2013/14
SCHOOL VISITS Secondary
Grades 9-12
Welcome to Harbourfront Centre! Dear Educators, Situated on Toronto’s beautiful waterfront in downtown Toronto, Harbourfront Centre is an innovative, not-for-profit contemporary arts facility offering events and activities in a broad range of disciplines including visual arts, music, dance, theatre, new media, craft and more. Our vibrant School Visits programme encourages students of all ages to engage with the arts, immersing them in the creative learning process while surrounded by a positive, inclusive and visually inspiring environment. Harbourfront Centre’s team of passionate educators are dedicated to providing meaningful, curriculum-linked programmes that meet a number of overall expectations in the Ontario curriculum. Our multidisciplinary approach gives you the opportunity to tap into a broad spectrum of curriculum areas within a single visit. Time and again, teachers are amazed by the creativity and enthusiasm demonstrated by their students as they consider new techniques, materials, ideas and perspectives. Harbourfront Centre’s newly revitalized 10-acre site is a home for inspiration. Students can explore our beautiful location through guided photo shoots for our Digital Photography programme, sketching activities for our Acrylic Landscape programme, or even a guided site walk for our Urban Studies programmes to name but a few. Allow yourself and your students to be energized with a Harbourfront Centre School Visits trip – contact our Registrar today! Sincerely, The School Visits Team
Book early and
SAVE! There’s no better way to start your year than with an excursion to Harbourfront Centre! Visit us in September and October and pay a reduced rate of only $11 per student. (Excludes bookings on YoungIFOA, October 29, 30 and November 1, 2013).
For more information, contact the School Visits Registrar
416-973-4091 visit harbourfrontcentre.com/schoolvisits or email registrar@harbourfrontcentre.com
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Where we are Harbourfront Centre York Quay Centre 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2G8
Transportation Queens Quay West is currently undergoing a revitalization, which may mean some extra time getting to our site. For directions and construction updates, please contact our Registrar at 416-973-4091. We’ll be happy to provide you with the best way to get to our site.
Registration Please have the following information ready when you register: • • • • • • •
Your choice of programme Full-day or half-day Your first and second choices for date of visit Number and grade level of students Name, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers of school Email address of main contact person Name(s) of accompanying teacher(s) and their email address(es)
Please note: There is a non-refundable deposit required per school at the time of confirmation to hold your place. Deposit for a half-day programme is $100 and $150 for a full-day programme. Schools booking multiple days are required to pay a deposit for each day. If a booking is cancelled without re-booking less than two weeks prior to the scheduled visit date, the non-refundable deposit will be forfeited. Once bookings have been made, changes to the visit date, programme choices and an addition or subtraction of five or more students per class, are subject to an administration fee of $25. Subsidy is available on a case-by-case basis for students or schools in need, pending availability and is subject to change. Contact the Registrar for criteria details.
Programme Times Full-day: 10am-2pm (unless otherwise requested) Half-day: 10-11:30am or 12:30-2pm
School Visits Fees Full-day: $14 per student Half-day: $11 per student Two half-day programmes: $14 per student Please encourage your students on a full-day programme to bring lunch and a snack. Students booked for half-day programmes are encouraged to bring a morning or afternoon snack. Please keep in mind that Harbourfront Centre is a peanut-aware building, and encourages all school groups to prohibit students from bringing nut or nut-related products with them. Programmes are subject to change. Please contact us for details at 416-973-4091.
School Visits Programmes Visit harbourfrontcentre.com/schoolvisits for more information on full and half-day programmes.
Make the connection! Use the following legend to reference programmes to their applicable curriculum connections. OFFSITE.........All or part of this programme is facilitated at a location other than Harbourfront Centre DAN..............The Arts: Dance DRA..............The Arts: Drama GEO..............Geography HIS ..............History LAN ..............Language SCI ..............Science and Technology SS................Social Studies VA................The Arts: Visual Arts
Harbourfront Centre is a Canadian charity operating the 10 prime acres of Toronto’s central waterfront as a free and open public site. We celebrate the multiplicities of cultures that comprise Canada and enliven the city through the creative imaginations of artists from across the country and around the globe.
