Contemporary Kids: Embodying Art

July 21

1-2:30 PM or 3-4:30 PM
Workshop

For children ages 5-12.

Join us for an exciting kids' workshop led by the enthusiastic dance instructor, Masani St. Rose. Dive into the vibrant world of traditional West African movement and deepen your appreciation of Winnie Truong’s exhibition, Curious Nature. 

Be prepared to explore and interact with space, music, and the people around you in a fun and engaging setting. This workshop offers kids a fantastic opportunity to discover new ways of expressing themselves and to connect with nature and creativity through body movement.

No prior experience is required—just bring your curiosity and a sense of adventure!

Our free onsite Contemporary Kids programs invite children to learn about modern and contemporary art through unique and engaging art activities.

For children ages 5-12. Maximum group of 40 children, with one guardian per child. Questions? Please visit our FAQ page.

The same workshop is offered in two sessions on July 21 for your convenience. Choose one session that suits your schedule best.

Sunday, July 21
1:00-2:30 PM

Sunday, July 21
3:00-4:30 PM

About the Instructor

Masani St. Rose (she/her)

Masani St. Rose (she/her) was born and raised in Mohkinstsis (Calgary, AB). She was immersed into learning about her ancestral roots through dance at the tender age of 3, specializing in West African and Caribbean dance. Upon the introduction to dance, Masani found a passion for West African traditions, culture, and style. It was through training under Michele Moss-Johnston at Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, she was able to build her foundation. Still working very closely with Michele Moss-Johnston and various other artists from Guinea, West Africa, she finds every opportunity to take master classes from artists from various regions of Africa including Congo, Uganda, Ghana, Mali, Guinea, and Zimbabwe. Throughout the years, Masani has worked with various studios and professional groups across Canada. It is her mission to keep the art and culture alive from soul to sole!

About the artist

Winnie Truong (she/her)

Winnie Truong is a Toronto artist working with drawing and collage to explore ideas of identity, feminism, and fantasy along with a digital art and animation practice that includes public art and community engagement. She has exhibited across Canada, the US and Europe with solo presentations at Volta New York Art Fair, Pulse Miami Art Fair and Art Toronto. Truong is a 2017 recipient of the Chalmers Arts Fellowship and. Her work can be found in private collections, The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas, Doris McCarthy Gallery at the University of Toronto, Bank of Denmark, EQ Bank, Scotiabank Fine Art Collection, RBC Art Collection and TD Bank Corporate Art Collection.

About our TD Educational Facilitators

Poppy Ghasemi (she/her)

Poppy holds a bachelor's degree in Museum Studies and a master's in Anthropology. The awards she received from the University of Manitoba supported her research on child neglect. She has over four years of hands-on experience working with children and youth in museums and schools in Iran, Turkey, and Canada. Before joining Contemporary Calgary, she was a program educator at the Manitoba Children's Museum. Poppy primarily focuses on activating children's critical and creative thinking skills while delivering programs in English, French, Farsi, and Turkish. She enjoys cooking and walking with her husky along the Bow River during her leisure time.

Dandan Gu (she/her)

Dandan Gu graduated from the Alberta University of the Arts with a Bachelor's degree in Visual Communication Design. Prior to that, she obtained her first bachelor's degree in Marketing from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China. Dandan has worked as a graphic designer for various companies and creative projects. Currently, she passionately serves as an educational assistant for art-making programs within the community, sharing her creative expertise with young learners. In her free time, Dandan enjoys practicing ink art, Chinese calligraphy, and illustrating cats and people around her.

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Contemporary Kids
Exploring Native Plants Presentation & Workshop with Star Crop Eared Wolf

April 28
1-2:30 PM or 3-4:30 PM

For children ages 5-12.

Join us for a presentation and native plants workshop with Niitsiitapi multidisciplinary artist and member of the Kainai Nation, Star Crop Eared Wolf. The workshop includes a tour of Star’s exhibition Niitoyis, the culmination of a year-long research as Ksahkomiitapiiks resident artist from 2022-23, an annual residency featuring dynamic public programs and responsive artworks that interrogate and nurture our relationships with the land. Drawing from her current research, Star will share insights from her native plant collection and captivating stories while providing guidance to enhance participants' understanding of native plants.

Our free onsite Contemporary Kids programs invite children to learn about modern and contemporary art through unique and engaging art activities.

