Local Art Treasures

     A Winter Exhibition

   

February 4 - March 11, 2012

                        Frances Gregory

                   Earth Notes - Printmaking Meets Silk Fusion

                   Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists

                   Annual Juried Exhibition

                         Opening Reception : Sunday February 12, from 2:00-4:00pm

                         Meet The Artist Event : Saturday, February 25, from 1:00-3:00 pm

             Canada Blooms Bus Trip

                  Saturday, March 17, 2012    8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Experience the first breath of spring at Canada Blooms with Homer Watson House & Gallery Saturday, March 17, 2012! Admission is $48.00 for members/$55.00 for non-members and includes morning refreshments, admission to both Canada Blooms and the National Home Show, an itinerary for Canada Blooms, complimentary Gardening Life Magazine and a day of fun accompanied by your hostess!

The itinerary is as follows:

8:30 am: Refreshments at the Gallery
9:00 am: Bus Departure for Toronto
3:30 pm: Bus Departure for Kitchener
5:00 pm: Arrival in Kitchener

 

To purchase tickets contact the Gallery at 519-748-4377 or click here to visit our online gift shop.           

    Spring Registration is Now Open!

Homer Watson House & Gallery is pleased to offer a variety of visual art programs for various ages throughout the spring. Space is limited in each program so register today by calling the Gallery, 519-748-4377 and reserving your space! Please click below for our spring program flyer.

SPRING PROGRAM BROCHURE PART ONE 2012 (pdf format)

SPRING PROGRAM BROCHURE PART TWO 2012(pdf format)

Don't forget registration is still open for some of our winter programs including:

Kinder Pottery with Rachel Tanner                            

Feb. 14 - Mar. 6     12:30-2:00pm

Your child will love this popular kinder class that is ideal for the child who engages hands-on! Rachel will gently guide and support the development of your child’s fine motors skills, while helping to build the foundation for socialization and personal expression.

Family Day Workshop; Drawing in soft pastels                      

Feb. 20     2:00-4:00pm

Spend Family Day together and allow Scott McNichol to guide you through drawing striking wintery scenes together.

Photo Focus for Adults with Scott McNichol                       

Mar. 1 - 29      7:00-9:00pm

This classic photo class will cover concepts of composition , light and shadow, shooting styles and developing techniques. Students will have chance to use the darkroom to develop traditional photos in B&W. This class is ideal for those with a 35mm traditional camera, although digital cameras are welcome too!

March Break Camps                                                              

Mar. 12 - 16      9:00 am - Noon, 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Register early as March Break Camps fill up quickly! These popular camps run from Monday-Friday. Space is limited in each camp. Students are to bring a lunch and snacks if staying all day. Lunchtime supervision is provided for full day campers. Camp times offered are: 9:00am-Noon and/or 1:00pm-4:00pm!

For a full listing of our winter programs please click the link below.

WINTER PROGRAM BROCHURE PART ONE 2012 (pdf format)

WINTER PROGRAM BROCHURE PART TWO 2012 (pdf format)

                 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.