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

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

Registration 1 Registration Begins Cancellation Policy If a workshop is cancelled with less than 3 weeks notice, Information and Policies 1 St. Albert and Sturgeon School Divisions: $60 per workshop will be charged. If the program Thursday, August 30, 2012 Program Fees 2 is rebooked or another class can fill the space, the Edmonton and all other School Divisions: cancellation fee will be waived. Registration Form 2 Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Map 3 (You may also register anytime during the school year) Attending Programs 4 1. Wear nametags (students, teachers and Musée Héritage Museum – Programs at a Glance Online: ArtGalleryofStAlbert.com volunteer helpers). MuseeHeritage.com 2. Wear art-proof clothing. Museum Programs 5 Visit our websites for a complete program 3. Bring maps and information sheet with schedule of Exhibits 9 listing, including online registration. programs for your reference. Education Kits 10 4. Ensure that students walk in a quiet and orderly Information Services at the Museum 10 E-mail: [email protected] manner, through public areas such as St. Albert Send your details in this order: Place. St. Albert Heritage Sites – Programs at a Glance 11 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

Little White Scho0l 12 3) Preferred months, days and times Volunteer Helpers St. Albert Grain Elevator Park 13 780-460-9537 Father Lacombe Chapel 14 Fax: 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 Art Gallery of St. Albert – Programs at a Glance 15 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 Art Explorers 16 report if possible. is appreciated and makes the program more enjoyable for everyone. *Please remember, volunteer helpers are Youth Gallery 19 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. Visual Art Studios 20 workshop as a student. Clay: Grades K – 3 22 Clay: Grades 3 – 5 24 Phone: 780-459-1163 Booking a Bus Clay: Grades 6 – 12 26 (begins October 15th) It is very important to check bus departure times before Multimedia: Grades K – 12 27 booking your program. Many bus companies must Outreach and Early Arts 29 depart before 2:30. If you need to leave earlier than the Information & Policies scheduled time, please discuss with the registration office Locations & Contact Information 33 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. ABOUT US confirm a date for programs. Packages will be sent approximately one month before workshops to allow Arts and Heritage is a non-profit, charitable time to resolve any conflicts or errors. Letters are Lunch Space organization that promotes the visual arts, and addressed to each teacher; check with colleagues if you Lunch space is limited at St. Albert Place so if you are the natural and human heritage of St. Albert and have not received your information. coming for an 11:30 – 1:00 workshop, please try to arrange district. We manage Art Gallery of St. Albert, Musée a snack or lunch at school. If attending one program Héritage Museum and St. Albert Heritage Sites. after another, a lunch space may be booked for you, as Enrollment Policy Arts and Heritage is supported by a broad array available, in the Atrium, front foyer or Visual Arts wing of contributors committed to helping advance The number of students booked will determine the hallway of St. Albert Place. Other sites are available if its mission. Major annual support is provided by amount invoiced. If enrollment has changed, please attending a program at the Little White School, Train the City of St. Albert, the Province of Alberta, notify the office upon receipt of the confirmation letter Station or Gallery. Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Alberta Museums 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 Association and the Government of Canada. high volume of requests, it may take a number of weeks to All of the programs listed in the 2012–2013 Program Guide for each workshop. confirm the program date; fall courses will be confirmed first. are © Arts & Heritage Foundation 1 locations & fees registration form

Contact Name Phone (daytime) Phone (evening) N LEGEND 6 P P Bus Stop and Dropoﬀ area W E St Vital AveFounders Path School Fax (Shale only) P 1 Grain Elevator Park 1 Madonna Dr S 5 2 Proﬁles Studios City Email P 3 Musée Héritage Museum

4 Art Gallery of St. Albert Royal Dr Circle Preferred Class 1 Program Title 5 Little White School Months Days Times Mission Ave

Father Lacombe Chapel St Anne St 6 St Vital Ave September Monday 9:30 – 11:00 Program Site Red Willow Trail Walking Paths 4 Mill Dr October Tuesday 11:30 – 1:00 Picnic tables / Lunch area St. Albert Trail L Mission Pl

Perron St Sculpture Garden November Wednesday 1:30 – 3:00 Teacher First & Last Name (Please circle: Miss | Mrs. | Ms. | Mr.) 3 St Anne St Mission Ave L December Thursday Any

1 Sturgeon River P St. Albert Place January Friday Grade Number of Students (normal class size) Meadowview Dr 2 St Thomas St P P February Any Outreach L L March 10:00 – 11:30 L Class 2 April Lunch Space 1:00 – 2:30 Program Title Sir Winston Churchill Ave May 11:00 – 11:30

Program Fees (program fees help to cover the cost of all administration, supplies and equipment) June 1:00 – 1:30 Program Site

$4.00 per student Please do not bring your payment to the workshop. An Musée Héritage Museum Special Requests for Clay Workshops (if possible): invoice will be sent to your school within one month. GST Teacher First & Last Name (Please circle: Miss | Mrs. | Ms. | Mr.) 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: Grade Number of Students (normal class size) Guided Tours (1.5 hour tour) $4.00 per student Arts & Heritage St. Albert Special Theme for Multi-Media Workshops (if possible):

St. Albert Heritage Sites Include invoice numbers and mail to: Arts & Heritage St. Albert Class 3 Little White School $4.00 per student Suite #200, 20 Perron Street Special Considerations: St. Albert Grain Elevator Park $4.00 per student St. Albert, AB T8N 1E4 Program Title Father Lacombe Chapel $4.00 per student Fo account inquiries, contact Registration: Art Gallery of St. Albert Phone: (780) 459-1163 Program Site Notes: Fax: (780) 460-9537 Art Explorers $4.00 per student Email: [email protected] Studio Programs $7.75 per student Teacher First & Last Name (Please circle: Miss | Mrs. | Ms. | Mr.) (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 Grade Number of Students (normal class size) + $60 per day of travel (additional fees for distant travel) any combination of Arts & Heritage programs. Check out our website (ArtsHeritage.com) for a sample field trip form. 2 3 musée héritage museum

