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Sneak Peek

The 2026 Course Calendar is launching soon, and we’re excited to offer you a sneak peek so you can start planning your creative experience at our Haliburton School of Art + Design. Below is a selection of courses and workshops scheduled so far, with more to come as the program is finalized.

Please note that course schedules, instructors, and content may be subject to change.

Subscribe to our email list to be notified as soon as the official course calendar goes live in February. We look forward to welcoming you into our studios!

January 19 to 23

Ceramics - Open Studio

Studio Tech

Saturday, January 24

New
Ceramics - Cup Of Love Work Shop

Stephanie Park

January 26 to 30

Ceramics - Open Studio

Studio Tech

February 2 to 6

Glassblowing - Open Studio

Studio Tech

February 4 to March 11 (Wed. 6pm-9pm )

Ceramics - Seize The Clay

Andrea Hildebrand

February 9 to 13

Write That Story

Ken Murray

March 11 to April 15 (Wed. 6pm - 9pm)

Music - Find Your Voice!

Lizzy Clarke

March 16 to 20

Painting the Winter Landscape

Martha Johnson

Kids' Art Camp - Wild About Clay

Isabel Neveu-Geene

New
Youth/Teen - Young Comedians

Gavin North

Tuesday, March 17

New
Youth/Teen Photoshop Warhol Portrait

Zachary Williams

Wednesday, March 18

New
Youth/Teen Intaglio Printing

Zachary Williams

Thursday, March 19

New
Youth/Teen - VR Sculpting

Zachary Williams

March 23 to 27

Pottery Throwing Camp - Int/Adv

René Petitjean

Saturday, March 28

Ceramics - Soft Slab Cup Workshop

Lisa Barry

March 25 to April 29 (Wed. Nights 6pm - 9pm)

New
Painting - Brushworks: A weekly Painting Series

Zoey Zoric

April 6 to 11

Ceramics - Glaze Chemistry: Crafting Surface & Colour

Stephanie Park

April 11 to May 23 (Sat. 9am - 12pm)

New
Kids' Saturday Art Camp - Wild About Clay: Animals!

Melodie Acero

April 11 to May 23 (Sat. 1pm - 4pm)

New
Youth Saturday Art Camp - Wild About Clay: Animals!

