by taswann | Jan 26, 2018 | Previous Posts, Projects
“I was suddenly very, very proud to live in Manitoba, to be Canadian and to have had the privilege of standing in such a precious place. We are so lucky to be here and I don’t think people realize it.” – Kal Barteski Kal Barteski is an internationally...
by taswann | Jan 19, 2018 | Previous Posts, Projects
“My life is a dot lost among thousands of other dots.” – Yayoi Kusama The students at Kingsway College caught the Kusama fever that is taking over Toronto! The upcoming AGO show, Yayoi Kusama – Infinity Mirrors is experiencing an unprecedented demand for tickets...
by taswann | Jan 17, 2018 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Take everything as it comes; the wave passes, deal with the next one.” – Tom Thomson Yesterday we spent a lovely afternoon with the students at Blessed Sacrament in our Group of Seven art group learning about the Canadian artist, Tom Thomson....
by taswann | Jan 16, 2018 | Previous Posts, Projects, Uncategorized
“We were told, quite seriously, that there never would be a Canadian art because we had no art tradition.” -Lawren Harris Students were inspired by the work of Canadian painter, Lawren Harris and created their own winter landscapes. They used watercolour techniques...
by taswann | Jan 14, 2018 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Before I found art, I had no sense of the future. I could have ended up in a dead-end job or even jail, not because I was violent but because I was thoughtless. Then I found this. It is all I wanted.” – Kim Dorland This Friday we introduced our senior class at KCS to...
by taswann | Jan 10, 2018 | Previous Posts, Projects
There were dozens of lakes, many of them not on the map. For identification purposes we gave them names. The bright sparkling lakes we named after people we admired… to the swampy ones, all messed up with moose tracks, we gave the names of the critics who...