For children ages 5-12. Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child.Questions? Please visit our FAQ page.

*In case you are unable to attend, kindly inform us by emailing education@contemporarycalgary.com at least 48 hours in advance so someone else can attend.

The same workshop is offered in two sessions for your convenience. Choose only one session that suits your schedule best.

Sunday, April 28
1:00-2:30 PM

Sunday, April 28
3:00-4:30 PM

About the artist

Star Crop Eared Wolf (she/her)

Star Crop Eared Wolf is a Niitsiitapi multidisciplinary artist and member of the Kainai Nation. She graduated from The University of Lethbridge with a BFA in Native Art and Museum Studies. Working across painting, sculpture, photography, video, and beading, her practice explores themes centred around land, culture, and ongoing sociopolitical issues impacting Indigenous peoples.

About our TD Educational Facilitators

Poppy Ghasemi (she/her)

Poppy holds a bachelor's degree in Museum Studies and a master's in Anthropology. The awards she received from the University of Manitoba supported her research on child neglect. She has over four years of hands-on experience working with children and youth in museums and schools in Iran, Turkey, and Canada. Before joining Contemporary Calgary, she was a program educator at the Manitoba Children's Museum. Poppy primarily focuses on activating children's critical and creative thinking skills while delivering programs in English, French, Farsi, and Turkish. She enjoys cooking and walking with her husky along the Bow River during her leisure time.

Dandan Gu (she/her)

Dandan Gu graduated from the Alberta University of the Arts with a Bachelor's degree in Visual Communication Design. Prior to that, she obtained her first bachelor's degree in Marketing from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China. Dandan has worked as a graphic designer for various companies and creative projects. Currently, she passionately serves as an educational assistant for art-making programs within the community, sharing her creative expertise with young learners. In her free time, Dandan enjoys practicing ink art, Chinese calligraphy, and illustrating cats and people around her.

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Contemporary Kids
Shapes, Composition, and Kinetic

October 29 & November 19
10:00 AM-12:00 PM

For children ages 4-12.

Join us for an Exhibition Tour and Art in Motion Workshop inspired by the work of Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins.

Our free onsite Contemporary Kids programs invite children to learn about modern and contemporary art through unique and engaging art activities. 

Inspired by installation and paintings from “Balancing Act” by Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins, kids will engage in a hands-on project where they will explore art in physical motion. Using paper and crafting materials, participants will create simple kinetic compositions while considering the relationship of moving elements in Kinetic art.

Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child. 
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.

This workshop is offered on two dates for your convenience: Sunday, October 29 and Sunday, November 19. Please choose a session that suits your schedule best.

Sunday, October 29
10:00am-12:00pm

Sunday, November 19
10:00am-12:00pm

About the facilitator,
Yilu (she/her)
TD Educational Coordinator

Yilu Xing is an artist-educator with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the Alberta University of the Arts and a Master's degree in Fine Arts from the University of Alberta, specializing in Printmaking. Xing is the recipient of grants and scholarships from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council, which support her research exploring themes related to culinary cultures, human connections, and the transmission of traditions within immigrant families. Her recent work includes public-based interactive installations, prints, drawings, ceramics, and videos. Xing has also taught art courses within the community and at the University of Alberta.

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Contemporary Kids
Shapes, Colors, and Characters

October 22 & November 12
10:00 AM-12:00 PM

For children ages 4-12.

Join us for an Exhibition Tour and Paper Character Workshop inspired by the work of Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins.

Our free onsite Contemporary Kids programs invite children to learn about modern and contemporary art through unique and engaging art activities. 

Children will have the opportunity to explore Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins' artwork "Balancing Act" from the exhibition Three Dimensions, drawing inspiration from the shapes and compositions found within the installation and paintings. The workshop will involve cutting shapes and creating 2D paper characters, imagining where and how these characters exist in the surroundings, and embarking on a Contemporary Calgary adventure to capture characters' journey through photos.

Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child. 
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.

This workshop is offered on two dates for your convenience: Sunday, October 22nd and Sunday, November 12th. Please choose a session that suits your schedule best.

Sunday, October 22
10:00am-12:00pm

Sunday, November 12
10:00am-12:00pm

About the facilitator,
Yilu (she/her)
TD Educational Coordinator

Yilu Xing is an artist-educator with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the Alberta University of the Arts and a Master's degree in Fine Arts from the University of Alberta, specializing in Printmaking. Xing is the recipient of grants and scholarships from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council, which support her research exploring themes related to culinary cultures, human connections, and the transmission of traditions within immigrant families. Her recent work includes public-based interactive installations, prints, drawings, ceramics, and videos. Xing has also taught art courses within the community and at the University of Alberta.

