GRADE 6 ENGLISH BOOKS

Tale From Behind the Mask: A Multidisciplinary Arts Experience!
Performing Arts

Also available as an in school programme!
Bring an ancient folk tale to life as students discover ways to express themselves through art, dance and drama

• Students make a paper theatrical mask to depict their character
• Discover ways to express character in movement
• Explore elements of dance and choreography
• Develop theatrical skill through drama and role-playing activities
• Students use creative problem solving as they develop a group presentation

Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 4 – 6)
Drama and Dance (Grades 4 – 6)
4-8
FULL DAY
Acrylic Landscape Painting
Exploring Contemporary Art

Students discover why artists today are inspired by the outdoors. They will investigate a range of landscape-based works, contemporary and historical, while discussing the importance of the power of place and the purpose of making art.

• Engage in outdoor sketching activities inspired by Lake Ontario and the waterfront community outside our studio windows
• Complete a small acrylic painting based on the sketch
• Learn a range of landscape painting techniques: discover colour and its application, the importance of tonal values in a work, and elements and principals of design

Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 4-8)
6-8
FULL DAY
Advertising Literacy
New Media, New Media: Media Literacy

Learn about the methods of manipulation in television commercials and discuss examples. Learn the methods of digital film and make a commercial about advertising.

• See examples of TV commercials and learn about advertising techniques.
• Learn the digital technology of film making.
• Brainstorm and plan out a thirty second advertisement.
• Film, edit and create the advertisement in the New Media Lab at Harbourfront Centre.

Includes a pre-visit by one of our new media educators to prepare for the visit to the Harbourfront Centre.
Time permitting the trip will include a viewing and class critique of a new media art installation piece in the York Quay Gallery or Power Plant.

Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
6-12
FULL DAY
Advertising Literacy: Print Media
New Media, New Media: Media Literacy

Learn about the methods of manipulation in print commercials and discuss examples. Learn the methods of digital film and make a commercial about advertising.

• See examples of print commercials and learn about advertising techniques.
• Discuss the proliferation of advertising in society and critique its role.
• Learn the digital technology to make a print advertisement.
• Plan out and execute print advertisement which speaks about advertising techniques.

Time permitting the trip will include a viewing and class critique of an interactive floor advertisement in the lobby.

Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 12)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
Language Arts (Grades 9-12)
3-6
FULL DAY
Behind The Curtain: Tribal Cracking Wind
Performing Arts

Tribal Crackling Wind’s Artistic Director Peter Chin spent the last three years visiting Cambodia, working with local artists to research and create his new work: Transmission of the Invisible. Join us for a storytelling workshop led by company dancers and two special guest artists from Cambodia. Using video footage of Cambodian and Canadian children engaged in games, activities, and day-to-day life, the workshop will include dance and music activities that respond to these stories, performances by the two Cambodian dancers and movement work from the Cambodian tradition.

Participants of the workshop will be asked to agree to have the activities videotaped for inclusion in the video installation, which will form a part of the final presentation of Transmission of the Invisible.

Winter 2008, date TBA, 10am-2pm

Cost: Full Day; $15 per student; Matinee Only; $10 per ticket
K-8
HALF DAY FULL DAY
Clay Building Beasts
Exploring Contemporary Art

Welcome to the exciting world of sculptural beasts! More then just scary creatures that haunt our dreams, these silent critters have been known to protect our homes, offices, cathedrals, temples and sacred spaces all over the world. Students will learn about gargoyles, chimeras, sphinxes and grotesques from a variety cultures.

• Learn about sculpture and discuss how it is used in architecture
• Explore form, pattern and texture, articulating techniques of 3-D form
• Learn and use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with clay, and discuss the physical properties of clay
• Create a ceramics piece inspired by the building beasts history, from the design to the execution, employing hand building techniques and textural decorative methods
• Visit The Craft Department: Ceramic Studio

Grades K-4 (half day)
Grades 4-8 (full day)

Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 1-8)
Life Systems: Animals (Grade 2)
K-8
HALF DAY FULL DAY
Clay Masks
Exploring Contemporary Art

Using a variety of hand-building techniques create a 3-dimensional mask! Explore the history and use of the mask from a diversity of cultures, and visit The Craft Department: Ceramic Studio.

