Loyalist College Arts Experience

10/10/2026

🎄 Create a holiday stocking to treasure for years to come!

Join us for a two-session Rug-Hooked Holiday Stocking Workshop, where you'll learn the traditional art of rug hooking while creating a beautiful, heirloom-quality stocking.

Working with high-quality wool and natural materials, you'll learn how to hook, assemble and finish your stocking, with step-by-step guidance along the way.

Each participant receives a complete materials kit, including wool, linen backing, a rug hook and a wooden hooking frame that's yours to keep, so you can continue creating at home.

A wonderful opportunity to slow down, get creative and make something meaningful for the holiday season!

🧶 All materials are provided
📅 Saturdays, November 7 & 14
🕙 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. both days
📍 Loyalist College, Belleville

Register today: https://artsatloyalist.corsizio.com/event/6a97126bb4270dc2ebb96e3d

10/10/2026

✏️ Learn to Draw the Human Figure ✏️

Loosen up, trust your instincts and bring the human form to life on paper!

Join artist and instructor Stew Jones for Drawing the Human Figure: An Introduction, a four-week evening workshop designed to build your drawing skills and confidence in a welcoming, supportive environment.

Through gesture drawing, short poses and guided exercises, you'll learn to capture movement, balance and proportion while developing a more natural, expressive approach to drawing. It's all about letting go of perfection, sharpening your observational skills and finding freedom in every pencil stroke.

🎨 All skill levels welcome! Whether you're picking up a pencil for the first time or looking to strengthen your existing skills, this workshop is for you.

✏️ Four-week workshop | Ages 18+
📍 Loyalist College, Belleville
📅 Wednesdays, November 4, 11, 18 & 25
🕕 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Ready to put pencil to paper? Join us this November!

🔗 Register here: https://artsatloyalist.corsizio.com/event/6a99d3c1b4270dc2ebad0ab5

10/08/2026

Always wanted to try watercolour? This is the place to start!

Whether you’ve never picked up a brush or it’s been years since you last painted, this two-day workshop is all about helping you get started, build confidence and enjoy the process of watercolour.

Join artist and instructor Valerie Kent, whose warm, patient and knowledgeable approach makes her a wonderful teacher for beginners. Valerie will guide you step by step through essential watercolour techniques while giving you plenty of time to practise, ask questions and explore at your own pace.

Over two days, you’ll create four beautiful seasonal landscapes while learning techniques for colour blending, washes, layering, reflections and creating depth and atmosphere:

🍂 An Autumn Forest
🌅 Sunset Across the Lake
🌫️ Foggy Hills
💧 Reflections on a Glassy Lake

It’s the perfect opportunity to try watercolour for the first time or reinvigorate a forgotten creative practice in a relaxed and welcoming environment.

No previous art experience is required. Come ready to learn, experiment and leave with four completed paintings of your own!

📅 Saturday, October 17 & Sunday, October 18
🕤 9:30 am–4:30 pm
📍 Port Hope

Learn more and register: https://artsatloyalist.corsizio.com/event/6a95ccb2b4270dc2eb47c87b

10/08/2026

✨ Make Your Own Star Book ✨

Join local artist Lucy Sterezylo for a fun, creative evening learning how to make your own one-of-a-kind Star Book. Lucy specializes in printmaking, bookbinding and mixed-media art and runs Stareatjello Paper & Press, her studio based in Prince Edward County.

In this evening workshop, Lucy will guide you step by step through the process, from folding and glueing pages to covering the boards and adding the finishing details. Choose from an assortment of decorative papers in different colours, textures and patterns to make your star book completely your own.

And once you learn how to make one, you can make them again and again! With the holidays around the corner, star books make thoughtful handmade gifts for friends and family and can be personalized with photos, messages, favourite colours or other special touches.

No previous bookbinding experience is needed and all materials are supplied.

📅 Thursday, October 22
🕠 5:30–8:30 pm
📍 Belleville

Learn more and register today: https://artsatloyalist.corsizio.com/event/6a9727d3b4270dc2ebc341ce

10/02/2026

🧺 Learn the timeless craft of basket weaving and create something beautiful for your home.

Join us for a beginner-friendly, one-day workshop where you’ll learn the traditional techniques of basketry while creating your own handcrafted bread basket.

Guided step by step through the process, you’ll learn essential weaving techniques as your basket takes shape, creating a classic utility piece designed to serve, display and be enjoyed for years to come.

Choose to create a small or medium bread basket, with all materials provided and no previous basketry experience required.