SCHOOL VISITS VISUAL ARTS
2013/14
URBAN STUDIES
PERFORMING ARTS DANCE
Altered Art
Grades 9-12 (half-day or full-day) Using their own profile as inspiration, students explore print making, collage and paper sculpture techniques to alter their images. VA
Choreography
Grades 9-12 (full-day) Students learn the basics of dance composition while creating their own choreographed works. DAN
Dance Explorations
Book Arts
Grades 9-12 (half-day, full-day) Explore dance in exciting new ways through movement and rhythm. Choose your discipline: African and South American. DAN | SS
Hand Bound Books: Grades 9-12 (full-day) Students explore the art and history of book making as they create their own handmade artist books. HIS | LAN | SS | VA
Understanding Hip Hop
Clay
Students visit the ceramic studio, discuss the properties of clay, engage in a lively historic discussion and use hand building techniques to build their own sculpture based on the theme selected below: Building Beasts: Grades 9-12 (full-day) Masks: Grades 9-12 (full-day) Portraits: Grades 9-12 (full-day) Vessels: Grades 9-12 (full-day) HIS | LAN | SS | VA
Paper Sculpture/Paper Masks
Grades 9-12 (full and half-day) Inspired by the fascinating history of masks, students will learn paper sculpture techniques to create beautiful dramatic, three dimensional masks. HIS | SS | VA
Print Making
Striking contemporary and historic prints will motivate your students to create their own series of prints. Collograph Grades 9-12 (full-day) Lino Grades 9-12 (full or half-day) HIS | SS | VA
registrar@harbourfrontcentre.com 416-973-4091 harbourfrontcentre.com/schoolvisits
Textile Arts
Engaging with the work of traditional and contemporary textile artists, students create a collaborative piece using collage and fiber art techniques to illustrate the need for social change. Social Awareness Grades 9-12 (full-day) HIS | SS | VA
Urban Art
Grades 9-12 (full-day) Students examine the works of influential urban artists and discuss the legitimacy and merit of urban art. Using stencil techniques, they create their own work inspiring social change. HIS | SS | VA
Architectural Explorations
Our City Toronto
Kensington Market/Chinatown
Waterfront Revitalization
Grades 9-12 (full-day) Students discover the architectural styles to be found throughout the downtown core. Sites visited include City Hall, Roy Thomson Hall, the CBC Building and a discussion of the current exhibition in Harbourfront Centre’s Architectural Gallery. SS | VA | OFFSITE
Grades 9-12 (full-day) Immerse your students in a kaleidoscope of culture through two of Toronto’s most diverse communities. GEO | HIS | SS | OFFSITE
Grades 9-12 (half or full-day) Uncover the past, present and future uses of Toronto’s waterfront through an engaging site walk. GEO | HIS | SCI
THE CREATIVE EDGE
Full day programmes run from 10am-2pm Enjoy a performance, speak with the performers and engage in creative workshops.
Toronto Dance Theatre
November 7, 2013 Grade 7-12 Icons and Ergons Toronto Dance Theatre presents a driving, kinetic new work by artistic director Christopher House set to Music for Eighteen Musicians, the celebrated masterwork by American minimalist composer Steve Reich. Students will participate in a dance workshop and a contemporary gallery tour.
Dance Works
Grades 9-12 (half or full-day) After a lively discussion of the methods of manipulation used in popular media, students create their own advertisements focusing on issues of social justice. LAN | SS | VA
Introduction to Digital Photography
Grades 9-12 (full-day) This introductory programme teaches students the basics of digital photography and photo manipulation techniques in our media lab. ML | VA
Digital Story Telling
Grades 9-12 (full-day) Students examine the history of storytelling, organize a photo shoot and explore ways to create a digital story. LAN | VA
Grade 9-12 (full-day) Students learn the rules and elements of spoken word to create their own pieces and host their own slam. DRA | LAN
Proud to support the School Visits Environmental Programmes.
