K-12
***YoungIFOA
Literary and Book Arts
During YoungIFOA, Canadian and international writers for young people share their work with school groups as part of the world-renowned International Festival of Authors (IFOA). oungIFOA affords students unparalleled access to authors, to hear them read from their works, to ask questions, and to have their books signed! Past authors have included André Alexis (Canada), Pierre Berton (Canada), Anita Desai (India), Jonathan Safran Foer (USA), Dennis Lee (Canada), Penelope Lively (UK), Tim Wynne-Jones (Canada) and Ting-xing Ye (China/Canada). This year's guest authors include Matthew Stelton and Sean Cullen.
For more information, please contact our registrar at 416-973-4772 or visit www.readings.org.
October 24-26,2007
K-12
**ALOUD: A Celebration For Young Readers
Literary and Book Arts
ALOUD: a Celebration for Young Readers returns to Harbourfront for its third installment. Each event in this festival of boisterous bookishness gives students a rare opportunity to hear authors read from their works and interact with authors through question and answer sessions and book signings. Past Canadian and international guests have included Deborah Ellis, Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel, Susan Juby, Dennis Lee, Katarina Mazetti, Evan Solomon, Mélanie Watt and Tim Wynne-Jones. This year’s line-up promises to be stellar!
For more information, please contact our registrar or visit www.readings.org.
February 12-16, 2008
K-12
*Forest of Reading © Festival of Trees
Literary and Book Arts
The Forest of Reading® is a series of Ontario-wide children’s choice award programs run in schools, public libraries, and homes. Included in the Forest awards are: the Blue Spruce Award® (Kindergarten–Grade 2); the Silver Birch Express Award® (Grade 3–4); the Silver Birch Award® (Grades 4–6); the Red Maple Award® (Grades 7–8); and the White Pine Award® (Grades 9–12).
In 2008, The Forest of Reading® Festival of Trees plants itself at Harbourfront Centre for the second year running. In 2007 we welcomed more than 60 authors and 4,000 students to the Harbourfront Centre site for an action-packed day of readings, award ceremonies, workshops and activities. International Readings is pleased to partner with the Ontario Library Association (OLA) to present this exciting day-long festival.
Learn more about the Ontario Library Association at www.accessola.com.
For information on purchasing tickets for this event, read this instruction sheet!
May 21-22, 2008
4-6
FULL DAY
A Tale From Behind the Mask: A Multidisciplinary Arts Experience! 
Performing Arts
Also available as an in school programme!
Bring an ancient folk tale to life as students discover ways to express themselves through art, dance and drama
• Students make a paper theatrical mask to depict their character
• Discover ways to express character in movement
• Explore elements of dance and choreography
• Develop theatrical skill through drama and role-playing activities
• Students use creative problem solving as they develop a group presentation
Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 4 – 6)
Drama and Dance (Grades 4 – 6)
4-8
FULL DAY
Acrylic Landscape Painting
Exploring Contemporary Art
Students discover why artists today are inspired by the outdoors. They will investigate a range of landscape-based works, contemporary and historical, while discussing the importance of the power of place and the purpose of making art.
• Engage in outdoor sketching activities inspired by Lake Ontario and the waterfront community outside our studio windows
• Complete a small acrylic painting based on the sketch
• Learn a range of landscape painting techniques: discover colour and its application, the importance of tonal values in a work, and elements and principals of design
Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 4-8)
6-8
FULL DAY
Advertising Literacy
New Media, New Media: Media Literacy
Learn about the methods of manipulation in television commercials and discuss examples. Learn the methods of digital film and make a commercial about advertising.
• See examples of TV commercials and learn about advertising techniques.
• Learn the digital technology of film making.
• Brainstorm and plan out a thirty second advertisement.
• Film, edit and create the advertisement in the New Media Lab at Harbourfront Centre.
Includes a pre-visit by one of our new media educators to prepare for the visit to the Harbourfront Centre.
Time permitting the trip will include a viewing and class critique of a new media art installation piece in the York Quay Gallery or Power Plant.
Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
6-12
FULL DAY
Advertising Literacy: Print Media
New Media, New Media: Media Literacy
Learn about the methods of manipulation in print commercials and discuss examples. Learn the methods of digital film and make a commercial about advertising.
• See examples of print commercials and learn about advertising techniques.
• Discuss the proliferation of advertising in society and critique its role.
• Learn the digital technology to make a print advertisement.
• Plan out and execute print advertisement which speaks about advertising techniques.
Time permitting the trip will include a viewing and class critique of an interactive floor advertisement in the lobby.
Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 12)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
Language Arts (Grades 9-12)
1-2
HALF DAY
All about Energy
Urban Studies
Offered in September-October & April-June
Get energized by the sun’s rays- search for renewable and non-renewable sources of energy and their applications, along the shore of Lake Ontario at Harbourfront Centre!
