Classes and Workshops

Saturday Morning Makers + Saturday Art Explorers

It’s a Saturday Studio Takeover! Get out the art materials to start your weekend off on a creative note with exciting projects and innovative art techniques. Offered to young artists 4-6 years old, guided step-by-step and process-led art projects are taught along with important art skills by one of our talented studio instructors. All materials included.

Saturday Morning Makers: Weekend Art Warriors

Date(s): September 13, 20, 27, October 4

Time: Saturdays 10:00 - 11:30 AM

Ages: 4-6

Fee: $75

Unleash your inner art warrior! Take your mind off school and explore bold, creative projects using a mix of materials and techniques. Every class this session is a new artistic adventure packed with colour, imagination, and fun!

Saturday Morning Makers: Jungle Boogie

Date(s): November 15, 22, 29, December 6

Time: Saturdays 10:00 - 11:30 AM

Ages: 4-6

Fee: $75

Let your creativity run wild with vibrant, jungle-inspired art featuring wild animals, lush plants, and tropical flair. It’s a fun-filled adventure through the rainforest—no passport needed!

Saturday Art Explorers: Back-to-School Sculptors

Date(s): September 13, 20, 27, October 4

Time: Saturdays 1:30 - 3:00 PM

Ages: 4-6

Fee: $75

Ease into the start of the school year exploring fun sculpting techniques using clay and other hands-on materials. Our 3D school-themed projects (think DIY pencil holders, bookmarks... even paper airplanes!) will get you excited to be back in the classroom with a creative mind.

Saturday Art Explorers: Petite Picassos

Date(s): November 15, 22, 29, December 6

Time: Saturdays 1:30 - 3:00 PM

Ages: 4-6

Fee: $75

Join us in Petite Picassos, where little artists dream big! Kids will explore famous art styles and techniques while creating their own mini masterpieces. It’s the perfect class to spark creativity and confidence through playful, hands-on fun.

Super Studio Creators

Take a break from homework and textbooks during your school week and exercise your creative side in our adventurous Super Studio Creators. Guided step-by-step and process-led art projects are taught along with important art skills by one of our talented studio instructors. All materials included. 

Super Studio Creators: Art Outdoors!

Date(s): September 16, 23, 30, October 7

Time: Tuesdays 4:00 - 5:30 PM

Ages: 7-10

Fee: $75

Who said an art studio had to be indoors? Spending as much time outside as weather permits, this class will experiment using natural materials as a part of their projects and explore elements of our outdoor environment as inspiration behind their art.

Super Studio Creators: Wicked - For the Good of Art

Date(s): October 14, 21, 28, November 4

Time: Tuesdays 4:00 - 5:30 PM

Ages: 7-10

Fee: $75

Step into the fantastical world of Oz, where young artists will create spellbinding art projects full of emerald sparkles, bewitching magic, and intelligent animals. In anticipation of the second “Wicked” movie, in this class, you’ll be making art that defies gravity!

Super Studio Creators: Intergalactic Art Gallery

Date(s): November 11, 18, 25, December 2

Time: Tuesdays 4:00 - 5:30 PM

Ages: 7-10

Fee: $75

Blast off into a universe of creativity as you design your own cosmic masterpieces inspired by planets, stars, and galaxies far, far away. In this out-of-this-world art class, your imagination will travel light-years beyond Earth!

PD Day Art Club

With all-day art activities and LUNCH INCLUDED, GPAG offers the perfect opportunity for students on their day off school to engage their creative minds in imaginative art making across a variety of mediums. All materials are included! Lunch includes pizza, juice, fruit, and healthy snacks. Sign up early to secure your spot!

Date(s): September 19

               October 10

               November 28

Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Ages: 5-8

Fee: $70

Youth Arts Studio (Ages 10-15)

Our Youth Art Studio program is designed for eager youth and teens looking to expand their talents in creative classes that focus on fundamental technical skill development and finding their artistic voice as emerging artists. An experienced studio artist instructor will focus sessions on different mediums and methods of artmaking to benefit youth of all different artistic levels and abilities. In a creative environment that allows students to work and socialize alongside like-minded peers, this program will equip you with the tools needed to help you make your mark and develop your very own portfolio.

