Workshops & Classes

The New Edinburgh Community Arts Centre is home to 25 working Artists, and employs over 120 Ottawa based artists annually.

Our artists are eager to share their creative process with you and are offering the following artist led classes and workshops;

Figure Drawing & Painting Workshop hosted by John Jarrett

Wednesdays March 8th – June 26th
9:30am – 12:30pm
New Edinburgh House: 255 Mackay Street

This is an extended pose workshop.  There is no instructor.  Participants work in the medium of their choice.  Contact John Jarrett at [email protected]  for more information.

Exquisite Corpses

Wednesday April 24th
7:00pm – 9:00pm
New Edinburgh House: 255 Mackay Street

Exquisite corpse, also known as exquisite cadaver (from the original French term cadavre exquis) or rotating corpse, is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence, either by following a rule or by being allowed to see the end of what the previous person contributed.   Hosted by Nectar Centre’s 2013 Artists In Residence Herd Magazine www.herdmag.ca Contact Joey Arseneau at [email protected] at for more information.