Looking for some creative inspiration for your next staff pro-D workshop? Come to the art gallery for an energizing day packed with art projects that integrate big ideas, content, and skills development. Learn effective strategies for teaching art concepts and techniques, and practical ways to integrate visual art across the curriculum. Choose a theme or work with us to create a customized workshop for your staff.
Searching for a workshop for the October Provincial Pro-D Day? Join us at the gallery for Art for Teachers, our yearly Teacher Pro-D workshop. To find out more or to register visit our website.
Big Ideas
Engagement in the arts creates opportunities for inquiry through purposeful play.
People connect to others and share ideas through the arts.
People create art to express who they are as individuals and community.
Creative expression develops our unique identity and voice.
Dance, drama, music, and visual arts are each unique languages for creating and communicating.
Inquiry through the arts creates opportunities for risk taking.
People connect to the hearts and minds of others in a variety of places and times through the arts.
The arts connect our experiences to the experiences of others.
The mind and body work together when creating works of art.
Artists experiment in a variety of ways to discover new possibilities.
Creative expression is a means to explore and share one’s identity within a community.
Exploring works of art exposes us to diverse values, knowledge, and perspectives.
Artists experiment in a variety of ways to discover new possibilities and perspectives.
Engaging in creative expression and experiences expands people’s sense of identity and belonging.
Works of art influence and are influenced by the world around us.
Artistic expressions differ across time and place.
Experiencing art is a means to develop empathy for others’ perspectives and experiences.
Engaging in the arts develops people’s ability to understand and express complex ideas.
Experiencing art challenges our point of view and expands our understanding of others.
Through art making, one’s sense of identity and community continually evolves.
Additional Notes
Pro-D Days can be booked at any time of the school year. We can custom design our workshops for any theme or art material your staff wishes to explore! Popular workshops have been: printmaking, painting explorations, drawing fundamentals, book-arts, 2D and 3D mixed-media, and Artist Trading Cards.
