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SEPTEMBER AT TOSH
September in an old school house has a particular feeling. It’s like the building knows what this month is for.
The smell of freshly sharpened pencils. A cooler breeze moving through the building. Everyone returning from wherever the summer took them. The afternoon light slowly turning gold.
And this September, our galleries and classrooms are very full indeed.
THREE NEW EXHIBITIONS
This month, all three TOSH galleries are home to installations — artwork that doesn’t simply hang on the walls, but inhabits the room.
Our galleries were once classrooms, and there is something particularly fitting about filling them with work you have to move through rather than simply walk past.
Christine Hood — Slipstream
Metal, ceramic, vines and found objects come together in a purposeful palette of white, black, grey and neutral tones. The work explores the tension between frailty and resilience, and what it takes to steer your own path in a current you did not choose.
Gail Protti — Bloomworks: A Garden of Fragmented Memories
A garden created from reclaimed cloth, painted canvases, textile vessels, sculptural furniture and hand-stitched cats. Gail works with thrifted and vintage textiles that arrive already carrying histories, joining them slowly and visibly so the stitches themselves become part of the work.
Arlen Pelletier — Tenderheart
Small bronzed figures of a recurring character use a material traditionally reserved for monuments to explore grief and the tides of change created by life events.
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Join us for the Exhibition Celebration on Friday, September 18, from 4–7 PM.
All three artists will be here, and everyone is welcome.
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FALL CLASSES ARE IN SESSION
The TOSH classroom is back, and our fall Arts Education lineup is one of the biggest we’ve offered.
September includes Watercolour for Everyone with Kelly Ulrich, Acrylic 101 with Jolene Aarbo, 8 Week Drawing with Catherine Trembath, contemporary Chinese brush painting with Andy Lou, plein-air sketchbooking with Dorota Goede, botanical dyeing with Bonnie Lefebre and Art Cloth Foundations with Nelusha McDonald.
Every class is taught by a professional artist and capped at 12 students, so early registration is encouraged.
And September is only the beginning. October and November bring everything from pastel landscapes and typography printmaking to needle-felted holiday garlands.
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DROP IN. MAKE SOMETHING.
Two creative drop-ins are running at TOSH this fall.
Fibre Arts Drop-In with Amy Vervoort
Wednesdays, 4–6 PM
Bring your textile project and work alongside other makers. No series and no commitment — just show up and create in community.
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Teen Drop-In with Brooke
Tuesdays, 3:30–5:30 PM, beginning September 22
Supported by a grant from the RDN.
Third spaces for teenagers are getting harder to find, and we’re proud this one exists. Please tell the teenagers in your life.
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MUSIC FOR THE ARTS
Our September 11 Music for the Arts fundraiser is officially sold out.
Our final Music for the Arts event of 2026 is November 20, and only a few tickets remain.
[GET NOVEMBER TICKETS →]
COME WORK WITH US
TOSH is also looking for new Board members who want to help shape the future of arts and culture in our community.
[LEARN ABOUT JOINING THE BOARD →]
Let’s start this fresh school year together.
We can’t wait to see you in the House.
Illana Hester
Executive Director
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DATE:
Sept, 2026
HOURS:
TUES – SAT 10am - 4PM
LOCATION:
The Old Schoolhouse Arts Centre, Upstairs Classroom