Bringing Heritage Home |
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| Join us this summer for a series of exciting lectures during the Homer Watson Exhibition. Seating is limited, please reserve your seat in advance. Refreshments will be served. |
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Saturday, June 9, 2012 | 1:00 – 3:00 pm
So What Was It That Caught the Royal Eye? Watson Makes the Sale of a Lifetime at the Age of 26
Dennis Reid: Professor of Canadian Art, University of Toronto &
Director of Collections and Research, Art Gallery of Ontario
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Saturday, July 14, 2012 | 1:00 – 3:00 pm
The Monarchy and the Arts: British Royal Collecting from Henry VII to Today
Jennifer Scott: Curator of Paintings, The Royal Collection
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Saturday, August 11, 2012 | 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Old Mills & Rural Ideals: Social, Economic and Personal Themes in Homer Watson’s Pictures of Abandoned Mills
Brian Foss: Director of the School for Studies in Art and Culture, Carleton University
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Community Appreciation Day
Sunday, June 3, 2012
1:00 - 4:00 PM
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Join us on Sunday, June 3rd for a fun filled day of FREE art activities, including Ready...Set...Print, Play with Clay, Kinder Art and Pioneer Mill Sculpture!
This is a great opportunity to meet our summer art instructors and check out the studio spaces. BBQ and refreshments will be served!
Also, on this day ONLY, save up to 15% on summer camp registration! Memberships are buy one get one free!
Enjoy FREE admission to the Bringing Heritage Home exhibition on this day only. |
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Summer Registration is Now Open!
 Homer Watson House & Gallery is pleased to offer a variety of visual art programs for both children and adults throughout the summer months. Summer Camp programs run from July 3-August 31 for children ages 4-14. Homer Watson Summer School of Art programs are offered the weeks of July 16-20 and August 13-17.
For a full listing of our summer programs please click on the Visual Art Program Flyer on the left.
Space is limited in each program so register today by calling the Gallery, 519-748-4377!
SPRING PROGRAM BROCHURE PART ONE 2012 (pdf format)
SPRING PROGRAM BROCHURE PART TWO 2012(pdf format)
This might be your last chance to register for some of our exciting, spring programs!
CHILDREN
1250 Fundamental Drawing & Painting Techniques (ages 10-14)
Instructor: Scott McNichol
Saturdays, 1:00pm-3:00pm (4 weeks)
May 12-June 9 . . . $69/$76 *no class on May 19
1251 P.A.DAY: Public & Catholic Schools
(ages 5-11) Time: 8:30am-4:30pm
Instructor: Pearl Van Geest
Friday, June 1 (both boards) . . . $42/$46/Day
*please bring snack and lunch
ADULT
1232 Afternoon Portrait & Figurative Painting Techniques
Instructor: Joe Fansher
Thursdays, 1:00pm-4:00pm
SII: May 17-June 21 . . . $135/$148
Supplies Required (6 weeks)
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School Programs
  
Homer Watson House & Gallery is thrilled to announce another school year and a variety of curriculum based visual art programs for 2011-2012. In celebration of a very special Homer Watson exhibiton featuring two original Homer Watson landscape paintings from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, during May - September 2012, we have developed NEW programs to enhance your class visit with the Gallery.
Programs include Watson & Watercolour, Layered Paper Painting, Sculptured Paper Mills, Perspective Drawing of Homer's Mill as well a special Walking Tour with Regional Councillor Jean Haalboom. For a full listing of our school programs please click here.
NEW Indigenous Cultural Programs
Building upon the strong foundation of our school programs, Homer Watson House & Gallery is also excited to be offering New Indigenous Cultural Programs with local Ojibwe Elder, Artist & Storyteller Rene Meshake. These programs are created an delivered by by published children's author, Rene Meshake, to preserve, teach and share the rich Ojibwe language and culture through the engagement and practice of the arts. For a full listing and description of these programs please click here.
For teacher resources please click here
NEW! ART IN-FOCUS
 Homer Watson House & Gallery is proud to offer an exciting and innovative new program for seniors living with early stage dementia or related cognitive impariment and their care partners. Click here to get more information about ART IN-FOCUS.
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