• On an exploratory waterfront walk learn about energy sources and the way we put energy to work, uncover the ways that we put energy to work in our everyday lives
• Explore wind and moving water as renewable sources of energy and explore environmentally-friendly energy sources
• Discuss the steps that we can take to reduce our energy consumption and become more energy conscious
Curriculum connections:
Science & Technology: Energy and Control (Grades 1 & 2)
2-4
FULL DAY
Behind The Curtain: Los Patita de Perro
Performing Arts
Mexican rock band Los Patita de Perro – there’s more to these muchachos than meets the ojo!
Harbourfront Centre’s Salvador Allende Festival will feature the Mexican rock band Los Patita de Perro! This dynamic group of children’s performers will also do a concert for our School Visits programme. Famous in Latin America for their ability to move both children and adults, Nacho Pata, Pancho Pata and Charlie Pata serve up a hard rocking hour of head nodding, arm waving, aisle dancing fun. The Patas use their music to educate children about social responsibility, self respect, personal hygiene, preserving Mexican traditions, and the importance of protecting the environment. Students will have such a good time they don’t even notice how much they’re learning!
November 8, 10am - 2pm
Cost: $15 per student; Matinee Only: $10 per ticket
3-6
FULL DAY
Behind The Curtain: Tribal Cracking Wind
Performing Arts
Tribal Crackling Wind’s Artistic Director Peter Chin spent the last three years visiting Cambodia, working with local artists to research and create his new work: Transmission of the Invisible. Join us for a storytelling workshop led by company dancers and two special guest artists from Cambodia. Using video footage of Cambodian and Canadian children engaged in games, activities, and day-to-day life, the workshop will include dance and music activities that respond to these stories, performances by the two Cambodian dancers and movement work from the Cambodian tradition.
Participants of the workshop will be asked to agree to have the activities videotaped for inclusion in the video installation, which will form a part of the final presentation of Transmission of the Invisible.
Winter 2008, date TBA, 10am-2pm
Cost: Full Day; $15 per student; Matinee Only; $10 per ticket
7-12
FULL DAY
Behind the Curtain- Toronto Dance Theatre IVANOCHKO/CALAM
Performing Arts
Begin with an exhilarating movement class facilitated by Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) alumni. Classes are tailored to suit students’ level of experience and emphasize participation, musicality and personal expression. Students will also be engaged in a contemporary arts programme facilitated by School Visits educators. Following lunch, students will watch two thirty-minute pieces by young Canadian choreographers Valerie Calam and Sasha Ivanochko, featuring TDT’s dancers – “some of the best on the planet” (The Globe and Mail) – followed by an interactive Q&A hosted by Artistic Director Christopher House.
December 6, 10am-3pm
Matinee tickets are sold through TDT. Please contact Bridget Cauthery, Company Manager, Toronto Dance Theatre
tel: (416) 967-1365 ext 2
Part of Next Steps.
Cost: $15 per student Full Day; $14 per student Matinee only
K-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
Clay Building Beasts
Exploring Contemporary Art
Welcome to the exciting world of sculptural beasts! More then just scary creatures that haunt our dreams, these silent critters have been known to protect our homes, offices, cathedrals, temples and sacred spaces all over the world. Students will learn about gargoyles, chimeras, sphinxes and grotesques from a variety cultures.
• Learn about sculpture and discuss how it is used in architecture
• Explore form, pattern and texture, articulating techniques of 3-D form
• Learn and use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with clay, and discuss the physical properties of clay
• Create a ceramics piece inspired by the building beasts history, from the design to the execution, employing hand building techniques and textural decorative methods
• Visit The Craft Department: Ceramic Studio
Grades K-4 (half day)
Grades 4-8 (full day)
Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 1-8)
Life Systems: Animals (Grade 2)
K-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
Clay Masks
Exploring Contemporary Art
Using a variety of hand-building techniques create a 3-dimensional mask! Explore the history and use of the mask from a diversity of cultures, and visit The Craft Department: Ceramic Studio.
• Discuss ways which artists communicate and the purpose of the mask
• Explore form, pattern, and texture
• Discuss the physical properties and many uses of clay
• Learn to terminology and vocabulary specific to working with clay
Grades K-4 (half day)
Grades 4-8 (full day)
Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 1-8)
Heritage and Citizenship (Grades 5-6)
6-8
FULL DAY
Clay Sculpted Environments
Exploring Contemporary Art
Discover the places and spaces in which we live, and create a unique 3-dimensional environment – a habitat, an idyllic place, or your own room – out of clay! Learn and use a variety of hand-building and embellishment techniques while creating a magical world
• Explore form, pattern and texture, and techniques for articulating 3-D forms
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with clay
• Visit Harbourfront Centre's Craft Studio and Artists' Gardens for inspiration!
Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6-8)
2-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
Clay Vessels
Exploring Contemporary Art
Using various hand-building techniques (slab, pinch pot and coil), create your own clay vessel. Take the full-day programme and create a more ambitious piece. Learn about the history and use of clay vessels around the world, from Greek amphorae to contemporary craft.
• Work with a variety of hand-building techniques, and embellish vessels with patterns and textures
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with clay
• Discuss the physical properties of clay
• Visit The Craft Department: Ceramic Studio and explore contemporary creation of ceramic objects
Grades 2-4 (half day)
Grades 4-8 (full day)
Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 1-8)
Heritage and Citizenship (Grade 5)
4-8
FULL DAY
Collograph Printmaking With Museum of Inuit Art Tour
Exploring Contemporary Art
Start with a tour of the Museum of Inuit Art in the Queen’s Quay Terminal. Discover the beauty of contemporary Inuit art and learn how the Inuit use the elements and principles of design in their prints to express notions of every day life and community. Rediscover texture through the art of collograph-design, create, and print a series of amazing prints. View artwork from some of the most celebrated artists in the history of the western world!
• Examine contemporary prints made by Inuit Artists
• Discuss Picasso and Braque's contributions to the evolution of printmaking in the 20th century
• Create a collage plate using a variety of low relief textures and materials, exploring texture and form
• Learn the printmaking process and produce a series of coloured prints
Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 4-8)
6-8
FULL DAY
Create a Web Page
New Media, New Media: Art Production
Using our New Media Lab, students will create their own web page while learning about the Internet and its role in art practice and promotion
• See examples of web pages that are created solely as art pieces and how artists are promoting their own work on the Internet
• Discuss how the internet has affected artistic practice and art promotion
• Learn the elements and principals of design
• Create an art based web page using Mac technology
Includes a pre-visit by one of our new media educators to prepare for the visit to the Harbourfront Centre.
Time permitting the trip will include a viewing and class critique of a new media art installation piece in the York Quay Gallery or Power Plant.
Full day at Harbourfront Centre and full day in the classroom.
Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
K-4
HALF DAY
Creative Movement
In-School Programmes, Performing Arts
Also available as an in school programme!
Experience the wonderful world of expressive movement in this imaginative workshop.
• Students learn how to engage their imagination as the driving force behind expressive movement
• Work with a professional dancer; explore sensory contrast, tempo, direction and whole body co-ordination
• Work with a Korean Dance Ribbon and learn how to articulate shapes in movement and rhythm.
• Learn about traditional dances from around the world (Grades 3-4)
• Educator’s learn a series of simple dance activities to assist with your in school dance programme
Curriculum connections:
Drama and Dance (Grades 1 – 4)
Visual Arts (Grades K – 4)
K-8
Day Of The Dead
Day Of The Dead
Experience the unique Mexican tradition that joyfully remembers ancestors by bringing their memories to life. Come and celebrate this tradition with music, dance, food, crafts, storytelling and altars.
In partnership with the Consulate General of Mexico.
November 3-4, 10am-3pm
Free!
6-8
FULL DAY
Digital Photography
New Media, New Media: Art Production
Explore the digital medium of photography. See examples of contemporary digital photography by well known artists and discuss the power of the image
• See how digital photography has effected photo production.
• Learn the techniques of photo manipulation through the computer
• Create a unique digital photography art piece
Time permitting the trip will include a viewing and class critique of a new media art installation piece in the York Quay Gallery or Power Plant.
Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
1-3
HALF DAY
Discover the Waterfront Community
Urban Studies
Explore Toronto’s exciting (and growing) lakeside urban community!
• Consider the social and physical needs of residents in the area
• Observe the different ways people travel around an urban community and the wide range of occupations and service providers in the waterfront community
• Compare and distinguish features of urban and rural communities and investigate the interaction between the waterfront community and the environment
Curriculum connections:
Social Studies: The Local Community (Grade 1)
Social Studies: Features of Communities (Grade 2)
Social Studies: Urban and Rural Communities (Grade 3)
4-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
Djembe Drumming
Performing Arts
Available September 24 – December 21 and January 14 – April 14
HIGH DEMAND – Book early to avoid disappointment!
Half day: Drumming
Full day: Drumming and Clay Udu Drum Making
Work as a collective to beat as one! Using authentic African Djembe drums, students explore rhythm and hand drumming techniques, experiencing the power of collective drumming with their classmates
• Students experience the hands-on excitement of exploring rhythm on their own Djembe Drum
• Learn hand drumming techniques
• Learn about the rich cultural history of drumming around the world
• Experience the power of collective drumming with classmates!