Supported by

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Contemporary Kids
Shapes, Composition, and Kinetic

Sunday, October 29, 2023 | 10:00am-12:00pm

For children ages 4-12.

Join us for an Exhibition Tour and Art in Motion Workshop inspired by the work of Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins.

Our free onsite Contemporary Kids programs invite children to learn about modern and contemporary art through unique and engaging art activities. 

Inspired by installation and paintings from “Balancing Act” by Marman and Borins, kids will engage in a hands-on project where they will explore art in physical motion. Using paper and crafting materials, participants will create simple kinetic compositions while considering the relationship of moving elements in Kinetic art.

Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child. 
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.

About the facilitator,
Yilu (she/her)
TD Educational Coordinator

Yilu Xing is an artist-educator with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the Alberta University of the Arts and a Master's degree in Fine Arts from the University of Alberta, specializing in Printmaking. Xing is the recipient of grants and scholarships from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council, which support her research exploring themes related to culinary cultures, human connections, and the transmission of traditions within immigrant families. Her recent work includes public-based interactive installations, prints, drawings, ceramics, and videos. Xing has also taught art courses within the community and at the University of Alberta.

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Workshop Full

Contemporary Kids
Shapes, Colors, and Characters

Sunday, October 22, 2023 | 10:00am-12:00pm

For children ages 4-12.

Join us for an Exhibition Tour and Paper Character Workshop inspired by the work of Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins.

Our free onsite Contemporary Kids programs invite children to learn about modern and contemporary art through unique and engaging art activities. 

Children will have the opportunity to explore Marman and Borins' artwork "Balancing Act" from the exhibition Three Dimensions, drawing inspiration from the shapes and compositions found within the installation and paintings. The workshop will involve cutting shapes and creating 2D paper characters, imagining where and how these characters exist in the surroundings, and embarking on a Contemporary Calgary adventure to capture characters' journey through photos.

Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child. 
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.

About the facilitator,
Yilu (she/her)
TD Educational Coordinator

Yilu Xing is an artist-educator with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the Alberta University of the Arts and a Master's degree in Fine Arts from the University of Alberta, specializing in Printmaking. Xing is the recipient of grants and scholarships from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council, which support her research exploring themes related to culinary cultures, human connections, and the transmission of traditions within immigrant families. Her recent work includes public-based interactive installations, prints, drawings, ceramics, and videos. Xing has also taught art courses within the community and at the University of Alberta.

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Contemporary Kids
Story Time

Sunday, August 13, 2023 | 10:00am-12:00pm

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. 

With the main objective being storytelling, kids will use collage and newspapers to create a memoir. Storytelling is a traditional way in which expressions of identity and experiences are shared, creating a sense of unity and perspective. 

Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child. 
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.

About the facilitator,
Makayla (she/her)

Makayla has been involved with Antyx since she was in Grade 9! Makayla found her passions at a very young age when she discovered volunteer opportunities and the ability she had to create change in her community. She always found ways to express her devotion to art whether it be music or visual and incorporate it into her learning and advocacy journey. 

She believes art is a way to express your voice on social justice issues and explore topics like human rights through community building.  She likes to inspire youth and children to challenge themselves and step outside of their comfort zone with different art forms such as theatre, painting, music, and poetry while working hand in hand with social workers to still implement important social justice into their day-to-day lives. She is currently a student at Mount Royal University.

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.

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Contemporary Kids
Inverting Meaning and Thinking Differently

Sunday, July 30, 2023 | 10:00am-12:00pm

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. 

Using black and white shades, the kids are invited to create a portrait of either themselves or someone they know, while inverting the way black and white is typically used. By flipping the shades and colours, youth will be challenged to explore the concept of perspective and make unconventional decisions that have a meaningful impact.

Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child. 
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.

About the facilitator,
Makayla (she/her)

Makayla has been involved with Antyx since she was in Grade 9! Makayla found her passions at a very young age when she discovered volunteer opportunities and the ability she had to create change in her community. She always found ways to express her devotion to art whether it be music or visual and incorporate it into her learning and advocacy journey. 

