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Spring + Summer 2020 EXHIBITIONS E D U C AT I O N
Visit the AGB!
Admission is free, The Art Gallery of Burlington (AGB)
donations are appreciated. is a public art gallery devoted to
supporting contemporary art, craft,
Address: and related thought. The AGB is
1333 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, the home of and partner to Arts
ON. L7S 1A9 Burlington, our region’s largest
association of artistic producers.
Phone: 905.632.7796
Fax: 905.632.0278 We are a gathering place
info@artgalleryofburlington.com for experiences, ideas, and
www.agb.life conversations. We commit to
this by producing exhibitions and
Gallery Hours: publications that offer critical
Monday to Friday 9 AM – 9 PM engagement with contemporary
Saturday & Sunday 10 AM – 5 PM art. We create programming
initiatives that push the boundaries
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Monday to Friday 10 AM – 6 PM supporting artists, youth, and
Saturday & Sunday 10 AM – 5 PM the wider community in their
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development, and by leading in
Refund policies on page 34 or on the study and preservation of
our website at agb.life. contemporary Canadian ceramics.
Host your next event at the AGB. We reflect upon, and reaffirm,
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contact: Gillian Goobie at gillian@ our programming which
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Front Image: P. Mansaram, Mystic Image, 1966. Mixed media on plywood, 49 x 49”.
Courtesy of the artist
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Table of
Contents
EXHIBITIONS + PROGRAMMING
Lee-Chin Family Gallery EDUCATION
P. Mansaram: The Medium
is the Medium is the Medium 5 Spring/Summer Classes Listing 18
Perry Gallery 6 Youth Classes
Community Gallery 7 CERAMIC ARTS 19
Brock Lobby 8 MIXED MEDIA 19
Programming 9
Adult Classes
Upcoming
CERAMIC ARTS 21
VESSEL: A Collective Feminist
Collection Project 10 PAINTING AND DRAWING 23
Plan Your Visit 11 FIBRE ARTS 25
Arts Burlington 12 STAINED GLASS, PHOTOGRAPHY,
& PRINT MAKING 26
Burlington Public Library 14
AGB Shop 15 Summer Camp at the AGB 27
Volunteer 16 Education Policies and Code of Conduct 34
We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of the Image: Nicole Clouston, Lake Ontario Portrait, 2020.
Ontario Arts Council. Courtesy of the artist.
ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON 3
4 SPRING 2020 PROGRAM GUIDE
Exhibition
P. Mansaram: The Medium is the Medium is the Medium
Lee-Chin Family Gallery
June 12 – August 30, 2020
Opening reception:
Friday June 12, 7 – 10pm
Curated by Indu Vashsit and Toleen
Touq of the South Asian Visual Arts
Centre (SAVAC), this exhibition of
Burlington’s senior media artist P.
Mansaram’s work thinks through
the artist’s decades-long practice
of repetition. For P. Mansaram,
repetition is art practice, repetition is
meditation, repetition is spirituality,
repetition is falling in love, and as he
says, repetition is a way to finding
god. Strategically using recurrence
and reproduction through a variety of
medium including drawing, painting,
collage, text, sculpture, xerox,
silkscreen printmaking, and film, P.
Mansaram’s work invokes unending
feelings of travel: through time,
dimension and territory.
This circulating exhibition is co-
organized by SAVAC and the Art
Museum at the University of Toronto
and with the financial support of the
Ontario Arts Council.
Opposite: This page:
P. Mansaram, Moon Trip, 1966. P. Mansaram, Rear View Mirror
Mixed media, #51, 1970. Mixed media on canvas,
Courtesy of the artist. Courtesy of the artist.
ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON 5
Exhibition
Perry Gallery
Foreign Affairs Paula Murray You Are Me
February 8 – April 26, 2020 May 8 – August 23, 2020
Curated by Jonathan Smith Opening reception May 8
The friendship between the “I am interested in the exchange of energy that is essential
Japanese artist Shoji Hamada to life, be it intrinsic or extrinsic. My practice is rooted in
and English potter Bernard Leach the relationship between process, material and meaning.
re-introduced the traditions of Ceramic materials and processes have affinities with
handmade functional ceramics to the the human condition. I am exploring how we respond
modern world. Their ideas continue and engage with the injury of experience. By embracing
to inspire work by contemporary wounds, deeper meaning can be brought to our lives,
artists. Looking at historical work by transforming suffering into something worthy, sensuous
international artists we will explore and beautiful.”
how Canadian ceramists have
used and expanded on these time Paula Murray, You Are Me, 11’ x 40”, 2016, porcelain, aluminum frame
wrapped in muslin. Photo Credit: Guy L’Heureux
honoured traditions.
Image: Scott Barnim, Large White Lustre
Bottle, 2011, Thrown red earthenware, tin
glaze, Persian lustre.
6 SPRING 2020 PROGRAM GUIDE
Exhibition
Community Gallery
Desmond A. Miller
Aesthetics of the Archives
March 7 – April 26, 2020
Reception: Saturday March 14,
1:00 – 4:00 pm,
Artist’s opening remarks: 2:30 pm
Aesthetics of the Archives explores
the Caribbean and European
ancestry of Canadian Artist/
Researcher Desmond A. Miller.
