Registration Guidelines

REGISTRATION

Registration for courses is available ONLINE, once courses are open.

For the Fall 2025 session, we will offer LIMITED in-person registration. This option (subject to availability) is only available once the courses have been made available online.

Forum Art Centre has office hours Monday to Friday from 10 am – 4 pm to accept cash or cheque payment and process some in-person registrations. PLEASE do not arrive earlier than 10 AM expecting to register. This results in an unfair selling out of classes for people registering remotely online.

Phone and email registration is not accepted.

Group registrations for a single course are no longer accepted online OR in-person.

PAYMENT

Fees are due at the time of registration and are required to secure your spot in a class. Payment can be made by e-transfer, credit card, cash or cheque and online through the website’s secure payment system. A processing fee is charged when paying online or by credit card.

If payment is not received within 48 hours, your registration will be cancelled without any reminders or notice.

IMPORTANT! Please note that we will not accommodate the switching of classes for students confirmed and registered in the original class of their choosing. Switching confuses class numbers and has resulted in the last minute cancellation of courses on multiple occasions.

Forum Art Centre has office hours Monday to Friday from 10 am – 4 pm to process in person payments.

INTERAC E- TRANSFER: Please send e-transfer payments to register@forumartcentre.com. Note the student’s name, class title, class time and day in the message field. Automatic deposit is set up, so you should not have to create a password.

CHEQUE PAYMENT: Cheques should be made out to Forum Art Centre and mailed or dropped off at 120 Eugenie Street, Winnipeg MB R2H 0X7. Note the student’s name, class name, day of the week and time in the memo line.

CREDIT CARD: Payment by credit card can be made while registering through our website or by requesting a secure link sent to your email. All credit card payment options include a processing fee.

RECEIPTS

IN PERSON REGISTRATIONS:

Payment made by cash, cheque or e-transfer – a receipt is available upon request.

Payment made by Credit Card – a receipt was emailed directly through Stripe at the time payment was processed.

ONLINE REGISTRATIONS:

Paid with credit card – your receipt and order confirmation was emailed immediately.

Paid with e-transfer, cash, or cheque – the order must be completed manually in the back end of the website. This process will be delayed during peak registration times. When staff can complete the order, a receipt and order confirmation is emailed immediately. If you need confirmation of payment sooner please call us at 204-235-1069 or email register@forumartcentre.com.

REFUNDS

EXCEPTION: If a class is cancelled due to low registration (1 week before the first class), students will be issued a FULL REFUND.

Refunds for any other reason will only be issued if notice of intent to withdraw is given at least 10 working days before the first class and are subject to a minimum $25 cancellation fee.

No refunds are issued after the 10 working day window. For medical exceptions, please contact us with a doctor’s note.

All authorized refunds are subject to a minimum cancellation fee of $25. Be aware that cancellation fees may differ depending on the type of course and its respective price.

There are NO makeup classes, discounts, transfers or credits available to students who miss their scheduled classes or open studio time for any reason.

ACCESSIBILITY

We offer both Youth Bursaries and a flexible pricing scale for a select number of adult classes in each session.

Please visit our Youth Bursaries & Art Access page for more details on our financial accessibility options and how to apply.

STUDENT BELONGINGS, SUPPLIES & ART

Forum Art Centre is not responsible for lost, stolen, or missing materials belonging to any student. Students of all ages assume responsibility for their own belongings.

Some storage for materials is available at Forum Art Centre for the duration of your class each session. Please be mindful of bringing your finished projects home at the end of each session.

All items belonging to students must be taken home at the end of each session, even if the student will be attending a class or open studio in the next session. Any materials left behind at the end of session are considered a donation to Forum Art Centre.

PARKING

We have a small parking lot available for no charge. Space is limited and staff do not patrol the parking lot. Students are responsible for co-ordinating parking details among themselves.

There is plentiful two-hour street parking all around the centre. Please make sure you follow the street signage time limits: these spots are monitored by the parking authority.

SAFER SPACES

We are working hard to ensure that everyone at the Forum feels safe and welcome. Any form of harassment, intimidation or language that creates an unsafe environment will lead to an immediate sanction – we practice zero tolerance of bullying, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and misogyny.

Respect of the gender pronouns we are asked to use when addressing individual instructors, staff, and fellow artists; is an essential part of ensuring Forum Art Centre is a safe and welcome space for all.

We are working to ensure that systemic and institutional racism is identified and addressed by challenging any processes or policies that create barriers to access. If you see an opportunity for us to improve, please share your observations and suggestions with the staff and board of directors at administrator@Forumartcentre.com

Forum Art Centre is committed to the creation of a Safer Spaces policy for staff, instructors, students, volunteers, and board members in Forum Art Centre’s new strategic plan, we will share this commitment with the community when it is complete. We thank you for your support!