Interpretive Guide & Hands-on Activities The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program Breaking Barriers The Artist Inside youraga.ca The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program The Interpretive Guide The Art Gallery of Alberta is pleased to present your community with a selection from its Travelling Exhibition Program. This is one of several exhibitions distributed by The Art Gallery of Alberta as part of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program. This Interpretive Guide has been specifically designed to complement the exhibition you are now hosting. The suggested topics for discussion and accompanying activities can act as a guide to increase your viewers’ enjoyment and to assist you in developing programs to complement the exhibition. Questions and activities have been included at both elementary and advanced levels for younger and older visitors. At the Elementary School Level the Alberta Art Curriculum includes four components to provide students with a variety of experiences. These are: Reflection: Responses to visual forms in nature, designed objects and artworks Depiction: Development of imagery based on notions of realism Composition: Organization of images and their qualities in the creation of visual art Expression: Use of art materials as a vehicle for expressing statements The Secondary Level focuses on three major components of visual learning. These are: Drawings: Examining the ways we record visual information and discoveries Encounters: Meeting and responding to visual imagery Composition: Analyzing the ways images are put together to create meaning The activities in the Interpretive Guide address one or more of the above components and are generally suited for adaptation to a range of grade levels. As well, this guide contains coloured images of the artworks in the exhibition which can be used for review and discussion at any time. Please be aware that copyright restrictions apply to unauthorized use or reproduction of artists’ images. The Travelling Exhibition Program, funded by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, is designed to bring you closer to Alberta’s artists and collections. We welcome your comments and suggestions and invite you to contact: Shane Golby, Manager/Curator Travelling Exhibition Program Ph: 780.428.3830; Fax: 780.445.0130 Email: [email protected] AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB Ph: 780.428.3830 Fax: 780.445.0130 youraga.ca The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program Table of Contents This package contains: Curatorial Statement Visual Inventory - List of Works Visual Inventory - Images Talking Art Art and Cross-Curriculum Connections Artist and Curator Biographies/Statements Artist Interviews Artist Poetry (included in the exhibition) First Nations Spiritual Beliefs: An Introduction Art History/Artistic Styles: First Nations Art in the Twentieth Century The Art of the Fantastic: Surrealism in Art Abstraction Graffiti Art Processes: Drawing and Drawing Techniques/media Visual Learning and Hands-on Projects What is Visual Learning? Elements of Design Tour Reading Pictures Tour Perusing Paintings: An Art-full Scavenger Hunt Exhibition Related Art Projects Glossary Credits Syncrude Canada Ltd. Alberta Foundation for the Arts; Art Gallery of Alberta AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB Ph: 780.428.3830 Fax: 780.445.0130 youraga.ca The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program Curatorial Statement Breaking Barriers The Artist Inside “Breaking Barriers through my art has been art, understanding and insight can break the quite the journey through my own addictions. barriers that exist between society and The Most of this journey has been while Artist Inside…. incarcerated. Self-taught and discovering my art behind these walls has helped me know myself better. I am no longer a stranger to myself. I have discovered if only I could break the barrier while in society this could help me know myself that much better, help me disengage the stranger and expose my artist within.” Anonymous offender, Calgary Remand Centre The exhibition Breaking Barriers - The Artist Inside was inspired by the many observations of creative pen, ink and pencil drawings that are done by offenders while in custody in a provincial correctional centre. Supported by the Department of Alberta Justice and the Solicitor General and organized by the Art Gallery of Alberta for the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program, the works in this exhibition expose the healing expressions of the circumstances that led someone down the path to their loss of freedom, and the observer gets a glimpse into the lives and journeys that led them there. Marty Deslauriers Summer’s Last Kiss, 2016 Pencil on