This Week at Agnes

We’re collabing on a camp!

This is the perfect camp for creative and active kids! Campers get the opportunity to spend half of the day in Agnes Etherington Art Centre’s Studio creating art and half the day at the Queen’s Athletics Centre being active and participating in sport activities. Agnes’s art educator will guide campers in process-based artmaking and interpretation. Exciting activities are planned for the week such as sculpture, drawing, painting and collage.

Visit the camp website for more information.

Adult classes and workshops

We have a busy winter with new adult art classes and several editions of The Studio led by accomplished artists and art educators. These in-person programs range from multi-session paid courses (Life Drawing, Sculpting the Portrait) to single-session workshops which are free of charge. We’re thrilled to welcome artists Emebet Belete, Nicholas Crombach, Géorgie Gagné, Daniel Hughes and Hill Werth as the art instructors making these programs happen!

Check out our adult artmaking programs for more detail and sign up for one today!

Creation Station, Art Hive, Queering Collage

Creation Station, Art Hive and Queering Collage are back with more sessions for Winter 2025! While you’ve probably heard of these free programs, here’s a quick refresher:

Creation Station: Family-focused workshop with a planned activity for children accompanied by parents. Run by Agnes art educators. Occurs monthly on Sundays.

Art Hive: For participants 16 and over,  certified art therapist Harper Johnston has been facilitating Art Hive since 2019.  Each week, Harper provides a suggested activity or participants can create independently. Occurs weekly on Thursdays.

Queering Collage:  Led by artist and educator Alyssa Vernon of Queer Collage Collective. Each month, Alyssa guides conversations and leads collage activities centred around topical issues with a queer, anti-oppressive focus. Occurs monthly on Sundays.

Visit the workshop page to register.

Bring Your Thing: Agnes Roadshow

Last summer, Agnes invited community members to “bring their things” to Fort Henry for free appraisals from art historical experts. Bring Your Thing: Agnes Roadshow was a hit, with appraisal spots filling up quickly. Team Agnes captured some of the appraisals on video. Check out our playlist-it might inspire you to reconsider any paintings or objects that you’ve come to inherit!

Hosted with Kingston and Area Association of Museums, Art Galleries and Historic Sites. Made possible with funding from J.J.M. Investment Group CIBC Wood Gundy.