Forum Art Centre

NEW 4-day summer workshop for adults! Reimagining Group of Seven Landscapes with Crystal Arnold. Visit forumartcentre.com to register.

Dates: Monday – Thursday, July 6 to July 9, 2026
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Spend 4 evenings gearing up for your own summer wilderness adventure by studying an artwork painted by one of the Group of Seven and creating your own version!

The Group of Seven are recognized as having initiated a uniquely colonial Canadian art style that departed from the European Post-Impressionism of their time. They rejected traditional European academic conventions by utilizing vivid colours, heavy gestural brushstrokes, and simplified, bold forms. Popularizing the colonial myth of an uninhabited, rugged, untamed Canadian wilderness.

In this beginner mixed media course, participants will explore techniques in gestural landscape painting through the analysis of an artwork painted by one of the Group of Seven artists. Participants will begin by using simple gestures and forms with paper collage to create the essence of the reference painting. They will then start practicing gestural painting and quick (plein air) sketching techniques. Working towards painting the essence of landscape forms and breaking down the process of layering paint on a canvas to achieve a final landscape composition.

📣 Join the Forum Art Centre Board as Secretary!

The Forum Art Centre is seeking a dedicated volunteer to serve as Board Secretary.
This important leadership role supports the organization's governance by preparing meeting agendas, recording board and AGM minutes, maintaining official records, and helping ensure compliance with bylaws and policies.

✨ Gain valuable nonprofit governance experience
✨ Support arts and culture in our community
✨ Work alongside passionate artists and community leaders

Time Commitment: Approximately 20 hours per month, including board meetings and
committee participation.

We're looking for someone who is organized, detail-oriented, comfortable with
document management, and committed to supporting the arts.

Interested?
📧 Send a brief statement of interest and relevant experience to [email protected] by July 17th, 2026

Help shape the future of the Forum Art Centre and strengthen our creative community.

The Forum Art Centre Student Art Show is next Friday, June 12th and artwork drop-off starts tomorrow, June 4th! Anyone who took a class at Forum Art Centre between Fall 2025 – Spring 2026 is invited to participate. All ages are welcome.

How to participate?
A maximum of 3 pieces per student can be dropped off during office and class hours from: Thursday June 4 - Wednesday June 10

All works (except ceramics) need to be ready to hang. this means there is hardware installed on the back of your work that allows it to be easily hung on our wall grids from one of the white metal hooks. The student’s first and last names need to be written clearly on the back of every work dropped off.

What happens at artwork drop off?
Students will fill out provided artwork labels, which include the artist’s name, title/medium/year of the piece, course it was made in, instructor, and indicate if the piece is for sale by the artist.

Selling Artwork
Forum Art Centre will not be facilitating any sales of student artwork. Any art sales will be solely between the artist and the purchaser. Forum Art Centre will not accept payments on behalf of sellers.

Artwork Pickup
Students must take their work home by the end of the last day of the spring session, which is Monday June 22. Any artwork left behind past this date is considered a donation to Forum Art Centre.

Last week Create & Elevate: Make and Explore Visual Art, the Creative Manitoba youth mentorship program at Forum this spring, wrapped up with their final art show and party! Thank you to Creative Manitoba for partnering with us to host this program, we hope to do it again ☺️

Summer art programs for adults are posted! We're offering a series of 4-day intensive visual arts classes for adults, with options like Portraits in Water Soluble Oils, The Road to Abstraction (Acrylic painting), Landscapes In Watercolour, Acrylic Colour Theory, Explore Charcoal, and more to come... register online at forumartcentre.com while there's space!

Forum Art Centre is seeking creative, organized, and enthusiastic Summer Art Camp Instructors! In this dynamic role, you’ll lead a half day or full day, week-long portion of our Summer Art Camps for children and/or teens. Working closely with the Day Camp Leader and Education Programs Assistant to guide summer campers through a safe, fun, inspiring, and welcoming experience.

Start Date & Contract Duration: 1 Week or more in July or August 2026, depending on availability. All art instructors at Forum Art Centre are independent contractors.

Hours: Summer Art Camp Instructors work half days (4 hours) in either the morning (9:00 am – 1:00 pm) or afternoon (12:30 pm – 4:30 pm), or full days (8 hours with a 1 hour unpaid lunch break), from Monday to Friday for the duration of their contract.

Application Deadline June 15
For more details and how to apply visit: forumartcentre.com/jobs/

Some of your favourite instructors are back this summer to teach a selection of shorter courses ☀️. There’s no time like summer to foster your creativity! Visit forumartcentre.com to register 🎨

Forum Art Centre is hosting another Student Art Show this June for our 2025/2026 sessions!

Opening Date & Time: Friday June 12, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Forum Art Centre, 120 Eugenie St., Winnipeg MB

The show will feature work from students of all ages. Anyone who attended a class at Forum in the Fall 2025, Winter 2026, and/or Spring 2026 sessions is invited to show their work. We just want to celebrate the joy of art making. There is no selection process, and all students are welcome. For information on how to participate in the show visit forumartcentre.com

ART SHOW & KARAOKE PARTY at Forum Art Centre.
🗓Sunday May 24th 2026
🕕TIME: 6-8:30pm
📨RSVP to [email protected]
All are welcome. Bring friends and family! Snack will be provided.