School Programs for Grades 1–8 - Agnes Etherington Art Centre Agnes Etherington Art Centre

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Our Relations (Grades 1–8)
In-person, Tuesdays–Fridays
4 October–2 December 2022
10 am and 1 pm (excluding Friday afternoons)
Fee: $60/class (*Limestone District School Board is supporting their classes by covering this fee.)
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Our Relations (Grades 1–8)

In-person, Tuesdays–Fridays
4 October–2 December 2022
10 am and 1 pm (excluding Friday afternoons); Program runs 90 minutes.
Fee: $60/class (*Limestone District School Board is supporting their classes by covering this fee.)

Students in grades 1–8 explore their other-than-human relations—land, animals, plant life—examining the role they play in protecting the land, followed by a workshop where they have the chance to reflect on and create a work of art portraying a place they most want to protect. The tour looks at relationships between us as a people and the environment while engaging with art by Robert Houle, Roy Kakegamic, Jane Ash Poitras, Joe David and more in the exhibition Land Protectors.

The Student Docent training program is generously supported by the Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation.

School Program at Agnes

Roy Kakegamic, Survivor, 1982, acrylic on paper. Gift of David Clare, 2019

Reflecting on Lii Zoot Tayr (Other Worlds) (Grades 9–12)

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We invite students in grades 9–12 to reflect on the exhibition Lii Zoot Tayr (Other Worlds) an exhibition that features the work of five contemporary Métis artists. Students consider the themes present in the exhibition including in/visibility, unseen forces and the natural environment. This asynchronous school program is designed to enrich Indigenous arts education with connections to the curriculum.

Nocturne (grades 1–6)

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We invite grade 1–6 students to explore the exhibition Nocturne. This asynchronous program embraces the sensory exploration of the night while considering the landscape genre in Historical Canadian Art. Artists’ enduring fascination with the hours between sunset and sunrise provides the foundation for curriculum links in poetry, painting and perspective.

The school programs are supported by the Iva Speers Fund for Art Education and the Canada Council for the Arts.

Asynchronous school programs

Carleigh Milburn, Gallery Educator for Special Projects interacts with Jessie Ray Short’s Elder Wands, 2021, 13 Violet Wands in embroidered leather holsters. Collection of the artist

AGNES Learns

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AGNES Learns is a digital resource for children and families. Artworks from the Agnes collection inspire fun ways to explore, understand and get creative.

Enjoy the videos below and accompanying lesson plans.

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