Youth Art Studio: Studio Skills

Date(s): September 17, 24, October 1, 8

Time: Wednesdays, 4:00 - 5:30 PM

Ages: 10-15

Fee: $75

Studio Skills will be newly offered as a part of our Youth Art Studio program! Studio Skills classes will incorporate useful and important life skills, such as sewing, baking, proper cleaning measures, and more as an integral part of their art and creative projects. Participants will gain skills that enhance their independence and problem-solving capabilities in a way that is fun and accessible to youth. For this Studio Skills session, artists will join Heather from Creative Bug to design, sew and decorate a zippered tote with accessories while learning some sewing basics. Each artist will have the opportunity to express themselves with fun fibre arts while using some of our favourite mediums including fibres, fabric pens, sketching and more!

Youth Art Studio: Mastering Acrylic Paint

Date(s): October 16, 23, November 6, 13

Time: Thursdays, 4:00 - 5:30 PM

Ages: 10-15

Fee: $75

Youth will learn essential techniques with acrylic paint like layering, blending, and texture to create skilled and imaginative painting compositions.

PD Day Art Club

With all-day art activities and LUNCH INCLUDED, GPAG offers the perfect opportunity for students on their day off school to engage their creative minds in imaginative art making across a variety of mediums. All materials are included! Lunch includes pizza, juice, fruit, and healthy snacks. Sign up early to secure your spot!

Date(s): September 19

               October 10

               November 28

Time: 9:00AM - 4:00PM

Ages: 5-8

Fee: $70

Jolly Gelli Printing: Family Holiday Cardmaking Workshop

Date(s): December 13

Time: Saturday 2:00 - 4:00PM

Ages: Families/All Ages

Fee: $25 - Registration fee includes the enrollment of 1 adult and 1 child under the age of 15. For a single adult participant looking to enroll with more than one child, please call the gallery directly (905-945-3256) and we will add any additional participating children at $10 per child.

Bring the family together this season and get in the festive spirit making gelli printed Holiday cards with artist and educator Taruna Singh. This exciting method of printmaking involves using a soft, reusable gel plate that transfers beautiful impressions and patterns onto paper with limitless possibilities. No experience is needed - just a willingness to experiment and enjoy the creative process with a festive twist! Parents and kids will work alongside each other and discover the ways free artistic expression can bring a little magic to their season. Pre-registration required. All materials included.

Hooked on Handmade

Try something new as part of our Hooked on Handmade series and let the stress slip away creating your very own, handcrafted artisanal pieces. Our talented instructors and makers will guide you through crafting one-of-a-kind handmade artworks and you’ll leave our studio with a new skill for life!

Hooked on Handmade: Hand Stitched Histories - Bookbinding Memory Junk Journals

Date(s):  September 18, 25, October 2

Time: Thursdays, 6:30 - 8:30PM

Ages: 16+

Fee: $135

Bookbinding is back by popular demand! Join longtime Wayzgoose contributor Beth Rose from Grace Notes Press and learn a new bookbinding stitch and accordion bookmaking method! Along with the creation of two hand-made books, participants are invited to bring photos and paper ephemera they have kept from their life to collage into their very own Memory Junk Journals. This process of turning personal histories into works of art is inspired by Beth Rose’s own artworks (some of which were on display in our In the Margins main gallery exhibition earlier this year!) and in celebration of GPAG’s own 50th anniversary. All bookbinding materials are included.

Hooked on Handmade: Plush Pumpkins with Creative Bug

Date(s): October 6

Time: Monday, 5:30 - 8:30PM

Ages: 16+

Fee: $45

Join Heather from Creative Bug to sew and create your own custom Plush Pumpkin! A delightful selection of fabrics will be available to customize your pumpkin just in time for the Thanksgiving season. All materials included.

Hooked on Handmade: Photo Embroidery Workshop - Stitch Your Story

Date(s): November 20

Time: Thursday, 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Ages: 16+

Fee: $20

Add a golden glow to your favourite memories! In this hands-on workshop with the local creative duo Hearts and Crafts, you’ll learn how to add a starburst embroidery embellishment to a 4x6 printed photo, turning a meaningful image into a personal, handmade keepsake. No experience needed—all you need to bring is your own printed photograph; all other supplies are included.  

Proficiency in Portraiture with Erin Gillis

Date(s): October 15, 22, 29

Time: Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:30PM

Ages: 16+

Fee: $100

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Join artist Erin Gillis in a three-class session to learn the basic technical skills needed to achieve a solid foundation in creating a realistic portrait. Topics such as perspective, line, shape, shading, and measurement will be covered with graphite as the medium. This session is accessible to beginners as well as any artists looking to brush up on their skills in portraiture. Previous Proficiency in Portraiture participants will still enjoy this session with updated material. We encourage you to enroll early before spots sell out!

