Part-time Summer and Fall Programs
If you can imagine it, we likely have it! Choose from over 350 courses and workshops available this spring, summer and fall. All our courses are taught by professional artists from across Canada.
The Haliburton School of The Arts has provided arts courses in a wide range of mediums suitable for all skill levels since 1973. This year's program is an exciting blend of our students’ favourites and fresh new offerings.
The Haliburton campus is nestled in a lakeside park setting, surrounded by the Haliburton Sculpture Forest. The lakes, forests and rolling hills of the Highlands of Haliburton provide the perfect inspirational setting for an art school.
There are also opportunities at OCAD University in Toronto and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg. You will find details on all our courses in the calendar featured on this page.
Our adult, weeklong credited courses can be applied toward completing the Visual and Creative Arts diploma, Generalist Option.
For more information on upcoming programs, contact:
We look forward to seeing you at the Haliburton School of The Arts.
Registration for Huntsville offerings will begin March 25, 2013
- Expressive Arts Modalities
- Figurative Abstraction in Acrylic
- Gallery Walks to Studio Works
- Models in an Urban Context
- Painting - The Rules & How to Break Them
- Encaustic Painting Workshop
- Fiddle Workshop
- Mac Laptop iCreate Workshop
- Rustic Planter Workshop
- Wire Sculpture Workshop
- Writing Successful Grant Proposals Workshop
- Interpretations & Influences of the AGO Collection
- Open Studio - Painting
- Portrait Painting
- Printmaking Without a Press
- Professional Issues with the Expressive Arts
- Bird Carving - Beginner/Intermediate
- Landscape Images in Fabric
- Oil Painting
- Pencil, Pen & Ink Explorations
- Printmaking - Advanced Watercolour Monotype
- Quilting - Radiating Strip Pieces
- Watercolour Techniques - Basic
- Bead Weaving Basics
- Book Arts Sampler
- Business for Artists
- Creating Sculptural Characters - Introductory
- Creative Writing
- Creative Writing - Techniques & Style
- Encaustic Painting
- Expressive Arts with an Aging Population
- Figure Sculpture
- Glassblowing
- Glassblowing - Style & Form
- Jewellery - Stone Setting: Advanced
- Jewellery - Stone Setting: Beginner
- Jewellery - Stone Setting: Intermediate
- Kids' Zip, Zap, Zoo
- Kids' Zip, Zap, Zoo
- Kids' Adventures in Animation
- Kids' Adventures in Animation
- Landscape Painting - Working the Land
- Painting From the Model - Advanced
- Painting Still Life
- Photography - Travel & Landscape
- Portrait Sketching & Development
- Pottery - Beginners
- Printmaking - Watercolour Monotype
- Quilts with Colour - Real Colour
- Sculpture through Body Casting
- Stone Carving
- Water Media Explorations
- Watercolour Painting - Advanced
- Watercolour Painting - Introduction
- Wire Sculpture - Large Scale
- Youth/Teen Fabulous Faux Food
- Youth/Teen Found Object Adornments
- Argentine Tango Workshop
- Art Journals Workshop
- Chain Bracelet Workshop
- Expressive Painting Workshop
- Felted Scarf Workshop
- Medieval Bookbinding Workshop
- Mosaic Window Workshop
- Painting from Photos Workshop
- Soap Making & Herbal Bath Workshop
- Text Tiles - Embellished Felt & Paper Workshop
- Wire Sculpture Workshop
- Acrylic Abstraction & Expressionism
- Acrylic Collage & Yoga
- Acrylics - Intermediate/Advanced
- Bird Carving
- Books - Rescued & Repurposed
- Classical Fencing & Archery
- Creating Sculptural Characters - Intermediate/Advanced
- Creating Written Life Stories
- Encaustic Painting II
- Fabrics - Colour, Patterns & Painterly Effects
- Felt Lace
- Finger-Style Guitar Playing
- Florals - A Varied Approach
- Fundamental Drawing
- Furniture Design & Construction
- Glassblowing
- Glassblowing II
- Handbuilding Clay Sculpture
- Japanese Brush Painting I
- Jewellery Casting
- Kids' Metal Jewellery Arts
- Kids' Metal Jewellery Arts
- Kids' Picasso Pizzazz
- Kids' Picasso Pizzazz
- Kilt Making - Introductory
- Mac Laptop - iCreate
- Mark Making
- Mosaics
- Oil Painting - Introduction to Plein Air
- Painting - Brush Up
- Paper Decorating & Box Making
- Photography - Creative Images
- Portrait Painting
- Pottery II
- Printmaking - Impasto Waterbase
- Scottish Country Dancing - Advanced
- Scottish Country Dancing - Intermediate
- Stone Carving - Advanced Studio Practice
- Totem Pole Carving
- Ukulele
- Watercolour on Canvas
- Wrap & Rust Dyeing
- Youth Art - The Works!
