School Visits Category: Visual Arts & Contemporary Craft

Students will learn how textile arts can bring communities together and encourage collaboration. After being presented with textile works that champion sustainability and stewardship, students will create a two-dimensional textile work that brings awareness to an environmental issue within their community.

Students will divide their day between a printmaking workshop and skating on our rink. For the visual arts portion, students will create winter-inspired artworks while exploring the printmaking process. Skating on the rink is self-guided by the visiting school. Need helmets or skates? Rental information will be available closer to the program dates.

We’re excited to introduce Make & Play! Students will divide their day between any half-day visual art workshop and a soccer workshop on our Jumpstart Community Pitch. Students will experiment with visual art techniques and gain a deeper understanding of contemporary art. Play on the Jumpstart Community Pitch will include a workshop designed to get students moving and […]

Students will gain an understanding of Indigenous connections to land and place, while engaging in an experiential learning opportunity as they explore the waterfront community. Following a community walk, students will create an artwork in response to their personal connections to land and place; experimenting with shapes, colours, lines and textures to express their reflections.

Through the examination of artists, students will gain an understanding of the printmaking process. With the help of our educators, students will explore printmaking through shape, texture and colour. Students will use their creative expression to think through the composition of their prints.   

From washes to mark-making, students will discover the creative possibilities of watercolour and mixed media. Students will be encouraged to build their confidence by taking risks so they can explore the concept of abstraction. An examination of both historical and contemporary works of art will provide context for students to express themselves through their composition […]

In this workshop, students will work with one of our Educators to explore the fundamental techniques of ceramics: slab, pinch pot and coil. Students will be encouraged to combine two or more shapes to create their own clay sculpture. *Grades 9-12 groups have the option to fire pieces for an additional cost

Textile Arts brings communities together and encourages collaboration. Students discuss contemporary and traditional textile works that have encouraged storytelling. Students create a collaborative piece based on a cherished memory involving friends or family using recycled fabrics, collage and fibre arts techniques.

Students gain an understanding of the printmaking process and insight into how artists draw inspiration from the world around them. With the support of our Artist Educators, students explore the collograph printmaking process by collaging an imaginary animal using textured materials, then ink and print at least one image!

Students will be supported through the reduction process, carving away their soft linoleum blocks to create colourful, layered prints. Students draw inspiration from examining works by prominent artists, focusing on prints by Inuit artists. Students will learn about editions and leave with their unique prints. 

Your students will be introduced to a brief history of relief printmaking by examining the artworks of prominent artists, focusing on prints by Inuit artists. Students will design, carve and print a series of colourful relief prints. Students will learn the techniques of relief printmaking using a soft linoleum block. 

Students will examine printed artwork by celebrated artists. They will discover texture through the art of collograph – a relief collage used to make prints. Best of all, students will leave with a series of colourful prints. 

Inspired by Surrealist artists, students are encouraged to let go of their inhibitions so they can experiment with the concept of chance and how that can influence their creative process. Your students will explore drawing and painting techniques and gain a deeper understanding of abstract art.

Students will view historical and contemporary representations of colourfully painted creatures as sources of inspiration for their works of art.  They will transform their ideas into imaginary creatures by exploring the wonders of colour, shape and expressions through various drawing and painting techniques.  

Students will explore the effects of natural light and other elements on the waterfront landscape’s colours, shapes and textures. In the studio, students will rotate through play-based activity centres, experimenting with colours, lines, shapes, textures and space. The students will then combine their colour experiments to create a collaborative landscape mural.

Inspired by one of Jamaica’s famous storytellers – Louise Bennett-Coverley, fondly known as “Miss Lou” – our storytelling program will begin with discussing the importance of sharing stories to learn about ourselves and others. Next, students will hear a favourite story of Miss Lou to honour her legacy. Students will then be guided through a series of drama activities designed […]

Students will explore historical and contemporary mask-making traditions across a variety of cultures. These references will inspire students to design and create their own clay masks using hand-building techniques.

Welcome to the world of clay creatures. Students will examine both historical and contemporary representations of creatures from a range of cultures, considering what they represent and the meanings connected to them. These visual references will inspire students to design and create their own ceramic creature using hand-building techniques.