Registratio n opens March 4 at 12:00 pm
Offered in part nership with Autism Ontario\, the McMichael Art Pr ogram is designed to engage budding artists living with autism spectrum disorder and their siblings in enjoyable art and nature explorations and creat ive studio activities. During each two-hour worksh op\, led by experienced gallery educators\, partic ipants are encouraged to explore\, discover\, and create art at their own comfortable pace\, while e njoying social interaction in a relaxed and nurtur ing environment.
Week 1 - Colour St udio: Enjoy a leisurely outdoor hike to experience the seasonal colours and reenergize your observat ion skills\, before heading into the studio to art istically experiment with the magical world of col ours and textures to create your very own multimed ia composition.
Week 2 - Nature Stu dio: Join our Look and Listen walk to discover the beauty of natural shapes and sounds\, explore you r personal connection to nature and then - at your own pace - creatively express it in the studio by engaging in artmaking activities.
Week 3 -<
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physical and visual textures in an outdoor Textur
e Hunt and then artistically use the found natural
texture and other provided objects to experiment
with printmaking techniques. And don’t forget abou
t natural inks! Did you know that they could also
be found in nature?
Week 4 - Sculpt ure Studio: Let’s create 3-dimensional art togethe r using a variety of materials. Use clay or other tactile materials to build something that has shap e and form inspired by the colours in nature and a ctivities of that time of year.
Each family will als o receive ONE Family Pass to enjoy the McMichael a t leisure on the day of the program\, or any other day of their choice.
This event is open to autistic children and their siblings\, ages 7 and up. Maximum 2 children per family.
Due to the limited class size\, we ask that partic ipants who register can attend all four weeks.
This program is generously funded by o ur partners at Charitable Gaming Communit y Good through charitable gaming fund raising at Bingo World an d Gaming Richmond Hill. It is intende d to support autistic people and their families in York Region\, and those that live outside of this area may have their registration cancelled.
Dates: Sundays\, May 3\, 24 and June 7 and 28\, 2 026
Time: 1:30-3:30 PM
< span style="background-color:rgb(255\,255\,255)\;c olor:rgb(0\,0\,0)\;">Once your registration is suc cessful\, you will receive an automatic confirmati on. If not received\, please check your "junk" or your "other" box. If in doubt\, contact your are a administrator at centraleast@autismontario.com
Registere d families will receive an email closer to the eve nt date with any and all updates pertaining to thi s event. If you have not received an email\, be su re to check your spam/junk folders.
< span style="color:rgb(0\,0\,0)\;">Parent/Caregiver supervision is required. This is not a transfer o f care event. The parent/caregiver is required to remain on-site.
Please note that we strive to offer tickets to as many families as possible\, but tick ets are limited. If\, for any reason\, you are reg istered and can no longer attend\, please let us k now so we can share those tickets with other famil ies.
DESCRIPTION:Registration opens March 4 at 12:00 pm\n \n Offere d in partnership with Autism Ontario\, the McMicha el Art Program is designed to engage budding artis ts living with autism spectrum disorder and their siblings in enjoyable art and nature explorations and creative studio activities. During each two-ho ur workshop\, led by experienced gallery educators \, participants are encouraged to explore\, discov er\, and create art at their own comfortable pace\ , while enjoying social interaction in a relaxed a nd nurturing environment.\n \n Week 1 - Colour Stu dio: Enjoy a leisurely outdoor hike to experience the seasonal colours and reenergize your observati on skills\, before heading into the studio to arti stically experiment with the magical world of colo urs and textures to create your very own multimedi a composition.\n \n Week 2 - Nature Studio: Join o ur Look and Listen walk to discover the beauty of natural shapes and sounds\, explore your personal connection to nature and then - at your own pace - creatively express it in the studio by engaging i n artmaking activities.\n \n Week 3 - Printmaking Studio: Discover the magic of physical and visual textures in an outdoor Texture Hunt and then artis tically use the found natural texture and other pr ovided objects to experiment with printmaking tech niques. And don’t forget about natural inks! Did y ou know that they could also be found in nature?\n \n Week 4 - Sculpture Studio: Let’s create 3-dime nsional art together using a variety of materials. Use clay or other tactile materials to build some thing that has shape and form inspired by the colo urs in nature and activities of that time of year. \n \n Each family will also receive ONE Family Pas s to enjoy the McMichael at leisure on the day of the program\, or any other day of their choice.\n \n This event is open to autistic children and the ir siblings\, ages 7 and up. Maximum 2 children pe r family.\n \n Due to the limited class size\, we ask that participants who register can attend all four weeks.\n \n This program is generously funded by our partners at Charitable Gaming Community Go od through charitable gaming fundraising at Bingo World and Gaming Richmond Hill. It is intended to support autistic people and their families in York Region\, and those that live outside of this area may have their registration cancelled.\n \n Dates : Sundays\, May 3\, 24 and June 7 and 28\, 2026\n \n Time: 1:30-3:30 PM\n \n Cost: $20.00/child. Onc e registered and paid\, refunds will not be issued .\n \n Once your registration is successful\, you will receive an automatic confirmation. If not re ceived\, please check your "junk" or your "other" box. If in doubt\, contact your area administrato r at centraleast@autismontario.com\n \n Registered families will receive an email closer to the even t date with any and all updates pertaining to this event. If you have not received an email\, be sur e to check your spam/junk folders.\n \n Parent/Car egiver supervision is required. This is not a tran sfer of care event. The parent/caregiver is requir ed to remain on-site.\n \n Please note that we str ive to offer tickets to as many families as possib le\, but tickets are limited. If\, for any reason\ , you are registered and can no longer attend\, pl ease let us know so we can share those tickets wit h other families.\n \n CATEGORIES:Recreation CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Toronto:20260503T133000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260503T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260628T153000 LOCATION:McMichael Canadian Art Collection\n 10365 Islingto n Avenue\n Kleinburg\, ON L0J 1C0\n Canada\n URL:https://www.autismontario.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=12184 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR