ARTS EDUCATION North Van Arts is committed to providing excellence in arts education through workshops and courses for adults, youth, and children at various skill levels, ages, and interests at Maplewood House. Participation in arts education nurtures the development of cognitive, social, and personal competencies, providing opportunities for self-expression and development of skills in various art forms.
CHILDREN’S COURSES & WORKSHOPS Wet Felting • Ink Painting on Acetate • Holiday Card Printmaking
SUMMER CAMPS YoubeTube Sensation • Painting in Tune • Art on the Farm • Impressionist Style • Art on the Farm • Sing and Play • Jug Band Jamboree • The Natural Image • Musical Theatre • Drama Drama Drama • Musical Theatre • Drama 1000
SPRING BREAK CAMPS Art on the Farm • Patterning Nature • Fantasy Creature Design • Flats Paths and Places
AFTER SCHOOL ART In-school programme providing 2 hours of arts instruction and weekly practice in dramatic and visual arts, making arts accessible. Last year course offerings included drama, writing, painting, drawing, and artbased storytelling for students in grades K to 7. Larson Elementary • Queen Mary Elementary • Ross Road Elementary • Seymour Heights Elementary • Sherwood Park Elementary
ADULTS & YOUTH painting fundamentals • core drawing skills • ‘think big’ painting on large canvas • treescapes watercolour • shibori indigo dyeing • holiday wreath making • stained glass • advanced painting • drawing into painting • red cedar basket making • collagraphy • needle felting • wool weaving • relief printmaking • waterfalls in watercolour • drawing fundamentals & community • introduction to acrylics • cedar bark hat-making • intro to stained glass • cedar bark twill basket making • cedar bark basket making with cattail
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