New 'Directions' in Abstract Art for grade four class...

Another visit at Agnes Davidson school in Lethbridge; this time with an extremely talented group of grade four students. As you can see, they are truly budding Artists. After seeing the "Directions" exhibit and talking about Colour, Line, Shape and many other Elements of Art & Principles of Design... the students were eager to create their own abstractions!

Agnes Davidson Grade One Class Dec, 2009

I visited a grade one class at Agnes Davidson school. We talked about abstractions, colour theory and artists in history that related to the "Directions" exhibit. Then we viewed the "Directions" exhibit and came back to the classroom and the kids created wonderful, vibrant Artworks using coloured construction paper. Even their teacher made one (bottom left)! It has been a great experience thus far as a visiting artist with the AFA TREX program.

Digital Playground

This is my most recent abstraction. It came together quite quickly... when viewed without my glasses on I enjoy it even more, as the colours fuze together into 'beautiful fuzziness'.

Agnes Davidson Grade Fives take to Abstraction...

This morning I was at Agnes Davidson school in Lethbridge, in Louise Cormier's grade five class. The students and I discussed colour theory and then they created vibrant abstractions within the grid structure created through the 'drip-drive' process. The primary mediums were felt marker and chalk pastel on paper. The students seemed to enjoy themselves as they made quite amazing colourful compositions! I will be doing creative projects with the students of Agnes Davidson over the next couple of weeks.

'DIRECTIONS' Alberta Bound...

The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition (TREX) program has optioned to take my "Directions" Art work for a two-year tour of Alberta. It is their mandate to have exposure in the Arts to the perifery of the established art scene; the display will go to many small venues such as schools and libraries primarily in rural Alberta. I count myself fortunate to be a part of this program. The first stop of the tour is at Agnes Davidson school in Lethbridge. I am pictured here with two of the paintings from the series in the background at Agnes Davidson School.

Louise & Deborah... teacher friends & mentors

The 'Directions' exhibit lies beneath in the crates... at its first destination of a two-year Alberta Foundation for the Arts tour of Alberta with the TREX program, here shown at Agnes Davidson school in Lethbridge with two friends/colleagues of mine. We enjoyed hanging the show, and I will be visiting Louise's (L) grade five class discussing the exhibit and doing a related art activity with them. I'm looking forward to next week!