AGGV Teacher Resource Guides For Classrooms At School and At Home
With school being quite different from the norm during the pandemic, the AGGV is excited to lend a helping hand with our Teacher Resource Guides.
Werk it! Exercise and Art
By Regan Shrumm, AGGV Assistant Curator
During the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be hard to stay motivated on the things we use to enjoy, such as staying in touch with friends, making art, and working out.
Out of Crisis Comes Collaboration
By Nicole Stanbridge, Curator of Engagement
Field Trip: Art Across Canada is a new online initiative that emerged when galleries and museums across the country closed their doors in the wake of the pandemic.
How We Fit Together: A Mural for New Extreme
By Tasha Henry, Teacher at Cedar Hill Middle School.
As part of the New Extreme program, the wall of the Art Gallery building facing Moss Street gets a new mural installed every spring. This year, the group called Melanin Magic from Cedar Hill Middle School created the mural “How We Fit Together”, mentored by artist Andrea Searle.
Reflections From the New Extreme Program
This year’s New Extreme Program involved 3 groups of insightful, creative and inspiring youth who created inquiry projects with 3 local artists. They had to stop just short of completion, due to COVID 19. Here is a sense of the important work they did together, in their own words.
Colours of the Rainbow at Family Sunday
The Family Sunday team saw out the last decade with a bang, thanks to special guests, Persi Flage, Pop Tart and Used Victoria of Staches and Lashes Collective, whose high energy and warm fuzzy feelings brought love in every colour of the rainbow into the Gallery!
Wanted: Teens For Workshop and Youth Council
By Sherry Willing, AGGV Education Coordinator
The AGGV is launching a new series of free artist-led workshops for teens, beginning this spring and leading to the creation of a Youth Council in the fall provided twelve teens become involved.