During the February Open House Elliot Lake Arts and Heritage Centre, there will be a needle felt voodoo doll making workshop.  The workshop participation fee ($20 per person) includes all the materials and the instructions you need to create one voodoo doll. The workshop runs from 10:15 AM to 12:15 PM on February 8, 2025.   Tickets can be purchased at the Elliot Lake Arts and Heritage Centre, first come, first served.

The February Open House theme will be fiber arts.  Weavers will demonstrate how the warp and weft come together to create a work of art. 

In addition visitors will see the advancements made by the Model Railroad Club as they build their train layout. The Club started from scratch in the Fall of 2024.  Your behind-the-scenes look includes an operating model train on a track.  Experts will be on hand to answer your questions.

The newest exhibit in the ARIEL Arts Space will also be mounted for your perusal.  Come see the work of Algoma District artists from painters to woodcarvers.

One of these things is not like the other!  The one below is like the voodoo doll you can make during our February 8, 2025 Open House workshop. We celebrating hearts and needles by making felt voodoo dolls - our little twist on the over-the-top Valentine's shenanigans.

f you have not attended one of the Elliot Lake Arts and Heritage Centre's Open Houses, here are some details. They happen every second Saturday in the month.  They run from 10 AM to 4 PM at 14 Elizabeth Walk, and they are free.  The exception is our workshops as there are supplies that are consumed during the activity.  We will have ticket purchase instructions available for the February workshop January 20, 2025.  Until then, save the date, or send us an email to pre-order your tickets by clicking the button above.

Future Open Houses
The March workshop is calligraphy. If you are planning to make party or wedding invitations by hand, this workshop, March 8, 2025, is for you.

The April workshop will about making Easter baskets. The date for that is April 12, 2025.

The May Open House is May 10, 2025. We are throwing a party as it is the Grand Opening Elliot Lake Arts & Heritage Centre.

Pinsent Tailoring is a YouTube channel from the UK hosted by a young man who eschews modern clothing. Since he was 14 years old, Zacks has trod an independent sartorial path.  Now, he is a renowned tailor of period garments.  His clientele is world wide.  Through his videos the curious experience the Art inherent in clothing.  You will never look at a piece of clothing as a utilitarian necessity again. 

Art is everywhere.  Or not...take Tesla's "truck" for example.  Was it designed to be ugly? Regardless, it was designed...and someone determined that the design was good.  Art is in your kitchen in the shape of your kettle or the form of your water bottle. 

Art can be over the top, subtle or minimal.  SMEG is an OTT brand, as is Versace. Form following function is a cliche about design that does not preclude the Art inherent in any object. Take a look at any line of garage storage.  What makes it pleasing to your eye ?  The Art of design.
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Pour yourself a coffee - in a mug that just might have a reproduction of a Robert Bateman painting on it. Click on the video. Enjoy the journey and the Art.

January 7, 2025 - Social Media for people who do not want to admit they want to learn. Buy tickets for $10.

January 11, 2025 - Open House at the Elliot Lake Arts and Heritage Centre - free event with a ticketed activity - making friendship bracelets. January 2025 Open House Friendship Bracelet activity

Saturday, May 10, 2025 - Grand Opening of the Elliot Lake Arts and Heritage Centre.

Tuesday, January 7, 2025, ARIEL is offering a one-hour seminar about using social media to boost your brand. If you are already using it successfully, this hour of insight might be too simple for you.  But, if you are that person that really wants to understand it, without letting anyone know you want to learn...well this is the perfect choice.

Our seminar will be a safe place, where there are "no dumb questions."  [That is a podcast reference that we'll talk about on the 7th.]

Do you need any previous experience?  No! It will help, however, that you have a social media presence, even one you don't use.  You will leave with a social media vocabulary; the ability to take control of your identity; and a list of best practices to put your virtual face forward.

Who is leading the seminar?
Your seminar leader has 30 years of marketing communications experience in print and online! She has a Masters in online communication and her undergrad is a broadcasting degree.  More importantly she is a senior who loves online communication.  You are never too old to learn!

The ARIEL Arts Space is so proud to host the 68th Annual touring exhibition of the Northern Ontario Art Association. Unfortunately, due to the weather over the past ten days, the crates containing the paintings have not yet arrived.  This will delay the opening of the exhibit.

We do not know when the opening will occur.  Please follow the blog to be the first to learn about the new opening date.

The ARIEL Arts Space and therefore the Elliot Lake Arts and Heritage Centre will have extended hours in the month of December. The extra operating hours are to ensure that there are convenient visiting hours for all Elliot Lakers. The 40 painting touring exhibition includes one piece by our local artist, Lillian Asquith.

The exhibit opens Saturday, December 7 at 10 AM. The Arts Space will be open three Sundays in December, the 8th, 15th and 22, from 11 AM to 3 PM.  Thursday and Friday the gallery is open from 10 AM to 9 PM, on December 12 and 13; and 19 and 20. 

The building is closed on Mondays per usual.  We will close at 3 PM on Christmas Eve and New  Year's Eve. Of course we are closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

A visit to the gallery is free.  Everyone is welcome. We are located at 14 Elizabeth Walk.

The March 08, 2025 Open House ticketed activity is a lesson in calligraphy technique.  The skill will can be applied to making  handcrafted wedding invitations for your big day! Gwen Goulet, one of Elliot Lake's fine craftspeople, will lead the class.  You may have seen Gwen's jewelry at a craft show in the District.

More details about the class will be released in January.  Mark your calendars and gather your posse!

The occupants of the Elliot Lake Arts and Heritage Centre are believers in shopping locally. So we've been working for weeks to add our own special touch to the event.  What event, you ask?  The City's annual shop local evening event will be November 28, 2024 between 6 and 9 pm.

At 14 Elizabeth Walk, we'll be offering free "after dark" tours of the facility.  If you've already visited the ELAHC, we can promise that on the 28th there is more to see than ever!

The tours begin at 6 pm, with the last tour beginning at 8:30 pm.  No reservations are required, but the tours are first come, first served.

If you been considering becoming a member of one of the three not-for-profits that call the building home, the 28th is the perfect opportunity to ask questions and learn more. You can pay your membership dues that night too!

Who are the building occupants?  The Elliot Lake Arts Club, the Elliot Lake Model Railroad Club, and ARIEL - that is us. Come see us on the 28th and you'll see our state of the art hanging system in place.  Thank you, Elliot Lake Retirement Living for donating the funds to purchase the system.

​See you then!