All of our children’s programming features projects designed and taught by professional artists, ensuring your child has an immersive experience in the creative process with quality, fine art materials within a supportive learning environment.
Jennifer energizes, motivates, and educates students in a supportive, non-judgemental setting. Children will participate in improv games, exercises and sketches that build life skills including concentration, proactive listening, collaboration, problem solving and self confidence.
Underwater adventures! Well, in our imaginations! Students learn about incredible reef ecosystems and explore color, shape and texture in the creation of coral, sea anemones, sea urchins, sponges, barnacles and more!
Children will investigate a variety of mediums and create two and three dimensional pieces with materials like paint and clay.
Batik is a very old art form involving wax resists and saturated colours to create designs! Children will twist and tie fabric to create patterns, explore colour theory and make wild and wonderful colour combinations to wear, take a nap with as a cool pillowcase...or let your creativity (literal) flag fly!
In our modern times of photoshop and perfectionism, children sometimes find it hard to deal with unwanted marks, little mistakes or spills “ruining” their masterpiece. But truth is, most great inventions and amazing artworks started with “happy accidents.”
The shadowed tangle of the forest creates pattern and colour that captivates Gallery artists Kristina Maus and Peter John Reid...and will inspire our young artist's! Students will make sketch books and take a line (and their feet!) for a walk to capture shadow and shape in “plein air” then head back inside to learn about colour values, colour mixing and compositions.
Chelsea Campbell's class contains elements of drawing, painting and sculpture while learning about iconic “pop artist” Andy Warhol and his ideas about transforming everyday objects into art. Students will learn about process - how small steps can create a larger, more impactful art piece, along with learning technical skills such as proper brush strokes, shading and sources of light.
A swashbuckling adventure on the high seas!! Captain Suzy Short finger regales the crew with true Pirate tales as students transform themselves with costumes after making eyepatches and swords.
Get bent! Students explore the wondrous nature of willow construction. They will learn several willow weaving techniques and create a trivet, fish and star while learning how to weave two traditional forms of baskets (frame and stake & strand).
Children will investigate a variety of mediums and create two and three dimensional pieces with materials like paint and clay.
A perfect capture! Students will learn about the principles and elements of design, through capturing images of people, nature, and landscapes. Explore lighting and angles, composition and creativity! At the end of the week, students will present their images in a special exhibition for family and friends. Please bring your own digital and/or single lens reflex camera.
A perfect capture! Students will learn about the principles and elements of design, through capturing images of people, nature, and landscapes.
Calling all Creature Creators! Make the wackiest, wonkiest papier mache sculptures celebrating the feathered or the furred. Colour and pattern create feather and foot, cardboard and imagination transform into masks that express our inner animal.
Children will investigate a variety of mediums, which will allow them to create two and three-dimensional artwork using materials such as paint and clay.