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)
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
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)
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)
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!
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
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)
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)
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)
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-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
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.
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)
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!!
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)
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.
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)
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)
