Gallery Gatherings
Join us for Gallery Gatherings, a weekly art activity and social event designed for individuals aged 55 and over. Connect with fellow creatives, enjoy inspiring surroundings in the Quest Art Upper Gallery, and indulge in tea, coffee, and light snacks.
No experience is required—just bring your enthusiasm and a love for creativity!
Don’t miss this opportunity to spark your imagination and build new connections in a welcoming, supportive environment.
Gallery Gatherings has been made possible by a generous New Horizons Grant from the Government of Canada. This funding supports community-based initiatives that encourage volunteerism, foster intergenerational connections, and promote social inclusion for seniors. In this spirit, Quest is proud to provide a platform where older adults can come together, share their artistic interests, and build lasting connections.
Alcohol Ink On Paper
With Jean Miller
Alcohol ink is a fun medium to try your hand at. It can be moved with alcohol and blowing to create some very unique abstracts. In this workshop, we will choose from an array of brilliant colours and learn how they blend together to create your own masterpiece. The pictures will be mounted on 5 x 7 cards for sharing with your friends. Absolutely no skills required. All materials supplied.
At the end of the workshop, there will be time for a social chat about your creative pictures, served with Tea/Coffee & snacks.
This workshop is supported by funding from a New Horizons for senior's grant.
Date(s): Thursday, April 10th, 2025
Timing: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Quest Art School + Gallery
Fees: $10.00 (Member Pricing), $15.00 (Non-Member Pricing)
Junk Art Owls
With Jean Miller
These little creatures are great fun to make, and you will surprise yourself with how creative you can be. Get ready for spring with your own Garden Creature, which will be happy to be placed in the garden or on the side of the shed. Materials are supplied but feel free to bring your own junk.
At the end of the workshop, there will be time for a social chat about your creative Owl, served with Tea/Coffee & snacks.
This workshop is supported by funding from a New Horizons for senior's grant.
Date(s): Thursday, April 17th, 2025
Timing: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Quest Art School + Gallery
Fees: $10.00 (Member Pricing), $15.00 (Non-Member Pricing)
Kintsugi: The Art of Golden Repair
With Susan Dalrymple
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with urushi lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. In this workshop, we will be using the modern medium of epoxy and gold mica powder. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object rather than something to disguise. When applied to people, it can be used to heal that which is broken in a person, proving that someone or something doesn’t have to be beautifully perfect but perfectly beautiful.
All supplies are provided, including plates or bowls, but if you have a plate or bowl that you like or find particularly interesting, please feel free to bring it with you.
At the end of the workshop, there will be time for a social chat about the Kintsugi philosophy, served with Tea/Coffee & snacks.
This workshop is supported by funding from a New Horizons for senior's grant.
Date(s): Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
Timing: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Quest Art School + Gallery
Fees: $10.00 (Member Pricing), $15.00 (Non-Member Pricing)
Kintsugi: The Art of Golden Repair
With Susan Dalrymple
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with urushi lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. In this workshop, we will be using the modern medium of epoxy and gold mica powder. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object rather than something to disguise. When applied to people, it can be used to heal that which is broken in a person, proving that someone or something doesn’t have to be beautifully perfect but perfectly beautiful.
All supplies are provided, including plates or bowls, but if you have a plate or bowl that you like or find particularly interesting, please feel free to bring it with you.
At the end of the workshop, there will be time for a social chat about the Kintsugi philosophy, served with Tea/Coffee & snacks.
This workshop is supported by funding from a New Horizons for senior's grant.
Date(s): Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
Timing: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Quest Art School + Gallery
Fees: $10.00 (Member Pricing), $15.00 (Non-Member Pricing)
Pottery Art Talk
With Marilyn Green
Marilyn will discuss Pottery in terms of clay's history, types & techniques. She will use Pottery she has created and purchases across Canada & from other places travelled.
Following the Art Talk, a chance to socialize & have Tea/Coffee & snacks.
This workshop is supported by funding from a New Horizons for senior's grant.
Date(s): Tuesday, May 6th, 2025
Timing: 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Location: Quest Art School + Gallery
Fees: $10.00 (Member Pricing), $15.00 (Non-Member Pricing)
Creative Compositions
With Sharon MacKinnon
In this workshop, you will be guided to create several very loose, playful compositions. Then, you will select your favourites and apply principles of design to critique your own work and decide the next steps. All materials supplied.
At the end of the workshop, there will be time for a social chat about your creative compositions, served with Tea/Coffee & snacks.
This workshop is supported by funding from a New Horizons for senior's grant.
Date(s): Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
Timing: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Quest Art School + Gallery
Fees: $10.00 (Member Pricing), $15.00 (Non-Member Pricing)
Simple Mono Printing
With Mary Lyn Beauvais
Mary Lyn will introduce you to a fun, easy way to create art. Using a printing press, you will learn the process of applying ink to a plate to create a unique design on paper. All materials supplied.
At the end of the workshop, a half-hour social to chat about your creative prints will be served with Tea/Coffee & snacks.
This workshop is supported by funding from a New Horizons for senior's grant.
Date(s): Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
Timing: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Quest Art School + Gallery
Fees: $10.00 (Member Pricing), $15.00 (Non-Member Pricing)
How to Paint an Apple Portrait
With Ross Skoggard
Ross will show you how to achieve the likeness of an apple by helping you mix the right colour. You will learn how to figure out the mid-tone colour to match the apple’s mid-tone, then mix that mid-tone, paint it in the apple’s outline & then mix and apply shadows and highlights. All materials supplied.
At the end of the workshop, there will be time for a social chat about your painting experience, served with Tea/Coffee & snacks.
This workshop is supported by funding from a New Horizons for senior's grant.
Date(s): Tuesday, May 27th, 2025
Timing: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Quest Art School + Gallery
Fees: $10.00 (Member Pricing), $15.00 (Non-Member Pricing)