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Monday, January 12: Chickadee Paintings on Canvas
Monday, January 19: Pen & Ink Raccoons
Monday, January 26: Mountain Landscape Drawings
Monday, February 2: Monochromatic Butterfly Paintings- Learning How to Mix Tints and Shades!
Monday, February 9: Penguin Collages
Monday, February 16: FAMILY DAY- no art
Monday, February 23: Watercolour Mermaids
$20 plus $6 Art Kit to take home.
Register for whatever workshops interest you! (Plus HST)
Tuesday, January 6: Yeti/ Abominable Snow Monster Cartooning
Tuesday, January 13: Foxes in the Snow Watercolour Paintings
Tuesday, January 20: Scratchboard Squirrels
Tuesday, January 27: Wax Resist & Watercolour Forest Paintings
Tuesday, February 10: Peacock Paintings on Canvas
Tuesday, February 17: Chalk Pastel Northern Lights Drawings
Tuesday, February 24: Bunny Clay Sculptures
$20 plus $6 Art Kit to take home. (Plus HST)
Register for whatever workshops interest you!
Wednesday, January 7: Drawing & Shading Horses- Celebrating 2026 “The Year of the Horse”
Wednesday, January 14: Anime Faces
Wednesday, January 21: Needle Felting
Wednesday, January 28: Owl Relief Printmaking
Wednesday, February 11: Drawing Eyes: Shading With Coloured Pencil
Wednesday, February 18: Dragon Drawings- Learn How to Draw Scales, Textures and Mythical Creatures
Wednesday, February 25: Unconventional Paintings! Creating Abstract Paintings with Unusual Painting Tools!
$20 plus $6 Art Kit to take home. (Plus HST)
Register for whatever workshops interest you!
Saturday, February 14: VALENTINE'S DAY: LOVE Paintings- Creating a painting using bold colours, graffiti inspired words and shapes celebrating everyone we love on Valentine's Day
All Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Saturday workshops are $20 plus $6 Art Kit to take home. TOTAL: $29.38 with the HST. Register for whatever workshops interest you!
Friday, January 30: Minion Madness! Channel your inner Bob, Kevin & Stewart as we celebrate the P.A Day like minions from Despicable Me! We will learn how to draw your own minion character, develop their personality and have a few laughs too!
*P.A Day workshops are 30 minutes longer and are $35 plus HST= TOTAL: $39.55 including ALL art supplies.
TO REGISTER for any of the workshops:
Please email Christine at jttacabin@gmail.com
See you at the studio!
Tuesday, January 20 from 10:00-11:30: Relief Printmaking Part 1: Whether this is your first time creating a linocut or you have some experience this workshop will allow you to draw, transfer and carve your own relief print (linocut) using softolium and various carving tools. Individualized subject matter is encouraged! Feel free to make a relief print about a subject matter that interests you: a special landscape, a favourite animal, objects from nature and more!Tuesday, January 27 from 10:00-11:30: Relief Printmaking Part 2: Part 2 of the workshop will allow you to finish carving your block, learn various inking techniques and then print a small edition of your print onto Japanese and Thai papers.
PLEASE NOTE: Both Part 1 & Part 2 of the Relief Printmaking workshop
must be registered for as this is a 2 part workshopTuesday, February 24 from 10:00-11:30: Needle Felting & Exploring Fibre Art Pictures: This workshop will have us exploring needle felting and "painting with fleece" and other fibre arts techniques to create a landscape fibre art piece. Think collage- but using buttons, fleece, lace, and more!
All adult workshops are $35 plus HST per class and include all art supplies. These workshops are held at the Journey Through the Arts log cabin studio at 190 Hope St. N in Port Hope
Email jttacabin@gmail.com to register!
Looking for a creative experience for your students in Kindergarten to Grade 8? The Journey Through the Arts In-the-Schools Program brings amazing interactive and hands-on visual art workshops that are geared towards each grade right into your classroom! We bring all of the art supplies and guide the students step-by-step through fun and imaginative art projects. $7 per student (includes all art supplies, instruction and a 2-period-length art workshop). By the end of the workshop each student will have a piece of art to hang in the classroom or take home with them.
Email jttacabin@gmail.com to for more information or to reserve a workshop.
(Please note: The JTTA In-the-Schools Program is open to schools ONLY in Port Hope & Cobourg at this time.)
Here are just a few of the school art workshops we offer:
WORKSHOPS DESCRIPTIONS
JK/SK: Clay Pinch Pots: During this workshop students will learn all about clay, 2D shapes, 3D shapes and how to make their own clay pinch pot using self hardening clay. The pots will be left to dry in the classroom and paint will be left with the teacher so that the pots can be painted and decorated 4-5 days later once the clay is fully hardened.
Grade 1: Art in the Round: "Exploring Sand Mandalas": This workshop will focus on learning about the various types of lines, geometric and organic shapes, warm and cool colours and radial designs to create a mandala sand painting on canvas using various colours of sand.
Grade 2: Understanding Warm and Cool Colours: "That's One Cool Panda!" During this workshop students will learn how to draw a panda using geometric shapes. They will then transform their symmetrical panda drawing using warm colours on one side and cool colours on the other. This workshop will focus on how colours can be used to show emotion as well as using symmetrical shapes.
