This spring, get Art Smart with engaging, hands-on workshops at Oakville Galleries! Join our experienced, returning art instructor, Meghan, as she guides your child(ren) through a series of exciting creative projects. Each session is designed to introduce children to new techniques and materials, encouraging them to explore new ways of creating art.
Over the course of the 2-hour workshop, participants will complete their very own finished works of art.
This session, we are offering stand alone workshops on the following Saturdays with a morning and afternoon session on each date:
Saturdays, March 28–May 2, 2026
Choose from two sessions each day
10:30AM – 12:30PM or 1:30PM – 3:30PM
March 28 | Week 1: Acrylic
Create a bold impasto still life painting on canvas using acrylics
April 4 | Week 2:Drawing
Make a vibrant oil pastel fabric transfer drawing
April 11 | Week 3: Watercolour
Design a watercolour puzzle mosaic collage
April 18 | Week 4: Sculpture
Build a hanging candle holder sculpture in clay
April 25 | Week 5: Printmaking
Explore screen printing to create your own unique print
May 2 | Week 6: Mixed Media
Craft a textured salt dough mosaic
6-10
2 sessions to choose from:
10:30AM - 12:30PM or 1:30PM - 3:30PM
All classes will be conducted in the Second Floor Education Centre and occasionally outside in Gairloch Gardens. Drop-off will be outside of the Main Entrance at Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore Road East, 2 km from downtown Oakville.
● Please send your child(ren) with a refillable water bottle.
● Dress for art making! Please note that aprons and smocks are not provided.
Requests for a program registration cancellation that are eligible for a full refund must be made in writing at least 14 days or more prior to the start date of the program. There are no refunds for cancellations requested less than 14 days before the program begins.
Oakville Galleries reserves the right to cancel or combine classes if a minimum enrollment number is not met. If Oakville Galleries cancels a program, registrants will be notified up to a week prior to the start of the program and registrants will be offered a full refund.
In the event that a participant is unable to attend a scheduled class during the scheduled program, make-up dates, refunds, or credits will not be provided.
DATES:
Saturdays, March 28–May 2, 2026
PRICES:
Non-Member: $35 per session
Member: $29.75 per session
Registration fee includes all art materials and professional art instruction.
