Prairie Art Gallery» Children’s Gallery

Artist in the Classroom

melanie — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:29:11 +0000

View more photos from the Artist in the Classroom program when instructors visited Avondale Elementary, St. Gerard Catholic School, Swanavon Elementary, and the local homeschool class.

The Prairie Art Gallery’s Artist in the Classroom program brings professional artists into school classrooms to offer memorable experiences to students. The program is convenient and cost effective for schools, and has been an astonishing success.

Avondale Elementary School

Avondale Elementary

Avondale Elementary School, Grade 1

Avondale Elementary School

Avondale Elementary School, Grade 2

Artist in the Classroom, Tree Project

Click here to view more art work from the Artist in the Classroom program.

More Artist in the Classroom Photos

melanie — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:28:08 +0000

Click here to see pictures from Avondale Elementary School’s mask making project.

Studio Mentors- Drawing Level 1

lynn — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:23:21 +0000

Drawing Level 1 (ages 6 – 9 years)

Sept. 20 – Nov. 1, 2008

In this five week program, students learn the fundamentals of design while exploring a variety of tools and techniques. Here is a sampling of the students favorite artworks.

Ainsley Tuttle, age 6, 'Ocean Sea's, black felt pen.

Rebecca Johnston, age 8, "Grandma's House", chalk pastels.

Lydia Maisonneuve, age 9, "Sea Raindrop", black felt pen, charcoal and white conte.

Mackenzie Bruneau, age 8, "Mr. Jokey's House", chalk pastels.

Nick Wright, age 7, “Mr. Messy’s House”, chalk pastels.

Scott Stoesz, age 9, "The Whale Shark", black felt triptych.

Paige Bartsch, age 7, 'Parrot at Sundown', ink wash.

Children’s Artist Trading Cards

melanie — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:27:13 +0000

Artist Trading Cards from the children who attended the 2008 Summer Art Camps.

What are Artist Trading Cards?

Studio Mentors – Painting I,II,III

lynn — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:45:27 +0000

Here is artwork from the last spring session of Painting for the Studio Mentors group. The 5 students varied from level I ,II, and III. Spring session May 24 – June 21, 2008.

‘Self-Portrait’ by Abezghi Berhe. Acrylic on board. Studio Mentors III, age 7.

‘Water Sun’ by Amanda Kaczkielo. Acrylic on board. Studio Mentors I, age 8.

‘Jody’ by Becca Johnson. Acrylic on board. Studio Mentors II, age 8.

‘Self-Portrait’ by Kayla Hearn. Acrylic on board. Studio Mentors I, age 7.

‘Burning Sun’ by Marisa Fiegehen. Watercolours and oil pastels on paper. Studio Mentors II, age 10.

Art Mentors Painting

melanie — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:11:07 +0000

This art work is from the children in the Art Mentors Painting class April 2 – April 30, 2008.

2007 Children’s Artist Trading Cards

melanie — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:42:02 +0000

Children’s Artist Trading Cards

melanie — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:49:56 +0000

These are some Artist Trading Cards created by children here at the Prairie Art Gallery.

2007 Children’s Artist Trading Card Gallery

What are Artist Trading Cards?

Artist Trading Cards are a popular activity for artists all over the world. These individual, original works of art are the size of a playing card at 2.5″ x 3.5″. Collecting cards is a fun way to own original works of art, and artists find the small scale pieces a good way to experiment. They are made with a number of different mediums, including paint, paper collage, rubber stamps, wax crayons, photography and are fast becoming popular with fabric artists and quilters. Trading sessions allow artists to meet, discuss and trade their own Artist Trading Cards. The number one rule of ATCs is that they should never be sold, only traded.

History of Artist Trading Cards

The concept of Artist Trading Cards began in Zürich by artist m. vänci stirnemann. In May 1997, stirnemann held a gallery showing of 1,200 cards at the INK.art & text bookstore in Zürich, Switzerland, where he collaborated with artists Cat Schick and Gido Dietrich. Visitors who attended the show were told that if they wished to have one of the cards they must bring one of their own creations to trade for it. Canadian Don Mabie (a.k.a. Chuck Stake) attended the first trading session in Zürich and brought the first North American Artist Trading Card Session to Calgary in 1997 (in collaboration with stirnemann) at The New Gallery in Calgary, Alberta. Monthly trading session are held at The New Gallery where as many as 75 people have attended. Regular trading sessions are held all over North America at various art galleries, schools and colleges.

Studio Mentors – Painting Level I – III

lynn — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:19:10 +0000

Studio Mentors – Painting Level I – III (February 16 – March 15, 2008)

Students from Studio Mentors choose their favorite artwork after their 5 week painting session. All students have completed Level I painting, except Emma Dallaire and Farah Assaf who completed Level III painting.

Emily Andrews, age 7, ‘The Fat Cat’, watercolours and oil pastel.

Isabelle Andrews, age 6, ‘Deer in a Field’, watercolours & oil pastels.

Farah Assaf, ages 8, ‘Dear Deer’, watercolours and oil pastels.

Aurabellle Gaudreault, age 9, ‘Owl’ watercolours.

Abezghi Berhe, age 6, ‘Submarine’, acrylic paints and sand texture.

Emma Dallaire, age 9, ‘A Square in a Square, in a Square’, acrylics.

Studio Mentors – Drawing Level 1

melanie — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:48:21 +0000

This is the first Children’s online exhibit, featuring 7 students from Studio Mentors – Drawing Level 1.

In the 5 week program, students worked from observaton or imagination to do projects focusing on the fundamentals of design: line, shape, texture, value and colour. Each week they worked in a different drawing media from felt pens, to charcoal and conte, to pastels and indian ink. Here are the students favorite artworks chosen for the Children’s Gallery.