July has been a busy month here at the Elora Centre for the Art. Play with Clay! finished up yesterday. We had more than 150 people drop in during the month of July to try their hands with air dry clay projects – everything from clay fish and bowls, to animal masks, flowers and clay beads. If you did join us and have not yet brought home your clay creations, please drop by the Centre next week – before Friday, August 5 at 5pm to pick up your pieces.
A big ~~* ThAnK YoU! * ~ to everyone who joined us for Play with Clay and especially to Leva, our co-op student instructor who did an amazing job preparing the pottery room and putting together the projects for each day! We will miss you!!
Not sure what to do with the little ones in August? Here’s an idea… There are still a handful of spaces left in the Imagination Station Summer Arts Camps for kids between the ages of 4 and 12. Camp starts on August 8 and run Monday – Friday from 8:30am to 4:30 pm. We are running 2 camps each week, starting the weeks of Aug 8, Aug 15 and Aug 22. There is a camp for 4-7 year olds and a camp for 8-12 year olds. If you are interested check the website or call the Centre for details.
One last thing to note, Halloween may feel like forever away but prepartions are already beginning for Tim Murton’s Twilight Zoo Scare Fare being held here at the ECFTA! Tim is also offering wire lantern making workshops in August and September. All the details are on the website. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn the technique that goes into making a wire and paper lantern sculpture and to bring home a creation of your own. Give us a call if you are even slightly interested.
Wishing everyone a fab weekend and holiday Monday!
Hope to see you next Thursday, August 4 at 7:30pm for the opening of the next show in the Minarovich Gallery – Elegy for a Stolen Land by Peter Sibbald.
Best ~~
your friends at the ECFTA
