This summer, the Wellington County Museum’s program in the arts will be coming home.
Held for the last two decades at the Elora Public School, participants will now enjoy air-conditioned comfort of the museum’s light-filled rooms and take lunch and coffee breaks with a view of the heritage gardens.
There are 15 one-week courses between July 2 and July 27. Teachers will lead classes in water colour, oils, acrylics, encaustic, fused glass, print-making, photography, book arts and medieval illumination. Textile artists will have workshops in quilting, surface design, spinning and dyeing.
Margaret Peter, an accomplished painter and print maker, whose many teaching credits include Wilfrid Laurier University, will return to the museum to lead a print making workshop the week of July 16 to 20.
Also returning is Trina Koster, owner and creative director of Trina Koster Photography, in Guelph. Participants in that photography workshop for any kind of digital cameras will learn the technical and the creative aspects of the art. The course runs from July 23 to 27.
This summer there are five instructors who are new to the program. For the first time a workshop in spinning and dyeing is offered. Participants in Alisa McRonald’s course the week of July 2 to 6 will learn to spin and dye various animal fibres to produce unique colourful yarn to use in a variety of projects.
A complete list of all instructors and descriptions of each workshop is available by visiting the museum website at www.wcm.on.ca. Brochures are available at the Wellington County Museum and Archives and all Wellington County Libraries. For further inquiries or to register, call 519-846-0916 extension 5221 or email info@wcm.on.ca.
Each five-day course costs $199 plus $25.87 HST for $224.87.
