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Education Programs for Teachers & Students
Download a 2007-2008 Education Programs Brochure
| Statement: The Orillia Museum of Art and History’s unique collection of education programs encourage students not only to create, but to problem solve, explore, innovate and imagine. OMAH believes in a cross-curricular approach to education that allows students to experience both visual and hands-on activities, to expand their understanding of our rich and varied past and the world we live in today. OMAH provides supplementary education programs at the museum and in the classroom to enhance the Ontario Visual Arts and History curricula and provide your students with the tools necessary to succeed.
All programs, except Life of a Squire, are 1 ½ - 2 hrs in length. Sessions can be tailored to fit balanced-day school schedules. |
IN THE CLASSROOM or AT OMAH |
The Group of Seven: A Brush with Art
The artists known as the Group of Seven are well-known for their bold, unique style of painting and breathtaking portraits of the Canadian landscape. Using reproductions of Group of Seven paintings, including some by Orillia-born Franklin Carmichael, students will explore elements of design and landscape composition through lively discussion and art activities.
Visual Arts and History
Primary/Junior: Students will create a landscape collage using a variety of materials, with a focus on texture. $6.50 per student.
Junior/Intermediate: Students will use critical thinking to plan their own unique landscape using acrylic paint on canvas board. $7 per student.
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Arthur Shilling: Beyond the Surface
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Arthur Shilling was a First Nations artist who lived in Rama, Ontario. His portraits are known for their intensity of colour and the spirit with which he captures his subject matter. Using reproductions of Shilling’s powerful portrait paintings, students will explore elements of design with the emphasis on how shape, colour and contrast evoke emotion.
Visual Arts and History
Primary: Students will be encouraged to use their imagination to produce a colourful paper collage. $6.50 per student.
Junior/Intermediate: Students will use oil pastels to create a portrait which expresses emotion and personality. $6.50 per student. |
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Norval Morrisseau: First Impressions
 Norval Morrisseau is a First Nations artist from Northwestern Ontario who has become internationally known for his unique style that honours and celebrates his Ojibway culture. Using original prints of Morrisseau’s work, students will enjoy exploring his representations of First Nations cultural beliefs through his imaginative use of lines, shapes and brilliant colour.
Visual Arts
Primary/Junior/Intermediate: Students will explore art fundamentals including line, shape, colour and negative space using acrylic paint. $6.50 per student |
Elizabeth Wyn Wood: Breaking the Mold
 Elizabeth Wyn Wood was an innovative Canadian sculptor born in Orillia. While studying at the Ontario College of Art in 1921, she immersed herself in the modernist movement. Wood admired the Group of Seven’s landscape paintings and studied under some of its members. Wood was recognized for her distinctive sculptural representations of wilderness landscape.
In this program students will discuss various types of sculpture, focusing on the work of Elizabeth Wyn Wood, using a collection of large images unique to this program.
Visual Arts and History
Junior/Intermediate: Students will explore shape, form and depth while creating a relief sculpture using soft polymer clay and modeling tools. $6.50 per student
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Introduction to Watercolour I
 Explore the basics of watercolour painting in this informative, fast-paced workshop. Students will be introduced to good quality watercolour materials and have a chance to experiment with brushstrokes, colour mixing and a variety of techniques under the instruction of an experienced watercolour artist.
Visual Arts
Primary/Junior/Intermediate $6.50 per student |
Creative Printmaking
 Through step-by-step procedures led by a printing expert, students will be introduced to the basic principles of print making. Using colourful water soluble inks, students will become familiar with the materials and equipment needed to create a handmade relief print. The focus will be on line, shape and colour, as well as problem solving and creative use of materials.
Visual Arts
Elementary/Junior/Intermediate $6.50 per student |
| Life As a Squire |
Length: Half Day or Full Day |
 In this authentic medieval program, students will be greated by a lord or knight who will take them on a magical trip back in time. To begin the journey, students and teachers will dress in provided period costume.
Students will:
• Discover the intricacies of making chain mail armour and discuss the
changes in armour over time
• Learn about caligraphy and illumination
• Discuss daily life and clothing styles
• Interact with and learn about a variety of armour and armaments of the
medieval era
• Create a knight’s helmet
Visual Arts, Social Studies
Grade 4 Half Day $175 or Full Day $300
Medieval Morsels Lunch (vegetarian stew in a bread bowl, an oatmeal
cookie and an apple) $6 per student |
| Pioneer Heritage: A Walk Through Time |
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Visit the historical exhibits at OMAH and participate in a variety of informative and interactive activities! Students will discover unique aspects of local history from the First Nations people to early settlers. Students will get a chance to closely examine and talk about artifacts that would have been common place objects a century ago.
