Bringing Clay into your Classroom:
In this two-part hands-on clay workshop, ceramics artist Amelia Butcher will walk you through a lesson designed specifically for elementary grades. The artist will share practical tips and techniques for managing materials and teaching clay techniques to elementary students. Teachers are able to sign out the AFK Clay Kit to use in their schools for a two-week period. In this kit, teachers will have all the tools needed to complete the clay lesson taught in this two-part workshop series.
Workshop 1: Tuesday, October 8th, 2024 from 3:30 - 5:00 PM (Shadbolt Studio)
Workshop 2: Wednesday, October 16th, 2024 from 3:30 - 5:00 PM (Reid Room)
Location: Artists for Kids studios (2121 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver)
Cost: $40
Workshops will cover the following topics: managing materials in the classroom, hand building techniques, sculpting with clay, glazing objects, press molds, planning and design process, drying and firing clay artworks.
Registration for this workshop is now closed.
Garbage Press Collagraph Printing - October 25th (FULL)
Title: Garbage Press: Collagraph Printmaking
Date & Time: Friday, October 25th from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Artists for Kids, Shadbolt Studio
Maximum: 24 participants
Who is this for: Hands-on Art Workshop for Elementary and Secondary Teachers
Description: Join artist Reed H. Reed for a hands-on collagraph printmaking workshop. Reed will discuss their art practice, including work currently on exhibit at the Gordon Smith Gallery. Reed will share ways to use accessible materials such as schoolyard scraps and lunch bag plastic waste to create inked and printed compositions. This workshop explores the potential of discarded items, emphasizing shape, texture, and composition. Includes options for educators with and without access to a printing press.
Hannah Jickling and Reed H. Reed, Pinking Index (detail), 2023
Text-based Art with Whess Harman - October 25th (FULL)
Title: Text-based Art with Whess Harman
Date & Time: Friday, October 25th from 1:00 - 3:30 PM
Location: Artists for Kids, Gordon Smith Gallery
Maximum: 24 participants
Who is this for: Hands-on Art Workshop for Intermediate and Secondary Teachers
Description: Artist and curator Whess Harman will discuss his practice, including work currently on exhibit at the Gordon Smith Gallery. Whess, who works primarily in drawing, text and textiles, will discuss ways that art can be used as a tool of resistance. He will lead an art-making session with participants using text, painting, and stitching as the starting point of a small “protest patch” artwork.
Wess Harman, Potlatch Punk