STAGING THE WORLD
Advertising Print Media
Let’s Slam Spoken Word Poetry
Grades 9-12 (full-day) Discover the historic routes of this great city from distinctive vantage points, including the 54th floor of the TD Centre, the buzz of downtown streets and the endless underground PATH system! GEO | HIS | SS | VA | OFFSITE
Through a variety of unique partnerships, Harbourfront Centre offers exclusive education programmes in contemporary performing and visual arts – check out a selection of offerings below.
MEDIA ARTS
Grades 9-12 (full-day) Students explore a variety of urban dance forms, develop their own urban dance vocabulary and see how these can be used to inspire movement and self expression. DAN | SS
Grades 9-12 (full-day) The world of hip hop is introduced to students as they learn about its roots and links with other urban art such as graffiti, DJing, and rap. DAN | SS
Painting
Experimenting with drawing and painting techniques related to the art medium they are working in, students will create an art work all their own. Acrylic Landscape: Grades 9-12 (full-day) Acrylic Still Life: Grades 9-12 (full-day) NEW Watercolour, Trees: Grades 9-12 (full-day) VA
Urban Dance
February 21, 2014 Grade 9-12 A Soldiers Tale –Signal Theatre This theatrical dance explores the lives of Aboriginal soldiers over the span of 50 years. Make it a full day by pairing this performance with a School Visits workshop exploring social justice.
The Power Plant Micah Lexier: One, and Two, and More Than Two
September 20 – January 5 Showcasing the work of Toronto-based artist, Micah Lexier, this exhibition explores concepts of measurement, increment, passage of time, sequence, patterning, language and systems of organization. It also includes an ambitious curatorial project by Lexier which features the work of 101 Toronto artists. Students respond to the show by participating in hands-on lino printmaking workshop.
SEASONAL PROGRAMMING
Architecture Gallery School Work: Innovative Designs for Education
September 20 – December 22 This exhibition looks at how students and faculty use classrooms and schools now, and purpose spaces that become educational tools for the future through inspired design. Students visit the exhibit and participate in a hands-on workshop to create their ideal educational environment.
York Quay Gallery Studio Focus: Excellence Past and Present
January 24 – April 20 Bring your students to experience an exhibition which presents a view of Harbourfront Centre’s artist-in-residency programme through the extraordinary work of the artists who have created and worked within the studio. Students tour the craft studios then create a ceramic or textile piece of their own.
Textile Museum – Partnership
March 4-7 Celebrate art, culture and design with a special exhibition tour at the Textile Museum of Canada. Inspired by sketches made in the exhibition, students create their own textile at Harbourfront Centre during the second part of the day.
Make and Skate December until March Break
A full-day winter adventure! This programme features a half-day arts programme of your choice paired with a half-day of skating on The Natrel® Rink.
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority – Partnership ECO Day
June 2 Environmental education experiences in the heart of the city. ECO Day programming merges art and the environment to create a unique learning experience that showcases the natural wonders of the Toronto region through the lens of Harbourfront Centre art programmes. A joint event between Toronto and Region Conservation and Harbourfront Centre.
Outdoor Education May and June Enjoy the beautiful lakeside setting of Harbourfront Centre. Our outdoor education programme supports your students in connecting with Lake Ontario as you take part in our visual arts and urban studies activities. Your students can even take an hour-long boat tour around Lake Ontario.
Thank you! School Visits programming is generously supported by the following corporate donors: Toronto Port Authority, TD Bank Group, KPMG, Somerville Construction, Fresh TV Inc., Fitzpatrick Electrical Contractor Inc., Hub International HKMB Ltd., Lamin-8 Services, Tremonte Manufacturing Welding & Ironworks Ltd.
A 10-acre public trust powered by the creative cultures of Canada and the world. harbourfrontcentre.com 416-973-4000 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Canada @HarbourfrontTO
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