PROGRAM GUIDE 2012–2013 Curriculum-Based School Programs for Grades K–12

Musée Héritage Museum St Albert Heritage Sites Art Gallery of St Albert

Register online at: ArtGalleryofStAlbert.com MuseeHeritage.com table of contents

Registration 1

Information and Policies 1 Program Fees 2 Registration Form 2 Map 3

Musée Héritage Museum – Programs at a Glance 4

Museum Programs 5 Exhibits 9 Education Kits 10 Information Services at the Museum 10

St. Albert Heritage Sites – Programs at a Glance 11

Little White Scho0l 12 St. Albert Grain Elevator Park 13 Father Lacombe Chapel 14

Art Gallery of St. Albert – Programs at a Glance 15

Art Explorers 16 Youth Gallery 19 Visual Art Studios 20 Clay: Grades K – 3 22 Clay: Grades 3 – 5 24 Clay: Grades 6 – 12 26 Multimedia: Grades K – 12 27 Outreach and Early Arts 29

Locations & Contact Information 33

ABOUT US

Arts and Heritage is a non-profit, charitable organization that promotes the visual arts, and the natural and human heritage of St. Albert and district. We manage Art Gallery of St. Albert, Musée Héritage Museum and St. Albert Heritage Sites. Arts and Heritage is supported by a broad array of contributors committed to helping advance its mission. Major annual support is provided by the City of St. Albert, the Province of Alberta, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Alberta Museums Association and the Government of Canada. All of the programs listed in the 2012–2013 Program Guide are © Arts & Heritage Foundation registration

Registration Begins Cancellation Policy If a workshop is cancelled with less than 3 weeks notice, St. Albert and Sturgeon School Divisions: $60 per workshop will be charged. If the program Thursday, August 30, 2012 is rebooked or another class can fill the space, the Edmonton and all other School Divisions: cancellation fee will be waived. Wednesday, September 5, 2012 (You may also register anytime during the school year) Attending Programs 1. Wear nametags (students, teachers and Online: ArtGalleryofStAlbert.com volunteer helpers). MuseeHeritage.com 2. Wear art-proof clothing. Visit our websites for a complete program 3. Bring maps and information sheet with schedule of listing, including online registration. programs for your reference. 4. Ensure that students walk in a quiet and orderly E-mail: [email protected] manner, through public areas such as St. Albert Send your details in this order: Place. 1) School, teacher name and workshop choice 5. Let the instructor know if there are children who cannot be photographed. 2) Phone numbers for day and evening

3) Preferred months, days and times Volunteer Helpers Fax: 780-460-9537 Volunteers or parents are asked to accompany students. 1) Photocopy the registration form on page 3. Usually 4 to 6 adults per class is adequate, depending 2) Complete one form per day of programs. on class size and needs. Suggested ratio of adults to 3) To ensure the fax has been transmitted, students: 1:3 for Preschool and Kindergarten, 1:4 for program the fax machine to print a status Grades 1 to 3, 1:6 for Grades 4 and higher. This support report if possible. is appreciated and makes the program more enjoyable for everyone. *Please remember, volunteer helpers are 4) If you receive a busy signal, you may want to attending to assist students, not to participate in the fax after regular office hours or register online. workshop as a student.

Phone: 780-459-1163 Booking a Bus (begins October 15th) It is very important to check bus departure times before booking your program. Many bus companies must depart before 2:30. If you need to leave earlier than the Information & Policies scheduled time, please discuss with the registration office when booking. Some afternoon times are flexible. At the workshop, communicate bus times with the instructor at Confirmation the beginning of the class so students are not rushed at The contact person or teacher will be contacted to the end. confirm a date for programs. Packages will be sent approximately one month before workshops to allow time to resolve any conflicts or errors. Letters are Lunch Space addressed to each teacher; check with colleagues if you Lunch space is limited at St. Albert Place so if you are have not received your information. coming for an 11:30 – 1:00 workshop, please try to arrange a snack or lunch at school. If attending one program after another, a lunch space may be booked for you, as Enrollment Policy available, in the Atrium, front foyer or Visual Arts wing The number of students booked will determine the hallway of St. Albert Place. Other sites are available if amount invoiced. If enrollment has changed, please attending a program at the Little White School, Train notify the office upon receipt of the confirmation letter Station or Gallery. or prior to the day of the workshop. There is no minimum enrollment number, however, a minimum fee is charged You will be contacted to finalize a date for programs. With the high volume of requests, it may take a number of weeks to for each workshop. confirm the program date; fall courses will be confirmed first.

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N LEGEND 6 P P Bus Stop and Dropoff area W E St Vital AveFounders Path (Shale only) P 1 Grain Elevator Park 1 Madonna Dr S 5 2 Profiles Studios P 3 Musée Héritage Museum

4 Art Gallery of St. Albert Royal Dr

5 Little White School Mission Ave

Father Lacombe Chapel 6 St Vital Ave St Anne St

Red Willow Trail Walking Paths 4 Mill Dr Picnic tables / Lunch area St. Albert Trail L Mission Pl

Perron St Sculpture Garden

3 St Anne St

Mission Ave L

1 Sturgeon River P St. Albert Place Meadowview Dr 2 St Thomas St P P L L

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Sir Winston Churchill Ave

Program Fees (program fees help to cover the cost of all administration, supplies and equipment) Musée Héritage Museum $4.00 per student Please do not bring your payment to the workshop. An invoice will be sent to your school within one month. GST Musée Héritage Outreach $4.00 per student is not charged. + $60 per day of travel (additional fees for distant travel) Education Kits/Reminiscence Kits $10.00/day or $20.00 /week Please make cheques payable to: Guided Tours (1.5 hour tour) $4.00 per student Arts & Heritage St. Albert

St. Albert Heritage Sites Include invoice numbers and mail to: Arts & Heritage St. Albert Little White School $4.00 per student Suite #200, 20 Perron Street St. Albert Grain Elevator Park $4.00 per student St. Albert, AB T8N 1E4 Father Lacombe Chapel $4.00 per student Fo account inquiries, contact Registration: Art Gallery of St. Albert Phone: (780) 459-1163 Fax: (780) 460-9537 Art Explorers $4.00 per student Email: [email protected] Studio Programs $7.75 per student (minimum class fee of $120.00) A discount of $0.25 per student per program is Outreach and Early Arts $7.75 per student applied when the same class books two or more (minimum class fee of $120.00) programs on the same date. The discount applies to + $60 per day of travel (additional fees for distant travel) any combination of Arts & Heritage programs.

2 registration form

Contact Name Phone (daytime) Phone (evening)

School Fax

City Email

Circle Preferred Class 1 Program Title Months Days Times

September Monday 9:30 – 11:00 Program Site October Tuesday 11:30 – 1:00

November Wednesday 1:30 – 3:00 Teacher First & Last Name (Please circle: Miss | Mrs. | Ms. | Mr.) December Thursday Any

January Friday Grade Number of Students (normal class size)

February Any Outreach

March 10:00 – 11:30 Class 2 April Lunch Space 1:00 – 2:30 Program Title May 11:00 – 11:30

June 1:00 – 1:30 Program Site

Special Requests for Clay Workshops (if possible): Teacher First & Last Name (Please circle: Miss | Mrs. | Ms. | Mr.)

Grade Number of Students (normal class size) Special Theme for Multi-Media Workshops (if possible):

Class 3 Special Considerations: Program Title

Program Site Notes:

Teacher First & Last Name (Please circle: Miss | Mrs. | Ms. | Mr.)

Grade Number of Students (normal class size) Check out our website (ArtsHeritage.com) for a sample field trip form. 3 Programs at a Glance

Preschool Winter Animals Museum 6 Spring Along the River Museum 6 Kindergarten Bears Museum 8 I Belong Museum 6 Grade 1 An �Old Time� Classroom Little White School 12 Landmarks St. Albert Grain Elevator Park 13 An Early Métis Community Museum 6 Grades 1 – 3 Living Long Ago Father Lacombe Chapel 14 Grade 2 My School – Past and Present Little White School 12 Work and Play St. Albert Grain Elevator Park 13 The Inuit Museum 6 Grade 3 Peru and the Aboriginal People of Canada Museum 6 St. Albert and Tunisia Museum 8 Rocks and Minerals Museum 8 Traders, Trappers and Coureurs des Bois St. Albert Grain Elevator Park 13 Grade 4 “Old School” Lessons Little White School 12 Communities that Grow St. Albert Grain Elevator Park 13 Grade 4 – 12 The Fur Trade Game Father Lacombe Chapel 14 Mission Hill Tours Father Lacombe Chapel 14 Mission Hill History and Stories Father Lacombe Chapel 14 The Tipi as Home Museum 7 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Museum 8 Grade 5 A History Lesson Little White School 12 Boom and Bust St. Albert Grain Elevator Park 13 Grades 5 – 12 First Nations, Métis and Inuit Museum 7 Grade 6 The History of Local Government Museum 8 Grades 6 – 12 A History Lesson – Local Government Little White School 12 Junior High Archives Tours and Research Museum 8 A History Lesson for Junior High Schools Little White School 12 All Ages Collective Rights Museum 7 Historic St. Albert Tours Museum 7 4 musée héritage museum