- Youth/Teen Puppet Building
- Fascinator Workshop
- Figure Drawing Introductory Workshop
- Harp for Beginners Workshop
- Make it, Show It, Sell It
- Painted Floor Cloths Workshop
- Recycled Wool Sweater Workshop
- Sing! Workshop
- Timber Framing - Introduction to Design
- Watercolour Florals Workshop
- Wire Jewellery Workshop
- Zentangle® Workshop
- Abstraction to Non Objective Painting
- Acrylics - Playful Composition & Imagery
- Clothing Renovations
- Concrete Sculpture for Beginners
- Contemporary Landscape Painting
- Creative Choral Music II - Alto
- Creative Choral Music II - Bass
- Creative Choral Music II - Soprano
- Creative Choral Music II - Tenor
- Drawing with Ink & Colour
- Fabric Printing - Irresistible Resists
- Glassblowing
- Glassblowing II
- Guitar - Folk, Country & Blues
- Harp - Beginner
- Indigo & Shibori
- Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapies
- Japanese Brush Painting II
- Jewellery
- Kids' Arts-Fun-Tastic
- Kids' Arts-Fun-Tastic
- Kids' Creatures
- Kids' Creatures
- Kilt Making II
- Knitting Sweaters That Fit
- Lettering for Stone Carvers
- Life Drawing - Basics & Beyond
- Machine Knitting - Tips, Tricks & Techniques
- Millinery - The Art of Hat Making
- Musical Instrument Construction
- Painting Light
- Pastel Painting - Introductory
- Pottery - Hand Building & Personalized Decoration
- Pottery Throwing Camp - Intermediate/Advanced
- Printmaking - Painterly & Mixed Media Techniques
- Shoe Making
- Text in Art
- Timber Framing
- Travel Writing
- Watercolour - Drawing & Painting
- Watercolour Painting - Big Sky Landscape
- Youth Archery & Fencing
- Youth/Teen Movie Making
- Digital Cameras Made Easy
- Mixed Media Jewellery Workshop
- Painting - Flower Power Workshop
- Photo Imagery on Fabric Workshop
- Photoshop Workshop
- Rustic Twig Table Workshop
- Sand Sculpture Workshop
- Upholstery Workshop
- Abstracting the Landscape in Acrylics
- Acrylics & Mixed Media - Introductory
- Acrylics - Explore, Express, Experiment
- Braided Leather Belt
- Clown - The Discovery of Your Persona
- Colour - Beyond Theory
- Creative Writing - Ignite Your Potential
- Decoy Carving - Contemporary Antique Style
- Expressionism - Power, Passion & Paint
- Fiddle - Intermediate
- Figurative Abstraction in Acrylic
- Free Motion Machine Embroidery with Mixed Media
- Harp - Intermediate
- Iron & Glass Collaborations
- Japanese Brush Painting III
- Jewellery - Forming & Surface Decoration: Advanced
- Jewellery - Forming & Surface Decoration: Beginner
- Jewellery - Forming & Surface Decoration: Intermediate
- Kids' Drawing & Painting
- Kids' Drawing & Painting
- Kids' Musical Jam
- Kids' Musical Jam
- Machine Quilting
- Mixed Media - A Playful Approach
- Musical Instrument Construction - Intermediate/Advanced
- Oil Painting - Plein Air Intermediate/Advanced
- Open Studio - Working from the Figure
- Painting - Colour & Light
- Painting - Design & Composition
- Painting - Shades of Pale
- Painting Basics
- Painting from Nature's Forms
- Paper Sculpture & Collage
- Pastels - Intermediate
- Photography
- Photoshop
- Portraiture - Drawing & Painting
- Pottery - Crystalline Glazes
- Printmaking - Experimental
- Quilting - The Art Quilt
- Spinning
- Teen Archery & Fencing
- Water in Watercolour
- Watercolour Painting - Experimental
- Weaving - Basic Level II
- Weaving - Basic Level I
- Wire Sculpture - The Human Form
- Youth/Teen Animation
- Youth/Teen Build Your Own Skateboard Deck
- Youth/Teen Build Your Own Skateboard Deck II
- Acrylic Non-Objective Abstract Workshop
- Blogging for Beginners Workshop
