BARRIE CENTRAL ARTS COUNCIL
As Facilitator for the Arts Council, it was a delight to support student's initiatives. During the year, Arts Council worked to promote Arts events both in the school and in the community, creating an information area in the library, as well as online with an Arts Council website. Arts Council hosted a 'Library Unplugged' every month, a 'Dancing with the Teachers' performance, a 'Paint-a-thon' and published a student newspaper.
ARTS NIGHT
Annually, near the end of the year, teachers and students worked together to host our Arts Night: a celebration of our artistic successes.
As an experiment to move away from the ‘traditional’ gallery setup and to boost attendance, we decided to encourage an interactive atmosphere. I developed an Art Contest; where a theme was set and students could submit creative works in support. The works were displayed in a special area in the Arts Night Gallery. Visitors to the gallery could browse the works and vote on their favourites. Also, to promote student artists, I developed 'Art Student Tables', where aspiring artists could reserve their own table and set up it up to showcase their own work. Students engaged with this idea and many manned their tables during the night to answer questions and promote their work.
As an experiment to move away from the ‘traditional’ gallery setup and to boost attendance, we decided to encourage an interactive atmosphere. I developed an Art Contest; where a theme was set and students could submit creative works in support. The works were displayed in a special area in the Arts Night Gallery. Visitors to the gallery could browse the works and vote on their favourites. Also, to promote student artists, I developed 'Art Student Tables', where aspiring artists could reserve their own table and set up it up to showcase their own work. Students engaged with this idea and many manned their tables during the night to answer questions and promote their work.
MURALS AT BCC
I am a big fan of murals and at BCC, I had a few empty walls to play with. In my classroom, one wall became my students playground, where student would sketch out their ideas, execute their design, then repaint and start again. It was a great process for both the artists and my art students to watch. :)
