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Let your child’s creativity shine at the Varley in a fun and inclusive studio! Kids will explore color through drawing, painting, and sculpting projects while learning the basics of art and the joy of self-expression. Along the way, they’ll build coordination, fine motor skills, and confidence.

All materials provided.

Ignite your child’s creativity in a fun and supportive studio! With guidance from a professional artist, kids will explore drawing, painting, printmaking, and mixed media, while gallery visits and artist demos spark inspiration. They’ll experiment, discover, and create art to proudly showcase at the end-of-term show.

All materials provided.

Get ready to build, mold, and create! In this fun, hands-on studio, kids will explore sculpture using clay, wire, plaster, and found materials. Guided by a professional artist, they’ll learn how to bring their ideas to life in 3D and showcase their creations at the end-of-term art show.

All materials included.

Young artists will love this fun and creative studio where they can play, paint, and explore! Kids will experiment with traditional and non-traditional materials, visit the gallery for inspiration, and discover new ways to express themselves. Along the way, they’ll build confidence, make friends, and create art they’ll be proud of.

All materials provided.

Begin at the Aga Khan Museum with the Toronto Biennial of Art, featuring Dawit L. Petros and his installation Emergent Formations, 2026. Continue to the Varley Art Gallery for a guided tour of I Think This Means I Can Fly, exploring mythology, Black surrealisms, and the formation and inheritance of truth. The tour then travels to the Doris McCarthy Gallery for Cartographies of Longing, bringing together artists whose works consider ancestry, migration, memory, and connections to place, before returning to the Aga Khan Museum to conclude the day.

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