Through a focus on his paternal Stylo Starr
family’s location within the Black 89DAMES
Diaspora, Miller draws on personal, June 6 – August 30, 2020
family and institutional archives to Opening Reception: Friday June 12
create representations of family
elders. In Aesthetics of the Archives, 89DAMES explores the beauty of Black women from the so-called ‘glamorous’
he uses poetry, photography and era of the 1950’s and 1960’s. Stylo Starr strives to commemorate and
textiles to disrupt linear ideas of time, preserve the light and beauty of a myriad of Black women from the past, in
trouble fixed notions of archives and a current social climate that insists, rather, on demonizing and marginalizing
invite pathways for being in good contemporary Black women. Where history stops short at Monroe, Hepburn
relation with the other-than-human or Taylor, Starr focuses her scope on the Kitts, Fitzgeralds and Hornes of the
world. same era that graced the covers of former weekly digest, JET Magazine. Stylo
The artist would like to places value in becoming familiar with the faces and energies of each woman
acknowledge the generous support through the careful, yet impulsive manipulation of photo transfer on paper
of the Toronto Arts Council. collage.
Stylo Starr is a visual alchemist, known primarily for her multi-layered collage
Desmond A. Miller, 33, 2018. Courtesy of the work, which has been featured on large public installations, international
artist. Cotton synthetic blend. © Desmond
A. Miller
publications and apparel. Starr’s visual investigations surround predominantly
BIPOCs and their relationship to the basic principles and elements of design,
while reaffirming their agency as revered subjects of art history.
“For Starr, her work is a ‘practice in revolutionary love’, rejecting the
lingering effects of white supremacist ideology.” – Evelyn Myrie
Stylo Starr, Edna Mae Robinson, from the series 89DAMES, 2015, Toner transfer on paper,
lace. Courtesy of artist.
ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON 7
Exhibition
Brock Lobby
Nicole Clouston, Mud (Lake Ontario)
May 1 – 31, 2020
Mud (Lake Ontario), a sculptural form comprised of mud placed into clear prisms, is a site-specific
installation of Clouston’s PhD thesis work. When exposed to light, the microbial life begins to
flourish becoming visible in the form of vibrant marbling. The display in our entrance lobby allows
the work to be in dialogue with the source, Lake Ontario, which is visible from the windows. This
relation acknowledges a deep, bodily connection with the microbial communities that we are
surrounded by in hopes of continuing a conversation on fostering a stronger, more sustainable,
and empathetic relationship with our ecosystem.
Images: Nicole Clouston, Lake Ontario Portrait, 2020. Courtesy of the artist.
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Exhibition
Programming
Reserve your free tickets online at agb.life. Space is limited.
- -
Reading Aesthetics of A Running Thread:
the Archives Quilting Bloodlines
Saturday, March 28, Saturday April 25,
2:30pm – 3:30pm 12:30 – 4:30pm
Join writer Whitney Sitting at the intersection
French and Artist/ of art, craft and
Researcher Desmond research, this half day
A. Miller for a facilitated (4-hour) workshop will
group discussion support participants to
of themes explored incorporate elements of
in Aesthetics of the their family stories into a
Archives. Engage with 12 x 12-inch quilt square.
fellow participants in Join Artist/Researcher
conversation about topics Desmond A. Miller
such as family ancestry, to explore strategies
self-discovery and for making art based
connecting with the wider on family stories and
field of other-than-human research. Take part in
relations in the world. hands-on activities that
Desmond A. Miller, All of My Blues (installation use stories as inspiration
view), 2019. Photo credit: Dequiera Atherton, - for making textile-based
Death, Dying and the designs using patchwork
Ancestors and applique.
Saturday April 11,
2:30 – 3:30 pm -
Collage with Stylo Starr
Join Death Doula Friday, June 19 &
Consultant Danielle August 21,
F. Lobo and Artist/ 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Researcher Desmond
A. Miller for a facilitated Artist Stylo Starr guides
group discussion on a a workshop exploring
wide range of topics various methods of hand
related to death. Let’s cut collage making.
normalize conversations Play with composition,
about dying and the colour, texture and more
ancestors and consider through a collection of
how preparing for end of found images. Learn
life may support us to live simple techniques that
more fully. can amplify your collage
making practice. No
prior skills necessary,
Stylo Star, image courtesy of the artist. open to ages 15+ up. All
materials will be provided.
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Upcoming
VESSEL: A Collective Feminist Collection Project
September 11, 2020 – January 3, 2021
Opening Reception: Saturday September 12, 12:00 – 3:00pm
Bailey Leslie. Kremlin Jars,
1976, Stoneware, thrown
and altered, glaze.
A highly collaborative, discursive can consider the implications VESSEL: A Gala Celebration
exhibition (re)writing the matriarchal of feminist knowledge, labour, highlighting women’s
history of the AGB through the production, support, and ingenuity leadership in the arts
permanent collection with co- on an institution’s story and open Friday, September 11, 2020
curators and collaborators Suzanne a space for cross-disciplinary, 6:30 – 10:00 pm
Carte, Myung-Sun Kim, Ivy Knight, intergenerational conversations and Tickets $250 (Tickets will be
Ness Lee, and Su-Ying Lee. critical dialogue. available online early May)
This project unpacks the feminist Sponsored by Susan Busby,
history of the AGB with local Louise Cooke, Jane Depraitere, Four
change-makers and leaders, by Corners Group, and The Schreibers
bringing the gallery’s vessels and
containers out of the vaults and into
the public space. Through displaying
the breadth of the collection, we
10 SPRING 2020 PROGRAM GUIDEPlan Your Visit
What’s ON
Kaleidoscope of the Arts Paula Murray: You are Me Collage with Stylo Starr
April 3 - 5 May 8 – August 23 Friday, June 19 | 6 – 8 PM
Shop original art created by the Paula Murray explores how we Artist Stylo Starr guides a workshop
guilds of Arts Burlington, enjoy live respond and engage with the injury of exploring various methods of hand
demonstrations, and try your hand experience. By embracing wounds, cut collage making. No prior skills
at free family-friendly art activities! deeper meaning can be brought to necessary, open to ages 15+ up. All
Admission is free. our lives, transforming suffering into materials will be provided.
something worthy, sensuous and
beautiful. Image credit: You Ae Me III
(detail), 2016, porcelain.