• Create a Nigerian Udu Pot Drum from clay, using hand building techniques (full day programme only)
Curriculum connections:
Music (Grades 4 – 8)
Heritage and Citizenship (Grade 5)
Visual Arts (Grades 1 – 8)
Drums courtesy of Seiko
5-8
FULL DAY
Drawing
Exploring Contemporary Art
Learn a range of drawing techniques, including gesture drawing (live!), contour drawing, and the exploratory art of self-portraiture.
• Explore a variety of contemporary drawing materials
• Experiment and gain an understanding about the importance of line and texture in drawing
• Learn about the history of drawing and how it exists as an important contemporary artistic medium today
• Create a self portrait using newly acquired skills
Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 5-8)
K-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
ESL Clay Mask
ESL
Using a variety of hand-building techniques, students create their own 3-dimensional mask! Explore the history and use of the mask from a diversity of cultures through form, pattern, and texture.
• Discuss the physical properties and many uses of clay
• Create a mask which explores issues of identity and perspective within the students life
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with clay
• Learn and practice six levels of ESL throughout the programme
Grades K-4 (half day)
Grades 4-8 (full day)
Curriculum Connexions:
ESL curriculum
Visual Arts (Grades 1-8)
Heritage and Citizenship (Grade 5)
1-3
HALF DAY
ESL Discover The Waterfront Community
ESL, Urban Studies
Explore Toronto’s exciting (and growing) lakeside urban community!
• Consider the social and physical needs of residents in the area
• Observe the different ways people travel around an urban community and the wide range of occupations and service providers in the waterfront community
• Compare and distinguish features of urban and rural communities and investigate the interaction between the waterfront community and the environment
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to urban studies
• Learn and practice six levels English language skills throughout the programme
Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
Social Studies: The Local Community (Grade 1)
Social Studies: Features of Communities (Grade 2)
Social Studies: Urban and Rural Communities (Grade 3)
5-8
FULL DAY
ESL Government Exploration
ESL
See government in action! Experience life inside Toronto’s City Halls and Ontario’s provincial justice system, then discover the historical roots of these institutions on a fascinating walk through downtown Toronto.
• Attend a court in session at “Old City Hall” then meet with a Provincial Court Judge who will answer your questions!
• Learn about government in the days of the Old Town of York and compare it to how the City of Toronto is governed today
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to government exploration
• Learn and practice six levels English language skills throughout the programme
• Discuss reasons for democratic decision-making and the responsibility of informed citizens
Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
Social Studies: Aspects of Citizenship and Government in Canada (Grade 5)
7-8
FULL DAY
ESL Our City: Toronto
ESL
Gather data for your students chosen research assignment on an explorative journey of Toronto’s Central Business District and uncover the fascinating structures that make up Toronto’s Downtown.
• Gain insight into Toronto’s architectural heritage and its vision for the future.
• Discuss architectural and design elements that make a structure distinctive.
• Investigate the link between public art and architecture.
• Gain exclusive access to the 54th floor of the Mies Van Der Rohe T.D Centre and in this famous boardroom view some of the art pieces held in T.D banks corporate collection!
• Other places of interest include: The Royal York Hotel, B.C.E place and City Halls
• Learn and practice six levels English language skills throughout the programme
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to urban exploration
Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
Patterns in Human Geography (Grade 8)
Social Sciences and Humanities: Visual Arts (Grade 8)
4-8
FULL DAY
ESL Paper Mask
ESL, In-School Programmes
Also available as an in school programme!
Explore the rich history and tradition of mask-making in many different cultures; students use their imagination to create their own mask.
• Discover the rich history of mask-making around the world from a range of cultures, from the past into the present day
• Using paper sculpture techniques, create a life-sized mask
• Explore and experiment with 3-dimensional forms
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with paper masks
• Learn and practice six levels ESL skills throughout the programme
Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
Visual Arts (Grades 4-8)
Heritage and Citizenship: cultural history & use of masks (Grades 5-6)
K-3
HALF DAY
ESL Rod Puppets
ESL, In-School Programmes, Performing Arts
Calling all young puppeteers! Discover the history of rod puppets and puppet-making from around the world. Create a one-of-a-kind two faced Rod-Puppet using wooden spoons and a variety of materials like wool, buttons, feathers, and patterned fabrics.
• Students use their imagination to create facial expressions and personality in their puppet through a variety of materials
• Participate in puppetry activities involving movement, expression and sound, with their new puppet
• Use techniques of collage in creating their unique puppet
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with rod puppets
• Learn and practice six levels ESL skills throughout the programme
Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
Visual Arts (Grades 1 – 3)
Drama (Grades 1 – 3)
Oral and Visual Communication (Grades 1 – 3)
4-8
FULL DAY
ESL Shadow Puppets
ESL, Performing Arts
Explore the ancient art of shadow puppetry and its South-East Asian cultural roots in this fascinating programme. Design and make a shadow puppet based on stories and fables and learn how to animate the puppet for a play.
