The Neighbour’s Project, installed at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (February 2024).
Join us for artmaking and community connection in The Neighbour’s Art Hive!
Passionate and helpful volunteers from the LivingRoom Community Art Studio will be onsite to support your creative explorations and cultivate a warm and welcoming environment for all.
Sessions
🟆 Friday January 9, 2026, 12-3:30pm
🟆 Friday January 16, 2026, 12-3:30pm
🟆 Friday January 23, 2026, 12-3:30pm
🟆 Friday January 30, 2026, 12-3:30pm
🟆 Friday February 6, 2026, 12-3:30pm
🟆 Friday February 13, 2026, 12-3:30pm
What to expect:
- These drop-in events are free.
- You’re welcome to come and go as you please.
- Coffee, tea, and light snacks will be served.
- Everyone is welcome; no art experience required.
- Participants are welcome to take their projects with them or hang them up for everyone to enjoy!
The Neighbour’s Project, installed at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (February 2024).
The Neighbour’s Project, installed at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (February 2024).
The RMG is located at 72 Queen Street, Civic Centre in Oshawa, across from the McLaughlin Branch of the Oshawa Public Libraries. The Neighbour’s Art Hive is in Gallery A, which is located on the lower level of the RMG. It is accessible by stairs or elevator. Between the elevator and Gallery A, you’ll pass our public washrooms. We have an accessible single-stall washroom as well as gender-inclusive multi-stall washrooms. Read more about our facilities here.
What is an art hive?
Art Hives are safe, accessible spaces that enable people of all ages to participate in free public relaxation. In an Art Hive, traditional hierarchies, processes, and ways of being can be deconstructed and re-imagined in playful, personal, and compassionate ways.
The Neighbour’s Art Hive is a temporary installation at the RMG that transforms the gallery into an active studio space with help from the LivingRoom Community Art Studio. Outside of these facilitated sessions, we also invite all our neighbours to drop in any time during operating hours to make use of the free art materials on their own time.
The Neighbour’s Project, installed at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (February 2024).
In partnership with The LivingRoom Community Art Studio, The Neighbour’s Art Hive is generously supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
