Leisure Learning - Hit the road and take Leisure Learning with you!

This summer, escape the busyness of life with the restful and restorative online class Kundalini Yoga: Body Intelligence and Connectedness, on Sundays mornings, from July 7 - Aug. 11. Enjoy this five-week class from the comfort of your home, your garden or even the beach!

Discover the world of oil painting with the online course Introduction to Oil Painting, on Mondays, July 8-29. Instructor Ameesha Tirmazi gives you a beginner’s understanding of oil paints as a medium, as well as introduces different techniques and approaches to utilize in your own paintings!

Back by popular demand – learn the basics of upholstery with An Introduction to Upholstery, on Sat. & Sun., Aug. 17-18. Become familiar with the appropriate fabrics and materials to use, along with how to use common upholstery tools. You’ll end the class with a newly upholstered (simple) chair.

Leisure Learning for Teens

Get ready! Get set! Get “job ready”!

Here’s a fantastic opportunity for teens (ages 13 to 16) to prepare for work and volunteer opportunities in the in-person course Youth: Work Essential Skills and Volunteer Training 101. Morning sessions focus on topics such as resumes and cover letters, email etiquette, team dynamics and professionalism guidelines (such as dress codes, conflict resolution and managing a social media presence). Afternoon sessions involve applying your newfound skills and knowledge by volunteering at our Design Works Summer camps. This hands-on experience will further develop your teamwork, communication and leadership skills.

Altogether, the program empowers you to become a well-rounded individual, equipped with the essential tools to succeed in your professional career and personal endeavours, while creating a spirit of community service and social responsibility. Bravo–you’re ready!

Register today! Whatever your interests, there’s a Leisure Learning course for you!

UNB Design Works Summer Camps - Join the fun!

Spaces still available!

Lots of fantastic camps await kids aged 6 to 12! All camps are taught by talented instructors. Here’s a great opportunity to be creative, make friends, and experience an awesome range of activities.

Want to make videos and movies? Then try Let’s Make Movies and Stop-Motion Animation. Here's your opportunity to act, produce, direct, shoot and edit cool creations!

Experience another world with adventures in Star Wars or Fantasy World camps.

Love to cook and eat? Try everyone’s favourites All Day Breakfast or Dine Around the World.

Your child’s safety is paramount. All camp staff receive first aid training and have vulnerable sector checks. Camps run until Aug. 30. Register NOW!

Come visit our booth!

Drop by our booth on Thursdays at the Garrison Night Market from 4:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. There’s an exciting new activity each week!

UNB Art Centre

This summer enjoy a visit to the UNB Art Centre to view the exhibit Into the Blue: Remembering Brigid Toole Grant, a tribute to the beloved artist, activist and humanitarian who passed away last year. The exhibit is on display in both galleries until Aug. 30.

Into the Blue: Remembering Brigid Toole Grant is a labour of love by her daughter Hannah Grant, who along with curator Roslyn Rosenfeld, assembled a collection of acrylics, watercolours, prints and drawings from friends, family and the UNB Permanent Collection. It tells the story of a talented and insightful artist, who found inspiration in the people and the land she called home.

From the UNB Collection

Gerard Collins, The Fall of Icarus (2018)

Acrylic on canvas
122 x 81 cm

Gerard Collins is known for his painterly approach to still-life, landscape and interiors. While keenly observed, his paintings are not delicate depictions of polite subjects. Rather, they are drawn from everyday life, luscious and expressive with vivid colour and thickly painted lines. The energy he brings to his painting is translated in this strong composition of this commonplace scene of cats at play.

Gerard Collins completed his foundation year at the St. Martin’s School of Art in London, England and then earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts at NSCAD in Halifax in 1981. In 1980, as part of a residency program, Collins studied with the famous German painter Gerhard Richter at the Dusseldorf Staatliche Kunstakademie. Collins has exhibited extensively throughout the region as well as Ottawa and Toronto since 1981. He has received grants from the Canada Council and ArtsNB and has been the recipient of the Strathbutler Award (2001) and the Miller Brittain Award for Excellence in Visual Art (2005). In 2023, Robert Barriault and Mary Blatherwick published a monograph entitled Gerard Collins: Fifty Years of Painting published by Gooselane Editions, Canada’s oldest independent publisher. This artist’s work can be found in many public institutions across the Maritimes, as well as the National Gallery of Canada, the Canada Council Art Bank and the New Brunswick Art Bank. Gerard Collins lives and works in Saint John, New Brunswick.

The UNB Art Centre (506-453-4623) is located at Memorial Hall, 9 Bailey Drive, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. The galleries are open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and during special events. Admission is free to members of the public.

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