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Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · 1d

Dive into the world of oil painting with Creativity Studio Artist Pengyuan Wang!

🗓️ Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00 – 7:30 PM
📍 Location: Activity Room
💲 Cost: $25 + HST + Fees

🎨 You’ll leave with your very own finished oil painting! All materials are provided.

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Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · 24d

Join us for this one-night-only, fundraiser celebration featuring immersive installations, live performances, and hands-on experiences — link in bio.

📅 Date: Saturday, October 4
🕕 Time: 7 – 10:30PM
👥 Audience: Open to the public (19+)

🎟️ Tickets on sale now: tettat10reflections.eventbrite.ca

Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Sep 10

Join Creativity Studio Artist Pengyuan Wang for a hands-on watercolour workshop!

🗓️ Date: Wednesday, September 24
🕕 Time: 6:00 – 7:30 PM
📍 Location: Activity Room
💲 Cost: $25 + HST + Fees

🎨 Register now: www.eventbrite.ca/e/still-life...

Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Sep 4

✨ Tickets for Tett@10: Reflections are now Pay What You Can! ✨

Choose the tier that fits you:
🌊 RIPPLE – $50 | covers event essentials
💡 ILLUMINATE – $75 | supports artists & performances
🔮 REFLECT – $100 | sustains the Tett’s future

🎟 Grab your tickets: tettat10reflections.eventbrite.ca

Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎉 Applications for the 2026 Tett Artist Residency are NOW OPEN! 🎨

We are now accepting applications from local emerging artists for our Tett Artist Residency.

More information about the residency and the application form are available at: www.tettcentre.org/programs/tet...

Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Aug 11

Join Tett Artist in Residence Ro Grant for Collage Club — a biweekly 19+ social art night where you can spark creativity, meet new people, and connect offline. No experience needed, just bring yourself!

📅 Thurs Aug 14, 28 • Sept 11, 25
⏰ 6 – 9:30PM | 📍 Tett Centre, Creativity Studios in Suite 214

Graphic advertising "Collage Club", with Tett Artist in Residence Ro Grant.

Photos of previous Collage Club participants smiling and holding up their collages alongside the caption, "Collage Club feels like this:"

Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Aug 1

Tett@10 tickets are live!

Join us for this one-night-only, fundraiser celebration featuring immersive installations, live performances, and hands-on experiences.

📅 Date: Saturday, October 4
🕕 Time: 7 – 10:30PM
📍 Location: 370 King St. W, Kingston, ON
👥 Audience: Open to the public (19+)

Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Jul 16

Join us on Monday, August 4 at the Tett Centre for All
Together Now!, a joyful, feel-good community
sing-along! 💛

🗓️ Monday, August 4
📍 Malting Tower (gorgeous lakefront views!)

⏰ Choose a session:
• 10–10:45AM
• 11:30AM–12:15PM
• 1–1:45PM

🔗 www.eventbrite.ca/e/all-togeth...

Group of people in a circle, singing and dancing.

Group of people in a circle singing and playing guitar.

Tett Tree of Life in the Malting Tower with children hanging string crafts on it.

Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Jun 25

✨ Deadline extended! Got a story, memory, or creative spark tied to the Tett Centre? We want to hear it! 🗣️

Your words, images, or audio could help shape our Tett@10 celebration on Oct 4.

🎨 Submit by July 4 → tettcentre.org/tett10-reflections

#TettCentre #TettAt10 #KingstonArts #CallForSubmissions

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Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Jun 2

Join us for the 2025 Annual Tett Tuesday Exhibition!

🎉 Opening Reception
🗓️ Tuesday, June 17 | 6:30–8:30PM

🖼️ Exhibition Dates & Hours
June 17–21 | 10AM–4:30PM
June 22 | 10AM–4PM

🎟️ Admission: Free!

Curated by Sumera Khan & Jung-Ah Kim.
Sponsored by the Tett Centre for Creativity & Learning.

Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Jun 2

✨ One more Tett Tuesday before the summer break!

🗓️ When: Tuesday, June 10
⏰ Time: 6:30–8:30PM
📍 Location: Rehearsal Hall
Offered by Donation/PWYC.

📷 Featured artwork: Traditional Chimney, Arsenio da Silva (2024). Exhibited in the 2024 Tett Tuesday group exhibition.

Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · May 26

📚 CALL FOR STORIES – Tett@10: Reflections 🎙️

Tett Centre for Creativity & Learning has turned 10 this year! As we plan a special celebration on October 4, 2025, we invite you to share your memories, reflections, and stories of Tett.

Deadline: Friday, June 20 at 11:59PM.
forms.gle/aFe5bgjyTmAh...

Graphic promoting a Call for Stories for the event Tett@10: Reflections.

Link to submit: https://forms.gle/aFe5bgjyTmAhoo5F6

Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · May 20

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! Tett@10: Reflections 🪩

Join us on Saturday, October 4, as we celebrate 10 incredible years of Tett Centre for Creativity & Learning!

🖼️ Art | 🎶Music |🍴Local Flavours | 🎟️Silent Auction
🕕 7-10:30PM | 📍Tett Centre, Kingston, ON

Stay tuned for more details and ticket info! 💫

Graphic promoting Tett@10: Reflections, a 10th anniversary event taking place Saturday, October 4 from 7-10:30PM at the Tett Centre.

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Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · May 15

Join Tett Creativity Studio Artist Sumera Khan for an artist talk designed especially for beginners who want to build a creative presence online.