• Reinterpret a fable as a contemporary story relevant to students’ lives and experiences
• Design silhouette shadow puppet characters, props, and scenery for the play
• Perform a play and tell a story with the new puppet
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with shadow puppets
• Learn and practice six levels ESL skills throughout the programme
Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
Visual Arts (Grades 4 – 8)
Drama (Grades 4 – 8)
1-3
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
ESL The Artist Book: Hand Made Accordion Books
ESL, Literary and Book Arts
Grades 1 – 3 (half day)
Full day option: pair this programme with a reading at YoungIFOA or ALOUD: a Celebration for Young Readers or Miss Lou’s Room Museum Experience
Using contemporary book artist methods, students create their own hand-bound book-perfect for journaling or making a storybook back in the classroom.
• Discover the rich art of contemporary bookmaking
• Learn and use vocabulary specific to the books arts
• Students design, construct, and decorate their own book using the accordion method
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with artist books
• Learn and practice five levels English language skills throughout the programme
Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
English: Reading and writing (Grades 1 – 3)
Visual Arts (Grades 1 – 3).
4-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
ESL The Artist Book: The Hidden Spine Book
ESL, Literary and Book Arts
Full day option: pair this programme with a reading at YoungIFOA or ALOUD: a Celebration for Young Readers
Using contemporary interpretations of the book as an art object create your own hand-made art book-perfect for journaling or making a storybook back in the classroom.
• Discover the rich art of contemporary bookmaking and book arts
• Learn and use vocabulary specific to the books arts
• Design, construct, and decorate an accordion book with a hidden spine section
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with artist books
• Learn and practice six levels English language skills throughout the programme
Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
Heritage and Citizenship: History of books (Grade 5)
Oral and Visual Communication (Grades 4 – 8)
K-3
HALF DAY
ESL The Painted Face
ESL
In this programme students will learn the history of the painted face in hunting, ritual and celebration, finding inspiration in a myriad of world cultures and traditions. Using pattern, students will create their own self-portrait inspired by their own unique visual language.
• Experiment with a variety of painting techniques
• Learn to develop symbols and shapes to express individuality
• Discuss grade appropriate colour theory concepts and terminology
• Use a variety of mediums within on piece (markers, paint, pastel)
• Learn to use terminology and vocabulary specific to working with paint
• Learn and practice six levels English language skills throughout the programme
Curriculum connections:
ESL curriculum
Visual Arts (Grades K-3)
K-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
Education Afloat: On Water
Education Afloat
Anchors away! Students experience Toronto’s waterfront on an hour-long expedition through the Inner Harbour and island lagoons aboard a fully-enclosed, Coast Guard-approved vessel. Life jacket drill is conducted prior to departure. Teachers may choose from a variety of grade appropriate activities to complement the boat exploration. Primary and junior students focus on one of the following topics: Community (Grades 1 – 3) or Environment (grades 2 – 4). Intermediate and senior students study changing land usage and the natural and human impact on the waterfront environment. Call to discuss your options.
May & June only
Full day: includes On Water and On Land
Half day: includes either On Water or On Land
K-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
Educational Afloat: On Land
Education Afloat
Choose any 2 options to make up your day:
OPTION 1: URBAN DISCOVERIES
Grades K – 3
Discover Toronto’s Waterfront Community
Grades 4 – 8
Toronto’s Waterfront An explorative walk of Toronto’s Waterfront as it pertains to the local history, geography or environment. (Choice of focus)
OPTION 2: VISUAL ARTS
Grades K – 4
Activity focused on aquatic habits, the needs of living things and adaptation.
Grades 5 – 8
Activity focused on human and natural environments.
OPTION 3: BOAT TOUR
Grades K – 8
6-8
FULL DAY
Experimental Digital Film
New Media, New Media: Art Production
(full day at Harbourfront Centre and full day in the classroom)
Explore this new art medium- see the works of established contemporary video artists, then experiment with the art form as a method of self-exploration
• Learn a brief history of video art
• Learn the techniques of experimental film technology
• Create video art that explores issues of identity
• Learn how to burn film onto a DVD and upload it onto the internet
Includes a pre-visit by one of our new media educators to prepare for the visit to the Harbourfront Centre.
Time permitting the trip will include a viewing and class critique of a new media art installation piece in the York Quay Gallery or Power Plant.
Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
4-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
Exploring Contemporary Art
Exploring Contemporary Art
Half day (Gallery-based tour): $6 per student
Full day (Gallery-based tour and studio art programmes/workshops): $11 per student
These exploratory investigations of contemporary art, featuring an interactive tour of the current exhibitions in The Power Plant and/or York Quay Centre, and The Craft Studio and Artists' Gardens. Full-day programmes also include a studio workshop in the afternoon, connecting the exhibits to Harbourfront Centre's current ideas-based programming themes – FOCUS: Our Lens. Your View.