• Discuss ways which artists communicate and the purpose of the mask
• Explore form, pattern, and texture
• Discuss the physical properties and many uses of clay
• Learn to terminology and vocabulary specific to working with clay

Grades K-4 (half day)
Grades 4-8 (full day)

Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 1-8)
Heritage and Citizenship (Grades 5-6)
6-8
FULL DAY
Clay Sculpted Environments
Exploring Contemporary Art

Discover the places and spaces in which we live, and create a unique 3-dimensional environment – a habitat, an idyllic place, or your own room – out of clay! Learn and use a variety of hand-building and embellishment techniques while creating a magical world

• Explore form, pattern and texture, and techniques for articulating 3-D forms
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with clay
• Visit Harbourfront Centre's Craft Studio and Artists' Gardens for inspiration!

Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6-8)
2-8
HALF DAY FULL DAY
Clay Vessels
Exploring Contemporary Art

Using various hand-building techniques (slab, pinch pot and coil), create your own clay vessel. Take the full-day programme and create a more ambitious piece. Learn about the history and use of clay vessels around the world, from Greek amphorae to contemporary craft.

• Work with a variety of hand-building techniques, and embellish vessels with patterns and textures
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with clay
• Discuss the physical properties of clay
• Visit The Craft Department: Ceramic Studio and explore contemporary creation of ceramic objects

Grades 2-4 (half day)
Grades 4-8 (full day)

Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 1-8)
Heritage and Citizenship (Grade 5)
4-8
FULL DAY
Collograph Printmaking With Museum of Inuit Art Tour
Exploring Contemporary Art

Start with a tour of the Museum of Inuit Art in the Queen’s Quay Terminal. Discover the beauty of contemporary Inuit art and learn how the Inuit use the elements and principles of design in their prints to express notions of every day life and community. Rediscover texture through the art of collograph-design, create, and print a series of amazing prints. View artwork from some of the most celebrated artists in the history of the western world!

• Examine contemporary prints made by Inuit Artists
• Discuss Picasso and Braque's contributions to the evolution of printmaking in the 20th century
• Create a collage plate using a variety of low relief textures and materials, exploring texture and form
• Learn the printmaking process and produce a series of coloured prints

Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 4-8)
6-8
FULL DAY
Create a Web Page
New Media, New Media: Art Production

Using our New Media Lab, students will create their own web page while learning about the Internet and its role in art practice and promotion

• See examples of web pages that are created solely as art pieces and how artists are promoting their own work on the Internet
• Discuss how the internet has affected artistic practice and art promotion
• Learn the elements and principals of design
• Create an art based web page using Mac technology

Includes a pre-visit by one of our new media educators to prepare for the visit to the Harbourfront Centre.

Time permitting the trip will include a viewing and class critique of a new media art installation piece in the York Quay Gallery or Power Plant.

Full day at Harbourfront Centre and full day in the classroom.

Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
K-8
Day Of The Dead
Day Of The Dead

Experience the unique Mexican tradition that joyfully remembers ancestors by bringing their memories to life. Come and celebrate this tradition with music, dance, food, crafts, storytelling and altars.

In partnership with the Consulate General of Mexico.

November 3-4, 10am-3pm
Free!
6-8
FULL DAY
Digital Photography
New Media, New Media: Art Production

Explore the digital medium of photography. See examples of contemporary digital photography by well known artists and discuss the power of the image

• See how digital photography has effected photo production.
• Learn the techniques of photo manipulation through the computer
• Create a unique digital photography art piece

Time permitting the trip will include a viewing and class critique of a new media art installation piece in the York Quay Gallery or Power Plant.

Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
4-8
HALF DAY FULL DAY
Djembe Drumming
Performing Arts

Available September 24 – December 21 and January 14 – April 14
HIGH DEMAND – Book early to avoid disappointment!
Half day: Drumming
Full day: Drumming and Clay Udu Drum Making

Work as a collective to beat as one! Using authentic African Djembe drums, students explore rhythm and hand drumming techniques, experiencing the power of collective drumming with their classmates

• Students experience the hands-on excitement of exploring rhythm on their own Djembe Drum
• Learn hand drumming techniques
• Learn about the rich cultural history of drumming around the world
• Experience the power of collective drumming with classmates!
• Create a Nigerian Udu Pot Drum from clay, using hand building techniques (full day programme only)


Curriculum connections:
Music (Grades 4 – 8)
Heritage and Citizenship (Grade 5)
Visual Arts (Grades 1 – 8)
Drums courtesy of Seiko
5-8
FULL DAY
Drawing
Exploring Contemporary Art

Learn a range of drawing techniques, including gesture drawing (live!), contour drawing, and the exploratory art of self-portraiture.

• Explore a variety of contemporary drawing materials
• Experiment and gain an understanding about the importance of line and texture in drawing
• Learn about the history of drawing and how it exists as an important contemporary artistic medium today
• Create a self portrait using newly acquired skills

Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 5-8)
K-8
HALF DAY FULL DAY
ESL Clay Mask NEW!
ESL

Using a variety of hand-building techniques, students create their own 3-dimensional mask! Explore the history and use of the mask from a diversity of cultures through form, pattern, and texture.

• Discuss the physical properties and many uses of clay
• Create a mask which explores issues of identity and perspective within the students life
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with clay
• Learn and practice six levels of ESL throughout the programme

Grades K-4 (half day)
Grades 4-8 (full day)

Curriculum Connexions:
ESL curriculum
Visual Arts (Grades 1-8)
Heritage and Citizenship (Grade 5)
5-8
FULL DAY
ESL Government Exploration NEW!
ESL

See government in action! Experience life inside Toronto’s City Halls and Ontario’s provincial justice system, then discover the historical roots of these institutions on a fascinating walk through downtown Toronto.

• Attend a court in session at “Old City Hall” then meet with a Provincial Court Judge who will answer your questions!
• Learn about government in the days of the Old Town of York and compare it to how the City of Toronto is governed today
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to government exploration
• Learn and practice six levels English language skills throughout the programme
• Discuss reasons for democratic decision-making and the responsibility of informed citizens

Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
Social Studies: Aspects of Citizenship and Government in Canada (Grade 5)
4-8
FULL DAY
ESL Paper Mask NEW!
ESL, In-School Programmes

Also available as an in school programme!
Explore the rich history and tradition of mask-making in many different cultures; students use their imagination to create their own mask.

• Discover the rich history of mask-making around the world from a range of cultures, from the past into the present day
• Using paper sculpture techniques, create a life-sized mask
• Explore and experiment with 3-dimensional forms
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with paper masks
• Learn and practice six levels ESL skills throughout the programme

Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
Visual Arts (Grades 4-8)
Heritage and Citizenship: cultural history & use of masks (Grades 5-6)
4-8
FULL DAY
ESL Shadow Puppets NEW!
ESL, Performing Arts

Explore the ancient art of shadow puppetry and its South-East Asian cultural roots in this fascinating programme. Design and make a shadow puppet based on stories and fables and learn how to animate the puppet for a play.

• Reinterpret a fable as a contemporary story relevant to students’ lives and experiences
• Design silhouette shadow puppet characters, props, and scenery for the play
• Perform a play and tell a story with the new puppet
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with shadow puppets
• Learn and practice six levels ESL skills throughout the programme

Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
Visual Arts (Grades 4 – 8)
Drama (Grades 4 – 8)
4-8
HALF DAY FULL DAY
ESL The Artist Book: The Hidden Spine Book NEW!
ESL, Literary and Book Arts

Full day option: pair this programme with a reading at YoungIFOA or ALOUD: a Celebration for Young Readers
Using contemporary interpretations of the book as an art object create your own hand-made art book-perfect for journaling or making a storybook back in the classroom.