Museum Programs 6 Education Kits 10

Preschool Programs 6 All in a Day`s Work (Pioneer kit) The Métis (2 kits – Lifestyle kit and Voyageur kit) Preschool – Winter Animals The Bison Preschool – Spring Along the River Education kits are $10.00 per day or $20.00 per week Aboriginal Programs 6 Information Services 10 Kindergarten – I Belong Grade 1 – An Early Métis Community at the Museum Grade 2 –The Inuit Archives & Artifacts Collections Grade 3 –Peru and the Aboriginal People of Canada Photographs Grade 4–7 – The Tipi as Home Library Grades 5–12 – First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) Métis Genealogy Individualized Programs 7 All Ages – Historic St. Albert Tours MISSION STATEMENT 8 The Musée Héritage Museum is the keeper of the History and St. Albert history, traditions and heritage of the St. Albert Grades 4–8 – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow region. Together with the community, we build Grade 3 – St. Albert and Tunisia knowledge, explore our relationship with the natural Grade 6 – The History of Local Government environment, and celebrate historic diversity. Grades 6–12 – Archives Tours and Research

Natural History 8 Kindergarten–Grade 1 – Bears Grade 3 – Rocks and Minerals

Exhibits 9

St. Albert History Gallery 9 Current

Feature Exhibits 2012–2013 9

An Early Métis Community program Cut and Paste 9 September 4 – October 21, 2012 Wind Work, Wind Play: 9 Weathervanes and Whirligigs October 29, 2012 – January 13, 2013 Take Your Best Shot 9 November 27 – December 24, 2012 Victor Post 9 January, 2013

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Museum Programs An Early Métis Community Grade 1 – Aboriginal Contribution in our Community Our program begins in a circle for introductions and a Preschool Programs sharing of the things we know about a community. Oral Winter Animals tradition, objects and pictures are introduced as students Preschool Program (winter) – Introduction to a museum hear about the people who lived in the local area and how setting they contributed to the community. Your students will What do animals do in the winter? Come to the museum work together and plan a small community of their own and find out! This program is designed for three and four before working on an individual project they can take year olds and encourages creativity as the children move back to school to share with friends and family. through centers filled with hands-on activities. • This program works best in a museum setting.

Spring Along the River The Inuit Preschool Program (spring) – Introduction to a museum Grade 2 – Communities in Canada setting Inuit culture and tradition are explored as we share Join us for songs, stories, and games as we celebrate objects and stories about the people who live in northern the return of spring along the Sturgeon River! Learn the parts of Canada. Students have the opportunity to learn names for baby animals and make age appropriate crafts words in Inuktitut, discover historic and current ways in as we focus on matching and creativity. which the people survive in a challenging environment, • Aboriginal preschoolers will be exposed to some and also work together in groups to tell a story about the Cree language north using creativity and symbols. • Complements the Inuit Inspired Mask workshop at NOTE: Children must be toilet trained before attending the Studios Preschool programs.

Aboriginal Programs The Musée Héritage Museum has Aboriginal Programmers on staff who guide and participate in the development and delivery of the Aboriginal Programs. All of these programs are taught in a traditional way and include elements of oral history, the importance of the circle and an awareness of the world around us. Emphasis in these programs is on respect, cooperation and patience.

Wisdom of the Elders, “Humility is probably the most difficult virtue to realize.” – Elder Thomas Yellowtail

I Belong Kindergarten – Working together An introductory program designed for younger children. The Inuit program This program introduces children to the Aboriginal community by using a talking stick, sharing stories, Peru and the Aboriginal People of Canada creating a craft, and participating in a drumming circle. Grade 3 – Comparing Cultures We begin with introductions, story telling and learning This is a program that compares the history and culture about traditions as your students think about our of Indigenous Peru and Aboriginal Canada. There is a lot communities and how we belong in them. This program to learn in this fast paced program that includes stories, works best in a museum setting. games, crafts and sharing our objects from Peru and • There is the option of a bannock snack with this Alberta. This program assists us to recognize the many program; please let the registrar know if you would things that are different about our cultures but also like to include the snack with your program. discover the many things that are similar in our culture and histories. • Complements the Masks and Peru workshop at the Studios.

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Collective Rights Junior High / High School program This program focuses on identity, citizenship, quality of life, and how the political process of the Canadian Government impacted the people of Canada both past and present. Using historic documents and examples from St. Albert and other western communities, we touch on immigration, the British North America Act, the Riel Resistance and the St. Albert Mounted Rifles.

Individualized Programs These original programs are created to meet individual classroom needs based on meeting the curriculum standards and expectations, specifically in the areas of aboriginal and historic content. An Early Métis Community program The Tipi as Home Historic St. Albert Tours Grade 4+ – Aboriginal life All age groups The Tipi is a home that moves around but maintains a Join us in St. Albert for a walking tour around town to strong foundation. We begin by building a tipi as we see the sites and hear the marvelous stories of our local learn about the people, their traditions and values, why people and their history! There are many things to see the poles were so important and the value associated including St. Albert Place, the Little White School, Mission with each tipi pole. To conclude we gather as a Hill (which includes the crypt, grotto and cemetery) the community to share. Michif Institute, and the St. Albert Grain Elevator Park. • Complements the Tipi workshop at the Studios. We share the stories of the Métis, the Grey Nuns, Oblate priests, early Francophone families, politicians as well as First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) farmers and business owners. Our tours can be tailored Grades 5 – 12 – Aboriginal Canada, Alberta History, to meet your curriculum requirements and students’ Collective Rights abilities—just let us know what you would like to see and Who are these people? What languages do they speak? we will create a tour that matches your requirements. How did they live in the past, and how do they live today? Why should we learn about aboriginal peoples? What does their experiences have to do with me? Our Aboriginal programmers would like to share the local and regional history with you and your students. We will tailor the program to meet your curriculum needs.

We encourage questions and discussion relevant to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, both in the past and in the present. Sharing stories, considering different perspectives and recognizing the contributions of the aboriginal community throughout the history of North America will give students the additional tools they need to be well informed citizens. This program will include a hands-on activity for the students. PROGRAM EVALUATIONS

�We always enjoy the little ‘scavenger hunt’ at the beginning of the program to see what the museum has to offer. It also gives the museum a ‘user friendly’ atmosphere. The pictures and discussion that follow give the students good insight into St. Albert’s past and, of course, the artifacts are always a big hit.” Peru and the Aboriginal People of Canada program 7 musée héritage museum

History and St. Albert Archives Tours and Research Grades 6 – 12 St. Albert and Tunisia: A Comparative Approach In a digital age where information is commonly searched Grade 3 – Comparing Cultures online, we provide students with critical tools to examine Let’s take a closer look at the fascinating country of the sources of their information. This program introduces Tunisia and see if we have anything in common. Students students to the differences between primary and have the opportunity to share what they already know at secondary information. There will be an opportunity for the beginning of the program and then we build on that students to research primary sources found in archives; knowledge as we work through a variety of activities in a primary sources for St. Albert include original ledgers, smaller group setting. Activities include elements of the maps, photographs, manuscripts, letters and albums. We geography, history, architecture and the religion of both shape a program around your needs as well as give you a countries. We conclude the program with an art project behind the scene tour of our community’s archives. where students each create a picture that will become part of another larger mural. Natural History Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Bears Grades 4 – 8 – My Community, Stories, Histories and Kindergarten – Grade 1 – Needs of Animals People of Alberta, People of Canada, Ways of Life Over The Bears program starts in a large group setting, and Time your students have the opportunity to share what they After completing a scavenger hunt, children don know with the programmer. After a visit with Albert (the white cotton gloves and work in small groups to solve bear puppet), we split into smaller groups and explore “mysteries” as they look at a variety of objects or the Discovery Room, play a game and create a take-home pictures up close and decipher how these items were craft. This program is intended not only to learn about used. Intuitive thinking is a key element of this program bears, but to expose younger students to a museum and and students are encouraged to guess and hypothesize. the objects in it that they can discover and explore. Ultimately students share their ideas and gain new insight by identifying the objects and their uses as well as Rocks and Minerals a better understanding of the past, present and future. Grade 3 We begin by thinking about Earth from the “inside out” Local Government as your students share what they know about the Earth’s Grade 6 – Local Government core, mantle and crust. Our collection of rocks, minerals, In St. Albert there is a unique story of local government and petrified wood is available for examination as we dating back before Canada was a country or Alberta discuss how they are formed. The students are divided was even a province. After a brief introduction of into smaller groups and rotate through stations where we how municipal elections work your students have the make a volcano, learn how to classify rocks and find out opportunity to elect a city council and then, as the ballots more about minerals. are tallied, we meet together to discuss the role of local government and share unique aspects of local political history. Once the Council is announced students break into smaller groups to prepare a short presentation about a municipal issue (parks, development, animal control, taxes, garbage pick up, recycling, etc.) to present at a mock council meeting in the St. Albert City Council Chambers. Discussion regarding some of these municipal issues ahead of time is helpful but not required. We will move up to the city council chambers (as availability permits) to conduct a mock council meeting with your students.

