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New Spring Session starts with a Lake Ontario Landscape
Our Spring session has Begun! For this Spring session Art in Action will be inspired by famous artists and places in Toronto. From a serene landscape of Lake Ontario, a view across the Humber River at the Old Mill Bridge, learning about the Fashion District and Graffiti Alley, taking a look at Casa Loma architecture, […]
Spring Tulips inspired by Camille Pissarro
“Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.” -Camille Pissarro The inspiration for our spring tulips came from the great French painter, Camille Pissarro. He was born on July 10th, 1830. He was a Danish-French impressionist painter. Pissarro painted outdoors or “en plein air” and he preferred to […]
Night Road inspired by Christopher Pratt
“My hope is that the objects I paint have the kind of intensity about them that incites the viewer to introspection.” -Christopher Pratt Christopher Pratt was born on December 9th, 1935. He is a Canadian painter and printmaker. Christopher Pratt currently lives and works in St. Mary’s Bay, Newfoundland along the Salmonier River. His identity […]
Arctic Mountains inspired by Doris McCarthy
“The real function of the artist is to give fresh vision to their own generation.” -Doris McCarthy Art in Action embraced the ice and cold this week by staying in our warm classrooms and learning about one of Canada’s celebrated artists, Doris McCarthy. She studied art at the Ontario College of Art and Design. […]
A Rose for Valentine’s Day
As Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, we took a look at the history of Valentine’s Day which began in Rome when the Emperor, Claudius 2nd or “Claudius the Cruel” believed that wives and children were too much of a distraction and that they made men weak and he wanted the strongest force possible. So he made all marriages […]
Sleeping Dragon inspired by Cressida Cowell
This week, students were very excited to learn about author and illustrator, Cressida Cowell who created the How to Train Your Dragon book series. Some of our students were a little amazed when they found out about Cressida Cowell’s childhood… “I grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west […]
Paul Klee – Geometric Shapes- A Study in Play
“A line is a dot going for a walk.” – Paul Klee This week students were given a variety of art materials including: oil pastel, watercoulour and Acrylic paint to play and build geometric shapes in the style of Paul Klee (pronounced “Clay”). We looked at a few of his his many paintings and a few […]
A Monet Winter River
Students in today’s class learned about impressionism and we took a closer look at Claude Monet’s painting Impression Sunrise . The term impressionism comes from the title of this painting. Monet was a founder of Impressionist Painting. Monet would use strong colours and bold short brushstrokes. Turning away from the blended colours and evenness of classical […]
Winter forest inspired by Wolf Kahn
“Keep the childlike vision and remain true to your ideas.” -Wolf Kahn Art in Action started a brand new winter term this week embracing the cold weather with our winter forest scene at sunrise. Students were inspired by German-born American painter Wolf Kahn. Wolf Kahn was born on October 4th 1927 in Germany and […]
Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe – Poinsettias
“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to […]
Tanya Swann
TEACHER
With a background in finance and banking, after starting her family she traded life in investments for a paintbrush, glitter and glue. She has always had a passion for the visual arts and has taken many courses from schools such as: The University of Toronto, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Works, as well as workshops with various local artists.
Sara Fritzlar
TEACHER
She has a Masters of Arts in Politics. She has a teaching and learning in higher education certificate and she has taught at the School of Philosophy in Toronto for over 15 years. She has over 10 years experience as a certified gymnastics coach. Sara has taken art classes at Central Technical School as well as workshops and art classes with various artists. As a mother of three school-aged children, she has experience teaching visual arts in her child-centric, craft friendly home environment. She has always had a love of artistic expression and art appreciation.
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