Melodie Acero

April 13 to 18

New
Ceramics - Lunch Place Setting

Lisa Barry

April 20 to 24

Glassblowing - Open Studio

Studio Tech

Jewellery - Open Studio

Studio Tech

April 27 to May 1

Glassblowing - Glassware & Filigrane

Mathieu Grodet

Spinning for Beginners

Julie Lee and Joan McKenzie

May 4 to 8

New
Creating a Nest: Expressive Rug Hooking

Bear Epp

Metal Embossing: The Principle of Repousse

Fernando Diaz de Leon Rendon

Fibe Arts - Quilting Mixed Media Abstraction

Albert Cote

Zentangle - Paper, Paint & More

Yvonne Westover

May 4 to 9

Ceramics - Ode to the Cup

Lisa Barry

Saturday, May 9

New
Expressive Arts - Creating Joy: Express! Workshop

Jessica Lin

New
Crochet Basket with Mixed Media Workshop

Paola Marziali

New
Printmaking - Multi-Layer Linocut Printmaking for Beginners Workshop

Andrea McCallum

New
Metal - Symbolic Marks on Repousse Workshop

Fernando Diaz de Leon Rendon

New
Tangled Domino Book Workshop

Yvonne Westover

Sculpture - Wire Workshop

Charles O'Neil

May 11 to 15

New
Printmaking - Combining Linocut and Drypoint Printmaking Techniques

Andrea McCallum

New
Quilting – Oodles of Doodles

Marg Notar

Watercolour - Photo Reference Painting Beginner/Intermediate

Gord Jones

May 25 to 29

Mixed Media - Encaustic & Cyanotype Prints

Susan Fisher

New
Painitng - Intro To Non-Toxic Oil Painting

Zoey Zoric

New
Rug Hooking & Punch Needle

Yvonne Iten-Scott

New
Glassblowing - Stemware Inter/Adv

Mathieu Grodet

New
Arts Commerce - Websites and Income Streams for Artistic Souls

Andrea Lee

Pottery Throwing Camp - Int/Adv

René Petitjean

Saturday, May 30

Jewellery - Ring Making Workshop

Michelle Hishmeh

Fibre Arts - Penny Rug Pillow Workshop

Yvonne Iten-Scott

New
T-Shirt Screen Printing Workshop

Meggan Winsley

New
Into to Life Drawing Workshop

Zoey Zoric

June 1 to 5

Painting - Capturing Light & Life: An Impressionist Journey

Victoria Wallace

Ceramics - Garden Art in Clay

Jordan Clements

Glassblow I & II

Sébastien Duchange

New
Printmaking - Intro to Photo-based Screen Printing

Meggan Winsley

New
Expressive Arts - The Serenity Experience: Creating Mental Health

Jessica Lin

Writer’s Oasis

Carol Teal

Saturday, June 6

Glassblowing - Mug & Tumbler Workshop

Sébastien Duchange

New
Ceramics - Handbuilt Bud Vases

Lisa Barry

June 8 to 12

Hand Carved Stone Jewellery

Elise Muller

New
Glassblowing - Lighting & Glass

Silvia Taylor & Kate Tessier

New
Arts Commerce - Marketing for Makers

Jessica Lin

New
Painting - Open Medium Painting

Jennie Seward

Pastel Painting - Intro

Margaret Ferraro

New
Fibre Arts - Spinning - Beyond Wool

Julia Lee

Stained Glass

Jessica Wisenski

June 8 to 13

Ceramics - Mindful Repetition

Tara Love

Saturday, June 13

New
Basket Weaving - Large Towel Basket Workshop

Michelle Zikovitz

New
Photography - Learn How to Use the Camera on Your Cell Phone Workshop

Blake Chorley

Ink Making for Drawing and Painting Workshop

Liz Menard

New
Leather Book Cover Workshop

Noelia Marziali

New
Mindful Ink: A Creative Writing Journey Workshop

Jennifer Sharp

June 15 to 19

New
Painting - Acrylics: From Realism to Abstraction

Grethe Jensen

Blues Guitar Jumpstart: Groove, Solo and Jam!