MARCH
MARCH 18 Class registration opens
MARCH 28 Reading Aesthetics of the Archives - Writing Workshop with Desmond A. Miller and Whitney French
APRIL
APRIL 3 – 5 Kaleidoscope of the Arts
APRIL 11 Death, Dying, and the Ancestors discussion hosted by Desmond A. Miller and Danielle F. Lobo
APRIL 18 Latow International AV Festival
APRIL 18 – 19 Latow Photographers Guild Annual Photo Weekend
APRIL 25 A Running Thread: Quilting Bloodlines workshop with Desmond A. Miller
APRIL 28 Volunteer Appreciation Event
MAY
MAY 1 All Guilds Show opens in the Lee-Chin Family Gallery
MAY 1 Nicole Clouston: Mud (Lake Ontario) opens in the Brock Lobby
MAY 8 All Guild Show, You Are Me Opening Reception
MAY 8 Paula Murray: You are Me opens in the Perry Gallery
JUNE
JUNE 6 89DAMES opens in the Community Gallery
JUNE 12 The Medium is the Medium is the Medium, 89DAMES Exhibition Opening Reception
JUNE 15 Art Gallery of Burlington Annual General Meeting
JUNE 19 Collage Workshop with Stylo Starr
ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON 11Arts Burlington All Guilds Show May 1 – 31, 2020 Opening Reception: Friday May 8, 6:00 – 9:00 pm This annual exhibition celebrates the work of members from Arts Burlington including the Fibre Arts Guild, Burlington Fine Arts Association, Burlington Handweavers and Spinners Guild, Latow Photographers Guild, Burlington Potters’ Guild, Burlington Rug Hooking Craft Guild, and the Burlington Guild of Sculptors and Woodcarvers. Our esteemed jury of artists include, Morris Lum, Christy Kunitzky, and Marissa Alexander. 12 SPRING 2020 PROGRAM GUIDE
Arts Burlington
Kaleidoscope of the Arts
April 3 – 5, 2020
Shop original art and handmade crafts create
by over 100 local artisans in fine art painting,
handweaving and spinning, photography, pottery,
hooked rugs & crafts, sculpture, woodcarving, and
fibre arts. Explore our studios and watch artists at
work. Try your hand at free activities that are fun for
all ages!
Latow Photographers Guild Annual
Photography Weekend
Featured Presenter: Photographic Artist Kas
Stone
Saturday, April 18
Landscape Photography and the Meaning of Life
Sunday, April 19
How to Craft a Landscape Photograph
How to Look at Images
International AV Festival
Saturday, April 18 2020, 7 PM
The Latow International Audio Visual Festival is
a premier showcase of incredible photography
on different topics, using different audio-visual
techniques to tell a story or to show off an artistic
vision. A great evening for photographers, visual
artists, and those who appreciate an entertaining
show! Learn more at latowseminar.com
Image credit: Free Spirits, Kas Stone.
ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON 13Burlington Public Library
Burlington Reads at the AGB AGB Presents
Art Sessions
Register at www.bpl.on.ca
Meet the Author: Meet the Author: Meet the Author:
Ian Hamilton Karma Brown Jeff Rubin
Foresight: The Lost Recipe for a Perfect The Expendables,
Decades of Uncle Wife, A Novel How the Middle Class
Chow Tung Wednesday, April 29 Got Screwed by
Tuesday, March 31 7 – 8:30 PM Globalization
7 – 8: 30 PM Wednesday, May 27
Karma Brown, an 7 – 8:30 PM
Burlington-based award-winning
internationally journalist and An economist and
renowned writer bestselling author writer for The Globe
Ian Hamilton is the shares her latest and Mail, Jeff Rubin
bestselling author of release, “Recipe for the author of the
the Ava Lee crime/ a Perfect Wife”- “a award-winning and
mystery series. time-hopping story that number one bestseller, The Art Gallery of Burlington will be
His books have proves revenge can “Why Your World hosting a series of art workshops
been shortlisted for be a dish served on Is About to Get a in partnership with the Burlington
numerous prizes, good wedding china” Whole Lot Smaller.” Public Library. Visit your local library
including the Arthur (Quill & Quire). Join us The former CIBC or www.bpl.on.ca to register and for
Ellis Award, the for a lively moderated World Markets chief more information.