• Discover the rich art of contemporary bookmaking and book arts
• Learn and use vocabulary specific to the books arts
• Design, construct, and decorate an accordion book with a hidden spine section
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with artist books
• Learn and practice six levels English language skills throughout the programme

Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
Heritage and Citizenship: History of books (Grade 5)
Oral and Visual Communication (Grades 4 – 8)
K-8
HALF DAY FULL DAY
Education Afloat: On Water
Education Afloat

Anchors away! Students experience Toronto’s waterfront on an hour-long expedition through the Inner Harbour and island lagoons aboard a fully-enclosed, Coast Guard-approved vessel. Life jacket drill is conducted prior to departure. Teachers may choose from a variety of grade appropriate activities to complement the boat exploration. Primary and junior students focus on one of the following topics: Community (Grades 1 – 3) or Environment (grades 2 – 4). Intermediate and senior students study changing land usage and the natural and human impact on the waterfront environment. Call to discuss your options.

May & June only
Full day: includes On Water and On Land
Half day: includes either On Water or On Land
K-8
HALF DAY FULL DAY
Educational Afloat: On Land
Education Afloat

Choose any 2 options to make up your day:

OPTION 1: URBAN DISCOVERIES
Grades K – 3
Discover Toronto’s Waterfront Community
Grades 4 – 8
Toronto’s Waterfront An explorative walk of Toronto’s Waterfront as it pertains to the local history, geography or environment. (Choice of focus)

OPTION 2: VISUAL ARTS
Grades K – 4
Activity focused on aquatic habits, the needs of living things and adaptation.
Grades 5 – 8
Activity focused on human and natural environments.

OPTION 3: BOAT TOUR
Grades K – 8
6-8
FULL DAY
Experimental Digital Film
New Media, New Media: Art Production

(full day at Harbourfront Centre and full day in the classroom)
Explore this new art medium- see the works of established contemporary video artists, then experiment with the art form as a method of self-exploration

• Learn a brief history of video art
• Learn the techniques of experimental film technology
• Create video art that explores issues of identity
• Learn how to burn film onto a DVD and upload it onto the internet

Includes a pre-visit by one of our new media educators to prepare for the visit to the Harbourfront Centre.
Time permitting the trip will include a viewing and class critique of a new media art installation piece in the York Quay Gallery or Power Plant.

Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
4-8
HALF DAY FULL DAY
Exploring Contemporary Art
Exploring Contemporary Art

Half day (Gallery-based tour): $6 per student
Full day (Gallery-based tour and studio art programmes/workshops): $11 per student
These exploratory investigations of contemporary art, featuring an interactive tour of the current exhibitions in The Power Plant and/or York Quay Centre, and The Craft Studio and Artists' Gardens. Full-day programmes also include a studio workshop in the afternoon, connecting the exhibits to Harbourfront Centre's current ideas-based programming themes – FOCUS: Our Lens. Your View.
6-8
FULL DAY
Exploring Contemporary Art Through Podcasting
New Media, New Media: Media Literacy

Explore contemporary art through an interactive tour of the current exhibitions in The Power Plant and/or York Quay Centre, The Craft Studio and Artists' Gardens. The Full-day programmes will include a workshop-Students design a multi media pod cast that can be uploaded onto an MP3 player or the Internet that explores the exhibit in the Gallery.

• Learn elements of broadcasting, communication, art vocabulary
• Understand the notions of the artistic audience and artistic perception.

Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
4-8
FULL DAY
Global Drama NEW!
Performing Arts

Lauching January 2008!
Celebrating Diversity Through Drama and Art. Discover ways to critique, understand and discuss the role multiculturalism in your students’ lives through multi-disciplinary activities in drama and the visual arts.

• Explore Canada’s Policy of Multiculturalism and the experience of living in a Global City through facilitated discussion
• Participate in dramatic activities like “hot seating” which allows for an exploration of the role of diversity in the urban setting
• Reflect and respond to living in Toronto and the issues of global community through a visual arts project

Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 4-8)
Music (Grades 4-8)
Heritage and Citizenship (Grades 5)
6 & 8
FULL DAY
Kensington Market and Chinatown
Urban Studies

Discover a kaleidoscope of culture in two of Toronto’s most interesting and diverse communities!

