2007 Annual Report Mendel Art Gallery
2007 Annual Report Mendel Art Gallery
2007 Annual Report Mendel Art Gallery
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Public and Professional Programs<br />
Summary of Activities with City Park Collegiate<br />
January–June <strong>2007</strong>:<br />
City Park Collegiate began the third and final year<br />
of the partnership in ARTforLIFE. Tanya Zuzak and<br />
Monique Blom were the liaisons. We participated in<br />
Healing <strong>Art</strong>s Events, an intensive studio program,<br />
Glass Slumping project, and a student/parent open<br />
house. Zuzak was hired by City Park to curate<br />
Peyattak Wittamowin - <strong>Art</strong>iculation of Culture; an<br />
exhibition of student artwork at AKA <strong>Gallery</strong> in<br />
Saskatoon. We sponsored their graduate art award<br />
with $50 towards art supplies, and contributed<br />
a text panel to commemorate a student gallery<br />
created in honour of ARTforLIFE. We attended<br />
graduation to present the award as well as their<br />
ceremony opening the student gallery. Our<br />
partnership officially ended in June <strong>2007</strong>.<br />
Summary of Activities with Pleasant Hill Community<br />
School<br />
2006–07 school year:<br />
Pleasant Hill began their second year of the<br />
partnership. Carol Wylie replaced Zachari Logan<br />
as <strong>Mendel</strong> Liaison. Grades 5 through 8 classrooms<br />
did workshops around performance, sculpture,<br />
and printmaking, and two Grade 5 students<br />
participated in mentorships with <strong>Mendel</strong> Program<br />
Guides. A floor mural of a stylized dream catcher<br />
was painted at the front entrance of the school.<br />
In September the SaskTel <strong>Mendel</strong> <strong>Art</strong> Caravan<br />
attended a pancake breakfast at the school, with<br />
over one hundred participants. In October the<br />
SlammED performance. Photo: Jessa Alston-O’Connor.<br />
<strong>Mendel</strong> conducted Mini Museum workshops with<br />
students Kindergarten to Grade 6 and <strong>Art</strong> Club<br />
continued on Wednesdays after school.<br />
January–June <strong>2007</strong>:<br />
Carol Wylie worked with about 50 students weekly.<br />
From May 15 to June 24, Mr. Steel’s Grade 7/8 class<br />
had an exhibition of masks and prints at Circle<br />
Park Mall. We received an <strong>Art</strong>sSmarts grant for<br />
SlammED, involving Barb Wright’s Grade 5/6 class<br />
and students from St. John Community School and<br />
North Park Wilson School. Students participated<br />
in art activities, watched dramatic performances,<br />
received visits from a professional performance<br />
poet, participated in a hip hop workshop, and<br />
were visited by a well-known rap artist in order<br />
to prepare for the Slam event. Slam semi-final<br />
competitions were held in their classrooms and five<br />
finalists represented the school at Off Broadway<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Centre on May 25.<br />
September–December <strong>2007</strong><br />
Christine Loewen’s Grade 6/7 class created puppet<br />
characters out of plaster sculpture and fabric,<br />
and Doug Steel’s Grade 7/8 class worked on script<br />
writing and performance one afternoon per week.<br />
The SaskTel <strong>Mendel</strong> <strong>Art</strong> Caravan was present at<br />
the school’s pancake breakfast in September, and<br />
worked with many of the students and community<br />
children on the front lawn of the school.<br />
22 <strong>Mendel</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>2007</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong>
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