Suzie Vinnick

New
Colour Pencils

Deidra Wicks

Glassblowing I & II

Rob Raeside

Jewellery- Chain Making :Beg/Int/Adv

Susan Watson Ellis

Mixed Media Sculptural Collage

Sarah Petroff

New
Waldorf Dollmaking: From Pocket Doll to Full Doll

Monika Aebischer

New
Mosaic: Experimenting With Technique

Heather Vollans

June 15 to 20

New
Ceramics - Story Tiles

Meg Tait Leslie

Saturday, June 20

Jewellery - Reticulated Earring Silver Workshop

Kerry Hicks

June 22 to 26

New
Glassblowing - ABCs to Glass Hot Sculpting

Victoria Guy

Classical Fencing & Archery

Brad Sherwood

Collage and Acrylic Explorations

Rose Pearson

New
Fibre Art Technique Taster Week

Yvonne Iten-Scott

Music - Guitar II

TBA

New
Jewellery-Illustrative Powder, Coating, Rivets & Tabs

Shannon Kennedy

Painting - Landscape Painting - Contemporary Impressionism

Luke Despatie

Mosaics - Small Concrete Spheres for the Garden

Heather Vollans

Pottery Throwing Camp Int/Adv

René Petitjean

Sculpture - Wire

Charles O'Neil

Saturday, June 27

New
Botanical Gelli Plate Bonanza Workshop

Tracey Lee Green

Fibre Arts - Intro to Tapestry Weaving Workshop

Yvonne Iten-Scott

New
Jewellery - Precious Metal Clay Sterling Silver Stack Ring Workshop

Shannon Kennedy

New
Writing - Blueprint for a Book Workshop

Carol Teal

New
Ceramics - Multiple Surface Techniques Workshop

Stephanie Park

June 29 to July 3

Painting - Encaustic Mixed Media & Collage

Susan Fisher

New
Glassblowing - From Concept to Form Advanced Glass Design

Silvia Taylor

Jewellery

Kerry Hicks

New
Painting - Monochromatic Portraits Made Easy with Acrylic Photo Transfers

Nancy Falconi

Music - Finding Your Voice

Lizzy Clark

New
Fibre Arts - Stitch the Earth

Sandi Luck

New
Stone Carving Techniques

Jordan Clements

Kids' Art Camp - Wild About Clay

Isabel Neveu-Geene

Writing Memoirs

Carol Teal

Youth - Archery & Fencing

Brad Sherwood

June 29 to July 4

New
Ceramics - Teapots for the Daily Brew

Stephanie Park

Saturday, July 4

Watercolour Effects with Acrylics Workshop

Tracey Lee Green

Painting - Encaustic & Photo Transfer Workshop

Susan Fisher

New
Intro to Egyptian Bellydance Workshop

Victoria Kramkowski

Glassblowing - Intro Workshop

Becky Lauzon

Jewellery - Chain Bracelet Workshop

Susan Watson Ellis

Music in the Air! Improv Singing Workshop

Jane Lewis

July 6 to 10

Printmaking Without a Press: Gel Plate Monoprints

Kim-Lee Kho

Glassblowing I

Steph Krull

New
Kids' Art Camp - Let's Make Some Noise

Toni Caldarone

Landscapes: Real Imagined & Altered

Kat Honey

Portraiture - Drawing and Watercolour Painting

Marta Scythes

Jewelry - Textile Techniques in Metal

Dianne Karg Baron

New
Acrylics - Paint a Luminous Seascape

Christine Stewart

Youth/Teen Movie Making

Rowan Toffelmire

Printmaking - Relief Intensive

Liz Menard

New
Stool Making

Hugh Cotton

July 6 to 11

Ceramics - Pottery for Beginners

Stephanie Park

Saturday, July 11

New
Basketry - Double Wine Basket Workshop

Michelle Zikovitz

New
Painting - One face, One Colour Workshop

Harvey Walker

Jewellery - Sterling Silver Spinner Ring Workshop

Shannon Kennedy

July 13 to 17

Collage - New Directions

Kat Honey

Glassblowing

Ian Milligan

Printmaking - Impasto Watercolour

Stephanie Rayner

Jewellery Casting

Shannon Kennedy

New
Kids' Art Camp - Sticks, Stones & More

Toni Caldarone

New
Woodworking - Beautiful Memory Box

Steve Der-Garabedian

New
Painting-Composition and Colour

Janine Marson

Music - Ukulele

Cynthia Kinnunen

Youth Art Camp - Theatre & Improv

Gavin North

Watercolour for Absolute Beginners

Nancy Newman

July 13 to 18

Ceramics - Raku

Lisa Skog

Saturday, July 18

Acrylics: Start Painting Workshop

Grethe Jensen

New
Drawing Botanical & Watercolour Workshop

Marta Scythes

New
Fibre Arts - Natural Dyeing for Beginners and Beyond

Miriam Kaufman

Jewellery - Water Cast Stacker Rings Workshop

Shannon Kennedy

New
Painting & Drawing- Sketch and Go!

Janine Marson

July 20 to 24

Printmaking - Japanese Papers & Beautiful Botanicals

Stephanie Rayner

New
Jewellery – Fold Forming - 3D Forms in Metal

Todd Jeffrey Ellis

Kids’ Art Camp - Explorations in Art

TBA

New
Woodworking - Craft a Beautiful Parquetry Tray

Steve Der-Garabedian

New
Abstract Weaving with Neglected Textiles

Ruth Wickremesooriya

Painting - The Natural Way to Draw and Paint

Janine Marson

New
Music - Percussion Instrument Making and Drum Circles

John Proctor

New
Writing - Podcasting for Beginners: Write, Record, Play

Hope Thompson

Teen Glassblowing

John Sharp

Watercolour - Big Skies, Clouds & Landscapes

Marta Scythes

New
Youth - Paper Mache Sculpture with Recycled Materials

Paola Marziali

July 20 to 25

Ceramics - Surface Treatments

Lesley McInally

Saturday, July 25

Printmaking - Botanical Contact Workshop

Liz Menard

New
Charcoal Ink Making From Fibre Waste Workshop

Ruth Wickremesooriya

Introduction to Zentangle Workshop

Yvonne Westover

Jewellery – Silver Fold Formed Earrings Workshop

Todd Jeffrey Ellis

New
Introduction to Life Drawing Workshop

Zoey Zoric

July 27 to 31

Music - Building a Band

Lizzy Clarke

Jewellery – Silversmithing/Metalsmithing/ Open Studio

Todd Jeffrey Ellis

Kids’ Art Camp - Drawing and Painting

Sarah Jowett

Millinery - Art of Hat Making

Karyn Gingras

New
Oil Painting: The Power of Simplicity

Zoey Zoric

Portrait Painting with Models

Stephanie Schirm

Weaving on a floor loom for beginners

Laurie Allan-Ungeitis

New
Youth/Teen - Crochet Stuffie Creations

Tiffany Walt

July 27 to Aug 1

New
Ceramics-Sculptural Handbuilding Four Legged Friends

Jonah Strub

Saturday, August 1

New
Flat Bead Embroidery Medallion Making Workshop

Naomi Smith

Jewellery – Forged Bangle Workshop

Todd Jeffrey Ellis

New
Lighting Your Craft Workshop

Kate Tessier

Expressive Arts - Body Movement in Nature Workshop

Terrill Maguire

Fibre Arts - Quilted Rug Workshop

Albert Cote

August 3 to 7

New
Acrylics & Collage-2D & 3D Investigations

Rosemary Vanderbreggen

Music - Creative Choral II

Tracey Stabback

Kid's Art Camp- Metal Jewellery

Susan Watson Ellis

New
Indigenous Artistry - Picking up the Pieces

Naomi Smith

Fibre Arts - Quilting - Curved Piecing

Albert Cote

Soft Pastels & Mixed Media

Helen McCusker

Stained Glass Intro & Int.

