Clay Pinch Pots
FormExplore clay and 2D/3D shape by making a pinch pot in self-hardening clay.
In-the-Schools Program
Curriculum-linked art, brought to your classroom
Christine comes to you with every supply in hand and guides your students through a grade-appropriate visual art workshop. Each one ties to the art curriculum, and every student finishes a piece to display or take home.
Available to schools in Port Hope & Cobourg
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How it works
Turnkey, start to finish
A visiting teaching artist who brings the whole studio with her. You prepare nothing.
She comes to you
Christine delivers the workshop right in your classroom - no buses, no field trip.
Everything supplied
All materials arrive with her. Your students just need their seats.
Linked to curriculum
Each workshop is built around art concepts - line, shape, colour, composition, art history.
A finished piece
Over about two periods, every student completes work to display or take home.
Grade-by-grade workshops
Find your grade, picture the lesson
A sample of the grade-specific workshops we offer, mapped to division. Each is tailored to the grade level and its art curriculum.
Primary
Kindergarten - Grade 3Sand Mandalas
Shape & colourLine, geometric and organic shape, warm/cool colour and radial design in a sand-painting mandala.
That's One Cool Panda!
Warm & cool colourDraw a panda from geometric shapes, then use warm/cool colour and symmetry to show emotion.
Underwater Creatures
Space & textureForeground, middle ground and background plus texture, in an underwater painting.
Junior
Grades 4 - 6Squirrel Drawings
Line & textureBuild line and texture through cross-hatching and pointillism.
Birch Tree Landscapes
CompositionComposition, shading and the illusion of depth in a landscape painting.
Caricatures
ProportionMaster facial proportion, then exaggerate it to create a caricature.
Intermediate
Grades 7 - 8Trees, after Emily Carr
Expressive valueExpressive line, texture and value in chalk pastel, inspired by the Canadian artist.
Cubist Self-Portraits
After PicassoDeconstruct and reassemble facial forms into a Cubist self-portrait.
These are examples - Christine offers more workshops and will build one around what your class is studying. Just ask.
Tailored to your class
Building toward a specific unit?
Tell Christine your learning goals or what you're teaching now, and she'll shape a workshop to match, reinforcing the concepts your students are already working on.
Bring art to your classroom.
Email Christine to talk through your class, your learning goals and pricing, and to book a date. Open to schools in Port Hope & Cobourg.