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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 Programs at a Glance Grade 6 – The History of Local Government environment, and celebrate historic diversity. Grades 6–12 – Archives Tours and Research Preschool Winter Animals Museum 6 Spring Along the River Museum 6 Natural History 8 Kindergarten Bears Museum 8 Kindergarten–Grade 1 – Bears I Belong Museum 6 Grade 3 – Rocks and Minerals Grade 1 An �Old Time� Classroom Little White School 12 Landmarks St. Albert Grain Elevator Park 13 An Early Métis Community Museum 6 Exhibits 9 Grades 1 – 3 Living Long Ago Father Lacombe Chapel 14 Grade 2 My School – Past and Present Little White School 12 St. Albert History Gallery 9 Work and Play St. Albert Grain Elevator Park 13 The Inuit Museum 6 Current Grade 3 Peru and the Aboriginal People of Canada Museum 6 St. Albert and Tunisia Museum 8 9 Rocks and Minerals Museum 8 Feature Exhibits 2012–2013 Traders, Trappers and Coureurs des Bois St. Albert Grain Elevator Park 13 An Early Métis Community program Grade 4 “Old School” Lessons Little White School 12 Cut and Paste 9 Communities that Grow St. Albert Grain Elevator Park 13 Grade 4 – 12 The Fur Trade Game Father Lacombe Chapel 14 September 4 – October 21, 2012 Mission Hill Tours Father Lacombe Chapel 14 Mission Hill History and Stories Father Lacombe Chapel 14 Wind Work, Wind Play: 9 The Tipi as Home Museum 7 Weathervanes and Whirligigs Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Museum 8 October 29, 2012 – January 13, 2013 Grade 5 A History Lesson Little White School 12 Boom and Bust St. Albert Grain Elevator Park 13 Take Your Best Shot 9 Grades 5 – 12 First Nations, Métis and Inuit Museum 7 November 27 – December 24, 2012 Grade 6 The History of Local Government Museum 8 Grades 6 – 12 A History Lesson – Local Government Little White School 12 Victor Post 9 Junior High Archives Tours and Research Museum 8 January, 2013 A History Lesson for Junior High Schools Little White School 12 All Ages Collective Rights Museum 7 Historic St. Albert Tours Museum 7 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow program 4 5 musée héritage museum musée héritage museum

Museum Programs An Early Métis Community Collective Rights Grade 1 – Aboriginal Contribution in our Community Junior High / High School program Our program begins in a circle for introductions and a This program focuses on identity, citizenship, quality Preschool Programs sharing of the things we know about a community. Oral of life, and how the political process of the Canadian Winter Animals tradition, objects and pictures are introduced as students Government impacted the people of Canada both past Preschool Program (winter) – Introduction to a museum hear about the people who lived in the local area and how and present. Using historic documents and examples setting they contributed to the community. Your students will from St. Albert and other western communities, we touch What do animals do in the winter? Come to the museum work together and plan a small community of their own on immigration, the British North America Act, the Riel and find out! This program is designed for three and four before working on an individual project they can take Resistance and the St. Albert Mounted Rifles. 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. Individualized Programs Spring Along the River The Inuit These original programs are created to meet individual Preschool Program (spring) – Introduction to a museum Grade 2 – Communities in Canada classroom needs based on meeting the curriculum setting Inuit culture and tradition are explored as we share standards and expectations, specifically in the areas of Join us for songs, stories, and games as we celebrate objects and stories about the people who live in northern aboriginal and historic content. the return of spring along the Sturgeon River! Learn the parts of Canada. Students have the opportunity to learn An Early Métis Community program names for baby animals and make age appropriate crafts words in Inuktitut, discover historic and current ways in Historic St. Albert Tours as we focus on matching and creativity. which the people survive in a challenging environment, The Tipi as Home Grade 4+ – Aboriginal life All age groups • Aboriginal preschoolers will be exposed to some and also work together in groups to tell a story about the The Tipi is a home that moves around but maintains a Join us in St. Albert for a walking tour around town to Cree language north using creativity and symbols. see the sites and hear the marvelous stories of our local • Complements the Inuit Inspired Mask workshop at strong foundation. We begin by building a tipi as we learn about the people, their traditions and values, why people and their history! There are many things to see NOTE: Children must be toilet trained before attending the Studios the poles were so important and the value associated including St. Albert Place, the Little White School, Mission Preschool programs. 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. Aboriginal Programs • 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 The Musée Héritage Museum has Aboriginal farmers and business owners. Our tours can be tailored Programmers on staff who guide and participate in the First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) Grades 5 – 12 – Aboriginal Canada, Alberta History, to meet your curriculum requirements and students’ development and delivery of the Aboriginal Programs. Collective Rights abilities—just let us know what you would like to see and All of these programs are taught in a traditional way Who are these people? What languages do they speak? we will create a tour that matches your requirements. and include elements of oral history, the importance How did they live in the past, and how do they live of the circle and an awareness of the world around us. today? Why should we learn about aboriginal peoples? Emphasis in these programs is on respect, cooperation What does their experiences have to do with me? Our and patience. Aboriginal programmers would like to share the local

and regional history with you and your students. We will Wisdom of the Elders, “Humility is probably the most tailor the program to meet your curriculum needs. difficult virtue to realize.” – Elder Thomas Yellowtail

I Belong We encourage questions and discussion relevant to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, both in the past and Kindergarten – Working together in the present. Sharing stories, considering different An introductory program designed for younger children. The Inuit program perspectives and recognizing the contributions of the This program introduces children to the Aboriginal aboriginal community throughout the history of North community by using a talking stick, sharing stories, Peru and the Aboriginal People of Canada America will give students the additional tools they need creating a craft, and participating in a drumming circle. Grade 3 – Comparing Cultures to be well informed citizens. This program will include a We begin with introductions, story telling and learning This is a program that compares the history and culture hands-on activity for the students. 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 PROGRAM EVALUATIONS • 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 �We always enjoy the little ‘scavenger hunt’ at the like to include the snack with your program. discover the many things that are similar in our culture beginning of the program to see what the museum and histories. has to offer. It also gives the museum a ‘user friendly’ • Complements the Masks and Peru workshop atmosphere. The pictures and discussion that follow at the Studios. 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 6 7 musée héritage museum musée héritage museum