Grade 3: Painting Underwater Creatures: This workshop will teach students how to draw an underwater scene and will focus on the concepts of space (foreground, middleground and background) to create the feeling of depth and will teach the students how to create various textures (pointilism for sand, scales on fish etc) and underwater creatures including a jellyfish, seahorse and a fish to create an underwater painting.
Grade 4: Squirrel Drawings: Learning About Line and Texture: This workshop will teach students how to draw a squirrel and to use various drawing techniques such as cross-hatching, pointillism and repetition of lines to create visual rhythm and texture in their squirrels fur and the setting of their drawing.
Grade 5: Birch Tree Landscape Paintings: This workshop will focus on understanding how to compose a landscape and using shading and cast shadows that create the illusion of depth in a landscape painting.
Grade 6: Caricatures: This workshop will teach students about the rules of proportion for the human face. After understanding proportion we will break the rules and exaggerate a facial feature to create a funny caricature of ourselves.
Grade 7: Drawing Trees Inspired by Emily Carr: This workshop will teach students about how to use lines for expressive purposes while creating a landscape drawing inspired by Canadian artist Emily Carr. The workshop will also introduce students to using texture and value in their drawings of trees using chalk pastels.
Grade 8: Cubist Portrait Paintings Inspired by Picasso: This workshop will investigate Cubist portraits and how artists such as Picasso broke up and analyzed three dimensional shapes and reassembled them on the page. During this workshop we will analyze the shapes used in the human face and reassemble them to create our own Cubist self-portrait paintings.
I would also be happy to discuss the individual needs of your students and customize a lesson to suit your individualized learning goals and units.
Are you stuck for a creative and fun way to celebrate your child's birthday? Why not hold a party at the log cabin at the Journey Through the Arts studio! Parties include:
- a 1 hour art project
- 30 minutes for cake and/or presents
Birthday Party packages include:
- a customized art project based on what the birthday child would like to do (painting, cartooning, drawing, clay sculpture etc) and a customized subject matter (their favourite animal, cartoon character). Email Christine to discuss all of the art media options AND subject matter available.
- includes all art supplies
- an art-themed goodie bag for each participant
Cost: $18 plus HST per child
**Parties can be booked to suit your schedule
What are YOU interested in exploring? Landscapes, animals, gardens, abstract? The art supplies are ready! Feel free to contact me to reserve a customized time during the day Monday to Friday between the hours of 10:00am to 2:00pm and create a project for you! Connect with your creative side and with your friends in a fun and relaxing environment. $30 per person for a 1.5 hour private workshop (includes all art supplies). Please email the studio at jttacabin@gmail.com for more information or to book your workshop!
I hope to see you all at the cabin studio!
Christine
Journey Through the Arts
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Journey Through the Arts, run by artist Christine Benson, and musician Mike Woods is a multi-faceted arts organization in Port Hope, Ontario which is dedicated to bringing a variety of exciting programmes to adults and children. Founded as a way to ensure "the arts" (music, art and drama) are an integeral part of children's lives JTTA offers week long summer programmes throughout July and August at a restored mill along the Ganaraska River. The summer programme, which was founded in 2002, teaches children (between the ages of 6 and 13) about the value and importance of using their creativity and imagination while they produce visual art, perform original musical compositions and perform short plays. The results are both inspiring and humbling as the children gain confidence and learn various skills throughout the week.
From its roots as a children's arts organization Journey Through the Arts (JTTA) has blossomed and grown into a place where adults and children alike can experience the limitless possibilities of the arts. JTTA now offers after school, weekend and specialty art workshops for children, private guitar lessons, a group recording facility and adult visual art workshops which are dedicated to exposing adults (with various levels of experience) to the fine arts.
In the summer of 2005 JTTA opened the doors of the The Journey Through the Arts Gallery which focuses on giving exhibition opportunities to local and regional artists and artisans. The JTTA Gallery offers visitors a glimpse into the ideas, practises, techniques and work of 15 artists. The gallery features a variety of media including painting, printmaking, jewelry and pottery. Exhibitions and artists are ever-changing with work that is sure to inspire the artist within all of us.
PRIVATE LESSONS for ADULTS & CHILDREN:
Arranged to suit your individual schedule, these lessons can be booked after school or in the evening. Lessons are 30 minutes ($20 per lesson) or 1 hour ($30 per lesson) plus HST. Private lessons include all art supplies. Lessons are based on your individual interests including mosaics, jewellery, painting on canvas, watercolour, printmaking and more!!
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ART BIRTHDAY PARTIES:
JTTA offers a fun and creative way to celebrate your child's birthday! Your private party includes all supplies, snacks and an art project for each of your guests. Parties are one hour in length and are held at our downtown studios. Parties are suitable for children 6-13 and are $15 per child plus HST. Please visit our website or call the studio for project descriptions.
IN-THE-SCHOOLS PROGRAMME:
Invite JTTA to your school! Workshops are available for JK to Grade 8 in various media. All workshops are affordably priced at $6 plus HST per student, including all art supplies. Instruction is 2 periods in length and comes with an accompanying rubric that compliments the visual art curriculum.
SATURDAY MORNING ART WORKSHOPS FOR
CHILDREN 6-12:
Each 1 hour workshop focuses on a particular
technique and/or art movement. Art workshops for children are held on
Saturday’s from 10:00-11:00 and are $20 per workshop plus HST (which
includes all art supplies) and consist of a maximum of 10 participants. Children are not required to register for all workshops and are free to
pick and choose the workshops that interest them!