- Curating Your Home
- Fly Tying Workshop
- Glass Flamework Workshop
- Harmonica - Intermediate Workshop
- Watercolour Greetings Workshop
- Wire Sculpture Workshop
- Abstraction with Cold Wax & Oil Paint
- Acrylics: Non-Objective I
- Anatomy for Life Drawing & Painting
- Animals in Art
- Bird Carving - Intermediate/Advanced
- Blues Vocals & Song Writing
- Bronze Casting - Introductory
- Creative Writing - The Power of Story
- Drawing & Painting Media Sampler
- Drawing with Dimension
- Expressive Arts - Demystifying Art Materials
- Faux Food
- Felting
- Fiddle for Beginners
- Glass Slumping & Fusing
- Impressionism - Theory and Technique
- Inspired Perceptions & Practices
- Jewellery: Mixed Metals
- Kids' Story CD
- Kids' Story CD
- Kids' in the Kitchen
- Kids' in the Kitchen
- Knitted Lace - Comfortable Elegance
- Mixed Media & Photographic Elements
- Oil Painting
- Open Studio - Painting
- Painted Furniture - Recycle & Restyle
- Painting Basics
- Painting Playfully
- Pattern Drafting & Block Making - Skirt
- Photography - Breaking the Rules
- Photography - In Camera
- Pottery - Tea Pots & More
- Quilting - Flowers & Foliage
- Shaping Space: Model, Design & Meaning
- Silversmithing - Advanced
- Silversmithing - Intermediate
- Silversmithing - Introductory
- Spinning - Intermediate
- Teen Build a Telescope
- Watercolour Explorations of Subject
- Weaving with Wool
- Wire Jewellery
- Woodworking - Introductory
- Youth/Teen Metal Jewellery Arts
- Abstraction en Plein Air
- Acrylics & Mixed Media - Intermediate
- Acrylics: Non-Objective II
- Altered Textile Surfaces
- Artistic Exploration - Painting & Drawing
- Basketry
- Basketry by Nature
- Blacksmithing
- Botanical Drawing & Painting
- Creative Confidence
- Creative Reflections - A Journey for Women
- Dry Stone Walling
- Fabric Collage Art Quilts
- Felted Fashions
- Glass Flamework Techniques
- Glass Flamework Techniques II
- Inquiry for Artists
- Irish Session Tunes & Cultural Explorations
- Jewellery - Chain Making: Advanced
- Jewellery - Chain Making: Beginner
- Jewellery - Chain Making: Intermediate
- Kids' Cartoons, Characters & Chaos
- Kids' Cartoons, Characters & Chaos
- Kids' Craftabulous!
- Kids' Craftabulous!
- Landscapes in Acrylics - Intermediate/Advanced
- Mixing Media
- Painting Like the Masters
- Paper Sculpting & Painting on Canvas
- Passionate Paint
- Photographic Storytelling
- Pottery - Naked Raku & Related Techniques
- Printmaking - Screen Monoprinting Plus
- Puppet Building
- Stained Glass
- Stringed Instrument Immersion for Beginners
- Symbolic Elements of Landscape
- Totem Pole Carving
- Watercolour Painting II - Landscapes
- Watercolour Surfaces & Techniques
- Wire Sculpture
- Wooden Jewellery
- Youth/Teen Mixed Media Sculpture
- Youth/Teen Printmaking & Screenprinting
- Zentangle®
- Acrylic Painting
- Art - Theory into Practice
- ArtWear Originals
- Coloured Pencils
- Encaustic Mixed Media & Collage
- Glass Flamework Techniques
- Glass Flamework Techniques II
- Iron Sculpture
- Journalling with Imagery & Text
- Kids' Handbuilding Pottery
- Kids' Handbuilding Pottery
- Kids' Printmaking & Screenprinting
- Kids' Printmaking & Screenprinting
- Meaningful Explorations
- Pottery - Understanding Glazes
- Youth Stained Glass
- Acrylic Stain Painting Workshop
- Digital Cameras Made Easy
- Landscape Painting Workshop
- Redesign for Living Spaces Workshop
- Wire Sculpture Workshop
- Collage & Acrylic Explorations
- Dyeing to Quilt
- Painting Expressive Landscapes
- Painting From the Model
- Totem Pole Carving
- Watercolour Painting - Advanced

