Fine Arts 11 in workshop course starts Feb 6th!
Making Good Impressions
A SDH Fine Art Gr 11 (4 credits) Workshop course in Kelowna with Community Mentor, Heather Parlane
Feb 6th-March 7th (Spring Break), resuming March 26th-April 4th
This Fine Art/Studio course taps into the vivacious art of the Impressionists, as well as the historical and cultural mood of Paris in the 19th century.
It will enable students to explore a variety of art techniques, and develop design and technical skills while producing significant projects, as well as a body of sketches.
Art Appreciation: Specific work of the Impressionists will be studied, as well as the artists’ lives. Lessons will include an overview of the time, introduction to individual artists and an appreciation for their works, as well as include short slide shows and DVD segments. Discussion will be encouraged each day with reference to students own projects and art techniques.
Elements and principles of design: Light and colour will be the main emphasis as it relates to the movement. Projects will revolve around the experimentation with light and colour theory. Still life and figure drawing will be emphasized. Timeline and map: A timeline, map, as well as historical visual references, will be developed over the duration of the course.
Portfolio/ sketches: As ongoing homework, students will be expected to develop a portfolio of sketches.
Essay: An essay of 500 words on a related topic will be due toward the completion of the course. Students will also be expected to compile a creative visual package of their course work to send to their mentor at SDH.
Art Show: On the final day of class students will put on a student-run art show for parents and friends.
This 7-week course includes:
42 hours of supervised instruction totalling 100 hours with assignments and projects.
10:00am-1:00 pm Mondays and Wednesdays
Feb 6th-March 7th (Spring Break), resuming March 26th-April 4th
Additional supply fee $40.00
Location: Bellevue Creek School (Willow Park Church- South Campus) 4574 Raymer Road, Kelowna
To Register or for more information, contact: info@selfdesignhigh.org
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EOS Newsletter Nov 2011
As part of the theme block, "Imagine, Think and Do," EOS learners painted this mural collaboratively right next door to the BackAlley Studio. Imagining the wall was initiated by the whole group and the theme was worked over in conversation with the owner of the building. Learners approached the wall with their individual sketches and worked to create a unified context within the theme of 'skiing in the winter.'
Gap Theatre Workshops at SDH starting January!
SelfDesign EOS Integrated Program: Next Info Night – Aug 24th, 7pm
Can’t make it to the next info night? Contact us to learn more or visit us: www.selfdesignhigh.org/eoslearningcentre
THIS WEEK: Follow SelfDesign High at THE GLOBAL SUMMIT
SDH is actively passionate about Peace.
We do stuff, create things and go places to explore, confront and ignite conversations about Peace and how to live in ways that ground Peace in the world.
In the past years we have followed our passion for peace to Los Angeles for an International PeaceJam to Trento, Italy for a Peace and Social Justice Exchange to the Tipi Camp, held on the east shore of Kootenay Lake, BC for our PeaceCamps and this week (Monday Nov 8-10th) we’ll be in San Francisco for The Global Summit to offer our Passion Banner Project and a LifeSpiral experience.
We are being the change we want to see in the world.
Bring your energy, passion and ideas.
Join us at The Global Summit by following the YUM Initiative Blog.
YUM will be posting regular updates throughout the 3 days. Join the conversation by posting your comments, join in the Passion Banner by writing your Passions in the comments box or on the SDH Facebook Page
Acting & Drama at SDH with Lucas Myers
with special guest facilitator LUCAS MYERS Oct 4th to Dec 9, Wed/Thurs 4-6pm
Creation and Collaboration:
The Actor as Creator
This workshop will focus on the performer as a creator, with students creating a devised work at the end of each term. The first term will focus on a collaborative performance based on a specific social issue. The second term will conclude with a roving, site specific performance in which the audience will move through downtown Nelson and encounter performers as they travel. Throughout the year, each class will include exercises to promote physical awareness and cultivate connectivity between performers onstage, leading to a more present and available performance style. Focus will be placed on working as an ensemble, both in devising material and in performance. This will empower students to have a clarified presence on stage and to feel confident about discovering their artistic voice. There will also be a yearlong Shakespeare Monologue study and audition training, as well as solo projects and character studies.
Creative Collaboration Drama 10
Introduction to techniques used in a collaborative process including generating material and focussing ideas. Students will also start to work on intuitive performance, with exercises that promote being in the moment on stage and following impulses.
Creative Collaboration Drama 11
Focus will be placed on working collectively to create a production, choosing a theme and creating material based on the theme. Play building, monologues and implementing various methods of expression including song, puppetry, and video will be explored.
Creative Collaboration Drama 12
The students will create a production based on a theme and implementing a variety of dramatic tools. Exercises will focus on stage awareness and self expression as well as building character and finding a unique “voice”. All aspects of the production will be created by the students.
Space is limited!
Class Begins 3rd week of October
(1-4pm on Mondays or Fridays – TBD)
To register: info@selfdesignhigh.org | 250 354 1310