PROGRAM EVALUATIONS

�The kids love the interactive nature of the whole program, including the hands-on participation with laminated cards, craft making and passing around real objects/artifacts.� Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow program 8 musée héritage museum

Exhibits Wind Work, Wind Play: Weathervanes and Whirligigs St. Albert History Gallery Wind Work, Wind Play: Weathervanes and Whirligigs is the Come and explore the history of St. Albert and area and next featured exhibit. The whirligigs, new and old, are discover a story that began over 5,ooo years ago with masterworks of fun – sawyers that saw away, fiddlers that the first people that came to this valley. fiddle away, farmers that milk cows, and voyageurs that paddle all the faster when the wind blows. This exhibit from the Canadian Museum of Civilization contains over Feature Exhibits 2012–2013 30 pieces of wind-powered folk art from the 1870s to the 1970s. It will run from October 29th until January 13, 2013. Cut and Paste Our fall schedule of exhibits begins on September 4th Take Your Best Shot with Cut and Paste, which features some of St. Albert’s Stay tuned for the second Take Your Best Shot – youth family albums, personal collections and scrapbooks from photo contest. Student entrants are asked to submit clubs and community groups covering over 100 years of a photo and the winning shots will be featured in the history! The creators compiled books of treasures and museum and be eligible for prizes. Check our website over trinkets in an effort to preserve those things that they the next few months for updates and details! saw as important in their lives, and we are lucky enough to be able to enjoy them. The exhibit closes on October 21st. Victor Post 2013 will begin with a fascinating exhibit of the work of Join us for one of our workshops: Scrapbooking Victor Post, a St. Albert photographer whose images Thursday, September 20, 7-9 pm and captured many of Alberta’s pivotal events and famous Preserving Your Family Photos faces of the 1970s and 80s, including Royal visits, the Thursday, October 4, 7-8:30 pm Commonwealth Games and the Olympics. The exhibit will begin in mid January.

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Education Kits Information Services

Call and reserve the kit you are interested in and we can at the Museum be sure it is available when you need it in your classroom. Contact the Musée Héritage Museum Program Archives and Artifact Collections Coordinator at 459-1528, or [email protected] The museum has a collection of objects related to Education kits are $10.00 per day or $20.00 per week St. Albert’s history. These artifacts are available for viewing by the public either through exhibit or via All in a Day’s Work appointment with the curator. In addition to artifacts, Curriculum links: A Community in the Past, Alberta the museum houses archives including personal papers, History, Ways of life in Canada municipal records, manuscripts, organizational records There are chores that always need to be done but the and photographs. Archives are available for the public way we do them and the tools we use have changed over Tuesday to Friday. The museum is working towards time. Explore the artifacts in this kit and find out how making both artifacts and archives available online. the pioneers did their chores before electricity existed! This kit includes objects, books, old-fashioned games and Photographs information regarding the social roles of boys and girls The archives at the museum has thousands of who lived in the pioneer days. photographs related to St. Albert and area. These photographs are available for viewing as well as The Métis: Lifestyle and the Voyageur reproduction via an appointment with our archivist. Curriculum Links: Canada’s Dynamic Communities, Stories and People of Alberta, Changing Ways of Life Library Métis people played important roles in the opening up Musée Héritage Museum has a special library with over and development of Western Canada. As voyageurs, 1000 books that are unique to the history of Alberta and guides, interpreters, freemen, farmers and fur trade St. Albert. The books are non-circulating but available for employees moved west they helped establish and settle reading at the museum. many communities. This kit contains objects and resource materials that can be used to introduce a new unit, provide Métis Genealogy an overview or be used as a resource when using a lesson Our Métis genealogy database was created in 2001 by plan to share the stories about what life was like back then. Elizabeth Macpherson, a previous assistant curator at the Musée Héritage Museum. The database, which has many The Bison (The General Store of the Plains) of St. Albert’s Métis families listed, is available for viewing Curriculum Links: Canada’s Dynamic Communities, Stories at the museum’s public access computer. and People of Alberta, Changing Ways of Life Is it buffalo or bison? Have your students become aware The museum has many resources that make it the best of the history behind this question. Your class will have place for history projects, homework and research. Our the opportunity to look closely at bones, fur, projectile staff are available to assist you and your students. points and other items included in the kit as they learn how and why the Aboriginal people depended on the buffalo for their livelihood.

Musée Héritage Museum Archives, Musée Héritage Museum Archives, St. Albert Historical Society fonds St. Albert Historical Society fonds 10 st. albert heritage sites

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An “Old Time” Classroom Grade 1 My School – Past and Present Join us at the Little White School for programs YEAR Grade 2 ROUND! When you walk into the two-roomed school, “Old School” Lessons first opened in 1948, it is like stepping back in time. You and your students will enjoy learning how school Grade 4 has changed over the years as an interpreter leads you A History Lesson through old fashioned school lessons and tells you more about the rules that children had to follow at school over Grade 5 60 years ago. A History Lesson – Local Government Grade 6 A History Lesson for Junior High School Grade 7

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Landmarks The St. Albert Grain Elevator Park is located on Meadowview Drive and includes a train station and two Grade 1 grain elevators, built in 1906 and 1929. Our programs Chores encourage historical thinking through hands-on activities and tours of the elevators. This is an outdoor historic Grade 1 site, students need to dress for the weather and wear Work and Play appropriate footwear (no sandals). Programs are available Tuesday through Friday, beginning in late April Grade 2 each year until early fall. Traders, Trappers and Coureurs des Bois Grade 3 Communities That Grow Grade 4+ Boom and Bust Grade 5+

Father Lacombe Chapel 14 In 1861, Father Albert Lacombe and the Métis constructed Living Long Ago a log building to serve the new St. Albert Roman Catholic Grade 1–3 Mission. This simple chapel, Alberta’s oldest building, became the center of the thriving French speaking Métis The Fur Trade Game settlement of St. Albert. Today the chapel has been Grade 4+ restored to look much as it did in the early 1860’s. Come to the chapel and let the Historical Interpreters take you Mission Hill Tours back to an earlier time. Grade 4+ • Programs available May 15 – Labour Day • All programs and tours available in French and English Mission Hill History and Stories Grade 4+ 11 st. albert heritage sites

Little White School A History Lesson Grade 5 – Stories of Canada, Historical Information, An “Olde Time” Classroom Historic Ways of Life The Little White School is a historic landmark in St. Albert, Grade 1 – My Community and when students sit down in an old wooden desk they Visit our historic school where our teacher, a costumed realize it is a great place to learn about the way things interpreter, will invite you in and show you around! “used to be”. A costumed interpreter, our teacher, Mixing fun with the rules of the past, students will provides instruction in history, poetry, elocution and compare and contrast their modern classroom with the penmanship using photographs and historic documents. historic one at the Little White School. Demonstrating Students gain historic perspective as they decide if they their best manners for the teacher, your students will would want to sign up and be a voyageur in Early Canada, receive lessons in poetry, recitation and arithmetic before and then step into the limelight with their classmates and creating a craft to take back to school. Their day in the present a dramatic reading to conclude the program. classroom concludes with a favourite story read by the teacher. *This program is intended as an introduction for younger students to a heritage building and an A History Lesson – Local Government interpretive setting. Grade 6 Who was the St. Albert representative to the North-West Council? What were the 39 bylaws? What happened if your pig ruined a neighbour’s fence? Step into the classroom at the Little White School and discover the fascinating political history of St. Albert. During the lesson, archived council meeting minutes, photographs, historic documents and stories will help Grade 6 students discover the people and events that have helped shape the City of St. Albert.

An “Old Time” Classroom program A History Lesson for Junior High School My School – Past and Present Grade 7 Grade 2 – Historic daily life The teacher at the Little White School, a costumed School was different sixty-five years ago and at the interpreter, invites you and your students to visit Little White School children have the opportunity to the classroom for local lessons linked to the Grade 7 experience a little of that past. The teacher, a costumed curriculum. School lessons draw upon local history interpreter, will greet you at the door and prepare your and stories, and include the following topics: Catholic students to enter the school in an “appropriate manner”. Mission in St. Albert, Oblate missionaries as key figures Once everyone sits at a wooden desk in the classroom, in western settlement, St. Albert Mounted Rifles (1885), instruction begins and students will complete a series of demographic shifts (using census records), agriculture lessons as they learn about the past and have a lot of fun and the growth of communities. along the way. Teach your own Class at the Little White School “Old School” Lessons Grades 4–7 If you are looking for a historic location to teach a social Cultural Diversity, Migration and Immigration, Local studies lesson or perhaps you are searching for a unique History, Community Stories, Historic Buildings place to celebrate student achievements or demonstrate learning to parents. The Little White School is the perfect Grade 4 – Immigrant Influence on Communities, location! Contact [email protected] for more Francophone in Western Canada information. The Little White School is a great setting for students to learn about local history, specifically the stories of the people who have lived here over time and contributed to FOUNDER’S WALK the community. In the historic classroom, your students experience what it was like to be a student in days gone With the opening of Founder’s Walk in in 2011, we can by, and participate in lessons using historic documents, now incorporate this walk through history into our maps and photographs that share the stories of the education programs and walking tours. For people who settled here. Curriculum based topics for more information please contact the museum at Grade 4 classes include the Francophone and Eastern [email protected]. European influences in St. Albert.