• Gain an understanding of ever changing demographic patterns and uncover the fascinating cultural histories of Kensington Market and China Town
• Investigate Canada’s immigration policy past and present and identify “cultural imprints”
• Discuss “push” and “pull” factors that affect migration and mobility

Curriculum connections:
Social Studies: Canada’s Links to the World (Grade 6)
Geography: Migration (Grade 8)
6-8
FULL DAY
Lino Print With Museum of Inuit Art Tour
Exploring Contemporary Art

Start with a tour of the Museum of Inuit Art in the Queen’s Quay Terminal. Discover the beauty of contemporary Inuit art and learn how the Inuit use the elements and principles of design in their prints to express notions of every day life and community. Then, in the Harbourfront Community Centre Studio learn the techniques of relief printmaking using a soft linoleum block- design, carve and print a small series of Lino-block prints

• Explore printmaking in contemporary Inuit Art
• Discuss the notion of community and everyday life in Toronto
• Experiment with printmaking tools and techniques to create a soft linoleum printing block which expresses life in the student's neighbourhood
• Discover the elements and principals of design, including texture and patterning through printing media

Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6-8)
6-8
FULL DAY
Literacy on the Web
New Media, New Media: Media Literacy

Explore questions about how advertising is used on the Internet and create a web page that discusses the role of the Internet in consumerism.

• Look at examples of effective web pages on the internet.
• Learn the different ways companies use the internet to advertise.
• Explore the elements and principals of design that sell products on the internet.
• Create your own web page sells a product that will help contribute to your community.

Includes a pre-visit by one of our new media educators to prepare for the visit to the Harbourfront Centre.

Time permitting the trip will include a viewing and class critique of a new media art installation piece in the York Quay Gallery or Power Plant

Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
K-8
Luminarium
HarbourKIDS

Your journey into the space, colour, light, and sound-drenched chambers and connecting tunnels of Architects of Air’s Luminarium explores an interactive landscape inspired by the beauty and natural geometry of architecture. Just imagine being inside a massive work of art so awesome the ooh’s and ahh’s will last a lifetime.
Register for a One Day Only School Visits exploration into the Luminarium on Friday October 5!!
5-8
HALF DAY
Movement and Choregraphy
In-School Programmes, Performing Arts

Students unleash their potential for movement expression as they learn new dance vocabulary and how to choreograph!

• Work with a professional dancer and peers to create a unique dance presentation
• Learn new dance vocabulary; explore a wide range of dance styles from around the world
• Become familiar with the elements of choreography; use creative problem solving abilities
• Students discover their unique way of moving – their own dance signature!

Also available as an in school programme!
Curriculum Connections:
The Arts: Drama and Dance (Grades 5-8)
4-8
FULL DAY
Paper Mask
Exploring Contemporary Art

Also available as an in school programme!
Explore the rich history and tradition of mask-making in many different cultures – students use their imagination to create their own mask.

• Discover the history of mask-making around the world from A range of cultures, from the past into the present day
• Using paper sculpture techniques, create a life-sized mask
• Explore and experiment with 3-dimensional forms

Curriculum Connections:
Visual arts (Grades 4-9)
Heritage and Citizenship: Cultural History &use of masks (Grades 5-6)
6-8
FULL DAY
Photo Literacy
New Media, New Media: Media Literacy

Explore the digital photography in media; learn the techniques of photo manipulation and the issues that surround it.

• Explore the digital medium of photography.
• Discuss the ethics of digital manipulation and how the human image is constructed.
• Learn the techniques of photo manipulation through the computer.
• Create an advertisement that has been retouched and prepared for media production.

Time permitting the trip will include a viewing and class critique of a new media art installation piece in the York Quay Gallery or Power Plant.

Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
4-8
FULL DAY
Shadow Puppets
Performing Arts

Explore the ancient art of shadow puppetry and its South-East Asian cultural roots in this fascinating programme. Students design and make their own shadow puppet, based on stories and fables from a global perspective, and learn how to animate them for a puppet show.

