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Sunday, September 29
![Travel to ROM this Summer! The further the distance, the more you save.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail/public/event/thumbnail/dinosaurgallery_653x369.jpg?itok=_nTGdC9P)
Travel to ROM this Summer! The further the distance, the more you save.
![Northern Night (detail), 1955, designed by Ada B. Torrance, sewn by Torrance and members of Simcoe County Arts and Crafts Association, Orillia, Ontario. Cotton tabby textile, pieced, appliquéd and embroidered. 956.159.A. Gift of The Star Weekly. Image @ ROM.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail/public/event/thumbnail/northern_night_1200x600.jpg?itok=nGdVYZxw)
Registration Begins August 13, 2024. Exclusively for Members.
Tuesday, September 10, Saturday, September 21, Wednesday, September 25, and Sunday, September 29, 2024.
Every quilt shares a story told through fabric, colour, and design. Quilts can be an act of love. A collection of fabric scraps saved over the years. The result of weeks or months spent problem-solving, designing, cutting, and sewing. While each quilt is as individual as its maker, maybe you’ll find a familiar story within their stitches.
![Northern Night (detail), 1955, designed by Ada B. Torrance, sewn by Torrance and members of Simcoe County Arts and Crafts Association, Orillia, Ontario. Cotton tabby textile, pieced, appliquéd and embroidered. 956.159.A. Gift of The Star Weekly. Image @ ROM.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail/public/event/thumbnail/northern_night_1200x600.jpg?itok=nGdVYZxw)
Registration Begins August 13, 2024. Exclusively for Members.
Tuesday, September 10, Saturday, September 21, Wednesday, September 25, and Sunday, September 29, 2024.
Every quilt shares a story told through fabric, colour, and design. Quilts can be an act of love. A collection of fabric scraps saved over the years. The result of weeks or months spent problem-solving, designing, cutting, and sewing. While each quilt is as individual as its maker, maybe you’ll find a familiar story within their stitches.
Explore history in this heritage community, full of incredible homes dating back to the 1850s, many preserved through restoration, renovation, and community pride.
This walk is provided in English and French.
Monday, September 30
![Travel to ROM this Summer! The further the distance, the more you save.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail/public/event/thumbnail/dinosaurgallery_653x369.jpg?itok=_nTGdC9P)
Travel to ROM this Summer! The further the distance, the more you save.
Saturday, October 5
Travel with us to unique agricultural region that is now an important source of Ontario’s fresh produce. We learn about the productive agricultural land now contained in this incredible ecosystem, and the unique farming community that works it.
![Saitō Kiyoshi, Japanese, 1907–1997, Two Cats, designed 1954, printed 1955, The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Gift of Charles and Robyn Citrin, 2015 Saitō Kiyoshi, Japanese, 1907–1997, Two Cats, designed 1954, printed 1955, The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Gift of Charles and Robyn Citrin, 2015](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail/public/event/thumbnail/image-653x369_0.jpg?itok=CeLRAwzM)
Whether lurking in corners or demanding center stage, cats are everywhere in Japanese art. They invite good fortune, illustrate a traditional story, or provide evidence of an unseen world of magic and supernatural happenings.
Sunday, October 6
![Contemporary patchwork stitching. Photo courtesy Arounna Khounnoraj. Contemporary patchwork stitching. Photo courtesy Arounna Khounnoraj.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail/public/event/thumbnail/307_-_copy.jpg?itok=jJHM1EiM)
Worskhop is for an Adult Audience. This workshop is for participants ages 18+.
Unleash the possibilities of contemporary patchwork with fresh surface design techniques from Arounna Khounnoraj, well-known textile artist and co-owner of Bookhou. Designed for beginners with little to no basic sewing skills, this fun workshop teaches participants hand-sewing techniques and patchwork design possibilities that inspire sustainability and spark creativity.
![Drawing of a cat](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail/public/event/thumbnail/drawing_cats_thumbnail.jpg?itok=tE-q-hOb)
Workshop is for an Adult Audience. This workshop is for participants ages 18+.
With artist and illustrator Tina J. Seemann as your guide, experience Wild Cats through your sketchbook in an engaging half-day drawing workshop. Featuring an in-class introduction to the anatomy of cats, Seemann presents basic and more advanced drawing techniques that will help you capture cats on the page. Working from the skeleton out, practice your drawing skills using unique and dynamic specimens held in the Museum’s collections and galleries.
Riverdale’s history includes Indigenous settlements, brickmakers, jailbreakers, medical facilities, a park, and even a Russian royal. Explore the area’s evolution, reflecting the changing city.