School Visits Category: Visual Arts & Contemporary Craft

In this workshop, students will have the chance to work with professional artists in the creation of STO Union’s Hopes and Fears Assembly performance for Toronto’s 2024 Nuit Blanche at Harbourfront Centre. Often used to balance a project or tour’s budget, ‘merch’ bridges both art and commerce. Students will learn about the different ways artists […]

Activists unite! Students will be presented with historical and contemporary artworks that advocate for social change and bring attention to local, national and global issues. Students will create a two-dimensional textile work that expresses a ‘call to action’ using recycled fabric, collage, fibre arts and hand sewing techniques. 

Students will begin their day at The Power Plant learning about the Fall/Winter 2024-2025 exhibitions. Students will then head to Harbourfront Centre and participate in a half-day visual arts program that allows students to share their connections and responses to the exhibition. 

In this half day program, students will gain an understanding of the block printing process and insight into how artists draw inspiration from the world around them. Students will design a printing plate using foam and then print using a repeat pattern to create their very own piece of gift wrap.

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 […]

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 will learn how textile arts can bring communities together and encourage collaboration. Students will be presented with historical and contemporary artworks that advocate for social change. Students will create a two-dimensional textile work that brings awareness to a social justice issue within their community.

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. 

The artistic works and automatic drawing techniques of Surrealist artists inspire this engaging program. Students are encouraged to let go of their inhibitions so they can experiment with the concept of chance and accidents and how that can influence their creative process. Your students will explore drawing and painting techniques and gain a deeper understanding […]

Your students will view historical and contemporary representations of colourfully painted creatures as sources of inspiration for their works of art. Your students will transform their ideas into fantastic imaginary beasts by exploring the wonders of colour, shape and expression 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 create their accordion book, […]

Students explore the far-reaching traditions of making masks across a variety of cultures. These references will inspire students to make a unique clay mask using hand-building techniques. 

Welcome to the exciting world of sculpture. Your students will learn about the historical significance and current practice of using sculptural creatures as a vehicle for storytelling, protection, decoration or to serve a functional purpose on buildings, entranceways and gardens across cultures. These reference images will spark students to create a ceramic sculpture using hand-building […]