History and St. Albert Archives Tours and Research Exhibits Wind Work, Wind Play: Weathervanes Grades 6 – 12 St. Albert and Tunisia: A Comparative Approach In a digital age where information is commonly searched and Whirligigs Grade 3 – Comparing Cultures online, we provide students with critical tools to examine St. Albert History Gallery Wind Work, Wind Play: Weathervanes and Whirligigs is the Let’s take a closer look at the fascinating country of the sources of their information. This program introduces Come and explore the history of St. Albert and area and next featured exhibit. The whirligigs, new and old, are Tunisia and see if we have anything in common. Students students to the differences between primary and discover a story that began over 5,ooo years ago with masterworks of fun – sawyers that saw away, fiddlers that have the opportunity to share what they already know at secondary information. There will be an opportunity for the first people that came to this valley. fiddle away, farmers that milk cows, and voyageurs that the beginning of the program and then we build on that students to research primary sources found in archives; paddle all the faster when the wind blows. This exhibit knowledge as we work through a variety of activities in a primary sources for St. Albert include original ledgers, from the Canadian Museum of Civilization contains over smaller group setting. Activities include elements of the maps, photographs, manuscripts, letters and albums. We Feature Exhibits 2012–2013 30 pieces of wind-powered folk art from the 1870s to the geography, history, architecture and the religion of both shape a program around your needs as well as give you a 1970s. It will run from October 29th until January 13, 2013. 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 Cut and Paste part of another larger mural. Our fall schedule of exhibits begins on September 4th Take Your Best Shot Natural History with Cut and Paste, which features some of St. Albert’s Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Stay tuned for the second Take Your Best Shot – youth Bears family albums, personal collections and scrapbooks from photo contest. Student entrants are asked to submit Grades 4 – 8 – My Community, Stories, Histories and Kindergarten – Grade 1 – Needs of Animals clubs and community groups covering over 100 years of a photo and the winning shots will be featured in the People of Alberta, People of Canada, Ways of Life Over The Bears program starts in a large group setting, and history! The creators compiled books of treasures and museum and be eligible for prizes. Check our website over Time your students have the opportunity to share what they trinkets in an effort to preserve those things that they the next few months for updates and details! After completing a scavenger hunt, children don know with the programmer. After a visit with Albert (the saw as important in their lives, and we are lucky enough white cotton gloves and work in small groups to solve bear puppet), we split into smaller groups and explore to be able to enjoy them. The exhibit closes on October “mysteries” as they look at a variety of objects or the Discovery Room, play a game and create a take-home 21st. Victor Post pictures up close and decipher how these items were craft. This program is intended not only to learn about 2013 will begin with a fascinating exhibit of the work of used. Intuitive thinking is a key element of this program bears, but to expose younger students to a museum and Join us for one of our workshops: Scrapbooking Victor Post, a St. Albert photographer whose images and students are encouraged to guess and hypothesize. the objects in it that they can discover and explore. Thursday, September 20, 7-9 pm and captured many of Alberta’s pivotal events and famous Ultimately students share their ideas and gain new Preserving Your Family Photos faces of the 1970s and 80s, including Royal visits, the insight by identifying the objects and their uses as well as Rocks and Minerals Thursday, October 4, 7-8:30 pm Commonwealth Games and the Olympics. The exhibit will a better understanding of the past, present and future. Grade 3 begin in mid January. 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.

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�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 St. Albert History Gallery exhibit Take Your Best Shot exhibit 8 9 musée héritage museum st. albert heritage sites

Education Kits Information Services Little White School 12 at the Museum Call and reserve the kit you are interested in and we can An “Old Time” Classroom be sure it is available when you need it in your classroom. Contact the Musée Héritage Museum Program Archives and Artifact Collections Grade 1 The museum has a collection of objects related to Coordinator at 459-1528, or [email protected] My School – Past and Present Education kits are $10.00 per day or $20.00 per week St. Albert’s history. These artifacts are available for Join us at the Little White School for programs YEAR viewing by the public either through exhibit or via Grade 2 ROUND! When you walk into the two-roomed school, All in a Day’s Work appointment with the curator. In addition to artifacts, “Old School” Lessons first opened in 1948, it is like stepping back in time. Curriculum links: A Community in the Past, Alberta the museum houses archives including personal papers, You and your students will enjoy learning how school History, Ways of life in Canada municipal records, manuscripts, organizational records Grade 4 has changed over the years as an interpreter leads you There are chores that always need to be done but the and photographs. Archives are available for the public A History Lesson through old fashioned school lessons and tells you more way we do them and the tools we use have changed over Tuesday to Friday. The museum is working towards about the rules that children had to follow at school over time. Explore the artifacts in this kit and find out how making both artifacts and archives available online. Grade 5 60 years ago. the pioneers did their chores before electricity existed! A History Lesson – Local Government 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 Grade 6 who lived in the pioneer days. photographs related to St. Albert and area. These A History Lesson for Junior High School photographs are available for viewing as well as Grade 7 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 St. Albert Grain Elevator Park 13 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 Landmarks The St. Albert Grain Elevator Park is located on guides, interpreters, freemen, farmers and fur trade St. Albert. The books are non-circulating but available for Meadowview Drive and includes a train station and two employees moved west they helped establish and settle reading at the museum. Grade 1 grain elevators, built in 1906 and 1929. Our programs many communities. This kit contains objects and resource Chores encourage historical thinking through hands-on activities materials that can be used to introduce a new unit, provide Métis Genealogy and tours of the elevators. This is an outdoor historic an overview or be used as a resource when using a lesson Our Métis genealogy database was created in 2001 by Grade 1 site, students need to dress for the weather and wear plan to share the stories about what life was like back then. Elizabeth Macpherson, a previous assistant curator at the Work and Play appropriate footwear (no sandals). Programs are Musée Héritage Museum. The database, which has many available Tuesday through Friday, beginning in late April The Bison (The General Store of the Plains) of St. Albert’s Métis families listed, is available for viewing Grade 2 each year until early fall. Curriculum Links: Canada’s Dynamic Communities, Stories at the museum’s public access computer. Traders, Trappers and Coureurs des Bois 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 Grade 3 of the history behind this question. Your class will have place for history projects, homework and research. Our Communities That Grow the opportunity to look closely at bones, fur, projectile staff are available to assist you and your students. Grade 4+ points and other items included in the kit as they learn how and why the Aboriginal people depended on the Boom and Bust buffalo for their livelihood. 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 Musée Héritage Museum Archives, Musée Héritage Museum Archives, St. Albert Historical Society fonds St. Albert Historical Society fonds Grade 4+ 10 11 st. albert heritage sites st. albert heritage sites