Deck the Cakes! Holiday Cake Decorating with Creative Bug

Date(s): December 19

Time: Thursday, 6:30 - 9:00PM

Ages: 16+

Fee: $60

Join Creative Bug for a sweet night of cake decorating - Christmas Style! Each participant will receive a kit including a 2-layer 6” cake and icing so they can “nail it” as Heather demonstrates how to ice and decorate their cake. We will discuss icing tips and tricks and share the secret to making a delightful Wreath Cake using some of Heather’s favourite tools. We recommend enrolling early to secure your spot- this workshop sells out quickly!

Open Studio Figure Drawing

Practice and refine your skills with our Figure Drawing sessions. Drawing the human form live is an essential exercise for artists of all abilities, mediums, and styles. Get into the practice with quick studies, gestures, and extended poses, clothed and unclothed. Participants are self-directed and without an instructor in an open studio format. Participants are to provide their own drawing board, paper, and materials of choice. Pre-registration required to ensure a spot in the session.

Date(s):  September 12

               October 3

               October 17

               November 14

               November 28

               December 5

Time: Friday, 1:00 - 3:00PM

Ages: 18+

Fee: $15 per class

Tarot and Tastings

This Halloween, we’re doing our Sip & Paint event a little bit differently with Tarot and Tastings in partnership with Beamsville-based metaphysical buisness Willow Dawn! As you sip on a flight of local wines or beers, award-winning tarot reader Breanne Martens from Willow Dawn brings 27+ years of tarot reading experience to provide a short introduction on tarot cards and their history, followed by a private one-on-one spiritual reading. As you wait for your reading, dive into the visual symbolism and endless artistic interpretations creating your very own tarot and oracle cards. With a little extra spook and spirit this season and the perfect Halloween outing for you and your friends, our Tarot and Tastings event is one you cannot miss!

Date(s): October 30

Time: Thursday, 6:30 - 9:30PM

Ages: 19+

Fee: $55

Tarot and Tastings

This Halloween, we’re doing our Sip & Paint event a little bit differently with Tarot and Tastings in partnership with Beamsville-based metaphysical business Willow Dawn! As you sip on a flight of local wines or beers, award-winning tarot reader Breanne Martens from Willow Dawn brings 27+ years of tarot reading experience to provide a short introduction on tarot cards and their history, followed by a private one-on-one spiritual reading. As you wait for your reading, dive into the visual symbolism and endless artistic interpretations creating your very own tarot and oracle cards. With a little extra spook and spirit this season and the perfect Halloween outing for you and your friends, our Tarot and Tastings event is one you cannot miss!

Date(s): October 30

Time: Thursday, 6:30 - 9:30PM

Ages: 19+

Fee: $55

Your ticket includes:

• A flight of 3 wine or beer tastings featuring local wineries and breweries from the Niagara region. Non-alcoholic options are available. Found a favourite? Our selections of wine and beer are available for additional purchase at our bar all evening!
• A 5-minute, one-on-one spiritual reading with Breanne that includes a 3-card tarot spread, 3 pendulum questions, AND a rune toss!
• A selection of art materials and pre-sized cardstock cards are provided for making your own tarot and oracle cards. We will get you started with some guidance and inspiration to prepare you for beginning your card creations. While this is primarily a self-lead activity (as everyone’s approach to making their cards will be different!), we will be there to help you and offer artistic advice throughout the evening. Perouse the tarot and oracle deck examples on display for extra inspiration and to see the vastly different artistic and spiritual approaches artists take in creating their own interpretations!
• Charcuterie and snacks are provided to keep the creative mind and body fed!

We encourage you to sign up early- enrollment is expected to fill up fast!

Watercolour Workshops with Flora Hutterer

Date(s): September 10

               October 8

               November 12

Time: Wednesday, 10:00AM - 12:00PM

Ages: 55+

Fee: $40 per workshop

Experienced local artist Flora Hutterer will lead insightful and engaging watercolour workshops to participants 55+. With Flora’s guidance on painting techniques and using the paint to its full potential, these bite sized workshops are a fabulous introduction to the watercolour medium and for existing watercolour enthusiasts, the perfect opportunity to enhance your skills with like-minded creatives.

Abstract Art with Karen Klucowicz

Date(s): September 24

               October 22

Time: Wednesday, 10:00AM - 12:00PM

Ages: 55+

Fee: $40 per workshop

Established Canadian abstract artist Karen Klucowicz will lead the creation of an abstract work of art to participants 55+. The class will introduce methods of conceptualizing a painting, examples of abstract art styles, acrylic painting techniques, and colour mixing demonstrations. With personalized guidance throughout, each participant will leave the workshop with an original abstract painting.