Painting in the Park

Join us for a series of outdoor plein air painting workshops in the Humanities Wing Patio overlooking the Valley Land Trail presented in partnership with ARTSIDEOUT and the Urban Just Transitions Cluster at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Participants will meet with local artists, Frannie Potts and Sylvie Stojanovski, to explore a wide range of different watercolour techniques (including: wash, wet into wet, and drybrush) and create a painting of their own that reflects their surroundings and hopes for the future.

This program is free, and all are welcome! No previous art-making experience is required. Supplies will be provided. Feel free to bring your own blanket, pillow or foldable chair to sit on. Please dress for the weather, wear good walking shoes, bring a waterbottle and apply sunscreen.

Workshop Sessions Overview

1. Introduction to plein air painting
2. Focus on sky (background) and trees (mid-ground)
3. Focus on urban elements (fences, buildings, people)
4. Final artwork creation

Location: Meet at the HW Patio Amphitheatre.

Dates and Times:

• Tuesday, September 17 between Time: 2-4 pm
• Thursday, September 19 between Time: 2-4 pm
• Tuesday, September 24 between Time: 2-4 pm
• Thursday, September 26 between Time: 2-4 pm

Upon completing the workshop series, participants will be invited to showcase their creations at the University of Toronto Scarborough's one-day, large-scale multidisciplinary arts festival, ARTSIDEOUT: Selfscape, taking on Thursday, October 3rd. For more information on the festival, please visit: https://artsideout.ca/

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This series is a part of Scarbrite's annual Makers in Motion program–a community-engaged arts initiative designed to build wider, deeper, and reciprocal understandings of Scarborough residents’ visions of just transition—what it takes for the community to flourish in and through the low-carbon transition.

Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] if you have any questions!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Host or Publisher Scarbrite Collective