by taswann | Apr 15, 2020 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
It’s been a month since schools have closed in Ontario (can you believe it?) and we are all living in a new world. Self-isolating has children home all day every day and parents are trying to parent, teach, work and manage all of the changes that have taken...
by taswann | Mar 30, 2020 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
We have designed art kits with step-by-step instructions just like a regular Art in Action class! These kits include an art history lesson as well as the art supplies needed for that project. These kits can be done without the use of computers – have your...
by taswann | Mar 11, 2020 | Previous Posts, Projects, Uncategorized
“I bring my childhood imagination to life – turning imagination into reality.” – Tang Yau Hoong 邓尧逢 In this week’s classes, Art in Action students looked at Malaysian artist, Tang Yau Hoong. He is an artist, illustrator, a graphic designer who...
by taswann | Jan 12, 2020 | Previous Posts, Projects, Uncategorized
For our last class of the Holiday session, Art in Action students learned that Michelangelo once made a snowman! It’s recorded by the art historian Giorgio Vasari that “one winter, when a great deal of snow fell in Florence, [Piero de’ Medici] had...
by taswann | Dec 2, 2019 | Previous Posts, Projects, Uncategorized
Theodor Seuss Geisel, predominantly known to the world as Dr. Seuss was our inspiration this week for the start of our Holiday Session. Thoedore “Ted” Seuss was born in 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He enjoyed a happy childhood and his mother, Henrietta often...
by taswann | Nov 8, 2019 | Previous Posts, Projects, Uncategorized
This week Art in Action students reflected on Remembrance Day, sometimes called Armistice Day, to remember those who died in military service, and honour those who served in wartime. Remembrance day is observed across Canada each year on 11 November — the...
