In-School Art LessonS

Unique lessons inspired by local Toronto artists and their art.

Arthur Shilling:

Expressionist Portrait Painting

Grade 3-8

Benny Bing:

Colour Expressive Portrait Painting

Grade 3-8

Daphne McCormack:

Water Habitats

K-Grade 3

Group of Seven:

Landscape Paintings

Grade 3-8

inPrint Collective:

Relief/Block Printing

K-Grade 5

Joyce Wieland:

Quilting

Grade 1-6

Katrina Schaman:

Whimsical Animals in Whimsical Landscapes

K-Grade 8

Liz Pead:

Fabric Collage Landscapes

Grade 1-6

A worn, tattered fabric patch resembling a skull with outstretched yellow wings, a black body, pink rectangular elements, and a red circular element with black detailing, all sewn together with frayed edges on a gray background.
A child's hand holding a paintbrush, painting on a colorful abstract canvas with pink, yellow, blue, green, black, and white brushstrokes.

Meera Sethi:

Hybrid Identity Fashion Design

Grade 2-8

Painters 11:

Abstract Expressionism “Painting Out My Feelings”

K-Grade 4

Richard Ahnert:

Mix Media Animal/Human Portraits

Grade 4-8

Shawn Skeir:

African Mask Portraits

K-Grade 8

A girl in a yellow shirt sitting at a table with art supplies, working on a drawing or coloring project with patterned designs.

Hemangi Shroff:

Mandala-Inspired Meditation Drawings

Grade 3-8

Child creating a colorful abstract portrait with paint and a small brush on paper, surrounded by art supplies and a cup of green paint.
Two girls holding colorful paintings of faces in a classroom.
A detailed model of a city or town built on a colorful map carpet, made with various household and craft materials like cardboard, paper tubes, plastic bottles, and other objects.
Colorful abstract painting of six toy-like guns on a red background with yellow outlines. Each gun is a different color and pattern.

Charles Pachter:

“Me” Pattern Painting

K-3

Chris Walsh:

3D Map Sculptures

Grade 1-5

Two young girls holding paintings of sunset and ocean scenes in a classroom.
Child's hand creating colorful abstract paintings on large pink paper with various shapes and patterns, surrounded by paintbrushes and art supplies.
A display of student artwork on a yellow wall, featuring colorful and abstract designs, animals, and scenes made from various materials, arranged in a grid and bordered with twine.
Two abstract landscape prints, one in red and the other in blue, depicting mountains under a sky with birds, and a stylized earth with a sun or moon in a grassy foreground.
A collage made from various torn fabric pieces depicting a landscape with a blue sky, white clouds, a mountain, a house with a red chimney, and a green field.
Children's craft project featuring paper cutouts of two white teddy bears with colored markers, placed on a colorful purple and blue paper background with torn paper pieces and yellow paper leaves.
Three children holding colorful handmade masks in a classroom, with posters and writing on the walls behind them.
A young girl in a school uniform holding a mixed-media art piece depicting a person with a dog face in a suit against a blue sky with white clouds and a yellow sun.
A colorful illustration with the word 'DROZZE' in blue bubble letters with small wings on the sides, a red heart with a face behind the word, a yellow halo above, and a background of a yellow wall with a pattern of light green bricks.
Children's Christmas crafts on a Canada map rug, with glitter, cotton, and colorful lights.

Urban Street Artists:

Graffiti Tags

Grade 5-8

Tonya Hart:

Arctic Animal Sculptures

K-Grade 6

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  • Lesson pricing is one of the following:

    • $375.00 per session (TDSB/TCDSB)

    • $475.00 per session (Private School/Out of Toronto)

    Prices do not include taxes or potential admin/handling fees.

    For more information, please email us at info@blankcanvases.org.

  • Payments for In-School lessons can be processed through the following:

    • School board

    • Credit card

    • Cheques

    • Paypal

  • Yes! We provide all art supplies and materials required for each lesson.

  • One lesson is a half-day length, which is approximately 3 hours. This timeframe accounts for:

    • set-up (45 minutes)

    • lesson time (2 hours)

    • clean-up (30 minutes)

  • Blank Canvases follows the maximum class sizes below:

    • JK-SK (30 students)

    • Grade 1-3 (20 students)

    • Grade 4-8 (30 students)

    One lesson is restricted to one class. Classes cannot be combined to reach the maximum size.

  • Yes! We highly encourage booking for a full-day, meaning two lessons (one in the AM and one class in the PM).

    • For example, you can connect with another teacher interested in booking the other half-day.

    In doing so, you help our Art Educators teach a full day of at your school.

  • Yes, booking multiple lessons (more than two) is possible. Please reach out to us at info@blankcanvases.org with your specific inquiry!

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