6-8
FULL DAY
Exploring Contemporary Art Through Podcasting
New Media, New Media: Media Literacy
Explore contemporary art through an interactive tour of the current exhibitions in The Power Plant and/or York Quay Centre, The Craft Studio and Artists' Gardens. The Full-day programmes will include a workshop-Students design a multi media pod cast that can be uploaded onto an MP3 player or the Internet that explores the exhibit in the Gallery.
• Learn elements of broadcasting, communication, art vocabulary
• Understand the notions of the artistic audience and artistic perception.
Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
4-8
FULL DAY
Global Drama
Performing Arts
Lauching January 2008!
Celebrating Diversity Through Drama and Art. Discover ways to critique, understand and discuss the role multiculturalism in your students’ lives through multi-disciplinary activities in drama and the visual arts.
• Explore Canada’s Policy of Multiculturalism and the experience of living in a Global City through facilitated discussion
• Participate in dramatic activities like “hot seating” which allows for an exploration of the role of diversity in the urban setting
• Reflect and respond to living in Toronto and the issues of global community through a visual arts project
Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 4-8)
Music (Grades 4-8)
Heritage and Citizenship (Grades 5)
5
FULL DAY
Government Exploration
Urban Studies
See government in action! Experience life inside Toronto’s City Halls and Ontario’s provincial justice system, then discover the historical roots of these institutions on a fascinating walk through downtown Toronto.
• Attend a court in session at “Old City Hall” then meet with a Provincial Court Judge who will answer your questions!
• Learn about government in the days of the Old Town of York and compare it to how the City of Toronto is governed today
• Discuss reasons for democratic decision-making and the responsibilities of informed citizens
Curriculum connections:
Social Studies: Aspects of Citizenship and Government in Canada (Grade 5)
Civics (Grade 5)
6 & 8
FULL DAY
Kensington Market and Chinatown
Urban Studies
Discover a kaleidoscope of culture in two of Toronto’s most interesting and diverse communities!
• Gain an understanding of ever changing demographic patterns and uncover the fascinating cultural histories of Kensington Market and China Town
• Investigate Canada’s immigration policy past and present and identify “cultural imprints”
• Discuss “push” and “pull” factors that affect migration and mobility
Curriculum connections:
Social Studies: Canada’s Links to the World (Grade 6)
Geography: Migration (Grade 8)
6-8
FULL DAY
Lino Print With Museum of Inuit Art Tour
Exploring Contemporary Art
Start with a tour of the Museum of Inuit Art in the Queen’s Quay Terminal. Discover the beauty of contemporary Inuit art and learn how the Inuit use the elements and principles of design in their prints to express notions of every day life and community. Then, in the Harbourfront Community Centre Studio learn the techniques of relief printmaking using a soft linoleum block- design, carve and print a small series of Lino-block prints
• Explore printmaking in contemporary Inuit Art
• Discuss the notion of community and everyday life in Toronto
• Experiment with printmaking tools and techniques to create a soft linoleum printing block which expresses life in the student's neighbourhood
• Discover the elements and principals of design, including texture and patterning through printing media
Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6-8)
6-8
FULL DAY
Literacy on the Web
New Media, New Media: Media Literacy
Explore questions about how advertising is used on the Internet and create a web page that discusses the role of the Internet in consumerism.
• Look at examples of effective web pages on the internet.
• Learn the different ways companies use the internet to advertise.
• Explore the elements and principals of design that sell products on the internet.
• Create your own web page sells a product that will help contribute to your community.
Includes a pre-visit by one of our new media educators to prepare for the visit to the Harbourfront Centre.
Time permitting the trip will include a viewing and class critique of a new media art installation piece in the York Quay Gallery or Power Plant
Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
K-8
Luminarium
HarbourKIDS
Your journey into the space, colour, light, and sound-drenched chambers and connecting tunnels of Architects of Air’s Luminarium explores an interactive landscape inspired by the beauty and natural geometry of architecture. Just imagine being inside a massive work of art so awesome the ooh’s and ahh’s will last a lifetime.
Register for a One Day Only School Visits exploration into the Luminarium on Friday October 5!!
5-8
HALF DAY
Movement and Choregraphy
In-School Programmes, Performing Arts
Students unleash their potential for movement expression as they learn new dance vocabulary and how to choreograph!
• Work with a professional dancer and peers to create a unique dance presentation
• Learn new dance vocabulary; explore a wide range of dance styles from around the world
• Become familiar with the elements of choreography; use creative problem solving abilities
• Students discover their unique way of moving – their own dance signature!
Also available as an in school programme!
