Region

Provincial

School year/Age

Kindergarten to Grade 12

Language level

French as a First Language
French immersion

School subject (primary)

Fine Arts

School subjects (secondary)

Social studies
French
Health and Life Skills
Sciences

Links with the curriculum

Workshops can be personalized as much as possible to match the curriculum or the needs and requests of the school.

Description

Taught by professional artists, the workshops are offered at the community studio located in Edmonton (9103 - 95 Avenue). These workshops can be taught in your school but additional fees for the artist travelling expenses and material are applicable. The school will also have to provide a computer for the PowerPoint presentation.

- Vincent Van Gogh: Self-Portrait of the Artist
(French, art, science, social studies, health, religion)
A study of the artist's work inspires participants to create a self portrait in his style. Students will be introduced to the concepts of texture.

- Georges Seurat (art, French, science, social studies)
Seurat started a new movement in painting called pointillism. Students will use this technique to create a painting with diverse arrangements of coloured points.

- Claude Monet (art, French, science, social studies)
Monet often worked outside and was able to show how light changes the colour of a landscape at different times of day. Students will use touches, lines and drops close together to create and understand the value of texture.

- Paul Cézanne (art, French, science, social studies)
Students learn to understand the importance of composition. With the use of 3D assembly techniques, a cardboard box will become the background, while pieces of Bristol board create the middle and foreground.

- Henri Rousseau (art, French, science, social studies)
Students will create their own unknown jungle by carefully studying different forms in nature. They will also learn to recognize perspective.

- Gustav Klimt (art, French, science, social studies, health, religion)
Klimt’s work was greatly inspired by mosaics. With coloured paper, students will produce a portrait of a friend.

- Paul Gauguin (art, French, science, social studies)
While living in the South Pacific, the artist was mesmerized by the lifestyle enjoyed by the native population. His artwork reflects this reality through the use of warm colours and the simplicity of form to create ambience. Students will imitate the artist’s style in a portrait using the collage method.

- Berthe Morisot (art, French, science, social studies, health)
Students are introduced to the concepts of warm and cold colours. They will produce two drawings; painting one in warm tones, the other in cold.

- Salvador Dali (art, French, science, social studies)
Dali’s world was full of symbols. Students will discover the meaning behind the use of symbols, enabling them to produce their own artwork in Dali’s surrealist style. 

- Norval Morrisseau (art, French, social studies, science)
This Canadian artist has developed a very original style of art. His grandparents taught him Ojibway and Native American traditions, and he incorporated those into his art. Students will study different symbols and techniques in order to come up with their own symbols.

- Chuck Close (art, French, social studies, health)
This artist was handicapped, but that never stopped him from creating amazing works of art. He created his paintings by working with one square inch at a time, concentrating on the fine details. Students will learn how to create art like this by photocopying pictures with a grid and reproducing them bit by bit.