To celebrate the changing leaves and spooky season, the grade 11 Media Arts and grade 10 Visual Arts classes teamed up for a monster-themed unit. Brampton artist David Irvine visited the Academy and brought with him several of his original pieces, including a decorated light bulb, a table leg creature and stunningly painted jewelry boxes. He also gave each student a print of one of his signed sketches as gifts! Students are using his timed-limited daily art practice and creating “monsters” every class for a week using different media. The next day, students participated in an exciting workshop at the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art where they learned about the history of medieval art and gargoyles. In the amazing basement studio, students learned techniques for working with clay and created their own unique creatures. Once these pieces are fired in a kiln, the group will return to apply coloured glazes to finish them off. A special thanks goes out to our volunteer and Academy alumnus Jessie for helping us with this unit. Happy fall everyone!
Monster-A-Day workshop with David Irvine:
Gargoyle Workshop at the Gardiner Museum:
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