We are Artbarn School, a small but mighty community of artists of all ages in North Toronto.
Clay is an important medium, allowing whatever is in your imagination to take shape in three dimensions. The feel of clay in your fingers, whatever your age, fosters creativity and encourages calm and focus. With a kiln, your creation becomes a lasting and usable piece of art.
When we expanded into our new space, we invested in the set up and electrical for the kiln we'd dreamed of installing one day. Now we have planned the space and built up a healthy community that has been asking for programs in clay. The time is now!
With $4000, we will be able to purchase and install a Cone Art kiln. If we don't reach our goal, we'll continue to work towards raising money for the kiln through other means: corporate support, special events and new registrations.
Please help fund a kiln for the Artbarn community, and then help spread the word! Share this link with your own social networks in North Toronto and elsewhere.
MORE ABOUT ARTBARN
Artbarn School is a not-for-profit art school in Toronto on Eglinton Avenue West established in 2005. We offer art classes for adults and for kids as young as 18 months. Children’s art classes include drawing, painting, mixed media, cartooning and a variety of relevant themed classes (ex. Eco Art). Adults can take watercolour, oils, life drawing, encaustic and mixed media. Adult workshops, drop in Arty Sundays, birthday parties, and corporate event servicing are also offered throughout the year.
Vision Statement:
Artbarn builds a community of artists, both learners and teachers, through a broad range of programming.
We practice global art representing and respecting the art of many cultures.
Artbarn staff is aware of and develops outreach activities within the community.
We respect the need for a healthy environment and for being environmentally responsible.
Integral to our philosophy is providing scholarships to talented children who would otherwise not be able to engage in art making.
Linda McMaster, Co-Founder and Executive Director
Linda (BFA, B.Ed., OCT) began her career as a graphic designer. Active in the local community, Linda McMaster was instrumental in the establishment of Studio 202 at Allenby Public School. She is also an experienced art educator having taught art at Fieldstone Day School to students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 for 6 years. Linda founded Artbarn School in 2005 with educator Mary Thelander and clay artist Frith Bail.
Frith Bail, Co-Founder
Frith Bail is one of the founders of Artbarn School and has always advocated for a clay programme at the school. An accomplished local clay sculptor of women's images, she has exhibited her wonderful artwork for the past 5 years during ScotiaBank Nuit Blanche and at the Mad and Noisy Gallery in Creemore. As well Frith is a gifted ceramics and sculpture teacher and art therapist. Her portfolio can be viewed at http://fbail.otherpeoplespixels.com.