Family Sunday Activity: Long Arm Drawing – Engage, discover, and create every Sunday afternoon from 1:00–3:00PM. Paint like Matisse today! Stand far back from your project as your arm becomes longer! Free. $5 Suggested Material Donation per family. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Marking Time: An Act of Endurance with Kelly Wallace & Glenn Stillar – Join Kelly and Glenn as they discuss their collaboration and offer insights into how their individual artistic practices brought them together. Marking Time by Stillar and Freehold by Wallace are featured in the current exhibition Beside Myself. Free, give what you can. Spaces are limited. Register by calling 519-336-8127 ext. 3226.

Session 2: Wonky Watercolour – A new program inviting youth with special needs, and special interest in fine arts, to explore art mediums through self-expression. The program creates an opportunity for participants to develop new artistic skills and take part in a positive recreational experience within an art gallery setting. This session is all about gettin’ wonky! Explore the medium of watercolour and the added techniques of masking, wax resist, and salt. Early arrival welcome at 4:30PM. Materials included. Spaces are limited. Ages 9-16. Registration required by calling 519-336-8127 ext. 3226.

Family Sunday Activity: Tinfoil & Tissue – Engage, discover, and create every Sunday afternoon from 1:00–3:00PM. Inspired by the drawings of Kelly Wallace, we will make textural collages that explore materials and layering! Free. $5 Suggested Material Donation per family. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Slow View: Un-censored – Ease into the New Year and take a moment to breathe. With a new take on the tour, a Slow View will allow your mind to settle on one work and rediscover the joy of looking at art. The tour of our new exhibition, Un-censored, will be led by a trained facilitator. Registration required. Free, give what you can. Call 519-336-8127 ext. 3226 to register.

Family Sunday Activity: Blob Drawing – Engage, discover, and create every Sunday afternoon from 1:00–3:00PM. Play a game where we will turn abstract shapes into familiar objects and characters from your own imagination! Free. $5 Suggested Material Donation per family. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Guided Tour – Enjoy our FREE Guided Tour, led by our knowledgeable docents, of the current exhibitions. This tours theme will be: What’s My Line? Fun for the whole family! Free, give what you can. Register by calling (519) 336-8127 ext. 3226

Red Dot Tour of the Current Exhibitions – Join us for a stimulating 15-minute Red Dot Tour of the current exhibitions! Drop-in. Free, give what you can.

Session 1: Graffiti Collage – A new program inviting youth with special needs, and special interest in fine arts, to explore art mediums through self-expression. The program creates an opportunity for participants to develop new artistic skills and take part in a positive recreational experience within an art gallery setting. This session is all about graffiti time! Choose, tear and arrange various papers to create a unified colour scheme. Early arrival welcome at 4:30PM. Materials included. Spaces are limited. Ages 9-16. Registration required by calling 519-336-8127 ext. 3226.

Part II: Suffering Soma with Dr. Buj – Join us for a talk on the iconography of stress and suffering in canonical Western art, with a view to the male physique. Dr. Buj holds a doctoral degree in literary studies from the University of Michigan. He taught art criticism and contemporary art history for twenty years at Western University and currently teaches comparative literature and linguistics at the University of Windsor. Free, give what you can. Spaces are limited. Register by calling 519-336-8127 ext. 3226.