Explore + Create Saturday Art Program
Winter + Spring 2026 Schedule:
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February 7
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February 14
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February 21
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March 21
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March 28
Explore & Create Saturday Art Program
Families with children ages 5 – 12 are invited to join us on Saturdays from 1 – 3 PM for drop-in art activities inspired by works in the Gordon Smith Gallery’s current exhibition.
Participation is free, donations are welcome. Parent or guardian supervision is required. For additional assistance or accommodation, please contact programs@smithfoundation.ca
Feb 14, 2026
Today’s Explore + Create art activity is inspired by the work of artist Anna Binta Diallo, A forecast of pastures, bluffs and bones. The artist, who was born in Senegal and lives and works in Winnipeg, explores how memory and nostalgia (think about something in the past that was a wonderful experience and no longer exists) come together to create stories about who we are or might become. We will be using a collage process to build the layers in our artwork inspired by Diallo’s piece.
We hope to see you there!
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Feb 21, 2026
Our last Explore + Create Saturday will be focused on the work by artist Angela George, a səlilwətaɬ/Tsleil-Waututh master weaver. Her weaving Rivers Have Mouths, currently in the exhibition From the Ground, has us thinking of nature, specifically the mountains and rivers, and how the rivers nourish the trees and the land it sits on. We will be creating our own weaving tapestry inspired by the artist’s work, using a cardboard loom and different coloured yarn.