• Reinterpret a fable as a contemporary story relevant to students' lives and experiences
• Design silhouette shadow puppet characters, props, and scenery for your play
• Student perform a play and tell a story with their new puppet

Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 4 – 8)
4-8
FULL DAY
Street Theatre Puppets Heads and Play NEW!
Performing Arts

• Learn a brief history of popular education, and street theatre
• Students collectively create their own skits based on issues relevant to their lives.
• Collectively construct props and giant puppets using easily-found, recycled materials
• Practice and present their popular theatre to their school/wider community.
• Be involved in an artistic activity to enhance creativity, language, drama and art skills while interacting with adults and other children

Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 4-8)
Dramatic Arts (Grades 4-8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6-8)

(full day at Harbourfront Centre and an in-school visit)
4-8
HALF DAY FULL DAY
Studio Workshop: Generations
Exploring Contemporary Art

Available September-December
Full day with a morning tour of galleries
FOCUS: Generations
From June to December 2007 Harbourfront Centre is talking about your Generation, as part of an ongoing focus on ideas in programming. A generation can refer to a time or a class of people. It can refer to the time you are born to the time of a parents death. It can also refer to an era of style, culture and political movement. At Harbourfront Centre’s Galleries explore how artists have responded to the theme of Generations. Then, in our studios, students uncover what this theme means to them-their family, their culture, their experience of living in Toronto-through a visual arts workshop with our Art Educators.

To learn more about Harbourfront Centre's ideas-based programming, visit FOCUS: Our Lens. Your View.
4-8
FULL DAY
Understanding Hip Hop Culture NEW!
Performing Arts

Launch in January 2008!
Global Hip Hop culture: possibly the most influential artistic movement in the world today. Discover its roots, its contemporary impact and its ability to empower self-expression.

• Learn the history of the hip hop movement dating back to the early 70’s, and the legacy of some of the greatest Hip Hop Pioneers
• Discover the four elements of Global Hip Hop Culture
• Take a critical look at the issues that surround Hip Hop Culture
• Explore self-expression through the Hip Hop medium

Curriculum connections:
Music (Grades 4 – 8)
Heritage and Citizenship (Grade 5)
Visual Arts (Grades 1 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 4 – 8)
6-8
FULL DAY
Understanding Hip Hop Culture NEW!
New Media, New Media: Media Literacy

Global Hip Hop culture: possibly the most influential artistic movement in the world today. Discover its roots, its contemporary impact and its ability to empower self-expression.

• Learn the history of the hip hop movement dating back to the early 70’s, and the legacy of some of the greatest Hip Hop Pioneers
• Discover the four elements of Global Hip Hop Culture
• Take a critical look at the issues that surround Hip Hop Culture
• Explore self-expression through the Hip Hop medium

Launch in January 2008!

Curriculum Connections:
Music (Grades 6 – 8)
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
5-8
Urban Dance Breakdancing, Hip Hop, Crumping and Stomp! NEW!
Performing Arts

From street to stage, urban dance is showing us new ways to move!

• Students develop their own Urban Dance vocabulary
• Uncover the origins, and track the glowing legacy, of Urban Dance
• Students become aware of their own style of movement expression
• Work with a professional dancer and peers to create a unique
dance presentation

curriculum connections:
Drama and Dance (Grades 5-8)
2-6
FULL DAY
Young Collograph Printmaking With Museum of Inuit Art Tour
Exploring Contemporary Art


Visit the Museum of Inuit Art and see examples of Contemporary Inuit printmaking. Students explore the wonders of printmaking, including line, texture and pattern. Design and create a small series of prints to take home

• Examine prints made by Inuit artists
• Learn about the printmaking process, different ways of making prints, and vocabulary specific to printmaking
• Produce a small original series of coloured prints, inspired by the animals living in our city

Curriculum Connections:
Visual arts (Grades 2-6)
Life Systems: Animals (Grade 2)
Programmes:

* Day Of The Dead (1)
* Education Afloat (2)
* ESL (17)
* Exploring Contemporary Art (17)
* Gallery Programming (7)
* HarbourKIDS (1)
* In-School Programmes (5)
* Literary and Book Arts (9)
* New Media (16)
* New Media: Art Production (6)
* New Media: Media Literacy (10)
* Performing Arts (22)
* Urban Studies (10)
* Visual Arts.