MAKING CONNECTIONS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

Art for a Just Recovery
This art kit was developed during the global COVID-19 pandemic

Poster making to raise awareness (ex. Earth Day, Plastic Use, Women's Day etc)
-the National Day of Mourning runs poster contests, students also learn WHMIS safety and workplace safety while creating them

Virtual Programs at the AGO

Students can visit the museum and research local artists

Gardiner Museum
-Free admission (unguided tour)
-outdoor programming available

Art Contests for Youth

Oshawa Peony Contests (photos, paintings)

Canadian Schools Art Contests

Ontario Art Education Association contest

Have students brainstorm ways they can create art for the community (ex. murals, paintings as gifts, photographing the community, portrait of residents, environmental installations)

A few years ago there was a "Draw my Life" trend on YouTube, students could tell their life story in a painting or comic style but with the change of using no audio/text

#Inktober uses prompts to draw something new everyday, this could be done in class. It might be interesting to reuse the same prompts (5 prompts over 4 weeks) and see how the drawings evolve

There is an instagram trend where people re-create an art piece in their personal art style (usually a character). Students could participate with the teacher providing creating prompt or using an existing piece (maybe something well-known but also avoiding appropriation). If consent is given, this could even be posted to a class instagram by the teacher (turning comments off) but for safety maybe just using board-approved sites.

TikTok always has video trends (recently Adult Swim video promos got very creative). Maybe not engaging in this specific one, but the idea of students doing a similar task, but in their own way (like above)