Barry Award, and the discussion with the economist is also the
Lambda Literary Prize. author. author of “The End of Abstract Painting
BBC Culture named Growth.” March 7 | 2 – 4 PM | New Appleby
Hamilton one of the ten
mystery/crime writers Intro to Watercolour
from the last thirty April 18 | 2 – 4 PM | Aldershot
years who should be
on your bookshelf Flora in Art
April 20 | 6 – 7:30 PM | Brant Hills
Collage Art Inspired by
P.Mansaram
May 20 | 2 – 4 PM | Central
14 SPRING 2020 PROGRAM GUIDEAGB Shop
Spring arrivals, from the studios
of Canadian Artists & Makers
AGB Shop Hours:
Monday to Friday 10 – 6
Saturday & Sunday 10 – 5
Top left: Wild Blue Yonder, Necklace,
Reclaimed Rood and Birch Bark in Resin
with Silver Chain
Bottom Left: Lisa Martini-Dunk, When
Sheep and Pig and Rooster Fly Together,
Mixed Media on Scratchboard
Right: Kingston Glass Studio, Hand Blown
Flava Vase
ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON 15Volunteer
We applaud you
Thank you for all that you do
Over 600 volunteers give 20,000 hours of their time each year to free minds,
feed spirits, and build community at the AGB.
The AGB invites all volunteers to our “Being a docent is more than
annual Volunteer Appreciation Event
Tuesday, April 28 | 6 – 8 PM | discussing the art currently on
Shoreline & Rotary Room
Volunteer Appreciation is generously
display - although a pleasure -
sponsored by Dodsworth & Brown it is introducing guests to a truly
passionate local community of
people.” — Volunteer Docent and Tour Guide
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SPRING/SUMMER 2020 PROGRAMS
ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON 17Education M = Member NM = Non-Member Register at www.agb.life SPRING/SUMMER CLASSES LISTING Registration opens March 18, 2020 | Visit www.agb.life The Art Gallery of Burlington offers fun, creative, and inclusive arts programming for all ages. We’re committed to fostering artistic growth in each of our students through a focus on both a critical understanding of the arts as well as connecting our classes to our exhibitions. Our instructors bring in a wide array of professional arts education, exhibition history, and teaching experience. Sign up today to get a head start on your arts learning! 18 WINTER 2020 PROGRAM GUIDE
Education M = Member NM = Non-Member Register at www.agb.life
Y Youth Classes
CERAMIC ARTS
Creative Clay
This class is a great introduction to the basic principles of working with clay as a medium through engaging and fun
hand-sculpted projects. New students are welcome while returning students will build upon skills acquired in previous
classes. Instructor: Heather Kuzyk
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
6-8 Saturday Apr 18 – Jun 13 10 AM - 12 PM M & NM: $135 C03
8 classes (no class May 16)
Pottery Wheel Plus
This course provides teens with an exciting introduction to different ceramic production methods. Topics include forming,
decoration using coloured slips, carving, sgraffito, and finishing the pieces by glazing and firing the works. Projects will
be fun and functional! Instructor: Michelle Lynn
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
13 - 17 Saturday Apr 18 – Jun 13 2 – 4 PM M: $135 T02
8 classes (no class May 16) NM: $160
MIXED MEDIA
Mixed Media for Kids
In this course, students will draw, paint, and sculpt to create colourful artworks. This course will help students explore a
variety of introductory arts concepts and techniques.
Instructor: Elena Espinoza
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
4-6 Saturday Apr 18 – June 13 10 AM – 11:30 AM M & NM: $120 C01
8 classes (No class May 16)
ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON 19Education | Youth M = Member NM = Non-Member Register at www.agb.life
Mixed Media Inside Out
Calling all artists! In this art class we think about you and your community and use a bunch of cool materials, techniques
and forms to bring those thoughts and ideas to life. All your favourite activities including drawing, sculpture, painting,
crafting, and playing will be combined to create wearable art that expresses who you are, inside and out, real or
imagined. Instructor: Kevin Wilson
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
8 - 12 Saturday Apr 18 – Jun 13 12:30 – 2 PM M & NM: $30 C41
8 classes (No class May 16)
Creative Art Journaling
Art Journaling is creative record keeping in the form of a mixed media visual diary. Learn to make your own journal in a
safe and inclusive environment while exploring themes of self-expression, identity and creativity during this three-day
workshop! Instructor: Heather Kuzyk
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
13 - 17 Tuesday April 21 – May 5 6:30 – 9:30 PM M & NM: $50 W63
3 classes
P.A. Day Camps
Register your children for our full-day art camps that include a variety of art and craft activities inspired by our collections
and our exhibitions. These full day programs are designed to be fun, creative, and educational! Instructors: Various
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
6 - 12 Monday Apr 27 9 AM - 4 PM M & NM: $50 C20
1 day
20 SPRING 2020 PROGRAM GUIDEEducation | Youth M = Member NM = Non-Member Register at www.agb.life
A Adult Classes
CERAMIC ARTS
Build-a-Bowl Workshop
Spend an evening learning how to form a bowl on the potter’s wheel! Absolutely no experience required for this fun,
hands-on night of working with clay. The pieces you make will be fired and glazed after the workshop for you to use at
home! Instructor: Nicole Clouston
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Friday Apr 17 OR Jun 12 6:30 – 9:30 PM M & NM: $50 W67
Hand Building and Reclaiming Clay
In this course, students will learn multiple methods of hand building with clay including slab-forming, armature
construction, and mold-making and carving. Students will also be taught how to reclaim and recycle clay. The reuse of
clay scraps is an integral part of keeping the ceramic process sustainable. Beginners to clay and experienced students
are welcome!
