Art2Go In-School Programs
2.5 HOUR SESSIONS
BRILLIANT HERE,
BRILLIANT THERE.
Art2Go BRINGS THE
McMICHAEL ANYWHERE!
Fee: $18 per student
GRADES JK – 12
Discover the art of Canada while saving on busing costs! Book an Art2Go program and McMichael instructors will bring their expertise right to your classroom! Please note that each studio program is preceded by a digital presentation introducing the McMichael.
Minimum 20 students per group.
Curriculum Connections Legend
Kindergarten Program | KP |
Elementary School | |
Visual Arts | VA |
Social Studies | SS |
Science and Technology | ST |
Language | L |
Environmental Education | EE |
High School | |
The Arts: Visual Arts, Media Arts | VA, MA |
Canadian and World Studies | CWS |
First Nations, Metis and Inuit Studies | FNMI |
English | E |
Science | S |
Environmental Education | EE |
NEW! THE SHAPE OF THE LAND STUDIO
GRADES JK & SK
Through guided viewing of artwork from the McMichael’s collection, students will study features of southern and Arctic landscapes and respond to them with two playful artmaking activities. While identifying and describing specific landforms, students will have an opportunity to learn the elements of art and how to apply them in their own compositions.
LANDSCAPE PAINTING STUDIO
GRADES 1 – 12
Starting with a close look at nature and discussion of various cultural concepts of landscape, this studio emphasizes an emotional reaction to the land. Students will start from an initial compositional study and move to a final painting, exploring colour gradation and space in the process and learning about painting perspective, identifying a focal point and working with a palette inspired by nature.
Curriculum Connections: KP, VA
STORYTELLERS & IMAGE-MAKERS ARTMAKING STUDIO
GRADES 1 – 8
This studio was developed in collaboration with Don Chretien, an Ojibwe artist, designer and educator who is inspired by the natural world, the work of Norval Morrisseau and the Anishinaabe School of Painters. Throughout the program, students will be encouraged to look at and creatively respond to patterns found in nature while reflecting on their personal relationship to the world around them through visual storytelling and as seen throughout Chretien’s work.
Curriculum Connections: VA, SS, EE
HAIDA MANGA STUDIO
GRADES 1 – 12
Developed in collaboration with Haida artist and author Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, this studio explores the aesthetic and narrative function of the formline as seen in artwork from the Northwest Coast in combination with popular manga cartooning techniques. Students will be encouraged to contemplate and creatively respond to an important moment in their own lives inspired by Nicoll’s artwork and creative process.
Curriculum Connections: VA, SS, FNMI, CWS
MAPPING LANDSCAPES WATERCOLOUR STUDIO
GRADES 7 – 12
Developed in collaboration with John Hartman, an Ontario-based artist known for his layered landscape paintings, this virtual watercolour studio invites students to investigate the notion of a cultural landscape and to create their own personal responses to the land while investigating its geography and history.
Curriculum Connections: VA, CWS
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Frank Johnston, Late Summer, c. 1918, Gouache on paperboard, 1987.6.5
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Norval Morrisseau (1932–2007), Thunderbird with Inner Spirit, c. 1978, acrylic on canvas, Purchase 1979
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Painting of mountain with flags and three faces, by Haida Manga
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Christi Belcourt, This Painting is a Mirror, 2012, Collection of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, Photography by Lawrence Cook
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John Hartman, David Macfarlane above Hamilton, 2014, Courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Photo credit: Joseph Hartman
ENVISIONING ENVIRONMENTAL FUTURES MIXED MEDIA STUDIO
GRADES 7 – 12
Each day, global warming pushes our world closer to climate disaster. Creativity and innovation have become necessary not only to finding a solution to a dystopian future, but also to changing peoples’ behaviors and attitudes when it comes to human-inflicted environmental damage. This mixed media Signature Studio, developed in collaboration with contemporary artist Rajni Perera, celebrates cultural hybridity and inclusivity and encourages students to collaborate with their peers, use their creativity to find solutions to the environmental crisis and envision a brighter future.
Curriculum Connections: VA, MA, S, EE
For more information on Art2Go programs, please inquire at mcmichael.com/bookings
“The students were very engaged and produced a beautiful piece of artwork! We look forward to participating in another workshop in the future.”
Grade 6 Teacher, St. Angela Merici Catholic Elementary School. Participated in Landscape Painting Studio (Art2Go)