Spend your Sunday at the Art Gallery of Mississauga. Facilitated by local artist Farah Rehmani (@Iheartcrafts.ca), this craft takes about 25 minutes to make. Participants will create a colourful, wintery forest landscape by making paper mosaics.

During this interactive workshop, participants of all ages will have the chance to:

• Discover and appreciate various artworks on display at the gallery.
• Engage in fun, hands-on art activities led by experienced instructors.
• Create unique, personal masterpieces to take home.
• Connect with other families and art enthusiasts in the community.

Register now to secure your spot today! Drop-ins are welcome, space permitting.

Join us in person to create some amazing art in the ART HIVE (registration recommended, but drop-ins welcome!)

Spend your Sunday at the Art Gallery of Mississauga. Facilitated by local artist Farah Rehmani (@Iheartcrafts.ca), this craft takes about 25 minutes to make. Participants will make a beautiful sky as a background for their ghostly creations.

During this interactive workshop, participants of all ages will have the chance to:

• Discover and appreciate various artworks on display at the gallery.
• Engage in fun, hands-on art activities led by experienced instructors.
• Create unique, personal masterpieces to take home.
• Connect with other families and art enthusiasts in the community.

Register now to secure your spot today! Drop-ins are welcome, space permitting.

The Art Gallery of Mississauga would like to thank RAMA Gaming House Mississauga and Charitable Gaming, Community Good, for their support of this program.

Join us in person to create some amazing art in the ART HIVE (registration recommended, but drop-ins welcome!)

This series of online creative workshops will bring together Seniors and youth over five weeks to create poetry and imagery as expressions of well-being. Acclaimed poet Nadine Williams will lead the group through brainstorming, writing, and creativity as a means of well-being. Each week, you will be guided through a process for writing and creating imagery for your work. At the end of the session, your work will be collected and put into book form. Everyone is welcome, and all materials for the sessions will be provided.

Dates: 5 x Wednesdays starting October 2, from 4-6 pm (Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23 & Nov. 6)

Location: VIRTUAL on Zoom

This workshop delves into the connections between personal memory and the objects we carry from our homelands. We’ll explore each object’s cultural, emotional, and personal value, highlighting what makes these “treasures from home” special. The session concludes with a creative exercise where participants can use watercolour pencils to capture their object’s essence in a unique artwork.

This reflective workshop will guide participants in exploring the emotional weight of objects left behind, whether lost in moving or left in our homelands. Through group discussion, participants will share stories of these important objects and their impact on identity and belonging. The session concludes with a creative exercise using collage or mind mapping to visually express the essence and emotions associated with these missing objects.

In this thought-provoking workshop, participants will reflect on the meaningful keepsakes they would choose to take with them if they were to move away. The session will begin with a group discussion, exploring the connections between physical objects and the intangible qualitiesYou don’t need to register they represent, such as emotions, memories, or a sense of belonging. Following the discussion, participants will create a large postcard that captures what they would take from this place, blending objects and memories into a personal memento of their journey.  

Join us at the Art Gallery of Mississauga for an engaging artist talk featuring Soheila Esfahani, Heidi McKenzie, and Zinnia Naqvi, the artists behind the captivating works in Across Latitudes, which is curated by the AGM’s Senior Curator, Shannon Anderson.

This conversation, moderated by Zainub Verjee, will offer insights into their artistic practices and explore themes like identity and migration in their artwork.

You do not need to register for this event. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome to join!