Maureen Haines

Stone Sculpture Open Studio

Elise Muller

Youth/Teen Drawing & Painting

Rebecca Reynolds

Photography - Learn to Take Better Portraits

Blake Chorley

August 3 to 8

New
Ceramics - Pots in Action: Pouring Int/Adv

Cathleen Nicholson

Saturday, August 8

Expressive Arts - Ecotherapy Workshop

Julia Aplin

New
Gouche Painting Workshop

Valerie Kent

Printmaking - Woodcut Workshop

Marta Scythes

Timber Framing - Intro to Design Workshop

Glenn Diezel

Fibre Arts - Vincent Van Gogh Embroidery Workshop

Shannon Quigley

August 10 to 14

Acrylics - Realism: A Painter's Process

Bethany Le Blonc

Glass Fusing, Slumping and Surface Decoration

Kirei Samuel

New
Gouche Painting for Beginners

Valerie Kent

New
Journal 4 Joy: From the Line to the Sublime

Melanie Matthews

New
Kids' Art Camp - Music Quest

Tracey Stabback

New
Introduction to Miniatures

Sandra Quigley

Fibre Arts - Natural Dyeing on Yarn - Dye the Rainbow

Bay Woodyard

Timber Framing

Glenn Diezel

Youth/ Teen Metal Jewellery Arts

Cassie Chambers

August 10 to 15

Ceramics - Pottery II

Lisa Barry

August 17 to 21

New
Painting Bold Wild Things in Acrylics

Tracey Lee Green

Painting: Exploring Figure Work Expression

Aly McDonald

Stone Carving : The A-to-Z Guide

Wesley Booker

Kids' Art Camp - Wild About Clay

Isabel Neveu-Geene

New
Expressive Arts - Activating Your Creative Intelligence

Mairéad Filgate & Shannon Litzenberger

August 17 to 22

New
Ceramics - The Illustrated Surface

Andrea Vuletin

August 24 to 28

Youth/Teen Pottery

Tara Love

Saturday, September 12

Collage - Protest Art: Rebellious Collage Workshop

Andrea Lee

September 14 to 18

Painting Ontario Landscapes in Oil with a Palette Knife

Maria Iva

Plein-Air: Painting, Sketching & Mixed Media

Martha Johnson

Fibre Arts - Clay Couture Fashion Using Natural Dye

Sandi Luck

September 19 to October 31 (or October 24) (Saturdays 9am - 12pm / 1pm - 4pm)

New
Kids' Saturday Art Camp - Wild About Clay: Magic!

Melodie Acero

New
Youth Saturday Art Camp - Wild About Clay: Magic!

Melodie Acero

September 21 to 25

Music - Guitar Improv

TBA

New
Painting - Advanced Plein Air

Luke Despatie

September 28 to October 2

Fibre Arts - Felted Art Creations

Denise Magloughlen

Saturday, October 3

Wire Sculpture Workshop

Charles O'Neil

October 5 to 9

New
Stained Glass Repair

Maureen Haines

October 19 to 23

New
Mixed Media Sculptural Collage - Int/Adv

Sara Petroff

Watercolour Painting - Intermediate/Advanced

Gord Jones

Saturday, October 24

New
Botanical Monoprints & Gelatin Plates Workshop

Jacquie Sullivan

New
Papermaking-Foraged Plants to Paper Workshop

Joanne Rich

New
Printmaking-Intro to Copper Drypoint Workshop

Andrea McCallum

Saturday, November 7

New
Festive Metal Ornaments: Copper & Aluminum Embossing

Fernando Diaz de Leon Rendon

New
Holiday Needle Felting Workshop

Denise Magloughlen

New
Screen Printing Holiday Greeting Cards

Meggan Winsley

Saturday, November 14

New
Fibre Arts - Block Printed Winter Textiles Workshop

Jacquie Sullivan

New
Triangle Trees in 3D

Yvonne Westover

Winter Mittens from Upcycled Sweaters Workshop

Jennie Seward

Saturday, November 21

New
Encaustic & Monoprinting Festive Card Making Workshop

Susan Fisher

Holiday Decoration – Metal Fold Form Workshop

Todd Jeffrey Ellis