Drop-in Art Making
January 2026
Saturdays | 1-5 PM
Embrace creativity and exploration in our Saturday Drop-in Art Making program. This program is offered most Saturdays from 1-5 PM throughout the year. Materials and light instruction are provided, along with rotating themes and activities.
Our programs encourage children, youth, and families to connect with modern and contemporary art through enjoyable and interactive creative experiences.
These are drop-in sessions running from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Come anytime — no registration is required.
*If you have questions about this workshop, please reach out to Vanessa Lamb, TD Education Program Assistant at vanessa@contemporarycalgary.com
JANUARY SCHEDULE
January 3: No session
January 10: No session
January 17: Join us to make a thaumatrope, or enjoy creative free time making a paper collage or sketch.
January 24: Join us to create a paper weaving, or enjoy creative free time to paper collage or sketch.
January 31: Join us to learn how to draw water with three simple layers, or enjoy creative free time to paper collage or sketch.
By checking in with us at front desk to participate in this session, you agree to:
Follow Contemporary Calgary staff instructions.
Treat all staff, participants, and other visitors with respect.
Behave in a safe and prudent manner.
Participants who do not comply with these rules may be temporarily or permanently suspended from the program.
About our Education Facilitators
Vanessa Lamb
(she/her)
TD Education Program Assistant
anessa Lamb graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and a minor in Museum and Heritage Studies. She has a deep passion for art, especially the conversations and change it can spark, leading her to have a people-centred approach in her work, and an unending curiosity to learn more. In her career, Vanessa has experience in arts administration, visitor experience, and both designing and implementing public programs, art workshops and elementary school programs. Her curiosity is visible in her own creative practice where she explores different mediums, subject matters and new techniques. Vanessa’s work often explores themes of memory, grief, and identity. When not working, she can be found embroidering, painting or exploring nature.
Riddhi Patel
(she/her)
TD Education Facilitator
Riddhi Patel has training in both visual and performing arts, holding a Master of Fine Arts (Painting) from the University of Alberta, a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India, and a diploma in Kathak Dance. She also works with the Alberta Network of Immigrant Women, where she manages creative projects, and has taught undergraduate drawing at the University of Alberta. Her artistic research explores movement through drawing and investigates ways to bring together her dance and drawing practices. Currently, she is committed to promoting art-making in community settings with people of all ages. In her leisure time, Riddhi enjoys baking pies and capturing fleeting moments around the city.
Vicky Xingyu Gu
(she/her)
TD Education Facilitator
Vicky Xingyu Gu is a Chinese animator who holds a BFA in Animation from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and an MFA in Digital Arts & Animation from the University of Southern California. During her studies, she explored narrative, documentary, and experimental forms of animation. Her works draw inspiration from cultural conflicts, emotional struggles, and societal issues, while experimenting with both digital and traditional media to create layered, hybrid, and provocative forms of storytelling. Since relocating to Calgary, she has become an active participant in the local arts community. She has been teaching various forms of animation with Quickdraw Animation Society and enjoys guiding participants of all ages through creative practices such as drawing, collage, mixed media, and visual storytelling. In her free time, she enjoys cooking and baking, watching animated movies, and playing horror games.
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