Calendar
Aug 14, 2026
![[Summer Camp] Painting Intensive](https://varleyartgallery.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Stock_Youth_Teen_Art-Class_6-400x480.png)
Dive deep into painting techniques! Preteens focus on one polished painting ready to frame, while exploring materials, creative ideas, and artistic concepts in a process-based camp. All materials provided.
![[Summer Camp] Pop Art](https://varleyartgallery.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Varley-Family-Day-35-400x480.jpg)
Express yourself in bold, colourful ways! Campers create art inspired by popular culture, exploring comics, advertising, and everyday objects, while learning how their artwork can convey meaning. All materials provided.
![[Summer Camp] Passport to Art](https://varleyartgallery.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/January-Art-Class-Photoshoot_January-2017_15-400x480.jpg)
Travel the world through art! Campers explore the painting, collage, and 3D art of different cultures, returning from their “trip” with creative souvenirs—don’t forget your passport! All materials provided.
![[Summer Camp] Imagination and Play](https://varleyartgallery.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Varley_Summer-Camp_August-2025-13-400x480.jpg)
A playful summer for little ones! Through storytelling, games, and art activities, Kinder campers bring their imagination to life using a variety of media. All materials provided.
![[Evening Sessions] Life Drawing: Drop-in Studio](https://varleyartgallery.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pexels-cottonbro-3778204-art-class-portrait-model-400x480.jpg)
Co-presented with the Markham Group of Artists, this weekly program offers non-instructional life drawing sessions featuring a live, clothed model in long poses. Open to artists of all skill levels, it provides a relaxed and supportive environment for exploring portraiture and figure drawing. Please bring your own materials, including easels.
Register or drop in. Space is limited.
Note: No drop-in life drawing session on Friday, July 31. Doors open at 4:50 PM.
Join our Gallery Animateurs for free 30-minute guided tours of the 2026 Summer Exhibitions, What holds us together and Sketching the Past. This program is funded by Canada Summer Jobs and the Varley-McKay Art Foundation of Markham.