Little White School A History Lesson St. Albert Grain Elevator Park Traders, Trappers and Coureurs des Bois Grade 5 – Stories of Canada, Historical Information, Please wear weather appropriate shoes and clothing to Grade 3+ An “Olde Time” Classroom Historic Ways of Life St. Albert Grain Elevator Park programs. Programs run Many early settlers of the St. Albert region participated The Little White School is a historic landmark in St. Albert, in the fur trade in ways you never imagined! Sign up to be Grade 1 – My Community rain or shine! and when students sit down in an old wooden desk they a voyageur and discover the kind of work you would be Visit our historic school where our teacher, a costumed realize it is a great place to learn about the way things expected to do, participate in the trap line scavenger hunt interpreter, will invite you in and show you around! Landmarks “used to be”. A costumed interpreter, our teacher, as students are challenged to think about what it was like Mixing fun with the rules of the past, students will Grade 1 – Landmarks provides instruction in history, poetry, elocution and to live during the fur trade era. compare and contrast their modern classroom with the How tall is a grain elevator? How would you signal a penmanship using photographs and historic documents. historic one at the Little White School. Demonstrating train to stop if you didn’t have a radio? These are some Students gain historic perspective as they decide if they their best manners for the teacher, your students will of the things your students will discover at our site as Washed Up: Traders, Trappers,& would want to sign up and be a voyageur in Early Canada, receive lessons in poetry, recitation and arithmetic before we explore the train station and one of the historic and then step into the limelight with their classmates and Coureurs de Bois creating a craft to take back to school. Their day in the grain elevators! Your students will have fun creating present a dramatic reading to conclude the program. Grade 3+ classroom concludes with a favourite story read by the a colourful landmark to take home, playing a game, Bring your class to the St. Albert Grain Elevator Park, sign teacher. *This program is intended as an introduction measuring an elevator and learning the historic ways on with a fur trade company and portage a canoe, bundle for younger students to a heritage building and an A History Lesson – Local Government to signal a train as we talk about landmarks in the furs and work along a trapline. Then set out on your own interpretive setting. Grade 6 community. *The landmarks program is designed as an creative quest to illustrate the lives of these early settlers Who was the St. Albert representative to the North-West introduction for younger students to a heritage site. using a pen and tea wash technique. A great way to Council? What were the 39 bylaws? What happened combine Social Studies and Art! if your pig ruined a neighbour’s fence? Step into the Chores classroom at the Little White School and discover the Grade 1 – Community fascinating political history of St. Albert. During the Communities that Grow Grade 1 students are introduced to our historic site by lesson, archived council meeting minutes, photographs, Grade 4+ – Agriculture and Community, Historic Sites “helping out around the place”. This program includes historic documents and stories will help Grade 6 students The St. Albert grain elevators tell a story about agriculture age appropriate chores for your students at the washing discover the people and events that have helped shape and the growth and change of the community of station, helping clean up the train station or in the the City of St. Albert. 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. An “Old Time” Classroom program A History Lesson for Junior High School in the elevator and how grains were measured before My School – Past and Present moving to the gardens where there is always work to be Grade 7 Work and Play done! Using their creativity each student will create an Grade 2 – Historic daily life The teacher at the Little White School, a costumed Grade 2 – Life in a Prairie Town, Community item to take home to help remember their day at our site. School was different sixty-five years ago and at the interpreter, invites you and your students to visit At the St. Albert Grain Elevator Park students will This program is designed to give students access to an Little White School children have the opportunity to the classroom for local lessons linked to the Grade 7 experience what it was like to be a child many years ago. historic site and historic objects as they experience a little experience a little of that past. The teacher, a costumed curriculum. School lessons draw upon local history Each child will make an old-fashioned toy to take home, piece of history up close. interpreter, will greet you at the door and prepare your and stories, and include the following topics: Catholic and while the program will be a lot of fun, it will teach students to enter the school in an “appropriate manner”. Mission in St. Albert, Oblate missionaries as key figures children about how much work kids had to do on the Once everyone sits at a wooden desk in the classroom, in western settlement, St. Albert Mounted Rifles (1885), Boom and Bust farm in the “old days.” Hands-on chores in this program instruction begins and students will complete a series of demographic shifts (using census records), agriculture Grade 5+ – The Great Depression, Economic Changes Over include setting a proper table,helping with the laundry lessons as they learn about the past and have a lot of fun and the growth of communities. Time, Changing Ways of Life in Canada along the way. and seasonal gardening work at the heritage site. Using the historic grain elevators as our backdrop, as well Teach your own Class at the Little White School as pictures and stories from the Depression era, students “Old School” Lessons Grades 4–7 If you are looking for a historic location to teach a social learn how farming areas like St. Albert were affected by the Depression era. A timeline and photos set the stage Cultural Diversity, Migration and Immigration, Local studies lesson or perhaps you are searching for a unique for onsite activities which include writing with pen and History, Community Stories, Historic Buildings place to celebrate student achievements or demonstrate learning to parents. The Little White School is the perfect ink, playing a game called Boom and Bust and visiting the one of the grain elevators at the heritage site. 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 PROGRAM EVALUATIONS people who have lived here over time and contributed to FOUNDER’S WALK �The Arts & Heritage Foundation has great school the community. In the historic classroom, your students programs for every age group. We will be coming experience what it was like to be a student in days gone With the opening of Founder’s Walk in in 2011, we can back next year!� 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]. Check out our website (MuseeHeritage.com) for a full European influences in St. Albert. listing of workshops with images and descriptions. Traders, Trappers and Coureurs des Bois program 12 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 Programs at a Glance 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 Art Explorers Art Gallery of St Albert 16 students will take on different roles as they deal their • Kindergarten – Grade 12 16 way through the fur trade learning about the mission of St. Albert and the surrounding region along the way. Youth Gallery St. Albert Place, Arden Theatre Lobby 19 Trade us an hour and a half of time for a field trip of fun and learning! 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 The Fur Trade Game program Mission Hill Tours program 14 15 art explorers art explorers

Art Explorers Tour Program Art Explorers is a 1.5 hour gallery tour program that Cruisin’ Through the Countryside Understanding Art Through Senses and Experiences! expands students’ understanding of art through a In conjunction with Patterns of Places exhibition fun, sensory-based looking approach. An explorer by Curriculum Links: Art, Science, Social Studies Cruisin’ Through the Countryside 17 definition is somebody who travels to places that were previously unknown or navigated. Guided by qualified, September 10 – 28, 2012 In conjunction with Patterns of Places exhibition enthusiastic art educators, students will explore art September 10 – 28, 2012 through: Imagine that you are a bird soaring high over the countryside – what might you see? Alberta artists One-of-a-Kind 17 Emotions: How does this painting make you feel? Linda Hawke, Pam Weber and Linda McBain Cuyler use In conjunction with Guilded exhibition Movement: Can you make your body move like this line? paintbrushes, sewing machines and even aerial views October 8 – 26, 2012 Memory: What does this shape remind you of? to respond to the landscape they love. Art Explorers Senses: If this colour were a flavour, how would it taste? will have fun learning about colour, line, shape and Fabulous France 17 Imagination: If this sculpture could speak, what would pattern as they embark on an imaginative journey over and around familiar Alberta terrain. Images of gently In conjunction with Under Cultivation exhibition it say? rolling hills, iconic grain elevators, farmers’ fields, November 5 – 30, 2012 Art Explorers is designed for teachers in search of a meandering rivers and more, will inform them about how rural surroundings can inspire art. To reinforce How Surreal! 17 multidisciplinary learning experience to introduce art appreciation, the elements of art and other curriculum their understanding, Art Explorers will create colourful In conjunction with Getting Anxious exhibition topics to their students. The program welcomes all grade landscape postcards to share with family and friends! December 10, 2012 – February 1, 2013 levels! A lively introduction to the Gallery is followed by a One-of-a-Kind Feathers & Fungi 18 tour and discussion of the current exhibition. Several In conjunction with Guilded exhibition In conjunction with Passeriforms II and educational activities as well as a hands-on project related Curriculum Links: Art, Language Arts Migrating Colony exhibitions to the art on display allow students to interact directly October 9 – 26, 2012 Art Explorers finding inspiration in Jennifer Wanner’s February 11 – March 15, 2013 with the art. Our observation is that students leave Art watercolour paintings (Immuto, 2012) Explorers having found meaning for themselves in the art Treat your class to a visual art smorgasbord in October! Fabulous France 18 as well as the confidence to discuss it with others. Awesome Abstracts Guilded is an exhibition of one-of-a-kind pottery, painting, In conjunction with Under Cultivation exhibition In conjunction with Hybrid Forms and plane-space quilting and more, created by members of St. Albert’s exhibitions We invite you to bring your students to Art Gallery of Visual Arts Guilds. During this exhibit, the gallery will be Curriculum Links: Art, Social Studies March 25 – April 26, 2013 St. Albert so you can all become Art Explorers! Why not over-flowing with unique artworks that will have your November 5 – 30, 2012 combine an Art Explorers tour with an AGSA Studio students talking for days! A variety of art techniques, Program for a creative, full day of art in St. Albert? Interested in taking an imaginary trip to the south of Imagination Station 18 materials, and concepts will be viewed and discussed. To wrap up their gallery tour, Art Explorers will enjoy France? Keith Harder’s oil paintings and ink drawings In conjunction with High Energy 18 exhibition Mandate for Art Gallery of St. Albert: making one-of-a-kind art projects inspired by the depicting the rolling hills, vineyards, and perched villages May 6 – May 31, 2013 exhibition. of rural France await globetrotting Art Explorers in To provide enriching educational experiences that November. Learn how to experience a landscape painting celebrate visual culture and artistic achievement through using your senses, imagination and memories - can you research, exhibition and interpretation. 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 Art Explorer observing a clay sculpture by Cynthia Fuhrer (Lost and Found, 2012) How cool is this? Artist Margaret Witschl collects black rubber tire shreds left behind by cars and trucks on the PROGRAM EVALUATIONS highway and uses them as inspiration for her collage-style acrylic paintings! Art Explorers will find themselves busily “The program was well organized and the Art searching for unusual images and objects hidden within Educator was well prepared. I learned a lot and I’m her work as they tour this exhibition. Then, using a variety sure my students did, too. I now have some ideas for of materials and motivated by Margaret’s work, they will projects I can do back at school!” Art Explorers recording their observations of art created Art Explorers discover the details in a sculpture created by each fashion a surrealism-inspired, mixed media collage by Sydney Lancaster (Lost and Found, 2012) Ryan McCourt (Adaptation & Alteration, 2011) to hang at home. 16 17 art explorers 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.

