Contemporary Kids: The Process Behind Painting
Sunday, Dec 18, 2022 | 12:00-2:00 PM
For children ages 4-12.
Our free onsite Contemporary Kids programs invite children to learn about modern and contemporary art through unique and engaging art activities.
Beginning with looking at the painting re-grounding, 2011 by Marigold Santos, children are encouraged to explore painting with different tools and techniques. This will allow them to explore textures and patterns like scraping, repetitive mark making, sponge art, fork art etc.
Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child.
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.
Sunday, December 18th
12 – 2pm
About the facilitator,
Amany Awad (she/her)
Amany grew up in Ottawa, Ontario and has resided in Calgary for over six years. She is currently enrolled in Child and Youth Care Counselling with a minor in Psychology at Mount Royal University and is ambitious to use her degree to either become a counsellor or pursue social work with a focus towards newcomers to Canada.
Amany uses her knowledge in the field of child and youth care and experience working with low-income families and minority youth to facilitate leadership and community programs. Her previous work experience with Aspen and current role with the City of Calgary and Antyx allows her to create enriching programs and lessons that are fun and creative!
Working with a focus on diversity programming and child and youth development, she has always had a passion for art and art expression. In her free time, you can find Amany spending time with loved ones, bike riding or reading a book.
About Antyx
Antyx works in communities across Calgary. Antyx community arts projects can have a neighbourhood focus or they may be focused on addressing community-identified issues. Arts are used in development processes to build community capacity and to creatively and critically engage people in processes that address important community issues.
Their work has a focus on engaging youth in their communities, school and neighbourhoods.
Antyx uses the arts to engage youth and spark their curiosity and commitment. Community arts projects provide opportunities for youth to make tangible contributions to their community and be recognized for those contributions. The arts open the door to self-reflection and self-expression, allowing youth to explore who they are and their place in the world.
About the artist,
Marigold Santos (she/her)
Marigold Santos pursues an interdisciplinary art practice involving drawn, painted, and printed works, sculpture, tattooing, and sound. Her work explores self-hood and identity that embraces multiplicity, fragmentation and empowerment, as informed by diasporic experiences. She holds a BFA from the University of Calgary, and an MFA from Concordia University. As a recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, she continues to exhibit widely across Canada. Marigold Santos lives and works in Mohkinstsis/Calgary.
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