📅 Saturday, October 24 in Port Hope
⏰ 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Learn more and register here: https://artsatloyalist.corsizio.com/event/6a96e4bbb4270dc2eba7998f

09/30/2026

🍂 Capture Port Hope in the colours of fall 🍂

Crisp fall air, changing landscapes and plenty of inspiration. Spend two Saturdays exploring Port Hope through the eyes of an artist and learning how to turn the scenes around you into paintings.

Join local artist and instructor Luke Despatie as you venture beyond the classroom to explore Port Hope’s historic downtown, river paths and surrounding natural spaces. With fall transforming the landscape, you’ll learn how to recognize compelling scenes, consider composition and framing and photograph strong reference images to bring back to the studio.

Back in the classroom, you’ll use your own photographs as the starting point for your paintings, exploring composition, value, colour and brushwork, along with techniques for capturing light, mood and the character of place. Through demonstrations, guided exercises and personalized feedback, Luke will help you translate the references you’ve gathered into expressive landscape paintings.

🎨 Beginner & intermediate
📍 Port Hope
📅 Saturday, October 17 & Saturday, October 24

Learn more and register: https://artsatloyalist.corsizio.com/event/6a94a253b4270dc2ebe8f000

09/30/2026

🧺 Discover basket coiling with a contemporary twist!

Join textile artist Lora Bertolo for a hands-on introduction to the traditional craft of basket coiling, using repurposed textiles to create something entirely your own.

In this beginner-friendly workshop, you’ll learn the fundamentals of coiling while experimenting with different materials and techniques to begin creating a two- or three-dimensional piece. Lora will guide you through the process while encouraging you to experiment with colour, texture and form and develop your own creative style.

Sustainability is at the heart of Lora’s textile practice. With a background in fashion design and years of experience working with textiles, she now works exclusively with upcycled materials, finding creative ways to give existing fabrics new life.

🧵 All supplies provided, but if you have a special garment or piece of fabric you’d love to give a new life? Bring it along and incorporate it into your project.

✨ No previous experience required
📅 Saturday, October 10 in Port Hope
⏰ 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Register and learn more: https://artsatloyalist.corsizio.com/event/6a949cabb4270dc2ebe7850c

09/29/2026

Take your painting outdoors with Andrew Sookrah!

Spend three days exploring the art of plein air painting alongside expert instructor Andrew Sookrah, an accomplished artist with an extensive teaching and exhibition record and a finalist on Landscape Artist of the Year Canada.

Over the first two days, you’ll head outdoors to paint at selected locations in Belleville, learning how to choose a composition, simplify the landscape, work with changing light and translate what you see onto the canvas. Andrew will share demonstrations throughout each day, along with individual guidance and feedback as you develop your work.

On the final day, you’ll return to the studio to build on your plein air studies, using your reference photographs and observations to develop a more resolved painting.

Along the way, you’ll explore composition, perspective, colour, texture and tonal values while building confidence painting both outdoors and in the studio.

The workshop will focus primarily on acrylic painting, with demonstrations and guidance also available for those working in watercolour.

📍 Belleville
📅 October 15–17
🎨 All skill levels welcome

Learn more and register today: https://artsatloyalist.corsizio.com/event/6a959845b4270dc2eb30e92b

09/09/2026

🎨 Back again this fall! Discover the vibrant world of gouache.

Join us for a colourful, hands-on day of painting with gouache. Whether you’re trying it for the first time or looking to continue building your skills, this workshop is a great opportunity to explore this fun and versatile medium.

Similar to watercolour but with a little more punch, gouache dries quickly to a smooth, matte finish and offers brilliant, opaque colour. It’s perfect for layering, fine details and creating colourful landscapes.

Through demonstrations, step-by-step instruction and individual guidance, you’ll explore techniques including painting light over dark, layering solid blocks of colour and combining watercolour passages with gouache. You’ll create your own landscapes using provided reference photos or bring your own images for inspiration.

Many of the techniques explored can also be applied to acrylic, oil and traditional watercolour painting.

✨ Beginners, intermediate and experienced painters are welcome
🖌️ All supplies provided
📅 October 3
📍 Belleville Campus

Register today: https://artsatloyalist.corsizio.com/event/6a948f27b4270dc2ebe3fbcc

09/08/2026

🎉 A huge congratulations to our own Wendy May on this very well-deserved recognition!

Wendy’s creativity and passion for the arts are at the heart of the Loyalist Arts Experience program. Through Wendy’s leadership, the program not only celebrates the incredible creative talent in our region, but also creates meaningful opportunities for artists and makes the arts more accessible to our community in many ways.

Receiving a Quinte Arts Council Arts Recognition Award is a wonderful acknowledgment of Wendy and the impact she continues to have on the arts and creative community in our region. We are so proud!

Each year, the QAC recognizes individuals and artist groups or businesses who have made a difference in the arts community.