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#AskACurator Today, grade 10 #art students are getting familiar with online art collections. Which galleries & museums will they explore? Which gallery or museum will be their favourite? #NipRockArt #gallery #museum #artsed A photo posted by Colleen Rose (@colleenkr) on Mar 21, 2016 at 8:05am PDT . . Grade 10 students are exploring online collections of art.  We have been introduced to a number of galleries and museums that offer a number of resources that are available to us.  Our question now:  if we are studying the art of the Middle Ages, how do we find information without relying on textbooks? Who can we contact? Will anyone be able to help us explore the art of the Middle Ages?

Grade 9 students are getting introduced to a variety of art history periods this week...  Prehistoric, Egyptian, Greek & Roman art is on our agenda before Easter break.  Learning about early and Classical art provides students with an understanding of creative evolution and significant artistic contributions throughout several thousands of years. Prehistoric artists used natural materials to create art for a variety of purposes. Today we were introduced to the Venus of Willendorf, while the video above displays some fantastic art created in caves.  The most popular cave art can be found in Lascaux . If we skip forward several thousand years, we can begin to explore Egyptian art. The video above mentions Mesopotamia, but we will be focusing more of our attention on Egyptian art, for the sake of simplicity.  We will become familiar with Egypt's geographical location and compare it to major landmarks, such as the Mediterranean Sea and the continents of...

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Grade 11 #NipRockArt students are beginning to dive into the beautiful depths of Renaissance art history.  We'll examine some of the main concepts (such as references to Classical art, Humanism, and guilds), and explore major advances, artists and artworks. Who were the major players in the Renaissance?  How did the Renaissance happen  after a so-called drought in visual expression throughout the Middle Ages? (don't get me wrong, we still appreciate the texts & architecture of Romanesque & Gothic times...)  How did commerce and economics affect the production of art?  ...who controlled the money at that time?  What was life like for the average person?  How did people recover after the Plague?  What is a merchant family, and why is this important?  Who were the Medicis?  Did artists get along and learn from each other, or was there any competition?  How did developments in science and society affect the succes...

Ai Wei Whoops Want to smash a few vases?  Head over to Ai Wei Whoops , and watch the amount of damage tally up at the top of your screen as you drop, drop, drop to your heart's content.  It's a little unsettling to think of what would happen if you really did smash a vase & cause so much destruction, but do you know that someone did?  I won't spoil too much of the surprise, so you'll have to check out the story from the site. Ai Weiwei is a contemporary artist, meaning that he works in the present time.  We are fortunate, because he uses the internet & social media to connect with his audience.  This allows us to appreciate his work on an entirely new level; one that doesn't require us to visit a museum or gallery. Not that we wouldn't want to go to a gallery, but for many people (like those of us who live on the Northern shore of Lake Superior), it isn't always easy to stroll down to our favourite cultural centre. Do you think we value...