paper This exhibition features artworks by Alberta 9 inches x 12 inches First Nations artists who completed these Collection of Alberta Corrections pieces while in a provincial correctional centre: talented men and women who have struggled in This exhibition was organized by Kathryn life and channel their feelings through Wheaton and Wendy Vanderbleek of Alberta paintings and drawings or through poetry. Many Correctional Services and Shane Golby of the Art of the works reflect the artists’ spiritual Gallery of Alberta for the Alberta Foundation for connection with their culture and with their the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program. The AFA families. Travelling Exhibition Program is supported by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. The artists have donated their pieces for the The exhibition Breaking Barriers - The Artist opportunity to share their hearts and stories Inside was made possible through generous with Alberta communities. Perhaps through their sponsorship from Syncrude Canada Ltd. AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB. Ph: 780.428.3830 Fax: 780.445.0130 youraga.ca The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program Visual Inventory - List of Works Shane Blyan Abray ‘Tiger’ Isaac Great Eagle Spirit, 2016 Rookie, 2016 Ink on paper Pencil crayon on paper 12 inches x 16 inches 9 inches x 12 inches Collection of Alberta Corrections Collection of Alberta Corrections Shane Blyan Abray ‘Tiger’ Isaac Untitled, 2016 BOOMTOWN, 2016 Ink on paper Pencil crayon and pen on paper 14 inches x 17 inches 8 1/2 inches x 11 inches Collection of Alberta Corrections Collection of Alberta Corrections Marty Deslauriers Junior Key Summer’s Last Kiss, 2016 Eagle Spirit Caged Within, 2016 Pencil on paper Pen on paper 9 inches x 12 inches 8 1/2 inches x 11 inches Collection of Alberta Corrections Collection of Alberta Corrections Marty Deslauriers Derek Lalonde Summer Reflections, 2016 Gambler’s Piece, 2016 Pencil on paper Ink on paper 5 3/4 inches x 9 1/2 inches each 14 inches x 17 inches Collection of Alberta Corrections Collection of Alberta Corrections William Hatter Matthew Michaud Bow Tie, 2016 The Raven Who Stole The Sun and got Pen on paper Burnt, 2016 8 1/2 inches x 14 inches Oil on canvas Collection of Alberta Corrections 18 inches x 23 7/8 inches Collection of Alberta Corrections William Hatter Rent, 2016 Justin Moses Pen and pencil crayon on paper Untitled, 2016 9 inches x 11 1/2 inches Oil pastel on paper Collection of Alberta Corrections 12 inches x 15 7/8 inches Collection of Alberta Corrections Abray ‘Tiger’ Isaac Sean, 2016 Justin Moses Pencil crayon and pen on paper Buffalo and Eagle Spirits, 2016 9 inches x 12 inches Marker on paper Collection of Alberta Corrections 8 1/2 inches x 11 inches Collection of Alberta Corrections AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB. Ph: 780.428.3830 Fax: 780.445.0130 youraga.ca The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program Visual Inventory - List of Works Frank Okimaw Two Wolves, One Heart, 2016 Pencil crayon on paper 11 1/4 inches x 16 inches Collection of Alberta Corrections Meadow Soloway Grandfather Thunder Bird, 2016 Pen and marker on paper 8 1/2 inches x 11 inches Collection of Alberta Corrections Meadow Soloway Cree Pride, 2016 Pencil on paper 8 1/2 inches x 11 inches Collection of Alberta Corrections Poems: David Ross Break Free Derek Lalonde FSCC Derek Lalonde Fountain Tire Total Works: 20 framed 2D works AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB. Ph: 780.428.3830 Fax: 780.445.0130 youraga.ca The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program Visual Inventory - Images Shane Blyan Great Eagle Spirit, 2016 Ink on paper 12 inches x 16 inches Collection of Alberta Corrections Shane Blyan Untitled, 2016 Ink on paper 14 inches x 17 inches Collection of Alberta Corrections AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB. Ph: 780.428.3830 Fax: 780.445.0130 youraga.ca The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program Visual Inventory - Images Marty Deslauriers Marty Deslauriers Summer’s Last Kiss, 2016 Summer Reflections, 2016 Pencil on paper Pencil on mailing envelopes 9 inches x 12 inches 5 3/4 inches x 9 1/2 inches each Collection of Alberta Corrections Collection of Alberta Corrections William Hatter William Hatter Rent, 2016 Bow Tie 2016 Pen and pencil crayon on paper Pen on paper 9 inches x 11 1/2 inches 8 1/2 inches x 14 inches Collection of Alberta Corrections Collection of Alberta Corrections AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB. Ph: 780.428.3830 Fax: 780.445.0130 youraga.ca The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program Visual Inventory - Images Abray ‘Tiger ‘ Isaac Sean 2016 Pencil crayon and pen on paper 9 inches x 12 inches