Working in cooperation with local educators and principals, JTTA has begun to bring its visual art programming into schools. Workshops can be arranged for a variety of grade levels (from JK to high school). Workshops consist of a brief talk and demonstration about the topic chosen, instruction, guidance, and a variety of exercises and projects. These workshops succeed in encouraging students to think creatively and to sharpen their imagination!

Conducted by artist Christine Benson-Woods, the goal of these workshops is to accommodate the needs of all types of learners and to assist teachers in differentiating education through hands on demonstrations and projects. Visual art is an excellent tool for not only teaching specific skills but also for fostering individuality through creative thinking and creative development. JTTA believes strongly in the importance of introducing children of all ages to their own creative potential through participation in “the arts”.

What Can Art Do To Enhance a Student’s Life?

Participation and exploration in visual art :

• allows students to become more creative in all aspects of their lives
• encourages individuality
• reinforces creative thinking and creative development
• allows children to explore their own ideas openly and freely
• can tell the student a lot about themselves, their goals and their values
• Visual art also assists with a student’s
• visualization and perceptual skills
• physical coordination of both large and small muscles
• divergent thinking skills
• their ability to learn from their experiences
• evaluating skills
• understanding of social organization
• work habits and responsibility

SCHEDULING:

Visual art workshops can be scheduled to compliment units or lessons throughout the school year. Journey Through the Arts is very flexible in the scheduling of workshops throughout the school day and week. We recommend a minimum of 2 hours per workshop. We would be happy to consult with teachers and principals on an individual basis in order to develop a schedule that suits both the school and the student’s needs. To book a workshop please contact the Journey Through the Arts Studios at least three weeks in advance.

COST:

The cost of each workshop is determined on a case by case basis and depends on:

• the number of children participating
• the workshop topic chosen (due to the differing cost of supplies)
• * All workshops include the necessary supplies and cost between $4 and $8 per student.

JOURNEY THROUGH THE ARTS

IN-THE-SCHOOLS WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

Landscape Painting and the Group of Seven: The Group of Seven made the Canadian landscape come alive like never before. This workshop will introduce students to the work of the most famous Canadian painters of all time. They will learn the various parts of the landscape, about composition and will paint their own landscape on canvas.

Watercolour and Georgia O’Keefe: O’Keefe was fascinated with the beauty of her surroundings. Here O’Keefe’s subject matter will be explored using various watercolour techniques with each student completing a final painting.

Relief Printmaking and Albrecht Durer: This workshop will begin with a brief history of printmaking and then each student will design, carve and create their own relief print. We will also experiment with various Japanese and Thai papers to print our edition.

Screenprinting with Andy Warhol: During this workshop Pop Art will be explored through the eyes of Andy Warhol. Known for his portrayal of the famous faces of the time students will produce their own stencils and use bold colours to create large screenprints on paper.

Drawing with Emily Carr: Canadian artist Emily Carr fell in love with the forests the surrounded her home in British Columbia . Using various drawing tools such as charcoal, chalk pastel and graphite students will learn several drawing techniques such as shading while producing a large nature inspired drawing.

Caricatures and Claude Monet: Even the most serious artists have their silly moments! During his childhood Monet was known for creating humerous caricatures. This workshop will focus on learning about the proper proportion of the face and learning how to produce caricatures by breaking those rules.

Understanding Colour with Berthe Morisot: This workshop will serve to introduce students to the importance of colour in all art forms. Students will create two paintings using warm and cool colours to demonstrate how colour can change the way a painting is viewed.

Pointillist Painting and Georges Seurat: The technique of pointillism made famous by Seurat’s seascapes will be explored as students learn the technique of using tiny dots of colour to produce a painting.

Self Portraits and Vincent van Gogh: This workshop will look at a variety of self-portraits painted by van Gogh as well as a brief history of his life. Students will complete drawing exercises that will help them to paint their own self-portraits on canvas.

Collage and Gustav Klimt: Gustav Klimt was a German artist who loved to paint delicate and detailed figures and landscapes full of vibrant colours and shapes. During this workshop each student will create their own figural collage using an assortment of Japanese and Thai papers, fabric and mixed media.

Cubism Portraits and Pablo Picasso: Like most artists Picasso had a wonderfully interesting way of seeing the world. His cubist paintings are a great lesson in composition, balance and imagination. This workshop will focus on breaking down the human face into geometric shapes and using colour as a way to express thoughts and emotions.

Pottery: During this workshop we will get our hands dirty using self-hardening clay and will learn various handbuilding techniques to produce our own unique pieces of pottery.