Andrew and Laura McCain Art Gallery

6 Week Handbuilding Course with Jenna Ross
2026-01-21 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-21 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-01-28 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-28 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-04 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-02-04 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-11 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-02-11 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) and 2 more dates | New Brunswick

6 Week Wheel Course with Jenna Ross
2026-01-25 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-25 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-01 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-02-01 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-08 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-02-08 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-15 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-02-15 18:00 - 21:00 and 2 more dates | River Art Centre, 8746 Main St., Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick

Clay Drop-in: Intermediate
2026-01-29 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-02-26 18:00 - 20:00 | River Art Centre, 8746 Main St., Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick

2 Hour Intro to Wheel Workshop with Jenna Ross
2026-01-31 | New Brunswick
Learn the basics of “throwing” pottery on the wheel in this 2 hour session. Come ready to be messy, have fun, embrace imperfection, and enjoy the challenge of taming a spinning blob of clay! This one-time session is perfect for absolute beginners or those who have tried it in the past and want a refresher.
For participants who would like to keep their creation: this class includes one finished piece per student (which will be fired & receive a clear glaze coat + second firing, for pickup at a later date). Students can choose to keep additional pieces for a cost of $10/piece.
Course Details:

Saturday January 31, 10am-12pm
Saturday January 31, 1pm-3pm

Location: River Arts Centre,8746 Main St, Florenceville-Bristol
To Register: info@mccainartgallery.com or 506-392-6769
NO REFUNDS ON CANCELLATIONS WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF WORKSHOP!!!
LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE!!!

Clay Drop-in: Newbie Night
2026-02-05 18:00 - 20:00 | River Art Centre, 8746 Main St., Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick

Drawing with Stephen Hutchings
2026-02-07 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-02-21 10:00 - 12:00 | New Brunswick

Drawing with Stephen Hutchings
2026-02-07 13:30 - 15:30, 2026-02-21 13:30 - 15:30 | River Art Centre, 8746 Main St., Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick

Sarah Petite, The Line is the Canon
2026-02-14 - 2026-03-21 | New Brunswick
“In 2015, for the second time in my long practice, I became impatient with the eternal rectangle. I began experimenting with shapes, cut from plywood and intruded with meandering jigsaw ‘lines’. Everything the jigsaw does is like a line that can’t ever be erased. It’s the given, the canon. The paint has to answer to it.

A shape in my head becomes a sketch, becomes a plywood cutout, becomes a photograph, becomes a more precise sketch, printed out, for plotting the painting – which sometimes takes a few days before I pounce. Gazing at the beautiful shape. The paint – its colours, how it is applied, how its expression responds to the shape, is the project.
It’s true, my paintings are about encaustic paint, they reflect my fascination with its virtuosity, and the beauty and richness to be found in its effects. The process itself is what has kept me loyal to this medium for many years.” Sarah Petite
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Born Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Sarah grew up near Boston and then settled in Canada, receiving Canadian citizenship in 1971. Sarah attended the Nova Scotia College of Art And Design, graduating with a BFA in Painting and in 1985 she studied Art History (early Christian, 12th century European, 16th century Italian architecture), at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England. Sarah is represented at Gallery on Queen, Fredericton and is in major public and private collections in Canada. Having lived in various parts of Canada, Singapore, Italy, and England, she currently splits her time between Port Maitland, Nova Scotia and Fredericton NB.
Sarah began encaustic painting, and was largely self-taught. She won the Marie Hélène Allain Fellowship Award from the Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation in 2022 for her encaustic work. As part of its mandate to promote the visual arts in New Brunswick, the SHMF recognises the accomplishments of mid-career New Brunswick artists who are engaged in the exploration and deepening of their creative endeavour. The jury was convinced by the accomplishments and perseverance Sarah demonstrates in discovering new directions through considered engagement with her materials and process, revealing a practice that contributes to and is in discourse with modernist painting traditions.
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“With encaustic, ‘hot’, or melted, means ‘wet’. Beeswax and pigment are combined in a small can (tomato paste, actually), melted down and dipped into. I use natural-bristle brushes whose long handles have been sawn off, to allow them to stand ready in the paint without tipping the can over. The paint stays ‘wet’ for about ten seconds, after which I must dip again, or may begin to cut and sculpt, using a variety of tools. The heat gun allows me to re-melt the paint right on the panel, making for textural enhancements like troweling, stippling or puddling”. Sarah Petite

2 Hour Intro to Wheel with Jenna Ross
2026-02-21 | New Brunswick
Learn the basics of “throwing” pottery on the wheel in this 2 hour session. Come ready to be messy, have fun, embrace imperfection, and enjoy the challenge of taming a spinning blob of clay! This one-time session is perfect for absolute beginners or those who have tried it in the past and want a refresher.
For participants who would like to keep their creation: this class includes one finished piece per student (which will be fired & receive a clear glaze coat + second firing, for pickup at a later date). Students can choose to keep additional pieces for a cost of $10/piece.
Course Details:

Saturday February 21, 10am-12pm
Saturday February 21, 1pm-3pm

Location: River Arts Centre,8746 Main St, Florenceville-Bristol
To Register: info@mccainartgallery.com or 506-392-6769
NO REFUNDS ON CANCELLATIONS WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF WORKSHOP!!!
LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE!!!
