Winter Adult Classes

Beginner Acrylic Painting: Painting Nature                                                                                                When:  Tuesdays - Feb 7, 14, 21, 28, March 6, 13. (6 weeks)                                                            Where:  The Estevan Art Gallery & Museum                                                                                               Time:  7:00 - 9:30 pm                                                                                                                                                               Instructor:  Judy Swallow                                                                                                                                             Fee: $175                                                                                                                                                                         Materials:  Included in registration fee.                                                                                                                    

Discover the natural world around you through the use of acrylic paint. Participants will have the opportunity to learn techniques to create perspective and mood in landscape or interpret nature’s colourful beauty of flora or create realistic animals and birds. This class is designed for beginners and those who want to explore the world of nature.

Beginner Oil Painting: Photo-Realistic Portraiture                                                                             When: Thursdays - Feb 16, 23, March 1, 8, 15. (5 weeks)                                                                Where: The Estevan Art Gallery & Museum                                                                                                    Time: 6:30 - 9:30 pm                                                                                                                                                                 Instructor: Natalie Buongiorno                                                                                                                                  Fee: $200                                                                                                                                                                               Materials:  Included in registration fee. Participants must provide their own photograph.

Using a range of painting materials and methods, students will work from photograph to further their understanding of the anatomy of the face.  Slide demonstrations support students' contextual understanding of both historical and contemporary approaches to portraiture. Techniques such as underpainting, glazing, scumbling and alla prima painting are utilized to explore the expressive potential of oil paints. This class is designed for beginners and those who want to explore the art of portraiture and expand their ability to see, perceive and translate experience. 

For more information or to register please contact Karly at 306-634-7644 or by email at galleryed@sasktel.net.  

Education Kits

The EAGM has a series of education kits that include artefacts and unit plans that may be borrowed. Currently, the following kits are available:

• Pioneer Kit
• Coal Mining Kit
• NWMP Kit
• Andrew King Kit Wood Block Printing Kit

There are many more kits currently under development, including plans to complete an art history kit and an art techniques kit.

School & Senior Tours

Over 2500 students participate in school tours each year. School tours feature critical discussion of the artwork and a hands-on art activity, which allows the students to apply what was discussed and learned to an artwork of their own.

Each month the EAGM develops a newsletter in the form of a Teacher’s Guide which explains the current exhibits and the planned student art activity. As well, there are supplementary activities to build upon the ideas expressed by the art exhibitions and during the tours, with emphasis on cross-curriculum.

Check out the EAGM's other resources, including education kits, tools and supplies, and our new NWMP, Art History and Art Technique Borrowing Library  from the Resource Centre. (Must be a member for out of office loans)

For information on booking classes, tours or workshops please contact our Educator, Karly Millions (galleryed@sasktel.net). We provide interpretive tours of our current exhibition programming including art/craft related projects for children, youth, and adults year round.