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St. Albert Grain Elevator Park Traders, Trappers and Coureurs des Bois Please wear weather appropriate shoes and clothing to Grade 3+ St. Albert Grain Elevator Park programs. Programs run Many early settlers of the St. Albert region participated rain or shine! in the fur trade in ways you never imagined! Sign up to be a voyageur and discover the kind of work you would be Landmarks expected to do, participate in the trap line scavenger hunt as students are challenged to think about what it was like Grade 1 – Landmarks to live during the fur trade era. How tall is a grain elevator? How would you signal a train to stop if you didn’t have a radio? These are some of the things your students will discover at our site as Washed Up: Traders, Trappers,& we explore the train station and one of the historic Coureurs de Bois grain elevators! Your students will have fun creating Grade 3+ a colourful landmark to take home, playing a game, Bring your class to the St. Albert Grain Elevator Park, sign measuring an elevator and learning the historic ways on with a fur trade company and portage a canoe, bundle to signal a train as we talk about landmarks in the furs and work along a trapline. Then set out on your own community. *The landmarks program is designed as an creative quest to illustrate the lives of these early settlers introduction for younger students to a heritage site. using a pen and tea wash technique. A great way to combine Social Studies and Art! Chores Grade 1 – Community Communities that Grow Grade 1 students are introduced to our historic site by Grade 4+ – Agriculture and Community, Historic Sites “helping out around the place”. This program includes The St. Albert grain elevators tell a story about agriculture age appropriate chores for your students at the washing and the growth and change of the community of station, helping clean up the train station or in the St. Albert. In small groups we tour through the elevators garden. Each class of students will also complete a and discover how they worked, what grains were stored friendship quilt and a take home craft. in the elevator and how grains were measured before moving to the gardens where there is always work to be Work and Play done! Using their creativity each student will create an Grade 2 – Life in a Prairie Town, Community item to take home to help remember their day at our site. At the St. Albert Grain Elevator Park students will This program is designed to give students access to an experience what it was like to be a child many years ago. historic site and historic objects as they experience a little Each child will make an old-fashioned toy to take home, piece of history up close. and while the program will be a lot of fun, it will teach children about how much work kids had to do on the Boom and Bust farm in the “old days.” Hands-on chores in this program Grade 5+ – The Great Depression, Economic Changes Over include setting a proper table,helping with the laundry Time, Changing Ways of Life in Canada and seasonal gardening work at the heritage site. Using the historic grain elevators as our backdrop, as well as pictures and stories from the Depression era, students learn how farming areas like St. Albert were affected by the Depression era. A timeline and photos set the stage for onsite activities which include writing with pen and ink, playing a game called Boom and Bust and visiting the one of the grain elevators at the heritage site.

PROGRAM EVALUATIONS

�The Arts & Heritage Foundation has great school programs for every age group. We will be coming back next year!�

Check out our website (MuseeHeritage.com) for a full listing of workshops with images and descriptions. Traders, Trappers and Coureurs des Bois program 13 st. albert heritage sites

Father Lacombe Chapel Mission Hill History and Stories Grade 4+ – The Land and Communities, Historic Living Long Ago Perspectives, Oral Histories, People and their Stories, Immigration and Migration Grade 1 – 3 – My Community, Community Changes Over Come and join us at the Father Lacombe Chapel and Time, Cultural Diversity discover the oral and written histories and stories of “If walls could talk” is definitely a phrase that applies to St. Albert and Mission Hill. Communication has changed the Father Lacombe Chapel in St. Albert! The community dramatically since the Chapel was first built in 1861 and by along the Sturgeon River has grown and changed since using objects, pictures, historic documents and symbols the Mission was established in 1861, but the chapel has we have the perfect setting for exploring those changes. been there all along. Come into the chapel and discover The interpreters invite you to visit the Hill, listen to the what it was like to live long ago as we pass around stories and then reveal the natural storyteller, artist or objects, create a take home craft, taste bannock and actor in your students as they have an opportunity to learn about the people who were living in Alberta over share a stories and pictures in old-fashioned ways. 150 years ago! Mission Hill Tours Grade 5–12 – Alberta, Métis, First Nations, Francophone Histories, Stories of Mission Hill and St. Albert’s Beginnings There are many facets of Alberta’s history that come together on Mission Hill. St. Albert, the oldest continuously inhabited, non-fortified, agricultural community in Alberta, has boasted great cultural diversity since its founding in 1861. The history of this unique Prairie community has been shaped by the coming together of the Métis, the First Nations and the Francophone settlers and missionaries. Join us on Mission Hill, the founding site of St. Albert, and tour the Father Living Long Ago program Lacombe Chapel, the crypt, the grotto and the cemetery. Learn how St. Albert’s different cultures played a role The Fur Trade Game in developing the Mission into the city it is today. Tours Grade 4–7 – Fur Trade, Stories about Alberta: Land, can be modified to meet your class’s curriculum needs Culture and People, Aboriginal Peoples (i.e. Alberta history, Métis, First Nations, Francophone), When Father Lacombe came to Alberta in the 1800’s, the and can accommodate various classroom sizes and time Métis, First Nations and trappers had one thing on their constraints. minds: trading. Join us at the chapel as we learn history by playing a game about the fur trade in Alberta. Your students will take on different roles as they deal their way through the fur trade learning about the mission of St. Albert and the surrounding region along the way. Trade us an hour and a half of time for a field trip of fun and learning!

The Fur Trade Game program Mission Hill Tours program 14 Programs at a Glance

Art Explorers Art Gallery of St Albert 16 • Kindergarten – Grade 12 16 Youth Gallery St. Albert Place, Arden Theatre Lobby 19 Studio Programs St. Albert Place, Visual Arts Studios 20 • Clay: Kindergarten – Grade 3 22 • Clay: Grades 3 – 5 24 • Clay: Grades 6 – 12 26 • Multimedia: Kindergarten – Grade 12 27 Outreach Programs Your School, Community Hall, Preschool or Daycare 29 • Artist in Residence 29 • Early Arts Outreach: Preschool and Kindergarten 30 • Outreach Grades 1 – 12 31

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Art Explorers Tour Program Art Explorers is a 1.5 hour gallery tour program that Understanding Art Through Senses and Experiences! expands students’ understanding of art through a fun, sensory-based looking approach. An explorer by Cruisin’ Through the Countryside 17 definition is somebody who travels to places that were previously unknown or navigated. Guided by qualified, In conjunction with Patterns of Places exhibition enthusiastic art educators, students will explore art September 10 – 28, 2012 through:

One-of-a-Kind 17 Emotions: How does this painting make you feel? In conjunction with Guilded exhibition Movement: Can you make your body move like this line? October 8 – 26, 2012 Memory: What does this shape remind you of? Senses: If this colour were a flavour, how would it taste? Fabulous France 17 Imagination: If this sculpture could speak, what would In conjunction with Under Cultivation exhibition it say? November 5 – 30, 2012 Art Explorers is designed for teachers in search of a How Surreal! 17 multidisciplinary learning experience to introduce art appreciation, the elements of art and other curriculum In conjunction with Getting Anxious exhibition topics to their students. The program welcomes all grade December 10, 2012 – February 1, 2013 levels! A lively introduction to the Gallery is followed by a Feathers & Fungi 18 tour and discussion of the current exhibition. Several In conjunction with Passeriforms II and educational activities as well as a hands-on project related Migrating Colony exhibitions to the art on display allow students to interact directly February 11 – March 15, 2013 with the art. Our observation is that students leave Art Explorers having found meaning for themselves in the art Awesome Abstracts 18 as well as the confidence to discuss it with others. In conjunction with Hybrid Forms and plane-space exhibitions We invite you to bring your students to Art Gallery of March 25 – April 26, 2013 St. Albert so you can all become Art Explorers! Why not combine an Art Explorers tour with an AGSA Studio Program for a creative, full day of art in St. Albert? Imagination Station 18 In conjunction with High Energy 18 exhibition Mandate for Art Gallery of St. Albert: May 6 – May 31, 2013 To provide enriching educational experiences that celebrate visual culture and artistic achievement through research, exhibition and interpretation.