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 Youth Gallery display panel, Arden theatre Lobby 18 19 studio programs studio programs

Clay: Grades K – 3 22 Northwest Coastal Inspired Masks Studio Programs Last Day for Clay Tipi Scene Husk Face Inspired Masks Workshops take place on weekdays in the St. Albert Clay requires drying and firing time. To avoid Holidays | Art and Religion Curriculum 22 Tunisian Doors 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 Glowing Pumpkins Tunisian Camel Visual arts workshops enhance school curricula in social about two weeks after the workshop. A message will Angel Wall Plaque Favourites | Art and Science Curriculum 25 studies, language arts, science, religion and math, as well be left at school when projects are ready for pick-up. If Good Shepherd Plaque as art. Professional artist facilitators encourage students clay projects are required for a certain occasion, please Madonna and Child Beaver to express themselves visually, while providing technical note the last day for workshops. Consider attending Owl Manger and Star instruction and guidance. These hands-on workshops workshops earlier in the year and have students finish Animal Pencil Holder O Christmas Tree offer students unique opportunities to explore a variety projects closer to the special day. Ideas on painting and Elephant World of materials, equipment and techniques often not finishing techniques will be provided at the workshop. Easter Cross (Grade 2+) available in regular school programs. • Halloween – October 12th Cultural | Art and Social Studies Curriculum 22 Creative Expression | Art CurriculumCurriculum 26 (Inspirational artist-led demonstrations provide technical I`m Unique (K or special needs) Rose for Mom instruction and guidance.) An art history perspective • Christmas – December 7th Family Plaque Friends Forever (Grade 1+) enriches programs where applicable and the highest • Easter – March 8th Parent Plaques (Grade 1+) priority is to stimulate each student’s imagination and creativity. • Mother’s Day – April 19th Inuit Inspired Plaque Clay: Grades 6 – 12 26 Nunavut Kayak (Grade 2+) Workshops take place in three large studios, each • Father’s Day – May 24th Inuksuk Holidays | Art and Religion Curriculum 26 furnished with specialized art equipment. Studios are Alberta Rose and Pines Christmas Tree Tea Light located in the picturesque Sturgeon River valley. About Project Pick-up Standing Angel or Figure 600 workshops are scheduled per year. Favourites | Art and Science Curriculum 23 Projects can be picked-up at the Painting Studio Monday thru Friday, 8:00 am to 5:30 pm. If you need to make Tyrannosaurus Rex Cultural | Art and Social Studies Curriculum 26 Studio Availability after hours arrangements, please contact the Education Under the Sea Storytellers Clay workshops are available Monday to Friday. Programmer at 780-651-5735 or email Bird`s Nest (Grade 1+) Turtle Shell Rattle [email protected] with your name, school, day Three clay classes can attend at the same time on a Brilliant Butterfly or Dragonfly Husk Face Inspired Masks and time you wish to pick-up your projects. Wednesday, Thursday or Friday (Maximum 9 classes Greek Frieze or Vase Metamorphosis (Grade 2+) per day). Two classes could exchange programs with Aztec Feathered Serpent (Grade 8) Project pick-up is self-serve. As you enter the Painting Ladybug the Gallery, Museum, Heritage Sites or other Studio Studio, on your left you will find labeled boxes on red Frogs & Toads or Salamanders workshops. Student fee discount applies when one class Favourites | Art and Math Curriculum 27 shelves. If the Studio door is locked when you arrive, Animal Face books two or more programs on the same day. please use the phone located by the Visual Arts Studios to Bear (Grade 2+) Easter Island Sculpture call security. Clay workshops run 3 times a day: Owl (Grade 2+) Creative Expression | Art Curriculum 27 (times may be adjusted if necessary)

Creative Expression | Art Curriculum 24 Terra Cotta Warriors • 9:30–11:00 • 11:30–1:00 • 1:30–3:00 Lucky Dragon Elfin Tooth Fairy In three different studios: #1 Dad Trophy Multimedia: Grades K – 12 27 • Pottery Studio • Painting Studio • Multi-craft Studio

Many Kindergarten classes require 9:30–11:00 workshop Clay: Grades 3 – 5 24 Cultural | Art and Social Studies Curriculum 27 times, so please consider registering for 11:30 or 1:30 time Christmas Around the World Part 1 (Grades K – 4) slots for other grades. 24 Holidays | Art and Religion Curriculum Christmas Around the World Part 2 (Grades 4+) Ho Ho Ho Worry Dolls of South America (Grades 3+) Clay Workshops Manger Scene (Grade 4+) Huichol Yarn Painting (Grade 3+) Standing Angel (Grade 4+) Professional instruction inspires each student to create SPECIAL THANKS Cultural | Art and Social Studies Curriculum 28 a project with success, in a child and student centered Cultural | Art and Social Studies Curriculum 24 environment. Students are given the opportunity to Special thanks for the generous donation made in Window Clings (Grade 3+) use their imaginations, make choices and express Alberta Flag the memory of Mrs. Cecile Martindale, an enthusiatic Glass Fusing Ornament (Grade 3+) themselves in a visual form. Instructors can adapt Grain Elevator Scene supporter and promoter of the St. Albert arts Needle Felting Owl in 3D (Grade 5+) projects for students of different religious faiths, cultural Masks and Peru community. backgrounds or special needs. Storytellers 20 21 studio programs studio programs

