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I Can Make Art Like… (Ages 9-11)

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Using a diverse group of Canadian visual artists as muses, this series takes a kids-eye view on art. From Emily Carr to Kai Chen, students will learn all about this country’s important artists while expanding their notions of creativity. Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici. Films in This Playlist Include I Can Make Art Like… Emily Carr Andrew Qappik Marcelle Ferron Ron Noganosh Kai Chen Maud Lewis

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I Can Make Art Like… (Ages 9-11)

Using a diverse group of Canadian visual artists as muses, this series takes a kids-eye view on art. From Emily Carr to Kai Chen, students will learn all about this country’s important artists while expanding their notions of creativity.

Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.

Films in This Playlist Include
I Can Make Art Like…
Emily Carr
Andrew Qappik
Marcelle Ferron
Ron Noganosh
Kai Chen
Maud Lewis

Playlist

  • Like Emily Carr
    Like Emily Carr
    Jane Churchill 2005 10 min

    This short film is part of a series entitled I Can Make Art and focuses on the work of Emily Carr. In this film, kids examine Carr's unusual world and the inspiration for her haunting landscapes. Drawing on this inspiration, they then attempt to create a giant forest mural on a window in their school. The series is comprised of six short films that take a kid's-eye view of a diverse group of Canadian visual artists.

  • Like Andrew Qappik
    Like Andrew Qappik
    Jane Churchill 2005 11 min

    This short documentary is a portrait of Andrew Qappik, a world-renowned Inuit printmaker from Pangnirtung, Nunavut. Originally inspired by images in the comic books he read as a child, Andrew now finds his subjects in the stories, traditions and day-to-day events of his world.

    In I Can Make Art Like Andrew Qappik, he captivates his student audience by creating a soapstone relief print before their very eyes. Then it's the kids' turn. They explore Andrew's symbolic imagery - and their own - as they each create a self-portrait relief point.

  • I Can Make Art ... Like Marcelle Ferron
    I Can Make Art ... Like Marcelle Ferron
    Jane Churchill 2005 10 min

    Marcelle Ferron was a Quebec-born painter and stained glass maker, and a dominant figure in contemporary art in Quebec and Canada. Frequent stays in a dull, dark hospital room due to a childhood illness left her with a passion for light and colour that is evident in her abstract painting and modern stained glass creations.

    In I Can Make Art Like Marcelle Ferron, students are exposed to contemporary abstract art and discover Ferron's luminous world. Inspired by her extraordinary art, they create their own works, experimenting with the texture and transparency of cellophane and paint.

    Awash in colour and bold design, I Can Make Art Like Marcelle Ferron captures her passion and reinforces the important legacy of this groundbreaking artist.

    I Can Make Art is a series of six short films that take a kids'-eye view on a diverse group of Canadian visual artists.

  • I Can Make Art ... Like Ron Noganosh
    I Can Make Art ... Like Ron Noganosh
    Jane Churchill 2005 15 min

    This short film introduces kids to sculptor Ron Noganosh, who transforms items like rusted hubcaps and computer parts into art. Inspired by Ron's found-object sculptures, a group of primary school students discover how to turn "junk" into art. Part of the I Can Make Art series of 6 films that take a kids'-eye view on a diverse group of Canadian visual artists.

  • Like Kai Chan
    Like Kai Chan
    Jane Churchill 2005 11 min

    In this short film, sculptor and textile artist Kai Chan shares his artistic philosophy of economy and repetition with young artists who build extraordinary, complex 3D structures using simple materials and basic techniques. Part of the I Can Make Art ...series.

  • I Can Make Art ... Like Maud Lewis
    I Can Make Art ... Like Maud Lewis
    Jane Churchill 2005 12 min

    In this short film from the I Can Make Art Like... series, a group of Grade 6 students are inspired by Maud Lewis, the celebrated Nova Scotian folk artist who painted scenes of country life. With the help of artist Kyle Jackson, they create a folk art painting of their own downtown neighbourhood. Informative, touching and filled with the magic of creation, this film shows both the power and simple pleasure of folk art.