Art Explorer observing a clay sculpture by Cynthia Fuhrer (Lost and Found, 2012) PROGRAM EVALUATIONS

“The program was well organized and the Art Educator was well prepared. I learned a lot and I’m sure my students did, too. I now have some ideas for projects I can do back at school!” Art Explorers recording their observations of art created by Sydney Lancaster (Lost and Found, 2012) 16 art explorers

Cruisin’ Through the Countryside In conjunction with Patterns of Places exhibition Curriculum Links: Art, Science, Social Studies September 10 – 28, 2012

Imagine that you are a bird soaring high over the countryside – what might you see? Alberta artists Linda Hawke, Pam Weber and Linda McBain Cuyler use paintbrushes, sewing machines and even aerial views to respond to the landscape they love. Art Explorers will have fun learning about colour, line, shape and pattern as they embark on an imaginative journey over and around familiar Alberta terrain. Images of gently rolling hills, iconic grain elevators, farmers’ fields, meandering rivers and more, will inform them about how rural surroundings can inspire art. To reinforce their understanding, Art Explorers will create colourful landscape postcards to share with family and friends! One-of-a-Kind In conjunction with Guilded exhibition Curriculum Links: Art, Language Arts October 9 – 26, 2012 Art Explorers finding inspiration in Jennifer Wanner’s watercolour paintings (Immuto, 2012) Treat your class to a visual art smorgasbord in October! Fabulous France Guilded is an exhibition of one-of-a-kind pottery, painting, In conjunction with Under Cultivation exhibition quilting and more, created by members of St. Albert’s Visual Arts Guilds. During this exhibit, the gallery will be Curriculum Links: Art, Social Studies over-flowing with unique artworks that will have your November 5 – 30, 2012 students talking for days! A variety of art techniques, materials, and concepts will be viewed and discussed. Interested in taking an imaginary trip to the south of To wrap up their gallery tour, Art Explorers will enjoy France? Keith Harder’s oil paintings and ink drawings making one-of-a-kind art projects inspired by the depicting the rolling hills, vineyards, and perched villages exhibition. of rural France await globetrotting Art Explorers in November. Learn how to experience a landscape painting using your senses, imagination and memories - can you smell the ripe grapes and fields of lavender? After a quick lesson on perspective drawing, students will use Sharpie pens to make lovely black & white landscape sketches to take home as souvenirs of their visit abroad! How Surreal! In conjunction with Getting Anxious exhibition Curriculum Links: Art, Language Arts December 10, 2012 – February 1, 2013

How cool is this? Artist Margaret Witschl collects black rubber tire shreds left behind by cars and trucks on the highway and uses them as inspiration for her collage-style acrylic paintings! Art Explorers will find themselves busily searching for unusual images and objects hidden within her work as they tour this exhibition. Then, using a variety of materials and motivated by Margaret’s work, they will Art Explorers discover the details in a sculpture created by each fashion a surrealism-inspired, mixed media collage Ryan McCourt (Adaptation & Alteration, 2011) to hang at home. 17 art explorers

Art Explorers working together to record their observations of work created by Cynthia Fuhrer (Lost and Found, 2012) Feathers & Fungi visit, features the abstract paintings and drawings of In conjunction with Passeriforms and Migrating Colony Edmonton artist Duncan Johnson. Through his work, exhibitions they will learn about experimental mark making and abstraction. Inspired Art Explorers will then create their Curriculum Links: Art, Science, Language Arts own awesome abstracts to take home with them! February 11 – March 15, 2013 Imagination Station What a great opportunity for students to compare In conjunction with High Energy 18 exhibition realism and abstraction during one visit to the Gallery! James Trevelyan’s abstract paintings of animated bird Curriculum Links: Art, Language Arts, Social Studies forms suggest feathers and flight, while Erin Schwab’s May 6 – May 31, 2013 wall-mounted ceramic mushrooms and exquisitely detailed charcoal drawings of forest fungi amaze the Join us for the 18th year of High Energy at AGSA! You viewer with their rich realism. After touring this intriguing won’t believe how many amazing drawings, paintings, double exhibition, Art Explorers will try their hands at sculptures, prints, mixed media work and more, will be on drawing objects from nature using vine charcoal. How display in the gallery. This annual exhibition celebrates the much fun is that? incredible talent of St. Albert’s high school art students. Art Explorers will have fun searching for images in the art Awesome Abstracts as they join forces to tackle the always challenging High In conjunction with Hybrid Forms and plane-space Energy Scavenger Hunt, before curating their own ‘walls’ exhibitions of mini-masterpieces to take away! Curriculum Links: Art, Language Arts March 25 – April 26, 2013 DID YOU KNOW?

Is it painting or is it sculpture? Art Explorers will be faced Art Gallery of St. Albert offers Art Parties for special with this question during their tour of Hybrid Forms. occasions such as children’s birthdays, as well as a Calgary artist Angela Lane collages together large, variety of exciting art programs for children, youth colourful geometric and organic shapes and forms made and adults year round. Check our website for more from canvas and wood, and then hangs them on the information: ArtGalleryofStAlbert.com wall. plane-space, the second exhibition students will 18 youth gallery

Youth Gallery St. Albert Place, Arden Theatre Lobby, 5 St. Anne Street The Youth Gallery provides youth with opportunities Submissions of two-dimensional artwork such as drawing, to exhibit their artwork, building confidence and painting, printmaking, fiber arts and collage are suitable. encouraging artistic development. Art can be displayed Teachers may display student work created through for a month or more at a time, depending on the number school programs, studio workshops or home. Five display of bookings received throughout the year. cases, each measuring 3’ x 8’, follow the staircase up from the foyer into the Theatre. Cases are secured with plexi- The Youth Gallery is located in the Arden Theatre glass and framed with clay tiles. lobby within St. Albert Place. Art displays may coincide with school events such as awards nights, Children’s Please contact Shannon Vance at 780-651-5735 or Festival or concerts at the Arden. The Arden welcomes email [email protected] if you would like an approximately 60,000 visitors each year! opportunity to display student artwork.

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Clay: Grades K – 3 22 Northwest Coastal Inspired Masks Tipi Scene Husk Face Inspired Masks Holidays | Art and Religion Curriculum 22 Tunisian Doors Glowing Pumpkins Tunisian Camel Angel Wall Plaque Favourites | Art and Science Curriculum 25 Good Shepherd Plaque Madonna and Child Beaver Owl Manger and Star Animal Pencil Holder O Christmas Tree Elephant World Easter Cross (Grade 2+)

Cultural | Art and Social Studies Curriculum 22 Creative Expression | Art Curriculum 26 I`m Unique (K or special needs) Rose for Mom Family Plaque Friends Forever (Grade 1+) Parent Plaques (Grade 1+) Inuit Inspired Plaque Clay: Grades 6 – 12 26 Nunavut Kayak (Grade 2+) Inuksuk Holidays | Art and Religion Curriculum 26 Alberta Rose and Pines Christmas Tree Tea Light Standing Angel or Figure Favourites | Art and Science Curriculum 23 Tyrannosaurus Rex Cultural | Art and Social Studies Curriculum 26 Under the Sea Storytellers Bird`s Nest (Grade 1+) Turtle Shell Rattle Brilliant Butterfly or Dragonfly Husk Face Inspired Masks Metamorphosis (Grade 2+) Greek Frieze or Vase Ladybug Aztec Feathered Serpent (Grade 8) Frogs & Toads or Salamanders Favourites | Art and Math Curriculum 27 Animal Face Bear (Grade 2+) Easter Island Sculpture Owl (Grade 2+) Creative Expression | Art Curriculum 27

Creative Expression | Art Curriculum 24 Terra Cotta Warriors Lucky Dragon Elfin Tooth Fairy #1 Dad Trophy Multimedia: Grades K – 12 27

Clay: Grades 3 – 5 24 Cultural | Art and Social Studies Curriculum 27 Christmas Around the World Part 1 (Grades K – 4) 24 Holidays | Art and Religion Curriculum Christmas Around the World Part 2 (Grades 4+) Ho Ho Ho Worry Dolls of South America (Grades 3+) Manger Scene (Grade 4+) Huichol Yarn Painting (Grade 3+) Standing Angel (Grade 4+) Cultural | Art and Social Studies Curriculum 28 Cultural | Art and Social Studies Curriculum 24 Window Clings (Grade 3+) Alberta Flag Glass Fusing Ornament (Grade 3+) Grain Elevator Scene Needle Felting Owl in 3D (Grade 5+) Masks and Peru Storytellers 20 studio programs

Studio Programs Last Day for Clay Workshops take place on weekdays in the St. Albert Clay requires drying and firing time. To avoid Place Visual Arts Studios (located at 5 St. Anne Street). disappointment, let students know they have to leave their work at the studio. Clay projects are usually ready Visual arts workshops enhance school curricula in social about two weeks after the workshop. A message will studies, language arts, science, religion and math, as well be left at school when projects are ready for pick-up. If as art. Professional artist facilitators encourage students clay projects are required for a certain occasion, please to express themselves visually, while providing technical note the last day for workshops. Consider attending instruction and guidance. These hands-on workshops workshops earlier in the year and have students finish offer students unique opportunities to explore a variety projects closer to the special day. Ideas on painting and of materials, equipment and techniques often not finishing techniques will be provided at the workshop. available in regular school programs. • Halloween – October 12th (Inspirational artist-led demonstrations provide technical instruction and guidance.) An art history perspective • Christmas – December 7th enriches programs where applicable and the highest • Easter – March 8th priority is to stimulate each student’s imagination and creativity. • Mother’s Day – April 19th

Workshops take place in three large studios, each • Father’s Day – May 24th furnished with specialized art equipment. Studios are located in the picturesque Sturgeon River valley. About Project Pick-up 600 workshops are scheduled per year. Projects can be picked-up at the Painting Studio Monday thru Friday, 8:00 am to 5:30 pm. If you need to make Studio Availability after hours arrangements, please contact the Education Clay workshops are available Monday to Friday. Programmer at 780-651-5735 or email [email protected] with your name, school, day Three clay classes can attend at the same time on a and time you wish to pick-up your projects. Wednesday, Thursday or Friday (Maximum 9 classes per day). Two classes could exchange programs with Project pick-up is self-serve. As you enter the Painting the Gallery, Museum, Heritage Sites or other Studio Studio, on your left you will find labeled boxes on red workshops. Student fee discount applies when one class shelves. If the Studio door is locked when you arrive, books two or more programs on the same day. please use the phone located by the Visual Arts Studios to call security. Clay workshops run 3 times a day: (times may be adjusted if necessary) • 9:30–11:00 • 11:30–1:00 • 1:30–3:00 In three different studios: • Pottery Studio • Painting Studio • Multi-craft Studio

Many Kindergarten classes require 9:30–11:00 workshop times, so please consider registering for 11:30 or 1:30 time slots for other grades.

