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Learn fundamental skills and explore exciting new directions in contemporary art and craft through artist-led classes and workshops for all ages.

 

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February 11, 2026

Weave a Scarf: Wednesdays

02/11/2026 - 02/25/2026
This 3-week workshop will teach participants how to warp, weave, and finish a scarf using the rigid heddle loom. It is suitable for adults of all skill levels and no prior weaving experience is necessary.

February 18, 2026

Radical Darkroom: Gestures and Tones with Cameraless Photography

02/18/2026
Using a mix of traditional darkroom practices and alternative photographic methods, you’ll experiment with translucent and graphic materials—such as fabrics, flowers, stencils, and glassware—as well as personal objects that reflect memory, emotion, and story.

February 19, 2026

March 4, 2026

Hand-building with Paper Clay

03/04/2026 - 03/25/2026
Learn to make your own hand building clay body using tissue paper and toilet paper mixed in to clay.

March 5, 2026

Navigating Process and Practice

03/05/2026
AGB presents a professional development workshop with Jude Abu Zaineh, a Palestinian-Canadian interdisciplinary artist-curator working across art, food, science, and technology studies.

March 12, 2026

Making Patterns with Natural Dyes and Resists

03/12/2026 - 03/26/2026
This three-week course will explore the basic techniques of resist dyeing with ties, stitching and pleating, with the goal of providing an understanding of how to create natural dye vats and resist techniques.

March 13, 2026

Friday Night Clay Date: Owls

03/13/2026
Hand-build a decorative feathered friend in this workshop where we’ll focus on creating a classic ceramic figure personalized with your own unique touches. 

March 15, 2026

Contemporary Art Bus Tour

03/15/2026
Hop aboard for a special winter art excursion beginning at the Textile Museum of Canada (55 Centre Ave) in Toronto and traveling to the Art Gallery of Mississauga with a final stop at the Art Gallery of Burlington before returning to Toronto.

March 17, 2026

March Break Teen Workshop

03/17/2026 - 03/19/2026
Join us for one or both days in the Pottery studio designed especially for teens during March Break! Open to aspiring ceramicists ages 12-17, each full-day workshop

March 18, 2026

Radical Darkroom: Greening the Darkroom

03/18/2026
This workshop will introduce alternative, eco-friendly materials and methods that minimize the use of toxic chemicals commonly found in conventional darkroom practices.