The first season of Seniors in the East, our hybrid visual art program for seniors, is wrapping up with an exhibition at St. Matthew’s Clubhouse this month, and we want you to come!
Seniors in the East Exhibition
March 25 – March 30, 2025
Various times each day
In-person
St. Matthew’s Clubhouse (450 Broadview Ave.)
Seniors in the East: A Storybook Program was a paper-based art program that engaged 30-35 seniors from the east end of Toronto to try new visual art skills, learn basic digital literacy skills, and connect and get creative with other seniors online and in-person at our Clubhouse! Seniors in the East took place over eight months – August 2024 to March 2025 – and featured six monthly art workshops on Zoom, two in-person guest speaker talks, and six monthly “Craft & Tea” sessions. The goal of this program was to teach new art skills and techniques that could be executed on mixed-use paper in a bound notebook.
Over the course of this program, our senior participants have completed several 9″x12″ pieces of artwork that now fill the pages of their storybooks! Workshops enjoyed have included: Oil Pastels, with Serafima Zibnitskaya; Imaginative Collage, with Katia Engell; Linocut Storytelling, with Jasmine Vanstone; Pochoir: Printing Without a Press, with Andrew Huot; Mixed-Media Art Journalling, with Megan Warren; Snowscape Watercolour, with Nora MacPhail; Homemade Paper-making, with Heidi Breier; Paper Marbling with Allie Brenner, and more!
Now this incredible program is wrapping up with an in-person exhibition at St. Matthew’s Clubhouse for people to view all the artwork created by our talented seniors! There will also be an opportunity for new seniors to sign up for the next edition of this program, Seniors in the East: Chapter Two. Come enjoy an afternoon or evening on the hill of Riverdale Park taking in these incredible storybooks made by local senior artists!
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
- Location: St. Matthew’s Clubhouse, 450 Broadview Avenue (upstairs)
- Dates & Times:
- Tuesday March 25, 2025, 12-4PM
- Wednesday March 26, 2025, 4-8PM
- Thursday March 27, 2025, 12-4PM
- Friday March 28, 2025, 4-8PM
- Saturday March 29, 2025, 10AM-4PM
- Sunday March 30, 2025, 10AM-4PM
We invite you to pop by our Clubhouse to explore the incredible artwork created by our senior participants this March! Feel free to bring your family and friends, take in the visual art work, mingle with some of the East End Arts staff and our wonderful senior artists, learn about some of our other upcoming programs for seniors, and more! Please note that our space is fully accessible with an accessible, gender-neutral bathroom.
Can’t make the exhibition? Check out some photos of the artwork created by our seniors below!
ARTWORK FROM OUR SENIOR IN THE EAST ARTISTS:
FUNDER OF SENIORS IN THE EAST:
DIRECTIONS TO ST. MATTHEW’S CLUBHOUSE:
Please note that there is no public parking available at St. Matthew’s Clubhouse. Metered parking is available on the surrounding residential streets. Be sure to read the posted street signs to avoid being ticketed or towed. Also note that there are paid parking lots at Bridgepoint Hospital.
The closest subway station is Broadview station, which is North of the Clubhouse. The closest bus is the 505 Dundas, which will drop you off at Broadview Ave/Langley Ave. The closest streetcars are the 504 King, which will drop you off at Broadview Ave/Langley Ave, or the 506 College, which will drop you off at Gerrard St. East/Broadview Ave. There are bike rings out front to accommodate your bike if you choose to cycle to the Clubhouse.