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Visual Arts INDIGENOUS PERSPEC TIVES with National Art Gallery "Kwey Kwey!" Explore Indigenous art! Discover masterpieces by First Nations, Metis and Inuit artists, past and present. Gallery Interpreters discuss unique protocols designed for some of the works, explain appropriate terminology and give context to Indigenous art before and aer Canada was formed. ISSUES IN CONTEMPOR ARY INDIGENOUS ART (6 -12) with The Winnipeg Art Gallery In this tour we will engage artworks to explore a variety of issues and themes that pertain to the experiences of Indigenous peoples stemming out of colonialist practices and policies. We will consider how contemporary visual art created by Indigenous artists can play a significant role in educating, inspiring and ultimately exposing a path towards understanding and participating in acts of reconciliation. CONNEC TING WITH OUR FIRST FAMLY with Nyle Johnston Indigenous Artist and Visual Story Teller Nyle Johnston at Miigizi Creations partnered with TakingITGlobal to develop an Ojibwe Language and Education Resource Kit called Connecting with our First Family. In this session students meet Nyle and we look through his artwork as he shares stories about his drawing and how it is important for all people to know that Indigenous people exist and have such a strong, beautiful legacy of stories and teachings. The stories resonate with people across different cultures and they carry universal messages of love, kindness, fairness and care for mother earth. COLL AGR APHY – AN OPEN PRINTMAKING METHOD with Arts Umbrella Arts Umbrella artist-instructors will guide students through the Collagraphy process to create a multi-medium art project. Collagraphy is an accessible printmaking method that starts with a process similar to collage. A variety of materials (anything that will add texture—from twigs and leaves to textiles, yarn, bubble wrap, etc.) will be applied to a rigid surface (such as paperboard or wood) which will create a printing "plate". Students will learn techniques to achieve different tonal effects and vibrant colours, using the depth of the relief they create and differential inking. Throughout the session, students will have an opportunity to explore traditional and non-traditional ways of art making and will make multiple Collagraph prints from their own original plate. OTHER SESSION IDE A S: Logo Design with Edgar Gonzalez from TakingITGlobal Studio Art Course with The Cleveland Museum of Art (6 Sessions) Artists' Gardens: Nature Inspiring Art with The Royal Botanical Gardens A is for Animal with The Cleveland Museum of Art Found Object Artworks with The Smithsonian American Art Museum No Words for Art with Naomi Smith On the Land with The Art Gallery of Ontario

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