Instructor: Nicole Clouston
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Monday Apr 20 – Jun 29 6:30 – 9:30 PM M: $200 A31
8 classes (no class May 11 NM: $225
& May 18)
$30 materials fee
Fun and Functional Pottery
Explore the many ways to create functional pieces for your home and garden using hand building and the wheel. All
levels are welcome as each student will develop their own pieces with individual guidance and demonstrations from the
instructor on form, surface, finishing, and glazing. Let’s get creative! Instructor: Barbara Taylor
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Thursday Apr 23 – Jun 25 7 – 10 PM M: $255 A52
10 classes NM: $280
$30 materials fee
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Friends and Couples Clay Date
Come join us for some creative time in our Clay studio as we teach you how to shape an object (mug, plate, etc.) out of
clay, and decorate it with coloured slips! Instructor: Michelle Lynn
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Friday Apr 24 OR Jun 19 6:30 – 9:30 PM M & NM: $45 W65
1 class
Wheel Throwing for Beginners
No prior experience required! The focus of this class will be learning to control the clay, so it is perfectly centered for
successful pots. We will also cover posture at the wheel, clay prep and basic glazing techniques for our finished pieces.
We will cover decorating techniques with slips also the use of stains under and over the glaze. Join us for fun afternoons!
Opportunity for individual practice time. Instructor: Barbara Taylor
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Saturday Apr 25 – Jun 20 10 AM – 1 PM M: $200 A77
8 classes (No class May 16) NM: $225
$30 material fee
Advanced Wheel Throwing Workshop: Throwing off the Hump
This class will guide students in making small wheel-thrown objects using the ‘throwing off the hump’ method. The
method involves using a large piece of clay on the wheel and using a small portion at the top to get multiple items
out of each piece. Students are required to have throwing experience in order to participate in this class. Annika will
demonstrate how she makes her mini-bud vases and/or egg cups. Students are encouraged to continue working on their
pieces to trim/clean them up after the class on their own time. Clay and firing fee included. Instructor: Annika Hoefs
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Saturday Jul 11 11 AM – 2 PM M & NM: $50 A02
1 class
Advanced Glazing Techniques
This 3-hour class will showcase different techniques to help students experiment with their glazing application. Masking,
wax resist and controlling melt will be explored in this hands-on workshop. Students will need to provide their own
bisqueware in cone 6 clay, 5-10 pieces. Glazes, materials and firing will be provided. Instructor: Annika Hoefs
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Saturday Jul 25 11 AM – 2 PM M & NM: $50 A02
1 class
22 SPRING 2020 PROGRAM GUIDEEducation | Adult M = Member NM = Non-Member Register at www.agb.life
PAINTING AND DRAWING
Drawing for Beginners
This class will not only guide you through how to draw but will guide you through translating your ideas into drawings.
Students will refine their own drawing skills and work on collaborative drawing projects! Instructor: Nicole Clouston
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Tuesday Apr 21 – Jun 23 6:30 – 9:30 PM M: $175 A63
8 classes (No class May 12 NM: $200
& May 19)
Painting and Drawing Impressionism
Paint in the manner of your favourite Impressionist artists by taking inspiration from their techniques, ideas and stories.
Students will learn a variety of contemporary perspectives that contextualize and enrich their understanding of this
much-celebrated movement. Plenty of support and guidance will be available as you express your interests in oil or
acrylic paint. All levels welcome. Instructor: Kevin Wilson
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Thursday Apr 23 – Jun 11 1:30 – 4:30 PM M: $175 A20
8 classes NM: $200
Drawing Foundations
If you are intimidated by drawing, this course increases confidence through a progressive and varied selection of
exercises and activities. Traditional materials such as pencil, pen, and charcoal on paper will be used to study core ideas
and skills: tone, form and proportion, perspective and artistry. Demonstrations and individual instruction included. All
welcome, no prior experience necessary. Instructor: Kevin Wilson
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Thursday Apr 23 – Jun 11 9:30 AM – 12:30 M: $175 A24
8 classes PM NM: $200
Foundations of Painting
If you’ve always longed to paint, but don’t know where to start, this gentle introduction to basic art skills is for you. See
a dramatic improvement in your painting and creative skills. This class includes a study of historical and contemporary
paintings for reference. Develop the ability to think and see as an artist. For beginners and those with experience.
Instructor: Kevin Wilson
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Thursday Apr 23 – Jun 25 6:30 – 9:30 PM M: $200 A30
10 classes NM: $225
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Life Drawing
This course is geared to towards beginners and students with some background in drawing as well as those who have
drawing experience but are new to life drawing. Large sheets of paper and drawing utensils (pencils, charcoal, graphite
sticks, etc.) are required. Instructor: Sandee Ewasuik
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Sunday May 24 & May 31 10 AM – 1 PM M: $110 W51
2 classes NM: $135
Sip and Paint Social
Uncork your creativity with a painting class that includes an evening of light-hearted socializing. Follow the host (an
AGB studio instructor and practicing artist) as you are guided with entertaining demonstrations to recreate a selected
painting. Come join us for a drink and a few laughs; bring a friend or come to meet new friends. No artistic background is
necessary, and all are welcome. Cost of class includes a drink, all materials and use of tools.
Instructor: Kevin Wilson
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
19+ Friday May 29 6:30 – 9:30 PM M & NM: $65 W19
1 class
Painting Floral Imagery
Find joy in exploring acrylic painting techniques while developing skills to create contemporary floral paintings. This
course is designed for all levels, from beginners to advanced.