Special Request Clay Alberta Rose & Pines – This is a popular workshop Frogs & Toads or Salamanders – Students learn the PROGRAM EVALUATIONS that celebrates Alberta. Students cut a slab of clay into difference between frogs and toads and then make their Instructors always welcome the opportunity to create the shape of the province and design a wild rose and very own frog sitting on a lily pad. As an alternative, make unique projects designed exclusively for your class. “It is one of my favourite field trips. I think St. lbertA lodge pole pines, symbols of Alberta. a special request for a lizard or salamander lounging on a Please contact registration if you have a specific clay should be proud of the work the instructors do at the smooth stone. pottery workshops.� project in mind. – 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 Cultural | Art and Social Studies • Complements the Inuit program at the Museum enable students to successfully depict one specific animal. Curriculum Some suggestions include Tiger, Elephant, Bison, Bear or Nunavut Kayak (Grade 2+) – Students create a Monkey. I’m Unique (Kindergarten) – Children create a figure three-dimensional Inuit figure sitting in a traditional Inuit of themselves on a slab of clay. Makes a treasured gift for kayak. This project also relates to the Grade 2 science Bear (Grade 2+) – Did you know there are 3 different anyone special. 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? – Celebrate friendship Friends Forever (Grade 1+) Learn how to model the most distinguishing features of with this charming clay relief plaque depicting two – An inuksuk (ee-nook-sook) is a stone any one of these bear species and have your students friends. Inuksuk Aztec Feathered Serpent Book Ends landmark that guides travelers. Traditionally, Inuit people take home projects they can really be proud of! Mom and Me, Dad and Me or My Grownup 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 and Me (Grade 1+) – Students make themselves and Clay: Grades K – 3 standing structure. different species of owl in North America and the Great another figure on a plaque. For Grade 3, you may request • Complements the Inuit program at the Museum Horned Owl has been chosen as Alberta’s provincial bird? a three-figure plaque, where students make themselves Holidays | Art and Religion Curriculum Students learn to sculpt an owl of their choice. and two others. Be sure to inform registration of your Glowing Pumpkins *Available until October 12th preference. Favourites | Art and Science Curriculum Students design an expressive pumpkin face that sits upright on a slab of clay. A tea light can be placed behind Tyrannosaurus Rex – These fascinating prehistoric the face and set in a window for a spooky effect! giants that once roamed the earth are recreated in clay sculpture. Always a favorite with young students! If you Angel Wall Plaque *Available until December 7th have another dinosaur in mind, please make a special A charming angel holds a candle to spread a message request. of love. Under the Sea – Using a variety of hand-building Good Shepherd Plaque *Available until December 7th techniques, students create a plaque depicting life under Goodwill and caring are the universal themes portrayed the ocean’s waves. in this clay relief of a shepherd tending sheep. Bird’s Nest (Grade 1+) – These pottery nests are Madonna and Child *Available until December 7th complete with a mother bird on a branch and eggs in a This project provides a simple approach for young nest. A great workshop for spring! students to celebrate the birth of Christ, portraying Mary and child. Easter Cross Brilliant Butterfly– Using coils and pressed shapes Ladybug on a slab of clay, students create their version of a Manger and Star *Available until December 7th beautiful, brilliant butterfly or dragonfly. Special request This nativity plaque depicts baby Jesus in a manger of any other insect being studied in the classroom. It makes straw. A guiding star shines down on the manger scene. a great outdoor yard art gift!

O Christmas Tree *Available until December 7th Metamorphosis – Using coils and pressed shapes Working with a slab of clay, students create a festive on a long slab of clay, students show the stages of Christmas tree. Branches are textured and decorated development from caterpillar, to cocoon, to butterfly. with ornaments. Perfect for the patio or garden!

Easter Cross *Available until March 8th Ladybug – This adorable little ladybug has been Students design an Easter Cross on a slab of clay with changed from previous years and is now sitting quietly draped cloth and Easter lilies. This project is a wonderful on a leaf. Chenille antennae will be provided. Another keepsake and will help students to remember the wonderful piece of art for the patio or garden. sacrifice Jesus made for humanity. Friends Forever Frogs, Toads or Salamanders 22 23 studio programs studio programs

Creative Expression | Art Curriculum Cultural | Art and Social Studies 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 Elfin Tooth Fairy– This enchanting winged fairy, Curriculum What type of camel is native to this region? Learn to tell on the back. Teachers may decide on an animal being mounted on a tooth-shaped plaque, holds out a bowl to Alberta Flag – The Alberta provincial flag depicts the the difference between the Dromedary (Arabian) camel studied in the classroom, or they may choose to celebrate carefully protect little lost teeth. provincial shield with St. George’s Cross, blue sky, snow- with its single hump and the Bactrian (Asian) camel with Chinese New Year with 2012 being year of the dragon or capped mountains, green hills, prairie fields, and wheat NEW its two humps. Students create a 3 dimensional sitting 2013 being year of the snake. #1 Dad Trophy – This is the perfect clay project for sheaves. Students design the shield on a slab of clay that camel. Father’s Day! Students learn to cut a clay slab into a resembles a flag waving in the wind. • Complements the St. Albert and Tunisia program Elephant World – Elephants are fascinating animals NEW trophy shape, roll coils for decorative handles and use at the Museum and have played an important role in many cultures. different clay tools to decorate it especially for dad. Grain Elevator Scene – Built in 1906 and 1929, two Students create a side view of their elephant using a high elevators still stand side-by-side at the St. Albert Grain relief method. Teachers may specify Asian or African. Elevator Park. Students capture the iconic grain elevators in a three-dimensional project, including a train for transporting grain.