After a discussion about quilt making and its importance to pioneer families, students will work on designing their own 9-block quilt pattern using colourful paper squares, glue and scissors.
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Visual Arts, Social Studies
Grade 3 $6.00 per student
DUE TO THE FRAGILITY OF THE ARTIFACTS, THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY OFFERED IN THE MUSEUM. |
 Using sandboxes as excavation sites, students will follow the same steps as real archaeologists/paleontologists and come away with an accurate knowledge of the profession. Students will have the opportunity to excavate the site, use map skills, take notes, draw diagrams, write descriptions and use linear measurement. While taking on the role of a scientist, students will also conduct lab work, assist each other and share expertise in this truly cooperative learning experience.
Math, Social Studies
Grade 2: Dinosaur Dig In teams, students will act as paleontologists and uncover, collect, remove and document dinausor fossils found in their very own excavation site.
Grades 3 & 7: Pioneer Dig In teams, students will act as archaeologists and uncover, collect, document, analyse, and draw artifacts found in their very own pioneer excavation site.
Grade 6: Longhouse Dig In teams, students will act as archaeologists and uncover, collect, document, analyse, and draw artifacts found in their very own longhouse excavation site. |
SPECIAL EXHIBITION PROGRAMS
AT OMAH |
January and February 2008
Peter Stranks: Photography
 Peter Stranks: Photography is a photography exhibit that will be displayed at OMAH from Jan 8 to March 1, 2008. Stranks has been capturing slices of life through photography for over 20 years. Often quirky, always humanistic, and never boring, Peter Stranks photographs with passion, insight and humour to bring vivid stories to life. This exhibit combines photography with the written word which allows the audience to fully experience the story behind the art.
Using this exhibit, students will explore photography as a medium and discuss how an artist combines elements of a photograph to evoke a mood or feeling. They will then compare their thoughts with Stranks’ works that include a written story, using reading, comprehension, and comparative thought processes.
Visual Arts, Language Arts
Primary/Junior & Intermediate: Students will write their own short story using a photograph from Peter Stranks exhibit as inspiration. |
Symbols of Canada:
The Paintings and Quilts of Ada Bruce Torrance
 Using this art and Quilt exhibition, students will discuss how an artist creates a strong design utilizing the basic art elements, including line, shape, form, colour value, texture and space.
The issue of national identity and Canadian symbols will be discussed, as well as various types of flora and fauna that are represented in Torrance’s work.
Combining art elements and Canadian iconography, students will design an artwork that can be translated into either a landscape or Quilt.
Visual Arts & Science
Primary: Students will create a Quilt block in the style of Ada Torrance using a variety of materials, focusing on colour, and shape. Various symbols of Canadian flora and fauna will be used to decorate the block.
Visual Arts
Junior/Intermediate: Students will use critical thinking to plan their own unique Canadian landscape in the style of Ada Torrance, using acrylic paint on canvas board. |
Booking Information
Booking Process
Orillia Museum of Art & History education programs can be booked Mon-Fri 9:00 am to 5:00 pm by phoning the Program Coordinator at 705-326-2159. Upon booking a program at OMAH, a letter of confirmation along with additional program support material will be sent to the school contact with the understanding that the information will be distributed to all participating teachers.
Programs are designed for a standard class size of 18-30 students, but more may be accomodated depending on the program booked and instructor availability. Modifications must be discussed with the Programs Coordinator. Schools further than 25 kilometres from the museum will be charged a mileage fee of $15 per instructor.
It is advised to book a few weeks in advance to ensure availability. Teachers are required to remain with classes during the program and enforce discipline.
Payment
Schools may pay by cheque at the time of the program or an invoice will be generated by the Orillia Museum of Art & History and sent to the school administrator.
Rescheduling
At all times the Orillia Museum of Art & History will work to honour confirmed programs. However, some modification in scheduling and delivery may be necessary in the event of illness, school conflicts, cancellations or closures. Any resheduling by a teacher or school requires a minimum of two weeks notice to the Orillia Museum of Art & History Programs Coordinator by phone at 705-326-2159. |
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