Instructor: Zdenka Kovalcikova
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Sunday Jun 7 & Jun 14 1 – 4 PM M & NM: $65 W84
2 classes
Summer Drawing and Painting
Enjoy five back-to-back afternoons painting and drawing at the AGB this summer! This course is designed to give you
the skills to create and understand picture making in traditional visual arts mediums. A variety playful exercises and
summer inspired projects will quickly ‘get you up and painting’ in acrylics. Think “paintcation” for all levels! Instructor:
Kevin Wilson
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Monday – Jul 20 – Jul 24 1 PM – 4 PM M: $150 A22
Friday NM: $175
5 classes
24 SPRING 2020 PROGRAM GUIDEEducation | Adult M = Member NM = Non-Member Register at www.agb.life
FIBRE ARTS
Needle Felt a Sheep
Have you ever wanted to turn wool back into a sheep? Now’s your chance by learning a variety of needle felting
techniques as you make a sheep figure out of wool. You’ll get to make and attach shapes, create facial features, attach
wool locks and secure 4 tubular legs to the body. Additionally, you will learn about the different breeds of sheep that are
raised for wool in Ontario with a focus on a specific fibre farm. Find out about their experiences with raising sheep and
alpaca for fibre. Instructor: Cathy Disbrow
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Sunday Apr 19 & Apr 26 1 PM – 4 PM M & NM: $40 W09
2 classes $20 materials fee
Introduction to Rug Hooking
This course is an introduction to the one simple loop of traditional wool rug hooking. In this 10-session series,
participants will learn the principles of creating their own design, patternmaking, colour planning, sourcing materials,
display and show. This utilitarian craft-turned- art form is rooted in our Canadian history and introduced up-cycling
before it was fashionable. All the basic materials, tools, and demonstration are provided for an introduction to the craft.
Instructor: Lisa Meecham
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Thursday May 14 - Jun 25 7 – 9 PM M: $140 A17
8 classes (no class on May NM: $165
28) $50 materials fee
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STAINED GLASS, PHOTOGRAPHY, & PRINT MAKING
Stained Glass Copper Foiling Introduction
Learn the skills for copper foiling stained glass! Begin the first session by learning the skills to cut and grind glass, foil,
solder and then begin and finish a 9-piece sun catcher in the next two sessions. This is a hands-on medium, and hand
building strength is required. This class is also a prerequisite for the upcoming Stained Glass Panel Original Design and
Fabrication workshop. Instructor: Teresa Seaton
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Wednesday Apr 22 – May 6 6:30 – 9:30 PM M: $110 W68
3 classes NM: $135
Using Your Camera in Manual Mode
In this 10-week course, learn how to capture images using their DSLR/Mirrorless camera in Manual, Shutter Priority and
Aperture Priority modes. In the second part of the course, students will explore photographic composition and the ethics
of portraiture. Each week, students will have a homework assignment that allows them to practice a technical aspect
discussed in that week’s lesson. Students are encouraged to explore new photographic ideas and concepts that will
expand their innate creative abilities. Instructor: Edward Eastman
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Wednesday Apr 22 – Jun 24 6:30 – 9:30 PM M: $200 A28
10 classes NM: $225
Introduction to Printmaking
This course will introduce you to different printmaking methods – you’ll get familiar with all the printmaking lingo!
Experiment with lino cuts, dry point, and more! Instructor: Tricia Rawlins
Age Day Start/End Time Cost Code
18+ Wednesday Apr 29 – May 20 6:30 – 9:30 PM M: $100 A88
4 classes NM: $125
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S Summer camp at the AGB
The goal of the AGB’s Camp Programs is to stimulate creativity and impart new visual arts skills in
a fun and inclusive environment. Our camps are offered to students from ages 4 to 17. If you child
is in between camp ages, please contact our staff to ensure that we can find the best fit possible.
Register early to secure a spot as our camps sell out quickly!
ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON 27Education | Summer Camps M = Member NM = Non-Member Register at www.agb.life
Week One: July 6 – July 10
From Music to Visual Art
In this camp, we will explore how music can play a part in the creative process. Presented with a variety of art materials,
campers will create a musical instrument, paint to music and use music to tell their own visual stories.
Age Time Cost Instructor
4-7 9 AM – 4 PM M: $225 Elena Espinosa
NM: $250
Treasure from Trash: Recycled Art Objects
Go green by creating mixed media artworks from repurposed and reused materials. This is your child’s opportunity to
play, create and communicate while learning how to bring new life to materials through upcycling.
Age Time Cost Instructors
8 - 12 9 AM – 4 PM M: $250 Karla Rivera
NM: $275 Kevin Wilson
Clay Wheel and Hand Building Techniques
This camp will introduce teens to the processes of ceramics. We will produce a slab-formed object (such as personalized
jars and funky functional clocks) and spend some time on the potter’s wheel. Topics include forming, as well as
decoration using coloured slips, carving, sgraffito, and finishing their work by glazing and firing in the kiln.
Age Time Cost Instructors
13 - 17 9 AM – 4 PM M: $270 Michelle Lynn
NM: $295
Week Two: July 13 – July 17
No Brushes Allowed
Campers will explore different tools and techniques to create a painting without a paintbrush! In this camp, we will gather
inspiration from our main exhibitions to focus on repetition and, pattern, and mixing media.
Age Time Cost Instructor
4-7 9 AM – 4 PM M: $225 Elena Espinosa
NM: $250
28 SPRING 2020 PROGRAM GUIDEEducation | Summer Camps M = Member NM = Non-Member Register at www.agb.life
One World: Art and Climate Change
Calling all artists! It’s time to express our ideas for preserving our precious planet. Campers will work with instructors and
one another to draw, sculpt, paint and imagine a better future. Clay projects will also explore endangered animals and
plants!