Clay Workshops Professional instruction inspires each student to create a project with success, in a child and student centered SPECIAL THANKS environment. Students are given the opportunity to Special thanks for the generous donation made in use their imaginations, make choices and express the memory of Mrs. Cecile Martindale, an enthusiatic themselves in a visual form. Instructors can adapt supporter and promoter of the St. Albert arts projects for students of different religious faiths, cultural community. backgrounds or special needs. 21 studio programs

Special Request Clay PROGRAM EVALUATIONS Instructors always welcome the opportunity to create unique projects designed exclusively for your class. “It is one of my favourite field trips. I think St. lbertA Please contact registration if you have a specific clay should be proud of the work the instructors do at the project in mind. pottery workshops.�

Cultural | Art and Social Studies Curriculum I’m Unique (Kindergarten) – Children create a figure of themselves on a slab of clay. Makes a treasured gift for anyone special.

Friends Forever (Grade 1+) – Celebrate friendship with this charming clay relief plaque depicting two friends. Aztec Feathered Serpent Book Ends Mom and Me, Dad and Me or My Grownup Clay: Grades K – 3 and Me (Grade 1+) – Students make themselves and another figure on a plaque. For Grade 3, you may request Holidays | Art and Religion Curriculum a three-figure plaque, where students make themselves and two others. Be sure to inform registration of your Glowing Pumpkins *Available until October 12th preference. Students design an expressive pumpkin face that sits upright on a slab of clay. A tea light can be placed behind the face and set in a window for a spooky effect!

Angel Wall Plaque *Available until December 7th A charming angel holds a candle to spread a message of love.

Good Shepherd Plaque *Available until December 7th Goodwill and caring are the universal themes portrayed in this clay relief of a shepherd tending sheep.

Madonna and Child *Available until December 7th This project provides a simple approach for young students to celebrate the birth of Christ, portraying Mary and child. Easter Cross

Manger and Star *Available until December 7th This nativity plaque depicts baby Jesus in a manger of straw. A guiding star shines down on the manger scene.

O Christmas Tree *Available until December 7th Working with a slab of clay, students create a festive Christmas tree. Branches are textured and decorated with ornaments.

Easter Cross *Available until March 8th Students design an Easter Cross on a slab of clay with draped cloth and Easter lilies. This project is a wonderful keepsake and will help students to remember the sacrifice Jesus made for humanity. Friends Forever 22 studio programs

Alberta Rose & Pines – This is a popular workshop Frogs & Toads or Salamanders – Students learn the that celebrates Alberta. Students cut a slab of clay into difference between frogs and toads and then make their the shape of the province and design a wild rose and very own frog sitting on a lily pad. As an alternative, make lodge pole pines, symbols of Alberta. a special request for a lizard or salamander lounging on a smooth stone. – Students create a two- Inuit Inspired Plaque Animal Face – Students are encouraged to recreate dimensional Inuit inspired figure, complete with the facial features of an animal chosen by their teacher. traditional clothing. Interesting facts and instruction on crucial details will • Complements the Inuit program at the Museum enable students to successfully depict one specific animal. Some suggestions include Tiger, Elephant, Bison, Bear or Nunavut Kayak (Grade 2+) – Students create a Monkey. three-dimensional Inuit figure sitting in a traditional Inuit kayak. This project also relates to the Grade 2 science Bear (Grade 2+) – Did you know there are 3 different curriculum on Bouyancy and Boats. bear species in North America? Can you tell the • Complements the Inuit program at the Museum differences between a black bear, grizzly and polar bear? Learn how to model the most distinguishing features of Inuksuk – An inuksuk (ee-nook-sook) is a stone any one of these bear species and have your students landmark that guides travelers. Traditionally, Inuit people take home projects they can really be proud of! in the Arctic built them where the landscape had few distinguishing features. Students shape clay to build a Owl (Grade 2+) – Did you know there are close to 40 standing structure. different species of owl in North America and the Great • Complements the Inuit program at the Museum Horned Owl has been chosen as Alberta’s provincial bird? Students learn to sculpt an owl of their choice. Favourites | Art and Science Curriculum Tyrannosaurus Rex – These fascinating prehistoric giants that once roamed the earth are recreated in clay sculpture. Always a favorite with young students! If you have another dinosaur in mind, please make a special request.

Under the Sea – Using a variety of hand-building techniques, students create a plaque depicting life under the ocean’s waves.

Bird’s Nest (Grade 1+) – These pottery nests are complete with a mother bird on a branch and eggs in a nest. A great workshop for spring!

Brilliant Butterfly– Using coils and pressed shapes Ladybug on a slab of clay, students create their version of a beautiful, brilliant butterfly or dragonfly. Special request any other insect being studied in the classroom. It makes a great outdoor yard art gift!

Metamorphosis – Using coils and pressed shapes on a long slab of clay, students show the stages of development from caterpillar, to cocoon, to butterfly. Perfect for the patio or garden!

Ladybug – This adorable little ladybug has been changed from previous years and is now sitting quietly on a leaf. Chenille antennae will be provided. Another wonderful piece of art for the patio or garden.

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Creative Expression | Art Curriculum Cultural | Art and Social Studies Elfin Tooth Fairy– This enchanting winged fairy, Curriculum mounted on a tooth-shaped plaque, holds out a bowl to Alberta Flag – The Alberta provincial flag depicts the carefully protect little lost teeth. provincial shield with St. George’s Cross, blue sky, snow- capped mountains, green hills, prairie fields, and wheat #1 Dad Trophy – This is the perfect clay project for sheaves. Students design the shield on a slab of clay that Father’s Day! Students learn to cut a clay slab into a resembles a flag waving in the wind.

NEW trophy shape, roll coils for decorative handles and use different clay tools to decorate it especially for dad. Grain Elevator Scene – Built in 1906 and 1929, two elevators still stand side-by-side at the St. Albert Grain Elevator Park. Students capture the iconic grain elevators in a three-dimensional project, including a train for transporting grain.

Alberta Flag Masks and Peru – Students create masks inspired by the ancient cultures of Peru. The instructor will recommend paint finishing techniques at the workshop. #1 Dad Trophy • Complements the Inuit program at the Museum Clay: Grades 3 – 5 Storytellers (Grade 3+) – This workshop is based on contemporary and traditional clay figurines made by Holidays | Art and Religion Curriculum potters in New Mexico and parts of South America, such Ho Ho Ho *Available until December 7th as Peru. It emphasizes the importance of the storyteller, Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Pére Noël, Kris Kringle, the listener, oral traditions and telling your own story. Santa Claus… a celebrated figure who gives presents to children and the poor. Students learn about sculpting Northwest Coastal Inspired Masks – First Nations facial features. bands along the northwest coast of Canada, such as the Kwakiutl, used highly stylized designs to fashion Manger Scene (Grade 4+) traditional ceremonial masks. Contemporary masks *Available until December 7th can also be found today. Students create masks that Students create a detailed, 3-D nativity scene that incorporate animal, human and supernatural traits, using stands on its own. It’s the perfect gift for parents or bold, flowing lines and ovoid shapes. grandparents.

Standing Angel (Grade 4+) PROGRAM EVALUATIONS *Available until December 7th Students will enjoy making this standing sculpture, �The instructor makes all the difference, this is why I complete with wings and halo. This angel also clasps a would rate our latest experience exceptional.� small wax candle to light up the Christmas season. 24 studio programs

Tunisian Camel – In Tunisia, camels are the main Animal Pencil Holder – A whimsical animal head source of transportation across the hot, sandy desert. decorates the front of this pencil holder and a tail is added What type of camel is native to this region? Learn to tell on the back. Teachers may decide on an animal being the difference between the Dromedary (Arabian) camel studied in the classroom, or they may choose to celebrate with its single hump and the Bactrian (Asian) camel with Chinese New Year with 2012 being year of the dragon or NEW its two humps. Students create a 3 dimensional sitting 2013 being year of the snake. camel. • Complements the St. Albert and Tunisia program Elephant World – Elephants are fascinating animals at the Museum and have played an important role in many cultures. Students create a side view of their elephant using a high relief method. Teachers may specify Asian or African.

Tunisian Camel

Tunisian Doors – Tunisia is well known for its beautifully decorated doors. Wooden doors are adorned with nail head designs and symbols meant to represent the owner’s beliefs. Doors are most often painted a vivid Animal Pencil Holder blue to represent blue sky and good fortune. • Complements the St. Albert and Tunisia program at the Museum

Tipi Scene – Using a range of hand building techniques, shapes and details, students make a three dimensional scene. • Complements the Tipi As Home program at the Museum.

