June 19 to June 25, 2017
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL TIME 
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Join the community of artists, craftspersons, volunteers, and supporters of the arts who have made Neilson Park Creative Centre a special place to learn, to teach and to share your enthusiasm for the arts.  Our 2017-2018 membership is available here. 
To read more about what NPCC has to offer please visit our website 
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CAMPS
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Week 1 Jul. 4 – Jul. 7, 2017

Summer Wonderland with TBA

SU17CW1A

Ages 5-7

$200

Join us for a week of celebrating summer and create beautiful artworks inspired by the natural beauty of the season. Explore the magical flowers, birds, and insects of summer through different mediums including painting, drawing, printmaking, collage and more. Some sessions will include taking nature walks for inspiration and creating outside.

Storyboarding and Comic Creations with Enzo Avolio

SU17CW1B

Ages 8-12

$200

Study the basic principles of storytelling with Enzo. Explore place, space and time through a series of storyboard and comic creations. You can never be sure what stories will unfold. Be sure to bring your imagination!

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P.A Day Camp

Ages 5 – 12

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9:00am – 4:00 pm

June 30, 2017

$52

Join NPCC art instructors and counsellors in a fun-filled day of creating! Children will engage in exciting activities and create unique art projects using a variety of media. Materials included.
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Adult Courses 
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Plein Air Workshop with John Pryce          

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Sep. 22 – Sep. 25, 2017

9:30am - 4:00pm

$290 member, $330 non-member (with HST: $327.70, $372.90)

This outdoor painting course will introduce you to the process of plein air painting. While painting basics will be discussed, instruction will deal more with interpreting what you see and feel in being a part of the environment. Individual expression will be encouraged. Be prepared to work outdoors and explore various locations nearby! Kindly note, oil paints and solvents are to be used offsite. Materials list available.
Call 416-622-5294 to register

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CALL FOR ENTRY
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Enter your work into Neilson Park Creative Centre's 25th Annual Juried Exhibition - Impact 2017! We welcome all visual artists to submit their work, such as paintings, photography, drawing, mixed media, fibre arts and sculpture. 

EXHIBITION DURATION

August 9 - August 27, 2017

ENTRY DEADLINE

Monday, July 31, 2017 at 9:00am

Click here  to download submission details and form. Submissions can be made in person at the NPCC front desk or online.

ONLINE SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

1.        Fill in Submission Form

2.        And pay your submission fee online

Member: $25/Entry, $30/2 Entries 

Non-Member: $40 /Entry, $50/2 Entries

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To celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday, Neilson Park Creative Centre would like to feature artwork by our members that showcase what Canada means to them. We welcome artwork of all mediums that is inspired by our country.

EXHIBITION DURATION

August 28 - September 2017

ENTRY DEADLINE

Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 4:00pm

Click Here to download the Submission details and form. Submissions can be made in person at the NPCC front desk or online.

ONLINE SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

1.  Fill in Submission Form
2.  And pay yourSubmission Fee online

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IN OUR GALLERIES  
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Canada @150

Exhibition Duration: June 12th – July 2nd, 2017

Exhibition Reception: Saturday, June 17th from 1pm – 4pm 

This year, the Philippine Artists Group will honour the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation with paintings celebrating the artists’ adoptive country. Over 75 paintings will feature Canadian subjects in a variety of genres – the Exhibition will have paintings of Canada’s peoples, landscapes, urbanscapes, and other iconic Canadian images such as those depicting the Canadian immigrant experience. Watercolours, acrylics, oils, pastels, and other art media will be employed, in styles that range from realism to pure abstraction.   

The Philippine Artists Group seeks to promote a love of the arts - paintings in particular – to the Philippine Canadian community and beyond – to all the communities that arts can reach.   Among its members, and between the members and their patrons, an atmosphere of welcome, support, and camaraderie is fostered.     

Click here to learn more about the group!

Hallway Gallery

Hook and I

Exhibition Duration: June 12th – July 2nd, 2017

 The annual “Hook and I” exhibition will showcase work from members of the Etobicoke Rugcrafters.  Featured this year will be a selection of rugs created in the “Canadian Style”, our group challenge in celebration of Canada's 150th Birthday.  A variety of hooked items utilizing traditional rug hooking methods and other mixed fibre techniques will also be on display. 

Click here to learn more about the guild!

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Emerging Artist Gallery

Jieun June Kim

Exhibition Duration: June 19th - July 8th, 2017

Jieun-June Kim lives and works as a visual artist in Toronto, Canada.  She received her MFA in Visual Arts from Washington University in St. Louis, U.S in 2012 and her BFA from Duksung Women’s University with honors in Seoul, Korea in 2009.  She has participated in numerous group exhibitions in the U.S. and Korea.  In 2013, she had her first solo exhibition, "Dreamscape" at uJung Art Center, Korea and in the same year, her second solo exhibition, "Home Invasion" at Gallery Palais de Seoul. Most recently she had her third solo exhibition “Pillow House “ at Alternative Space NOON, Suwon, Korea in 2016.

Click here to Learn more about her work!

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IN OUR COMMUNITY
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Quilt of Belonging on exhibit in Hamilton from July 11 – August 16, 2017, at The Cotton Factory.
“The Quilt of Belonging is a celebration of the many cultures and stories that make up this great country. It’s a mosaic – just like us.”  https://www.quiltofbelonging.ca/,  http://cottonfactory.ca/
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