by taswann | Jan 10, 2017 | Previous Posts, Projects
Nefertiti was an Egyptian queen and the Great Royal Wife of Akhenaten and Egyptian Pharaoh. With her husband she reigned at what was arguably the wealthiest period of Ancient Egyptian history. We were inspired by the bust of Nefertiti, presently exhibited at the...
by taswann | Jan 9, 2017 | Previous Posts, Projects
“One curator said he didn’t want my work in his gallery because it was so simple even children understood it. I thought, what a wonderful tribute!” -Ted Harrison Before the Christmas holidays we were invited into the JK/SK classrooms at Runnymede Public...
by taswann | Dec 13, 2016 | Previous Posts, Projects
Doris McCarthy was born on July 7th, 1910 in Calgary and moved to Toronto in 1913. She is a landscape artist best known for her depictions of Arctic icebergs. McCarthy attended the Ontario College of Art from 1926 to 1930. Among her teachers were members of the Group...
by taswann | Nov 14, 2016 | Previous Posts, Projects
Abstract art is a form of modern and postmodern art that focuses on the power of each individual work to express compositions in a new way. Creative work in this style is usually non-representational, the artist’s forms may vary from a small degree of inaccurate...
by taswann | Nov 14, 2016 | Previous Posts, Projects
We travelled back in time to the Middle ages and learned about the Legend of St. George and the Dragon. Students drew their own dragons and then used balloon pumps to create the fire that spreads across the castle. Laughter filled our classrooms during this...
