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The MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning provides an alternative, creative learning environment for youth between 12 and 19 years old.

10/28/2026

🎨 Calling all magazine collectors and collage lovers! ✂️

The MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning is looking for donations of old magazines to help fuel creativity and inspire our youth artists! 💛

We’re especially looking for:

📸 National Geographic and other photography or nature magazines

🦸 Comics and graphic novels

🎬 Pop culture, music, film, and entertainment magazines

🌎 Travel, science, history, and other visually interesting publications

We’re particularly interested in magazines with a wide variety of images, colours, textures, and interesting visuals. We’re looking for alternatives to beauty and fashion magazines whenever possible!

Have some old magazines collecting dust at home? Instead of recycling them, consider donating them to help our youth explore their creativity through collage and mixed-media art! 🖼️

📍 Donations can be dropped off at the MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning in downtown Dartmouth.

Every donation helps us provide free, creative opportunities for youth in our community. Thank you for helping us make art accessible! 💛

Have magazines to donate? Send us a message! Feel free to share this post with friends, family, and anyone who might have some to spare.

10/26/2026

Join our Magic Club led by Halifax's very own Bill Wood! 🎩

📍MacPhee Centre
📆 First Saturday of the month
🕑 1-3pm

Whether you’re curious about how magic works, or excited to learn some tricks of your own, this program is a fun and welcoming space to learn, laugh and amaze. 🎲

No experience required - just bring your curiosity and imagination. Limited spots available! Register now at the link in our bio!! ✨

10/14/2026

🎨✨ PD Days at MacPhee are coming up! ✨🍂

No school? Let’s make something of it! Join us this Fall for creative workshops, new experiences, and opportunities to try something different. 👀💛

Here’s what’s coming up:

🖼️ Friday, October 23 | 11 AM–2 PM
MSVU Art Gallery Field Trip
Explore A Material Called Earth, an exhibition featuring artist Celina Eceiza, and get inspired by art beyond the studio!

🧶 Friday, November 20 | 11 AM–2 PM
Introduction to Needle Felting
Learn the basics of needle felting and create something of your own in this hands-on workshop!

Friday, December 4 | 12–3 PM
🎁 Merry Making & Card Crafts
Get into the holiday spirit learning to make some handmade gifts, cards, and decorations to share or keep!

We can’t wait to spend our PD Days creating with you! 🎨🧵✨

This program is proudly supported by Ecclesiastical through the Community Impact Grant Funding.

10/11/2026

🍂 October Side Quest Schedule 🍂

Wondering what we'll be doing this month? Check out what we have planned!

🍁 October 13: Four Seasons Paintings
🦢 October 20: Origami
🎃 October 27: Halloween Crafts

Every Tuesday from 4-6pm. See you there!

10/07/2026

Hellooo everyone!!! I'm Sunita, but you might also know me as Ember! 🔥

I am SO excited to be back at the MacPhee Centre as your Program Coordinator! We had a magical summer and I’m looking forward to seeing familiar faces, meeting new ones, and having lots of creative adventures together this year! 🎨🎸🎭🪴

If we cross paths sometime, I’d love to hear your answer to this question: what song do you have on repeat these days? 🎶

See you around! ✨

10/04/2026

Wondering what Side Quest Tuesdays are all about?

Each week we’ll explore a new creative activity! Register or drop in from 4-6pm on Tuesday and join us for some fun!

10/02/2026

🍂✨Meet your Fall Term Facilitators!✨🍂

This term we’ve got a mix of new and familiar faces bringing creativity, ideas, and plenty of opportunities to make, explore, and connect at MacPhee! 🎨🧵

Here’s who you’ll find each day:

🎬 Mondays: MacPhee Media Mondays with Daria & Jordan
🎨 Tuesdays: Side Quest: Exploring Your Creative Identity with Ember & Samm
🧵 Wednesdays: Crafting Community Through Quilting with Gillian
📚 Thursdays: Comics & Graphic Novels with Sophie
🏳️‍🌈 Fridays: GSA: Q***r Arts Drop-In with Fern & Nailah

📣 Registration is still open for Fall programs! Head to the link in our bio to learn more and register. 🔗✨ 🎉

Come spend your Fall making art, trying something new, meeting people, and finding your creative community at MacPhee! 💛✨

Whether you’re returning to MacPhee or joining us for the first time, there’s lots to look forward to this term! 🌟

09/19/2026

🍂 FALL REGISTRATION IS OPEN! 🎨

Ready to make something, try something new, and meet some creative people? Our fall programs start October 5!

✨ Free for youth ages 12–19
🍎 Snacks always provided
🎨 All materials included
🏫 After-school programs, Monday–Friday

This fall, you can explore media arts, quilting, comics, q***r arts, and creative side quests - all with new projects, new skills, new (and old) friends, and plenty of room to make each program your own.

👉 Register now at macpheecentre.ca/programs

09/18/2026

☀️ A BIG thank you to our Summer Staff! 🎨

This was a remarkable summer of creativity at MacPhee Centre, and we couldn't have done it without our Community Arts Coordinators, Ember and Sophie!

Ember and Sophie were with us all summer, helping us plan and bring our newly revamped summer schedule to life. They jumped into the changes, challenges, creativity and many moving pieces with us, and brought their own magic along the way.✨

Sophie brought a strong but chill leadership style, while Ember led with welcoming warmth and encouragement. Together, they created the kind of space where youth could connect and create, try new things, explore exciting ideas and showcase their brilliance. 💫

Thank you, Ember and Sophie, for riding the summer rollercoaster of creativity with us! 🎢🎨 We’re so grateful for everything you brought to MacPhee and to our youth this summer.

And don’t worry, you don’t have to miss them for too long! 👀 Stay tuned for how you can create, connect and grow with Ember and Sophie this fall! 🍂✨

MacPhee's summer staff positions are funded by the Government of Canada through the Canada Summer Jobs program.

09/10/2026

🚤 The Odyssey has found its forever home! 🎉

Yesterday, we sent The Odyssey off on its next adventure, somewhere on a Dartmouth lake! 🌊

You never know… you might spot this mighty little vessel next summer, setting off on its next expedition. Keep your eyes sharp!

Want to be part of the adventure?
♟️🐸 The Grandmaster is still looking for its forever home! Our second youth-built masterpiece is ready for its next chapter.

Come see The Grandmaster this weekend, September 12 & 13, at the Boat School, part of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, on the Halifax Waterfront, during the Maritime Heritage Festival.

Ready to bring The Grandmaster home?

👉 Follow the link in our bio!
100% of the proceeds support free creative programming for youth at the MacPhee Centre.

Address

50 Queen Street
Dartmouth, NS
B2Y1G1

Telephone

+19024692851

Website

http://www.macpheecentre.ca/

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