Husk Face Inspired Mask – Description on page 26.

Favourites | Art and Science Curriculum Beaver – The beaver is the largest rodent in North America. No other creature has the ability to affect our wetlands more than the Canadian beaver. Students learn how to build an impressive three-dimensional form. Special request a marsh scene with a beaver building his dam.

Owl (Grade 2+) – Did you know there are close to 40 Beaver different species of owl in North America and the Great Horned Owl has been chosen as Alberta’s provincial bird? Visit ArtGalleryofStAlbert.com for a sample field trip form Students learn to sculpt an owl of their choice. to help parents find the correct AHF locations. 25 studio programs

Creative Expression | Art Curriculum Husk Face Masks (Grade 5+) – With designs inspired by traditional braided corn husk masks of the Iroquois, Rose for Mom – This beautiful rose will never fade! students use coil techniques to create a wall mask, adding Students learn to fashion a rose with lovely petals, leaves texture and detail with special clay tools. and even a little bud. *Available until April 19th for the perfect Mother’s Day gift! Greek Frieze or Vase – Using high relief techniques on a slab of clay, students can choose to make an urn on Family Plaque – This delightful wall plaque captures a plaque or Greek frieze imagery. A variety of designs are each student’s family in clay relief sculpture. A favourite provided to inspire unique pieces of art! with older students who love to portray their family members in great detail, including the family pet! Storytellers – This workshop is based on contemporary and traditional clay figurines made by potters in New Clay: Grades 6 – 12 Mexico and parts of South America, such as Peru. It emphasizes the importance of the storyteller, the Holidays | Art and Religion Curriculum listener, oral traditions and telling your own story. Christmas Tree Tea Light Aztec Feathered Serpent – The Aztec civilization *Available until December 7th – In this advanced spanned 3000 years in its entirety. At the height of its workshop, students learn to roll, attach and join coils to power in 1521, the Aztec empire fell to the Spanish army build a hollow form. Their Christmas tree can then be under the leadership of Hernán Cortés. Motecuhzoma embellished with all the trimmings, including decorative II had welcomed the Spanish as messengers of the god holes for light to shine through once a tea light has been Quetzalcoatl or the Feathered Serpent. placed inside. It makes the perfect Christmas gift for older students!

Standing Angel or Figure *Available until December 7th – As well as the angel for Grade 4 and 5, older students can make a standing angel. It’s a wonderful piece they can display each season.

Christmas Tree Tea Light Turtle Shell Rattle Cultural | Art and Social Studies Visit our website (ArtGalleryofStAlbert.com) for a full Curriculum listing of workshops with images and descriptions. Turtle Shell Rattle – In the Iroquois tradition, the turtle is a symbol of creation and life. Rattles were PROGRAM EVALUATIONS made from snapping turtle shells and used in healing “I absolutely love bringing my class to your studios to ceremonies. Students make a rattle shaped like a turtle work with clay! The pieces always turn out beautiful shell with a turtle shaped head and neck for a handle. and your instructors are really great with the This project really rattles after firing! students. �

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Favourites | Art and Math Curriculum Worry Dolls of South America (Grade 3+) These small and colourful dolls are traditionally made Easter Island Sculpture – Students create a in South American cultures, such as those in Peru and sculpture inspired by the giant stone monoliths, known Guatemala. According to legend, if you tell your worries as Moai, that dot the coastline of the Easter Islands. to a doll before going to bed at night and put it under These sculptures are perfect to hold eyeglasses and will your pillow, you will wake up the next morning and your use the students understanding of geometry to cut clay worries will be gone. Students learn to make a worry doll slabs into useful sections for their sculpture. *Available with colourful wire and embroidery thread. They then until May 24th for the perfect Father’s Day gift! decorate a small box in which to keep their doll safe. Creative Expression | Art Curriculum Terra Cotta Warriors – Ancient Chinese emperors built complex tombs filled with treasure, which were guarded by terra cotta statues of horses and soldiers. Students fashion their own terra cotta warriors based on the statues found in Xi’an, China. An impressive art project for older students!

Lucky Dragon – This magnificent dragon’s head holds a special pearl in its mouth. According to Chinese legend, anyone who is brave enough to rub this pearl is sure to have good luck. The perfect project to celebrate Chinese New Year!

Worry Dolls of South America

Easter Island Sculpture Lucky Dragon Multimedia: Grades K – 12 Cultural | Art and Social Studies Curriculum Christmas Around the World I (Grades K – 4) *Available December 10th - 21st – Each student completes three art projects and learns about stories and traditions celebrated in other countries: the Story of Tinsel from the Ukraine, the Poinsettia from Mexico and the Pomander from England and the United States.

Christmas Around the World II (Grades 4+) *Available December 10th - 21st – Stories of angels or messengers spreading news of love and peace are found in many different cultures. Make your very own tassel angel decoration and discover the universal tradition of card making and gift giving. Christmas Around the World II 27 studio programs

Huichol Yarn Painting (Grade 3+) – Small Needle Felting Owl in 3D (Grade 5+) – Felting is agricultural settlements of Indigenous people known as one of the oldest fiber crafts, dating back to 6300 BC. It the Huichol (pronounced Whettchol) live in the Sierra predates spinning, weaving and knitting. Needle felting is Madre mountains of northwest Mexico. The Huichol now a popular fiber arts craft conducted without the use people have an oral tradition and document their ancient of water. Students use special barbed felting needles as wisdom through their artwork. Students will use bright, sculpting tools. The barbs catch the scales on the wool contrasting colours of yarn to express meaning through fibers and push them through the layers of wool, tangling traditional symbols such as people, animals and nature. them and binding them together. Fine details can be Symmetry, balance and geometric elements will be achieved using this technique. explored.

Needle Felting Owl

Huichol Yarn Painting Creative Expression | Art Curriculum Window Clings (Grade 3+) – Create jewel-like designs that look like stained glass. Using their own drawings, students use synthetic leading to make an outline on a thick piece of plastic. Coloured glass stains are then used to fill in these areas. After drying, the window clings can be peeled off the plastic and will adhere to glass surfaces.

Glass Fusing Ornament Glass Fusing Ornament (Grade 3+) *Available October–December, May–June – Design a dazzling glass ornament using cut glass, chips, fusing stringers, confetti glass and rods. These are assembled on a three inch square piece of clear glass and fired in a kiln. With a wide assortment of colours, students are inspired to create their own fused glass masterpiece for Christmas, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. A small faux gold-leaf hanger is included.

Paper Arts (Grade 4+) – Discover the amazing world of paper! Students learn about basic paper making Window Clings Paper Arts methods before exploring paper folding, punching, and embossing on different paper types, including a variety of handmade papers. They will also be introduced to NOTE a variety of supplies such as unique embellishments Many of the projects found under younger grade and decorative paper punches. Students make several categories can be modified to challenge the abilities different paper projects, designed to engage their of older students. creativity! 28 outreach programs

Early Arts Outreach: 30 Outreach: Grades 5+ 32 Preschool and Kindergarten Curriculum Links: Art, Math, Science and Social Studies Curriculum Links: Creative & Cultural Expression, Fine & Gross Motor Skills, Abstract Art Math and Science Linoleum Printing Mixed-Media Watercolour My Shapes and Sizes Book My Masterpieces Rainbow Fish and Very Hungry Caterpillar Last Day for Projects Very Messy Art Making If a project is required for a certain occasion, please note Marvelous Monoprints the last day for workshops. Consider booking workshops earlier in the year and have students finish projects closer Outreach: Grades 1 – 3 31 to the special day. Curriculum Links: Art, Math, Science and • Christmas – December 14th Social Studies • Mother’s Day – May 3rd Basic Batik • Father’s Day – June 7th Marvelous Monoprints Very Messy Art Making Outreach Clay Outreach: Grades 2+ 31 If your school has a kiln and someone who can fire it, most Studio Program clay workshops are possible, using H435 Curriculum Links: Art, Math, Science and clay. Three workshops can be scheduled on the same day, Social Studies with the instructor remaining in one specified room. Inuit-Inspired Printmaking Inuksuk Artist in Residence Self Portraits Schools may book multiple workshops in the Outreach Wonderful Watercolours Program. Students and teachers work with our Outreach instructor over a period of days, weeks or months. Outreach: Grades 3+ 31 Another alternative may be a program designed for the entire school to take part in, such as all students creating Curriculum Links: Art, Math, Science and a clay tile, which can later be assembled together on a Social Studies feature wall. *Special rates apply for Artist in Residence Decorative Easter Eggs bookings at your school. Masks and Peru Pastel Pictures Special Request Workshops Window Clings As areas of the curriculum change, instructors welcome the challenge of developing new workshop ideas for Outreach: Grades 4+ 32 individual classes. Please feel free to discuss your new idea or theme with Registration if you do not see it listed Curriculum Links: Art, Math, Science and in our program guide. We will always do our very best to Social Studies accommodate your special request! Pen and Wash Sketchapalooza NOTE Nature on Canvas Book 2 or 3 classes on the same day and save on Outreach Travel fees!