Age Time Cost Instructors
8 - 12 9 AM – 4 PM M: $250 Heather Kuzyk
NM: $275 Kevin Wilson
Pottery Works
In this camp, we will introduce campers to the pottery wheel, and also take time to learn some basic hand building
techniques. Campers will create and glaze their own works as they learn to familiarize themselves with ceramic arts at
the AGB. Topics include forming, decoration using coloured slips, carving, sgraffito, and finishing work by glazing and
firing in the kiln.
Age Time Cost Instructors
11+ 9 AM – 4 PM M: $270 Michelle Lynn
NM: $295
ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON 29Education | Summer Camps M = Member NM = Non-Member Register at www.agb.life
Week Three: July 20 – July 24
From Music to Visual Art
In this camp, we will explore how music can play a part in the creative process. Presented with a variety of art materials,
students will create a musical instrument, paint to music and use music to tell their own visual stories.
Age Time Cost Instructor
4-7 9 AM – 4 PM M: $225 Elena Espinosa
NM: $250
Making A Monster
Campers will use their imagination to recreate characters from classic children’s movies such as Harry Potter, Star
Wars, or Monsters Inc. by exploring clay and drawing. Campers will also be given the opportunity to create their own
characters! Take a break from the head to play in the mud.
Age Time Cost Instructor
7 - 11 1 PM – 3 PM M: $85 Heather Kuzyk
NM: $110
Clay Wheel and Hand Building Techniques
This camp will introduce teens to the processes of ceramics. We will produce a slab-formed object (such as personalized
jars and funky functional clocks), and spend some time on the potter’s wheel. Topics include forming, as well as
decoration using coloured slips, carving, and sgraffito, and finishing their work by glazing and firing in the kiln.
Age Time Cost Instructors
13 - 17 9 AM – 4 PM M: $270 Michelle Lynn
NM: $295
Week Four: July 27 – July 31
Respecting the Environment
The focus this week will be the environment and how we can better learn to respect our local ecosystems. Art projects
will include panoramas and papier mache animals with guided one-on-one support around using new techniques and
materials including lots of recycled matter!
Age Time Cost Instructor
4-7 9 AM – 4 PM M: $225 Elena Espinosa
NM: $250
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Art Ecosystems
In this camp, campers will create sculptural models based on different kinds of ecosystems and the creatures that
inhabit them. Both traditional and non-traditional art techniques will be at their command as they will bring projects to life
by experimenting with a wide variety of materials.
Age Time Cost Instructors
8 - 12 9 AM – 4 PM M: $250 Heather Kuzyk
NM: $275 Kevin Wilson
Pottery Works
This camp will introduce teens to the processes of ceramics. We will produce a slab-formed object (such as personalized
jars and funky functional clocks) and spend some time on the potter’s wheel. Topics include forming, as well as
decoration using coloured slips, carving, sgraffito, and finishing their work by glazing and firing in the kiln.
Age Time Cost Instructors
11+ 9 AM – 4 PM M: $270 Michelle Lynn
NM: $295
Week Five: August 4 – August 7
No Brushes Allowed
Campers will explore different tools and techniques to create a painting without a paintbrush! In this camp, we will gather
inspiration from our main exhibitions to focus on repetition and, pattern, and mixing media.
Age Time Cost Instructor
4-7 9 AM – 4 PM M: $210 Elena Espinosa
NM: $235
Making A Monster
Campers will use their imagination to recreate characters from classic children’s movies such as Harry Potter, Star
Wars, or Monsters Inc. by exploring clay and drawing. Campers will also be given the opportunity to create their own
characters! Take a break from the heat to play in the mud.
Age Time Cost Instructor
7 - 11 1 PM – 3 PM M: $75 Karla Rivera
NM: $100
ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON 31Education | Summer Camps M = Member NM = Non-Member Register at www.agb.life
Wheel Throwing Techniques for Teens
This camp is an introduction to the potter’s wheel. Teens will learn to throw bowls and mugs and will also learn to
skillfully trim and glaze their finished pieces. They will also explore different decorative techniques in pottery.
Age Time Cost Instructors
11+ 9 AM – 4 PM M: $250 Michelle Lynn
NM: $275
Week Six: August 10 – August 14
Respecting the Environment
The focus this week will be the environment and how we can better learn to respect our local ecosystems. Art projects
will include panoramas and papier mache animals with guided one-on-one support around using new techniques and
materials including lots of recycled matter!
Age Time Cost Instructor
4-7 9 AM – 4 PM M: $225 Elena Espinosa
NM: $250
One World: Art and Climate Change
Calling all artists! It’s time to express our ideas for preserving our precious planet. Campers will work with instructors and
one another to draw, sculpt, paint and imagine a better future. Clay projects will also explore endangered animals and
plants!
Age Time Cost Instructors
8 - 12 9 AM – 4 PM M: $250 Heather Kuzyk
NM: $275 Kevin Wilson
Clay Wheel and Hand Building Techniques
This camp will introduce teens to the processes of ceramics. We will produce a slab-formed object (such as personalized
jars and funky functional clocks), and then spend some time on the potter’s wheel. Topics include forming, decoration
using coloured slips, carving, sgraffito, and finishing their work by glazing and firing in the kiln.
