AGH: Learn at Home – Week One
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AGH: Learn at Home – Week One
May 11-15, 2020
The AGH has an array of activities, tours, articles online that can assist teachers at all levels. New content is posted each week!
AGH Collection and Curriculum Connections
(Kindergarten-Grade 12)
Talking About Art: Community – We will use observation and critical thinking skills to discover time and place, and compare this to what we see in our own communities. (language, social studies)
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Art and Math: Looking at an abstract painting by Canadian painter Ron Martin, students will see how important math can be for one artist in his work. Concepts include patterns, shapes, and measurements.
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Art and Society: Social Issues and the Bruegel-Bosch Bus – Using a tour of Kim Adam’s well-known work, secondary students will consider the role that art can play in affecting social change.
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Storytime
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)
Boxitects by Kim Smith
Meg is a brilliant and creative “boxitect”, she loves building extraordinary things out of ordinary cardboard boxes. This book will inspire all the makers, creators, and inventors to become a boxitect too!
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Studios with Tyler Van Holst
(Kindergarten-Grade 8)
Tyler Makes: Abstract Art – Ideal for a younger audience, explore how to create Abstract Art. Together we will talk about colours and shapes and how we can use them to show how we feel!
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Online workshops: Modular Sculpture – Great for families and older students, try this follow-along art project looking at collecting items and creating modular sculptures.
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AGH Youth Film Challenge
(Grades 4-12)
The AGH Film Festival’s annual Youth Film Challenge is accepting short films from aspiring filmmakers of all ages. Discover how your students can make their own films with only a phone or tablet!
More details coming soon.
ONLINE ARTIST LED PROJECTS
Sylvia Nickerson: In Residence
(Kindergarten-Grade 8)
In the first of a series of weekly videos, Sylvia will introduce herself and share a short look at her current work, as she prepares to begin her year-long project at the AGH.
This week’s project highlights:
- Tableaux Charades: (K-6)– Dramatist Jody Boston will encourage students to design, direct and ‘perform’ several engaging tableaux with their families, props, costumes, and even their stuffies!
- Going Graphic (3-8) – Students will compose their own comic strips offering a fun learning opportunity for students to explore the key elements of storytelling and drawing/cartooning.
For more information:
- AGH Collection and Tour programs: Have questions or requests? Contact Laurie Kilgour-Walsh, laurie@artgalleryofhamilton.com
- Studio Support: Need extra guidance about art supplies or techniques? Contact Tyler VanHolst with any studio related questions. We are happy help! youth@artgalleryofhamilton.com
- Film: Have questions about AGH Film programs? Contact Ryan Ferguson, ryan@artgalleryofhamilton.com
- Online Artist Led Projects: To book programs or for more information contact Sara Dickinson, sdickinson@artgalleryofhamilton.com
From the Contemporary Art Collection
We run in packs 2015
DaveandJenn (David John Foy Canadian b. 1982; Jennifer Saleik German b. 1983)
resin, acrylic and oil paint, Purchase, Permanent Collection Fund, 2015
© Courtesy DaveandJenn