🗓️ Date: Friday, May 30
🕐 Time: 6PM - 7:30PM
📍 Location: Creativity Studios Common Area (Suite 214)

🔗 Register here: www.tettcentre.org/getting-star...

Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · May 14

Mini Watercolour Painting with Pengyuan Wang 🎨

🗓️ Date: Thursday, May 22
🕐 Time: 6PM - 7:30PM
📍 Location: Activity Room
💲 Cost: $25 + Fees

🔗 Register here: www.tettcentre.org/mini-waterco...

Watercolour landscapes painted by artist Pengyuan Wang.

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Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · May 5

Come experience Whippersnapper Season, an exhibition by Kingston’s emerging teen artists! 🎨✨

📅 Exhibition Dates & Hours
May 6-10 | Tuesday – Saturday | 11:30AM - 4:30PM

🎉 Closing Reception:
Saturday, May 10 | 2PM - 4PM

📍 Location
Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre

This exhibition showcases the work of eleven emerging teen artists from Kingston, who conceptualized, curated, and installed the show themselves. It is the final project of Creative Futures: Empowering Teen Artists, a year-long program supporting teens in exploring artistic practices and career pathways through monthly workshops and mentorship.

Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Apr 28

Join us for the May edition of Tett Tuesday!

🗓️ When: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
⏱️ Time: 6:30 - 8:30PM
📍 Location: Rehearsal Hall

🔗 Learn more at: www.tettcentre.org/tett-tuesday...

📷 Featured artwork: Sun, Hasham Fatla (2024). Exhibited in the 2024 Tett Tuesday group exhibition.

Featured artwork: Sun, Hasham Fatla (2024). Exhibited in the 2024 Tett Tuesday group exhibition.

Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Apr 24

🌿 Join us for the May edition of Kids Creativity Club: Storytelling Crafts with Hanan Zein Eldin! 📚

🗓️ Date: Saturday, May 3
🕐Time: 10AM - 12PM
📍Location: Theatre Kingston Incubator Space
Offered By Donation | PWYW

🔗 Donations are encouraged through the link here: www.tettcentre.org/kids-creativ...

Collage of a ship at sea and an airplane in the sky.

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Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Apr 7

✂️ Get ready to cut, glue, and craft in this fun & hands-on Piñata Decorating Workshop with Draw by Night Kingston! ⭐️

🗓️ Date: Saturday, May 17
🕑 Time: 2PM - 5PM
📍 Location: Activity Room (Suite 108)

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Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Apr 2

🌟 The Tett Centre is thrilled to welcome Sumera Khan as our new Creativity Studio artist in Studio A! 🌟

You can come visit Sumera to welcome her in person in room 214A as of April 1, 2025! 💫

Learn more about her on our website here: www.tettcentre.org/about/tett-t...

Sumera Khan, seated at a table and leaning into her hand. She is holding a paintbrush and one of her paintings is behind her.

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Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Mar 28

👤 Remote Portrait Photography with Will O’Hare 📷

What if you could create compelling, intimate portraits of someone thousands of miles away—using only your phone?

🗓️ Date: Thursday, April 17
🕐 Time: 5:30PM - 7PM
📍 Location: Suite 214 Common Area + Studio H
💲 Cost: PWYC/By Donation

Remote Portrait Photography with Will O’Hare | The Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning

What if you could create compelling, intimate portraits of someone thousands of miles away—using only your phone? Join photographer Will O’Hare for an engaging talk on remote photography, a technique ...

www.tettcentre.org

Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Mar 26

🌱 Join us for the April edition of Kids Creativity Club! 🎨

🗓️ Date: Saturday, April 5
🕐Time: 10AM - 12PM
📍Location: Activity Room
Offered by donation | PWYW

🔗 Donations can be made at www.tettcentre.org/kids-creativ... to help keep the program accessible for all.

Four colourful paper flowers with scissors and glue above, showcasing a spring craft option.

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The Kingstonist @kingstonist.bsky.social · Mar 21

The Local Arts Residency at the Kingston Grand Theatre is seeking applications from #YGK-based emerging or mid-career professional #artists or #collectives working in theatre, dance, music, circus, comedy or inter-disciplinary practices.

www.kingstonist.com/news/four-lo...

Four Local Arts Residency spots open for Kingston area artists or collectives – Kingston News

(Kingston, Ontario) The Local Arts Residency at the Kingston Grand Theatre returns this summer, and is seeking applications from Kingston-based emerging or mid-career professional artists or collectiv...

www.kingstonist.com

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Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Mar 20

✨ This Weekend at the Tett ✨

📒 Quick & Cute Card and Scrapbooking Class
➤ Fri, March 21 | 6:00PM — 8:45PM

🌷AWEC Spring Pop-up Market
➤ Sat, March 22 | 10:30AM — 4:00PM

🎭 Parent’s Night, presented by Theatre Kingston
➤ Fri | 7:30PM; Sat | 2:30PM & 7:30PM

More info at tettcentre.org/events!

Promotional graphic for events at the Tett Centre on March 21-22 with activity information.

Tett Centre @tettcentre.bsky.social · Mar 14

🎨 Don't Miss Six by the Lake! 🌊

📅 Remaining Days Open:
➤ Friday, March 14 | 10AM - 5PM
➤ Saturday, March 15 | 10AM - 5PM
➤ Sunday, March 16 | 10AM - 3PM

📍Tett Gallery, Suite 109
370 King St W, Kingston

Artwork from the Six By the Lake exhibition displayed on a white wall in the Tett Gallery.