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Expression and Interpretation

April 13, 2018

Abstract expressionism and interpretation are complex concepts to talk about,…

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Crafts

April 13, 2018

After school we’ve been working on crafts, including a little…

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Expression Through Movement

April 6, 2018

Music and dance drove this week’s art in our After…

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Spring?

April 6, 2018

It may not look or feel like it, but it’s…

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Art Nouveau

March 23, 2018

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the Art…

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Life Cycles

March 23, 2018

Small animals helped us learn about life cycles and how…

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Plants

March 16, 2018

One of the questions that cropped up from learning about…

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Architecture

March 16, 2018

The theme of the week was architecture, so the kids…

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Joan Miro

March 9, 2018

Joan Miro was the artist inspiring this week’s works. He…

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Playing With Our Food

March 9, 2018

The food was combined with art and fun this week…

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Cave Art

March 2, 2018

One of the ways kids interpret what they see in…

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A Spring In Our Step

March 2, 2018

We had a new big word this week- Iconography. Our…

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The Party Game

February 23, 2018

This week we’ve been honing our performance skills, and what…

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Local Architecture

February 23, 2018

Travel the world, and you will find people who have…

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Valentines Art

February 14, 2018

What do we love? Pizza, pine cones and plate-making!

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The Mitten

February 14, 2018

It’s Valentines Day this week, so we’ve been spreading the…

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Birds!

February 9, 2018

It’s not Superman! It’s not a plane! It’s a bird!

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Jim Dine and Hearts

February 9, 2018

Jim Dine is a representational maker, working in drawing and…

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Under the Sea

February 2, 2018

Inspired by the new installation for Andy Narwhal, this week…

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Writing

February 2, 2018

We use words every day, whether speaking, reading or writing….

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World Travellers

January 19, 2018

We’ve been to Australia and Africa this week in Passport…

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Installation

January 19, 2018

Making art is a process, and displaying the art is…

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Arctic Temperatures

January 12, 2018

To work our way back into the routine of Passport…

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Functional Art

January 12, 2018

When art is something you can use at home or…

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Minimalism and Winter Break

December 22, 2017

Building off of what we learned about abstraction last week,…

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Touch

December 22, 2017

We felt our fifth sense with our fingers this week,…

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Abstract Art

December 15, 2017

When my sister and I were kids, she told me…

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Hearing

December 15, 2017

With drums, anvils and stirrups, this week we’ve been listening…

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Paper Crafts

December 8, 2017

We asked the students this week, what can we make…

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Smell

December 8, 2017

As we make our way through our senses, this week…

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