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Early Arts Outreach Programs Preschool and Kindergarten Curriculum Links: Art, Math, and Science Workshops take place at your school. An art room with Developmental Skills: Fine & Gross Motor Skills access to water is ideal but workshops can also be held in a classroom, library, stage or gymnasium. If there is more My Shapes and Sizes Book – Children learn how than one class on the same day, please assign one room for shapes can be used to form people, places and things. all workshops to take place in so that supplies do not have They will create their own special felt book with felt to be moved two or three times. shapes and tell a story about it. The concepts of shape, form, space and size will be introduced. Class Preparation: My Masterpieces – Children explore colour, shape Please cover desks and tables with paper before the and texture with paint, collage and a variety of fun instructor arrives. Kraft paper is best for clay and messy techniques. Inspired by the works of celebrated artists, workshops. A large central table is needed for some they create their own great masterpieces. The number of workshops, such as Decorative Eggs, Inuit Inspired activities will depend on the children’s age and class size. Printmaking, and Linoleum Printing. Access to water is essential for cleanup whether it be a sink in the Rainbow Fish and Very Hungry Caterpillar classroom, bathrooms, or a large bucket filled with water. Based on these familiar books, children explore Remember to wear nametags and remember to dress for collage techniques to create colourful fish, very hungry art! caterpillars and beautiful butterflies. Reading of the stories and number of activities will depend on the Visual arts workshops enhance school curricula in social children’s age and class size. In preparation, read and studies, language arts, science, religion and math, as well discuss stories, if possible. as art. Professional artist facilitators encourage students Required: A parent volunteer or teacher who will cut out to express themselves visually. Hands on workshops offer the butterfly wings when dry and attach the body. students unique opportunities to explore a variety of materials, equipment and techniques not often available Very Messy Art Making – Roll up your sleeves in regular school programs. and get ready to get messy! Children explore different mediums and create three works of art: a watercolour Inspirational artist-led demonstrations provide technical painting on artist-grade paper, an acrylic painting and instruction and guidance. An art history perspective a pinch pot using air-dry clay. Students work in groups enriches programs where applicable. The highest priority of four or more to share supplies. Don’t forget to cover is to stimulate each student’s imagination and creativity. desks and tables for a mess!

Check out our website (ArtGalleryofStAlbert.com) for a Marvelous Monoprints full listing of workshops with images and descriptions. This workshop is a great way to introduce children to printmaking techniques. They explore line, pattern, texture and colour, and make one-of-a-kind prints. Monoprints are made on paper, using tempera paints. Required: large table covered with kraft paper (for printing station), desks covered with paper, access to water and drying space!

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Grades 1 - 3 printing station, desks covered with paper, access to water Curriculum Links: Art, Science and a plenty of drying space (prints dry quickly, could use hallway). Basic Batik – Batik is a kind of fiber art using wax and dyes or paint. Wax is applied to fabric in a design. Inuksuk – An Inuksuk is a structure to mark or guide the The wax serves as a resist, preventing the paint from way of travelers in the North. This program looks at the reaching the fabric where it is applied. This technique traditional life and art of the Inuit people. Students create can be applied in layers with different colours. Students their own structure with air-dry clay. Firing is not required. create a wax resist on cotton fabric using wax blocks. Self Portraits - Students explore self-portraits by looking at examples of artists such as Marc Chagall, Leonardo da Vinci and Frida Kahlo. Students explore aspects of self-identity and create their own self-portrait using pen and watercolour crayons. With a touch of a paintbrush, the crayon markings instantly change into a lively watercolour painting of themselves!

Wonderful Watercolours – Students learn the basics of working with colour through watercolour paints. The instructor will lead students through a series of techniques to create colorful paintings of animals, plants or landscapes. Please choose a theme and indicate at registration.

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Marvelous Monoprints – This workshop is a great way to introduce children to printmaking techniques. They explore line, pattern, texture and colour, and make one-of-a-kind prints. Monoprints are made on paper, using tempera paints. Required: large table covered with kraft paper (for printing station), desks covered with paper and set in groups of four, access to water and lots of drying space!

Very Messy Art Making – Roll up your sleeves and get ready to get messy! Children explore different Inuit Inspired Printmaking Self Portraits mediums and create three works of art: a watercolour painting on artist-grade paper, an acrylic painting and a pinch pot using air-dry clay. Students work in groups Grades 3+ Curriculum Links: Art, Math, Science, and Social Studies of four or more to share supplies. Don’t forget to cover desks and tables for a mess! Decorative Easter Eggs – In many cultures the egg represents new life and creation. Traditionally made Grades 2+ during the time of Easter, the colourful and intricate art of Curriculum Links: Art, Social Studies, and Science pysanka uses patterns, colours and symbols to celebrate spring. Pysanka is derived from the Ukrainian word pysaty Inuit-Inspired Printmaking – Inuit printmaking meaning to write. Designs are drawn on an egg with began with the people of Nunavut, then known as melted beeswax using an instrument known as a kystka Kinngait, about 55 years ago. Walrus tusks or rocks were and the egg is dyed a number of times using traditional carved and then inked and printed onto paper. Artworks colours. After the workshop, the wax is removed to reveal are based on traditional Inuit stories and everyday the whole design, bringing it to life. scenes of life. Students use scratch-foam to create prints Required: large table covered with kraft paper (for egg dye inspired by Inuit images. station), an oven and a parent volunteer or teacher who will Required: large table covered with kraft paper (for melt wax from eggs after the workshop. 31 outreach programs

Masks and Peru – Students explore connections Grades 4+ between cultures by looking at the significance of mask Curriculum Links: Art, Social Studies, making. They create an image, inspired by ancient Language Arts and Science cultures of Peru, on a slab of clay. Choose air-dry clay or studio H435 clay (if you will be firing projects in a kiln). Pen and Wash – Pen and Wash is a classic technique Required: cover desks with kraft paper. used with both pen and watercolour. The combination • Complements the Peru and The Aboriginal People of finely drawn lines and delicate watercolour washes of Canada program with Museum Outreach. evokes great visual beauty, whatever the chosen subject. A workshop with great results! Oil Pastel Pictures – Oil Pastel is a unique media that can be used to express a wide range of moods. Sketchapalooza – Sketchbook journals are a valuable Traditional images can include landscapes, seascapes and tool of discovery for artists of all ages. Students learn that plants. Students learn the basics of working with these sketchbooks are a place where observations, imagination smooth, rich crayons that put thick, intense colour onto and memory come together. They are a place for paper. Please choose a specific classroom theme and writing, drawing, and experimenting with a wide variety indicate at registration. of mediums such as pastel, conté, charcoal, pen and coloured pencils. A great resource for students learning Window Clings – Discover the fascinating history of about process-driven discovery! stained glass. Synthetic leading and a variety of glass stains are used to make beautiful jewel-like designs. Nature on Canvas – Nature scenes offer excellent Students work on a thick plastic surface. After the opportunities to introduce detail and texture into product dries at school for a few days, the images are artwork. Students may choose specific animals where the peeled off the plastic and will adhere to windows, mirrors focus is on fur, skin and feathers, or they may choose to or other glass surfaces. You may choose a theme and explore plants, trees, forests or landscapes. Using mixed indicate at registration. An information sheet will be sent media on canvas, students will learn to create some before the workshop. spectacular images found in nature. Grades 5+ Curriculum Links: Art and Science

Abstract Art – With abstract painting, students move away from formal representation. In this exciting workshop, students look at abstract art from its beginnings in the 20th century. They experiment with Sketchapalooza Linoleum Printing colour and different applications of acrylic paint on art paper. Wear art-proof clothing!

Linoleum Printing – A fantastic printmaking workshop! Using professional linoleum cutting tools, students carve their own designs into Safety-Cut linoleum blocks. These blocks are then inked and transferred onto specialty paper. Students are shown techniques for printing without a press to create some stunning imagery! Required: Two large tables covered with kraft paper for printing stations, desks covered with paper, access to water and plenty of drying space.

Mixed-Media Watercolour – Using a combination Mixed-Media Watercolour of wax, watercolour and salt, students create a winter forest scene, underwater scene or flowers in a vase. This mixed-media workshop uses both drawing and painting PROGRAM EVALUATIONS on watercolour paper. Makes a unique gift! �Thank you for providing these programs to the families and children in the homeschool community.�

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Musée Héritage Museum MuseeHeritage.com St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert

Musée Héritage Museum Outreach Takes place at schools

Heritage Sites Office MuseeHeritage.com Little White School, 2 Madonna Drive, St. Albert

Little White School 2 Madonna Drive, St. Albert

St. Albert Grain Elevator Park 4A Meadowview Drive, St. Albert

Father Lacombe Chapel St. Vital Avenue, St. Albert

Art Gallery of St. Albert ArtGalleryofStAlbert.com 19 Perron Street, St. Albert

Art Explorers 19 Perron Street, St. Albert

Studios St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert

Youth Gallery Arden Theatre Lobby, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert

Outreach and Early Arts Takes place at schools

Arts and Heritage Financial Services ArtsHeritage.com #200 20 Perron Street, St. Albert (780) 459-1194

For all general inquiries, please call Registration at (780) 459-1163

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