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About Us

Young Artists

Welcome to the Varley Art Gallery Of Markham. The Gallery is located on Historic Unionville Main Street and features work by regional and national artists with a special focus on the art of Frederick Horsman Varley (1881-1969), a founding member of the Group of Seven and one of the most celebrated portrait artists in Canada.

The Gallery offers your students a variety of school programs and indoor/outdoor Studio activities for all grade levels, designed to complement and enhance the Ontario School Curriculum for Visual Arts, English, History, Math and Social Studies.

The Varley Art Gallery offers you:

In-House Studio Program
Creative Classroom Outreach Program

Programs are specially designed to encourage creativity and self-expression in your students’ young minds. As part of our commitment to educators, teachers are always welcome FREE of charge. So drop in as often as you would like to enjoy our frequently changing exhibitions.

Contact Information
Varley Art Gallery of Markham
216 Main Street (near Kennedy/Carlton)
Unionville, Ontario, L3R 2H1
Tel: 905.477.9511 ext. 234
Fax: 905.477.6629
Email: varleyeducation@markham.ca
Web: www.varleygallery.ca

School Program Coordinator: Sue Firkser
Public Program Coordinator: Cheryl Rego

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