Age Time Cost Instructors
13 - 17 9 AM – 4 PM M: $270 Michelle Lynn
NM: $295
32 SPRING 2020 PROGRAM GUIDEEducation | Summer Camps M = Member NM = Non-Member Register at www.agb.life
Week Seven: August 17 – August 21
From Music to Visual Art
In this camp, we will explore how music can play a part in the creative process. Presented with a variety of art materials,
campers will create a musical instrument, paint to music and use music to tell their own visual stories.
Age Time Cost Instructor
4-7 9 AM – 4 PM M: $225 Elena Espinosa
NM: $250
Making A Monster
Campers will use their imagination to recreate characters from classic children’s movies such as Harry Potter, Star
Wars, or Monsters Inc. by exploring clay and drawing. Campers will also be given the opportunity to create their own
characters! Take a break from the heat to play in the mud.
Age Time Cost Instructor
7 - 11 1 PM – 3 PM M: $85 Karla Rivera
NM: $110
Week Eight: August 24 – August 28
Portfolio Development for Teens
This is an opportunity for high school-aged students with an interest in art-related careers to participate in a 5-day
intensive program to develop their art-making skills. Working with professional artist educators, students will start or
add to existing portfolios with workshops in media of their choice including drawing and painting, printmaking, mixed
media and darkroom photography. We finish the week with a group critique to help students become accustomed to the
evaluation process and gain experience speaking with confidence about their personal art practice and assist them to
make informed decisions about their post-secondary education.
Age Time Cost Instructors
13 - 17 9 AM – 4 PM M: $270 Deborah Kanfer
NM: $295 Kevin Wilson
ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON 33Education
Education Policies and Code of Conduct
Education Policies parent/guardian is late, a late fee of AGB Code of Conduct
$20 will be charged.
PARKING Art Gallery of Burlington (AGB)
The Art Gallery of Burlington offers AGE REQUIREMENTS insists that everyone who uses the
paid parking in our lot on Elgin St. Registrants must meet the AGB’s services remains mindful of, and
Parking can be purchased through Age Requirements for any given takes responsibility for, their speech
the Parking Kiosks in the lot. Free program. In Children’s Programs, and behavior. AGB will not tolerate
parking is available after 6 PM. some exceptions can be made. words or actions that are racist,
Please contact the Education sexist, homophobic, ageist, classist,
REFUNDS and CANCELLATIONS Department for these cases. transphobic, cissexist, or ableist.
All refunds requested by registrants AGB does not accept oppressive
are subject to a $25 administrative MISSED CLASSES behavior, harassment, destructive
charge. Any requests for a withdrawal We regret that we cannot offer conduct, or exclusionary actions and
and a full refund (minus the $25 additional classes or refunds if a asks all be respectful of physical and
charge) must be made at least two patron is unable to attend specific emotional boundaries.
weeks prior to the start date of the classes.
program. AGB enforces a Code of Conduct
WAIT LISTS for all participants as we continue
For PA Days, Summer Camps, Registrants will be placed on a to grow and understand what it
and March Break Camps, and Wait List, if a program has met its means to be a safer and braver
Workshops, no refunds will be maximum enrolment. Persons on the space for both artists and the
processed after this date. Wait List will be notified as space audiences. This agreement is
For Courses, if a request is made becomes available. The Wait List will built to ensure that all involved in
fewer than two weeks prior to the be in place for that specific program programming hold inclusivity and
start date of the program, a 50% only and will be erased once the respect as a high priority. AGB
refund (minus the $25 charge) will program finishes. commits to working with community
be provided. No refunds will be partners whose values and core
processed on or after the start date WAIVERS concerns complement those of the
of the program. All registrants must submit a organization to help and further serve
completed AGB Safety Waiver prior the many communities in which
The AGB reserves the right to cancel to the start of their first class. These we are engaged in. All community
or combine classes if minimum must be submitted to the instructors participants, including members and
enrollment is not met. If the AGB of the programs. Forms will be guests of members, event hosts,
cancels a program, registrants will be provided at the time of registration sponsors, presenters, exhibitors,
notified up to a week prior to the start and will also be available at the first and attendees, are expected to
date of the program, and registrants class. abide by the AGB’s Code of Conduct
will be offered a full refund. and cooperate with organizers who
MEMBER PRICING enforce it. Anyone who engages
The AGB reserves the right to refuse Registrants who purchase a course in unacceptable behaviour will be
admission or to de-register any at the member price are required to expelled from the participating in
person(s) who prevent our ability to show proof of membership at the programs or attending events.
deliver safe, positive, and inclusive start of their first class. If you do not
programming. If the AGB de-registers have a valid AGB membership you
a patron, a refund will be offered for will be required to pay the difference
unattended classes. if you wish to continue attending.
For more information about AGB
LATE PICK-UP POLICY Membership, visit our Become a
Camp pick-up time is between 3:45 Member page.
and 4:00 PM. Due to the operational
and staffing costs incurred when a
34 SPRING 2020 PROGRAM GUIDEThank you to our Interested in Sponsorship Opportunities?
Please contact Alya Shah at 905.632.7796 ext 368
Sponsors and Partners or alya@agb.life
Burlington
ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON 35Facility Rentals Host your event at the We invite you to mark life’s special occasions in this warm and vibrant art-filled space. Our experienced event specialists will guide you through the wide range of venue and event services available. To learn more about AGB venue rental fees and services please contact Gillian at 905-632-7796 ext 326 or gillian@agb.lfe
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