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 Alberta Flag the owner’s beliefs. Doors are most often painted a vivid Animal Pencil Holder Masks and Peru – Students create masks inspired blue to represent blue sky and good fortune. by the ancient cultures of Peru. The instructor will • Complements the St. Albert and Tunisia program recommend paint finishing techniques at the workshop. at the Museum #1 Dad Trophy • Complements the Inuit program at the Museum Clay: Grades 3 – 5 Tipi Scene – Using a range of hand building techniques, Storytellers (Grade 3+) – This workshop is based shapes and details, students make a three dimensional on contemporary and traditional clay figurines made by scene. Holidays | Art and Religion Curriculum potters in New Mexico and parts of South America, such • Complements the Tipi As Home program at the Museum. 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 Husk Face Inspired Mask – Description on page 26. 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 Favourites | Art and Science Curriculum the Kwakiutl, used highly stylized designs to fashion Manger Scene (Grade 4+) traditional ceremonial masks. Contemporary masks Beaver – The beaver is the largest rodent in North *Available until December 7th can also be found today. Students create masks that America. No other creature has the ability to affect our Students create a detailed, 3-D nativity scene that incorporate animal, human and supernatural traits, using wetlands more than the Canadian beaver. Students learn stands on its own. It’s the perfect gift for parents or bold, flowing lines and ovoid shapes. how to build an impressive three-dimensional form. grandparents. Special request a marsh scene with a beaver building his dam. Standing Angel (Grade 4+) PROGRAM EVALUATIONS *Available until December 7th Owl (Grade 2+) – Did you know there are close to 40 Beaver Students will enjoy making this standing sculpture, �The instructor makes all the difference, this is why I different species of owl in North America and the Great complete with wings and halo. This angel also clasps a would rate our latest experience exceptional.� Horned Owl has been chosen as Alberta’s provincial bird? Visit ArtGalleryofStAlbert.com for a sample field trip form small wax candle to light up the Christmas season. Students learn to sculpt an owl of their choice. to help parents find the correct AHF locations. 24 25 studio programs studio programs

Creative Expression | Art Curriculum Husk Face Masks (Grade 5+) – With designs inspired Favourites | Art and Math Curriculum Worry Dolls of South America (Grade 3+) by traditional braided corn husk masks of the Iroquois, These small and colourful dolls are traditionally made Rose for Mom – This beautiful rose will never fade! students use coil techniques to create a wall mask, adding Easter Island Sculpture – Students create a in South American cultures, such as those in Peru and Students learn to fashion a rose with lovely petals, leaves texture and detail with special clay tools. sculpture inspired by the giant stone monoliths, known Guatemala. According to legend, if you tell your worries and even a little bud. *Available until April 19th for the as Moai, that dot the coastline of the Easter Islands. to a doll before going to bed at night and put it under perfect Mother’s Day gift! Greek Frieze or Vase – Using high relief techniques These sculptures are perfect to hold eyeglasses and will your pillow, you will wake up the next morning and your on a slab of clay, students can choose to make an urn on use the students understanding of geometry to cut clay worries will be gone. Students learn to make a worry doll Family Plaque – This delightful wall plaque captures a plaque or Greek frieze imagery. A variety of designs are slabs into useful sections for their sculpture. *Available with colourful wire and embroidery thread. They then each student’s family in clay relief sculpture. A favourite provided to inspire unique pieces of art! until May 24th for the perfect Father’s Day gift! decorate a small box in which to keep their doll safe. with older students who love to portray their family members in great detail, including the family pet! Storytellers – This workshop is based on contemporary Creative Expression | Art Curriculum and traditional clay figurines made by potters in New Terra Cotta Warriors – Ancient Chinese emperors Clay: Grades 6 – 12 Mexico and parts of South America, such as Peru. It built complex tombs filled with treasure, which were emphasizes the importance of the storyteller, the guarded by terra cotta statues of horses and soldiers. listener, oral traditions and telling your own story. Students fashion their own terra cotta warriors based Holidays | Art and Religion Curriculum on the statues found in Xi’an, China. An impressive art Christmas Tree Tea Light Aztec Feathered Serpent – The Aztec civilization project for older students! *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 Lucky Dragon – This magnificent dragon’s head holds build a hollow form. Their Christmas tree can then be under the leadership of Hernán Cortés. Motecuhzoma a special pearl in its mouth. According to Chinese legend, embellished with all the trimmings, including decorative II had welcomed the Spanish as messengers of the god anyone who is brave enough to rub this pearl is sure to holes for light to shine through once a tea light has been Quetzalcoatl or the Feathered Serpent. have good luck. The perfect project to celebrate Chinese placed inside. It makes the perfect Christmas gift for New Year! 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. Worry Dolls of South America It’s a wonderful piece they can display each season.

Easter Island Sculpture Lucky Dragon Multimedia: Grades K – 12 Cultural | Art and Social Studies Curriculum Christmas Tree Tea Light Christmas Around the World I (Grades K – 4) Turtle Shell Rattle *Available December 10th - 21st – Each student completes three art projects and learns about stories Cultural | Art and Social Studies Visit our website (ArtGalleryofStAlbert.com) for a full and traditions celebrated in other countries: the Story of Curriculum listing of workshops with images and descriptions. Tinsel from the Ukraine, the Poinsettia from Mexico and the Pomander from England and the United States. 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 Christmas Around the World II (Grades 4+) “I absolutely love bringing my class to your studios to ceremonies. Students make a rattle shaped like a turtle *Available December 10th - 21st – Stories of angels or work with clay! The pieces always turn out beautiful shell with a turtle shaped head and neck for a handle. messengers spreading news of love and peace are found and your instructors are really great with the This project really rattles after firing! in many different cultures. Make your very own tassel students. � angel decoration and discover the universal tradition of card making and gift giving. Christmas Around the World II 26 27 studio programs outreach programs

Huichol Yarn Painting (Grade 3+) – Small Needle Felting Owl in 3D (Grade 5+) – Felting is Early Arts Outreach: 30 Outreach: Grades 5+ 32 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 Preschool and Kindergarten Curriculum Links: Art, Math, Science and Madre mountains of northwest Mexico. The Huichol now a popular fiber arts craft conducted without the use Social Studies people have an oral tradition and document their ancient of water. Students use special barbed felting needles as Curriculum Links: Creative & Cultural wisdom through their artwork. Students will use bright, sculpting tools. The barbs catch the scales on the wool Expression, Fine & Gross Motor Skills, Abstract Art contrasting colours of yarn to express meaning through fibers and push them through the layers of wool, tangling Math and Science Linoleum Printing Mixed-Media Watercolour traditional symbols such as people, animals and nature. them and binding them together. Fine details can be My Shapes and Sizes Book Symmetry, balance and geometric elements will be achieved using this technique. My Masterpieces explored. 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 Needle Felting Owl 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. Huichol Yarn Painting Inuit-Inspired Printmaking Creative Expression | Art Curriculum Inuksuk Artist in Residence Window Clings (Grade 3+) – Create jewel-like Self Portraits Schools may book multiple workshops in the Outreach designs that look like stained glass. Using their own Wonderful Watercolours Program. Students and teachers work with our Outreach drawings, students use synthetic leading to make an instructor over a period of days, weeks or months. outline on a thick piece of plastic. Coloured glass stains Outreach: Grades 3+ 31 Another alternative may be a program designed for the are then used to fill in these areas. After drying, the entire school to take part in, such as all students creating window clings can be peeled off the plastic and will Curriculum Links: Art, Math, Science and a clay tile, which can later be assembled together on a adhere to glass surfaces. Social Studies feature wall. *Special rates apply for Artist in Residence

