A Community of Creatives
Live Monthly Meetings!
As a member of SOYRA, you will enjoy the benefit of being able to attend in-person monthly meetings. This is a great opportunity for you to meet and network with other artists.
Members Meetings are organized so you can find out all the latest SOYRA news including everything you need to know about upcoming shows and exhibitions.
SOYRA works hard to bring you engaging learning opportunities presented by a variety of qualified art professionals. Every month, you will have the opportunity to listen to a presentation from a guest speaker or watch a guest artist demo their techniques.
Your SOYRA Members Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month in the Aurora Armoury located at 89 Mosley Street, Aurora, Ontario. Doors open at 6:30pm and the meetings start at 7:00pm sharp.
SOYRA operates on a calendar basis from January 1 to December 31 with a break from monthly meetings during the months of July and August.
Previous Guest Artists
Speakers, Demos and Workshops
Here is a list of the artists and speakers we have booked in for Tuesday Members Meetings in 2023:
April 11, 2023
Presenter: Susan Lahey, MA, ISA CAPP
President, Eastern Art Consultants Inc.
Topic: THE ART OF APPRAISING, HOW VALUE IS DETERMINED
May 9, 2023
Artist: Andrew Hamilton
Medium: Multidisciplinary Artist
Topic: Paint like the Group of Seven
June 13, 2023
Presenter: TBA
September 12, 2023
Presenter: TBA
October 10, 2023
Presenter: Blake Fletcher
Co-owner of Cloud Gallery, a successful gallery in Orillia.
Blake will discuss the business side of the art world and what the gallerists are looking for when evaluating artists for gallery representation. Be ready to ask questions!
November 14, 2023
Presenter: Kenneth Kirsch
Acclaimed realist artist will present a portfolio of his famous Canadian landscape paintings.