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A SUMMER INTENSIVE FOR YOUTH, AGES 15-18, WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE VISUAL ARTS.

The Summer Visual Arts Intensives runs from July 5-31.

Gain high school credit in a collaborative, dynamic, hands-on, and professional studio environment. Instructional workshops are co-lead by experienced & dedicated mentors/artists and will cover the following:

Drawing, Sketchbook, Art History, Printmaking, Found Sculpture, Collaborative Art Making, gallery Visits, portfolio Development, Studio/Residency, Group & Individual Critique, Student Art exhibition.

Location: SelfDesign High & Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, BC

Fees: $90 (includes shared material costs – students are encouraged to bring their own materials, as well)

To Register : Visit our web site at www.selfdesignhigh.org

Questions/Enquiries : contact us at 250-354-1310 or info@selfdesignhigh.org

Summer Visual Arts Intensives

Continuing with the theme of TED videos about education. In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids’ natural talents can flourish. When you’ve watched the video ask yourself, what is your passion?

This coming September the grade 10 math courses change here in BC. So, with that in mind we’ve been having some long conversations about exactly how we’re going to present the 2 new grade 10 courses, Apprenticeship & Workplace Math, and  Foundation & Pre-Calc Math. As an online high school it is easier for us to think outisde the box in the presentation of our courses and make something that is truly different and inspiring. A lot of our thinking can be seen in the video below. Our new courses will be based along these ideas and we have some new and interesting ideas of our own as well. Watch this space for more information about our new online Apprenticeship & Workplace Math, and  Foundation & Pre-Calc Math courses.