Hands on Workshops for grade k- 6 - exploring art of all kinds! see www.creativekidsmuseum.com for details

Grade 4

Shadow Puppet Production

This workshop provides students with an opportunity to make shadow puppets, script write and produce a play . While working as a team students will explore some of the intriguing principles of light and shadow. Making the puppets encourages design skills and technical ‘know-how’. Combining the question “Where in the world does our waste go?” and with inspiration from the story of “Ed the Duck’s dramatic rescue” this grade four workshop promises lots of fun and learning

Workshop Duration: 1.5 hours

Grade 5

Future Imagining with Masks

This workshop challenges students to think like Leonardo da Vinci by blending scientific reason with creative expression. Four hundred years beyond our time, what creatures will exist? How will technology advance? What obstacles will human beings overcome? Exploration, investigation and questioning are keys to designing a creature of the future. Students will compose a brief encyclopedia entry before building a 3-D paper sculpture mask. They will learn the basics of wearing a mask in drama and bring their creatures to life with a movement performance onstage in the Creative Kids Museum.

Workshop Duration: 2 hours

ECS

My Many Coloured Days
This workshop examines how feelings are expressed and some of the challenges in recognizing their expression. Students will explore ways to metaphorically represent feelings through music, imagery, movement, colour and literature. Our inspirational take off is Dr. Seuss’s book “My Many Coloured Days”. After exploring, they will create a painting full of feeling!

Workshop Duration: 1 hour

Grade 1

Celebrating RED!

Students will be invited to observe the colour red in their lives. They will explore the colour red and learn how to create shades and tints with black and white paint. Then they will take up the challenge of creating a piece of work that tells a story using only the colour red; painting with a variety of painting tools as well as using collage techniques.
Workshop Duration: 1 hour

Grade 2

Faces in Canada

Students will begin by looking at the many ways artists have represented ‘the human face’. They will then analyze a human face, take measurements and discover some basic rules for positioning of features. We’ll compare these to accepted drawing rules. Students will then create a transparent mask of a face using found objects. They’ll finish up by saying hello in one of the many languages of Canada.
Workshop Duration: 1 hour

Grade 3

India - Haven for Puppets

Students will go on a virtual whirl wind tour of India and learn that because of India’s many cultures there are many types of puppets. They will explore links between puppetry and four different regions of India. They will then create a Rajastani puppet* and learn about the traditions associated with it. Time permiting, they will learn a popular story from the Ramayana that they could tell with their puppets. Finally they can dance their puppet to some lively Indian music.
* A simple two string marionette with multiple skirts – traditional from NW India Workshop Duration: 1.5 hours

Grade 6

Greek Theatre on Stage
Students will have fun with costumes and props, bringing the highlights of Greek legends - Persephone, Icarus and Midas and as requested Plato's Cave, to life in this theatre based program. Throughout the program, Greek culture, government and influence on Western civilization is discussed. The students develop confidence in acting and practice teamwork as they stage their scenes in CKM's fully equipped theatre. In addition to acting and chorus, there is mention of the technical elements in theatre such as lighting, sound effects, costumers and the role of the director.

Workshop Duration: 2 hours

The A Cappella Fellas are available for school workshops in and around the Calgary area! We are young a cappella group specializing in contemporary a cappella covers and vocal percussion. Our workshops teach about rhythm, harmonies, song-arrangement, arts opportunites in Calgary, and much more!

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Honens in the Classroom gives young people a chance to experience classical music from some of the world's most talented and exciting young concert artists. Laureates of Honens International Piano Competition return to Calgary to pass on their love of music to future generations by offering a new perspective on learnng core curriculum in the classroom. Each classroom project is developed between the pianist and the teacher. Each session includes a full-school performance assembly, and question and answer period.

The Calgary School of Samba offers Brazilian drumming for K-12. In addition to learning music and some aspects of Brazilian culture, kids learn about team building, leadership, and wellness. We come to schools and offer half day or full day programs.

Music, Stomp-Style II
February 28, 2008
Instructor: Hannah Stilwell
Using more sophisticated rhythms and more composition than Music Stomp-Style I, apply new and innovative skills to create and encourage students to participate. Explore rhythms based in West African and Afro-Cuban music.

Booking and cancellation policies are available on our website: www.epcorcentre.org.

Music, Stomp-Style I
November 20, 2007
Instructor: Hannah Stilwell

EPCOR CENTRE's Evening Arts Studios are a great opportunity for personal and professional growth and learning. The integration of arts into other areas of our lives, whether it's work, school or personal, provides a new avenue for our knowledge to thrive and a means to build skills. Participants in the Evening Arts Studios will use their imaginations, have fun and learn at the same time.

"Through the centuries, a rich presence of culture has been the one common thread that has defined great societies. Art is a reflection of our past and a vision into our future. We proudly support EPCOR CENTRE?s Arts Learning Projects and applaud the organizers of the Professional Development Program, and the many wonderful participants who will define our society for future generations." - Birol Fisekci President & C.E.O. Bordeaux Developments (logo)

Understanding Chinese Culture through Song
February 5, 2008
Instructor: Joanna Chang

As the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2010 Shanghai Expo draw near, the world is turning its attention to the arts and culture of China. Explore Chinese culture through traditional songs of tremendous cross-cultural significance with Joanna Chang, a Mandarin instructor and accomplished music teacher. Learn some simple Mandarin through singing and understand the profound meaning of selected Chinese characters.

Music, Stomp-Style
November 20, 2007
Instructor: Hannah Stilwell

Stomp it up! Explore the world of sound and rhythm using found objects and body percussion. Hannah Stilwell, Co-Founder of Decidedly Jazz and expert on dance forms related to jazz, including African dances, leads a lively evening of music-making, giving you transferable skills to enliven your students’ interest in learning.