Curriculum Connections:
The Arts: Drama and Dance (Grades 5-8)
7-8
FULL DAY
Our City: Toronto
Urban Studies
Gather data for your students chosen research assignment on an explorative journey of Toronto’s Central Business District and uncover the fascinating structures that make up Toronto’s Downtown.
• Gain insight into Toronto’s architectural heritage and its vision for the future.
• Discuss architectural and design elements that make a structure distinctive.
• Investigate the link between public art and architecture.
• Gain exclusive access to the 54th floor of the Mies Van Der Rohe T.D Centre and in this famous boardroom view some of the art pieces held in T.D banks corporate collection!
• Other places of interest include: The Royal York hostel, B.C.E place and the City Hall
Curriculum connections:
Structures and Mechanisms: Structural Strength and Stability (Grade 7)
Patterns in Human Geography (Grade 8)
4-8
FULL DAY
Paper Mask
Exploring Contemporary Art
Also available as an in school programme!
Explore the rich history and tradition of mask-making in many different cultures – students use their imagination to create their own mask.
• Discover the history of mask-making around the world from A range of cultures, from the past into the present day
• Using paper sculpture techniques, create a life-sized mask
• Explore and experiment with 3-dimensional forms
Curriculum Connections:
Visual arts (Grades 4-9)
Heritage and Citizenship: Cultural History &use of masks (Grades 5-6)
6-8
FULL DAY
Photo Literacy
New Media, New Media: Media Literacy
Explore the digital photography in media; learn the techniques of photo manipulation and the issues that surround it.
• Explore the digital medium of photography.
• Discuss the ethics of digital manipulation and how the human image is constructed.
• Learn the techniques of photo manipulation through the computer.
• Create an advertisement that has been retouched and prepared for media production.
Time permitting the trip will include a viewing and class critique of a new media art installation piece in the York Quay Gallery or Power Plant.
Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
K-3
HALF DAY
Rod Puppets
Performing Arts
Calling all young puppeteers! Discover the history of rod puppets and puppet-making from around the world. Create a one-of-a-kind two faced Rod-Puppet using wooden spoons and a variety of materials like wool, buttons, feathers, and patterned fabrics.
• Students will use their imagination to create facial expressions and personality in their puppet through a variety of materials
• Participate in puppetry activities involving movement, expression and sound
• Use techniques of collage in creating their unique puppet
Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 1 – 3)
Drama and Dance (Grades 1 – 3)
Oral and Visual Communication (Grades 1 – 3)
4-8
FULL DAY
Shadow Puppets
Performing Arts
Explore the ancient art of shadow puppetry and its South-East Asian cultural roots in this fascinating programme. Students design and make their own shadow puppet, based on stories and fables from a global perspective, and learn how to animate them for a puppet show.
• Reinterpret a fable as a contemporary story relevant to students' lives and experiences
• Design silhouette shadow puppet characters, props, and scenery for your play
• Student perform a play and tell a story with their new puppet
Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 4 – 8)
K-4
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
Something's fishy
Urban Studies
Offered in September – October & April – June
Learn about Lake Ontario fish species! Explore how and where they live and the challenges they face in their environment, and create a habitat in which native fish species can thrive!
• Create a multimedia fish habitat collage, building an ideal healthy living environment for a fish
• Explore the harbour area and learn about the fish that live in the lake, and the stresses that they encounter in their environment
• Visit the Spadina wetlands and a pike spawning area and learn why wetlands are important to the health and survival of our fishy friends (full day programme only)
Grades K-1 (half day)
Grades 2-4 (full day)
Curriculum connections:
Life Systems (Grades 1 – 4)
K-4
FULL DAY
StoryTelling Miss Lou's Room
Literary and Book Arts
Harbourfront Centre’s Large Studio “The Lookout” is now an interactive learning space renamed Miss Lou’s Room. It is a tribute to the famous Miss Lou affectionately called “Jamaica’s Folklore Ambassador”. Miss Lou was an educator, an actress, a dramatist, a storyteller, a poet and broadcaster. In this programme children will explore the museum, hear Miss Lou’s famous children's stories and learn the art of interactive engaged bookmaking.
• Explore the interactive museum, and learn the history of Miss Lou
• Hear Miss Lou's famous children's stories and participate in a story performed by our School Visits Educator
• Participate in circle games designed by Miss Lou that explore; rhythm, poetry, and spoken word
• Create an interactive engaged hand-made accordion book inspired by the Miss Lou legacy
Curriculum connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 1 – 3)
Drama and Dance (Grades 1 – 3)
Oral and Visual Communication (Grades 1 – 3)
English (Grades K – 4)
4-8
FULL DAY
Street Theatre Puppets Heads and Play
Performing Arts
• Learn a brief history of popular education, and street theatre
• Students collectively create their own skits based on issues relevant to their lives.