Glass Fusing Ornament bookings at your school. Glass Fusing Ornament (Grade 3+) *Available Decorative Easter Eggs October–December, May–June – Design a dazzling Masks and Peru glass ornament using cut glass, chips, fusing stringers, Pastel Pictures Special Request Workshops Window Clings confetti glass and rods. These are assembled on a three As areas of the curriculum change, instructors welcome inch square piece of clear glass and fired in a kiln. With the challenge of developing new workshop ideas for a wide assortment of colours, students are inspired to Outreach: Grades 4+ 32 individual classes. Please feel free to discuss your new create their own fused glass masterpiece for Christmas, idea or theme with Registration if you do not see it listed Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. A small faux gold-leaf Curriculum Links: Art, Math, Science and in our program guide. We will always do our very best to hanger is included. Social Studies accommodate your special request! Pen and Wash Paper Arts (Grade 4+) – Discover the amazing world Sketchapalooza NOTE of paper! Students learn about basic paper making Window Clings Paper Arts Nature on Canvas methods before exploring paper folding, punching, and embossing on different paper types, including a variety Book 2 or 3 classes on the same day and save on of handmade papers. They will also be introduced to NOTE Outreach Travel fees! 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 29 outreach programs outreach programs

Early Arts Outreach Programs Preschool and Kindergarten Grades 1 - 3 printing station, desks covered with paper, access to water Curriculum Links: Art, Math, and Science Curriculum Links: Art, Science and a plenty of drying space (prints dry quickly, could use Workshops take place at your school. An art room with Developmental Skills: Fine & Gross Motor Skills hallway). access to water is ideal but workshops can also be held in Basic Batik – Batik is a kind of fiber art using wax a classroom, library, stage or gymnasium. If there is more My Shapes and Sizes Book – Children learn how and dyes or paint. Wax is applied to fabric in a design. Inuksuk – An Inuksuk is a structure to mark or guide the than one class on the same day, please assign one room for shapes can be used to form people, places and things. The wax serves as a resist, preventing the paint from way of travelers in the North. This program looks at the all workshops to take place in so that supplies do not have They will create their own special felt book with felt reaching the fabric where it is applied. This technique traditional life and art of the Inuit people. Students create to be moved two or three times. shapes and tell a story about it. The concepts of shape, can be applied in layers with different colours. Students their own structure with air-dry clay. Firing is not required. form, space and size will be introduced. create a wax resist on cotton fabric using wax blocks. Class Preparation: Self Portraits - Students explore self-portraits by My Masterpieces – Children explore colour, shape looking at examples of artists such as Marc Chagall, Please cover desks and tables with paper before the and texture with paint, collage and a variety of fun Leonardo da Vinci and Frida Kahlo. Students explore instructor arrives. Kraft paper is best for clay and messy techniques. Inspired by the works of celebrated artists, aspects of self-identity and create their own self-portrait workshops. A large central table is needed for some they create their own great masterpieces. The number of using pen and watercolour crayons. With a touch of a workshops, such as Decorative Eggs, Inuit Inspired activities will depend on the children’s age and class size. paintbrush, the crayon markings instantly change into a Printmaking, and Linoleum Printing. Access to water lively watercolour painting of themselves! 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 Wonderful Watercolours – Students learn the basics Remember to wear nametags and remember to dress for collage techniques to create colourful fish, very hungry of working with colour through watercolour paints. art! caterpillars and beautiful butterflies. Reading of the The instructor will lead students through a series of stories and number of activities will depend on the techniques to create colorful paintings of animals, plants Visual arts workshops enhance school curricula in social children’s age and class size. In preparation, read and or landscapes. Please choose a theme and indicate at studies, language arts, science, religion and math, as well discuss stories, if possible. registration. 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 Basic Batik 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 Marvelous Monoprints – This workshop is a great mediums and create three works of art: a watercolour way to introduce children to printmaking techniques. Inspirational artist-led demonstrations provide technical painting on artist-grade paper, an acrylic painting and They explore line, pattern, texture and colour, and make instruction and guidance. An art history perspective a pinch pot using air-dry clay. Students work in groups one-of-a-kind prints. Monoprints are made on paper, enriches programs where applicable. The highest priority of four or more to share supplies. Don’t forget to cover using tempera paints. is to stimulate each student’s imagination and creativity. desks and tables for a mess! Required: large table covered with kraft paper (for printing station), desks covered with paper and set in Check out our website (ArtGalleryofStAlbert.com) for a Marvelous Monoprints groups of four, access to water and lots of drying space! full listing of workshops with images and descriptions. This workshop is a great way to introduce children to printmaking techniques. They explore line, pattern, Very Messy Art Making – Roll up your sleeves texture and colour, and make one-of-a-kind prints. and get ready to get messy! Children explore different Monoprints are made on paper, using tempera paints. Inuit Inspired Printmaking Self Portraits mediums and create three works of art: a watercolour Required: large table covered with kraft paper (for printing painting on artist-grade paper, an acrylic painting and station), desks covered with paper, access to water and a pinch pot using air-dry clay. Students work in groups Grades 3+ drying space! 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 My Masterpieces Very Hungry Caterpillar Marvelous Monoprints Required: large table covered with kraft paper (for melt wax from eggs after the workshop. 30 31 outreach programs locations & contact

Masks and Peru – Students explore connections Grades 4+ Musée Héritage Museum MuseeHeritage.com between cultures by looking at the significance of mask Curriculum Links: Art, Social Studies, St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert 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 Musée Héritage Museum Outreach 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 Takes place at schools • 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. Heritage Sites Office MuseeHeritage.com A workshop with great results! Little White School, 2 Madonna Drive, St. Albert 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 Little White School 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 2 Madonna Drive, St. Albert 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 St. Albert Grain Elevator Park indicate at registration. of mediums such as pastel, conté, charcoal, pen and 4A Meadowview Drive, St. Albert coloured pencils. A great resource for students learning Window Clings – Discover the fascinating history of about process-driven discovery! Father Lacombe Chapel stained glass. Synthetic leading and a variety of glass St. Vital Avenue, St. Albert 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 Art Gallery of St. Albert ArtGalleryofStAlbert.com peeled off the plastic and will adhere to windows, mirrors focus is on fur, skin and feathers, or they may choose to 19 Perron Street, St. Albert 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 Art Explorers before the workshop. spectacular images found in nature. 19 Perron Street, St. Albert

Grades 5+ Studios Curriculum Links: Art and Science St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert Abstract Art – With abstract painting, students move away from formal representation. In this exciting Youth Gallery workshop, students look at abstract art from its Arden Theatre Lobby, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert 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! Outreach and Early Arts Takes place at schools Linoleum Printing – A fantastic printmaking workshop! Using professional linoleum cutting tools, Arts and Heritage Financial Services ArtsHeritage.com students carve their own designs into Safety-Cut linoleum #200 20 Perron Street, St. Albert blocks. These blocks are then inked and transferred (780) 459-1194 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 For all general inquiries, please call Registration at (780) 459-1163 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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