencils and an arrangement of objects, or still-life, has been set up for you to draw in the gallery - inspired by a work of art on exhibit.
Drop-in and Draw: What lays Beneath will be on the following days:
March 2, 2023 from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm | Gallery | Registration Required | By Donation
March 9, 2023 from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm | Gallery | Registration Required | By Donation
March 16, 2023 from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm | Gallery | Registration Required | By Donation
Long View Tour: The Floating World
Long View Tour: The Floating World
Chat about one piece of art in the exhibition The Floating World. Share ideas, insights, and stories. Tour lasts for approximately 30 minutes.
Wednesday March 1, 2023 from 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Register Online or by calling Customer Service at 519.360.1998
Long View Tour: What Lays Beneath
Long View Tour: What Lays Beneath
Chat about one piece of art in the exhibition What Lays Beneath. Share ideas, insights, and stories. Tour lasts for approximately 30 minutes.
Wednesday March 1, 2023 from 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Register Online or by calling Customer Service at 519.360.1998
Call for Submissions. Art + Climate = Change: This Changes EVERYTHING
Submission Deadline: March 1 - 4, by 4:45 pm at ARTspace
ARTspace Gallery and The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority invite you to submit one piece of art in any medium to the upcoming community arts show and sale addressing Climate Change.
Take Your Tea: Tea Celebration with Mike Blazek
Take Your Tea Enjoy a celebration of tea this afternoon prepared and served by tea aficionado Mike Blazek. Anticipated samplings of Matcha, Sencha, Gyocuro, Kanusecha and Bancha - Mike’s wealth of knowledge of Japanese teas is sure to delight. Take in the Mezzanine exhibit, The Floating World, - while drinking skillfully prepared high-quality teas.
Saturday February 25, 2023 from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm $35.00
Register Online or by calling Customer Service at 519.360.1998
Long View Tour: The Floating World
Long View Tour: The Floating World
Chat about one piece of art in the exhibition The Floating World. Share ideas, insights, and stories. Tour lasts for approximately 30 minutes.
Wednesday February 15, 2023 from 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Register Online or by calling Customer Service at 519.360.1998
Long View Tour: What Lays Beneath
Long View Tour: What Lays Beneath
Chat about one piece of art in the exhibition What Lays Beneath. Share ideas, insights, and stories. Tour lasts for approximately 30 minutes.
Wednesday February 15, 2023 from 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Register Online or by calling Customer Service at 519.360.1998
March Break: Funky, Junky, Blingy, Thingy Art Camp
March Break Art Camp
Funky, Junky, Blingy, Thingy Art Camp, For Kids that love ART! Children 6 – 12 yrs. Enjoy a week of art exploration with a variety of artistic mediums including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, sculpture and clay.
Recycle, repurpose and reimagine - mixed media art camp fun! Create a recycled shape painting, Hello Kitty type pop culture-/-clay sculpture adorned with pom-poms, glitter, buttons, and crazy craft materials! Don’t stop there! Turn the street into the art scene by creating graffiti art with stencils, collage and sgraffito style painting.
March 13 - 17, 2023
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM | Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre |Age: 6 – 12 yrs | Cost: $160.00 | Please bring lunch and snacks | Dress for mess!
Register Online or by calling Customer Service at 519.360.1998
Artist Talk and Live Painting Demonstration
Artist Talk and Live Painting Demonstration
Join us for an exciting “live” painting demonstration as Vicki works to music on a large-scale canvas. The artist embraces the boundless freedom of letting go of preconceived ideas, allowing intuition to dictate the process. She describes this as “pouring her heart out”. One can readily see the mastery she has achieved. An artist discussion will follow.
February 11, 2023
1:00 pm -2:00 pm | Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre
Winter Mini-ARTcrawl 2023
Winter Mini-ARTcrawl 2023
The Thames Art Gallery and ARTspace are excited to announce the Winter Mini-ARTcrawl. Mark Friday, February 10 on your calendar and join the galleries and our community partners in a festive evening of art and creativity in downtown Chatham between 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm.
Make a Kurinuki Teacup
Make a Kurinuki Teacup
Kurinuki means ‘to hollow’ in Japanese. This traditional Japanese hand-built style of pottery is carved from a single block of clay. The slow and meditative technique of carving away is satisfying and combines the act of sculpting and creating functional ware. Sign-up today!
February 9, 2023 from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Gallery | Registration Required. Cost $25.00
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PA Day: Anime Style!
PA DAY Anime Style!
Love drawing? Love Anime style? Join us for an engaging day drawing anime characters, practise anime facial expressions and eyes, watercolour paint your characters. Make your own adorable soft plushie - a reversible egg-/-hatch-a-dragon plushie! Round out your experience of this traditional artform with a timeless story and anime classic, Howls Moving Castle, by Studio Ghibli and Disney Studios.
February 3, 2023
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM | Studio Two, Chatham Cultural Centre |Age: 6 – 12 yrs | Cost: $40.00 | Please bring lunch and snacks | dress for mess!
Register Online or by calling Customer Service at 519.360.1998
Celebration with the Artist: What Lays Beneath with Leonard Jubenville
Celebration with the Artist: What Lays Beneath with Leonard Jubenville
Saturday, January 28, 2023 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm in the Thames Art Gallery
Leonard Jubenville joins us for a special talk and tour of this retrospective exhibition.
A discerning observer, Leonard Jubenville has skillfully and beautifully rendered the intimacy of domestic life, his garden, his studio, family and friends, while also residing in the world at large. With a painting career spanning over 5 decades, Jubenville has documented his curiosities and feelings towards being in the world. Jubenville graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design and earned an honours degree in anthropology from the University of Windsor. Leonard served on the committee that founded the Thames Art Gallery in Chatham, and in the past was the education co-ordinator and curator of the gallery. Leonard has exhibited widely and has been the recipient of numerous painting awards, as well as a numerous Ontario Arts Council grants. His work has been collected by both public galleries and private collectors in Canada and the United States.