• Collectively construct props and giant puppets using easily-found, recycled materials
• Practice and present their popular theatre to their school/wider community.
• Be involved in an artistic activity to enhance creativity, language, drama and art skills while interacting with adults and other children
Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 4-8)
Dramatic Arts (Grades 4-8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6-8)
(full day at Harbourfront Centre and an in-school visit)
4-8
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
Studio Workshop: Generations
Exploring Contemporary Art
Available September-December
Full day with a morning tour of galleries
FOCUS: Generations
From June to December 2007 Harbourfront Centre is talking about your Generation, as part of an ongoing focus on ideas in programming. A generation can refer to a time or a class of people. It can refer to the time you are born to the time of a parents death. It can also refer to an era of style, culture and political movement. At Harbourfront Centre’s Galleries explore how artists have responded to the theme of Generations. Then, in our studios, students uncover what this theme means to them-their family, their culture, their experience of living in Toronto-through a visual arts workshop with our Art Educators.
To learn more about Harbourfront Centre's ideas-based programming, visit FOCUS: Our Lens. Your View.
1-3
HALF DAY
FULL DAY
The Artist Book: Hand Made Accordion Books
Literary and Book Arts
Using contemporary book artist methods, students create their own hand-bound book-perfect for journaling or making a storybook back in the classroom.
• See examples of contemporary artist books
• Discover the rich art of contemporary bookmaking
• Learn and use vocabulary specific to the books arts
• Students design, construct, and decorate their own book using the accordion method
Full day option: pair this programme with a reading at YoungIFOA or ALOUD: a Celebration for Young Readers or Miss Lou’s Room Museum Experience
Curriculum connections:
English: Reading and writing (Grades 1 – 3)
Visual Arts (Grades 1 – 3)
K-3
HALF DAY
The Painted Face
Exploring Contemporary Art
In our new and improved painting programme students will learn the history of the painted face in hunting, ritual and celebration, finding inspiration in a myriad of world cultures and traditions. Using pattern, students will create their own self-portrait inspired by their own unique visual language.
• Experiment with a variety of painting techniques
• Learn to develop symbols and shapes to express individuality
• Discuss grade appropriate colour theory concepts and terminology
• Use a variety of mediums within on piece (markers, paint, pastel)
Curriculum Connections:
Visual Arts (Grades 1-3)
4-8
FULL DAY
Understanding Hip Hop Culture
Performing Arts
Launch in January 2008!
Global Hip Hop culture: possibly the most influential artistic movement in the world today. Discover its roots, its contemporary impact and its ability to empower self-expression.
• Learn the history of the hip hop movement dating back to the early 70’s, and the legacy of some of the greatest Hip Hop Pioneers
• Discover the four elements of Global Hip Hop Culture
• Take a critical look at the issues that surround Hip Hop Culture
• Explore self-expression through the Hip Hop medium
Curriculum connections:
Music (Grades 4 – 8)
Heritage and Citizenship (Grade 5)
Visual Arts (Grades 1 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 4 – 8)
6-8
FULL DAY
Understanding Hip Hop Culture
New Media, New Media: Media Literacy
Global Hip Hop culture: possibly the most influential artistic movement in the world today. Discover its roots, its contemporary impact and its ability to empower self-expression.
• Learn the history of the hip hop movement dating back to the early 70’s, and the legacy of some of the greatest Hip Hop Pioneers
• Discover the four elements of Global Hip Hop Culture
• Take a critical look at the issues that surround Hip Hop Culture
• Explore self-expression through the Hip Hop medium
Launch in January 2008!
Curriculum Connections:
Music (Grades 6 – 8)
Visual Arts (Grades 6 – 8)
Media Literacy (Grades 6 – 8)
English (Grades 6 – 8)
5-8
Urban Dance Breakdancing, Hip Hop, Crumping and Stomp!
Performing Arts
From street to stage, urban dance is showing us new ways to move!
• Students develop their own Urban Dance vocabulary
• Uncover the origins, and track the glowing legacy, of Urban Dance
• Students become aware of their own style of movement expression
• Work with a professional dancer and peers to create a unique
dance presentation
curriculum connections:
Drama and Dance (Grades 5-8)
2-6
FULL DAY
Young Collograph Printmaking With Museum of Inuit Art Tour
Exploring Contemporary Art
Visit the Museum of Inuit Art and see examples of Contemporary Inuit printmaking. Students explore the wonders of printmaking, including line, texture and pattern. Design and create a small series of prints to take home
• Examine prints made by Inuit artists
• Learn about the printmaking process, different ways of making prints, and vocabulary specific to printmaking
• Produce a small original series of coloured prints, inspired by the animals living in our city
Curriculum Connections:
Visual arts (Grades 2-6)
Life Systems: Animals (Grade 2)