She believes art is a way to express your voice on social justice issues and explore topics like human rights through community building.  She likes to inspire youth and children to challenge themselves and step outside of their comfort zone with different art forms such as theatre, painting, music, and poetry while working hand in hand with social workers to still implement important social justice into their day-to-day lives. She is currently a student at Mount Royal University.

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.

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Contemporary Kids
Tea Time

Sunday, July 23, 2023 | 10:00am-12:00pm

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. 

Using water colour and tea as the medium, kids will create portraits that represent change within their lives; this can be a positive or negative change they have experienced. The water colour and tea stains represent lucidity and the concept of how change is not linear.

Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child. 
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.

About the facilitator,
Makayla (she/her)

Makayla has been involved with Antyx since she was in Grade 9! Makayla found her passions at a very young age when she discovered volunteer opportunities and the ability she had to create change in her community. She always found ways to express her devotion to art whether it be music or visual and incorporate it into her learning and advocacy journey. 

She believes art is a way to express your voice on social justice issues and explore topics like human rights through community building.  She likes to inspire youth and children to challenge themselves and step outside of their comfort zone with different art forms such as theatre, painting, music, and poetry while working hand in hand with social workers to still implement important social justice into their day-to-day lives. She is currently a student at Mount Royal University.

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.

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Contemporary Kids
Embracing Change

Sunday, July 16, 2023 | 10:00am-12:00pm

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. 

Kids are invited to create a portrait inspired by a version of themselves in the past or how they see themselves in the future. They will either focus on a time when they felt or can imagine feeling a sense of community and impact.

Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child. 
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.

About the facilitator,
Makayla (she/her)

Makayla has been involved with Antyx since she was in Grade 9! Makayla found her passions at a very young age when she discovered volunteer opportunities and the ability she had to create change in her community. She always found ways to express her devotion to art whether it be music or visual and incorporate it into her learning and advocacy journey. 

She believes art is a way to express your voice on social justice issues and explore topics like human rights through community building.  She likes to inspire youth and children to challenge themselves and step outside of their comfort zone with different art forms such as theatre, painting, music, and poetry while working hand in hand with social workers to still implement important social justice into their day-to-day lives. She is currently a student at Mount Royal University.

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.

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Contemporary Kids
Self-Awareness Workshop

Sunday, July 2nd | 10:00am-12:00pm

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. 

For this workshop, kids are challenged and encouraged to use shades of one colour to create a self-portrait that focuses on a single facial feature. Using only one shade causes a purposeful restriction that mirrors how often we are restrained in the ways we express ourselves on a daily basis. 

Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child. 
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.

About the facilitator,
Makayla (she/her)

Makayla has been involved with Antyx since she was in Grade 9! Makayla found her passions at a very young age when she discovered volunteer opportunities and the ability she had to create change in her community. She always found ways to express her devotion to art whether it be music or visual and incorporate it into her learning and advocacy journey. 

She believes art is a way to express your voice on social justice issues and explore topics like human rights through community building.  She likes to inspire youth and children to challenge themselves and step outside of their comfort zone with different art forms such as theatre, painting, music, and poetry while working hand in hand with social workers to still implement important social justice into their day-to-day lives. She is currently a student at Mount Royal University.

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.

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Contemporary Kids: String Workshop

Sunday, March 19, 2023 | 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. 

Children are encouraged to use string or yarn to make figures and compositions that tell stories of connectedness. While thinking about the pulls and pushes that make us feel happy, or sad, or grumpy or excited, the workshop offers prompts that convey the comforts and discomforts that we all encounter in our lives. 

Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child. 
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.

About the facilitator,
Makayla (she/her) 

Makayla has been involved with Antyx since she was in Grade 9! Makayla found her passions at a very young age when she discovered volunteer opportunities and the ability she had to create change in her community. She always found ways to express her devotion to art whether it be music or visual and incorporate it into her learning and advocacy journey. 

She believes art is a way to express your voice on social justice issues and explore topics like human rights through community building.  She likes to inspire youth and children to challenge themselves and step outside of their comfort zone with different art forms such as theatre, painting, music, and poetry while working hand in hand with social workers to still implement important social justice into their day-to-day lives. She is currently a student at Mount Royal University.

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,
Darija S. Radaković 

Darija is a Bosnian-born, Canada-based, internationally recognized artist whose work is predominantly conceptual, whether it is a performance, ready-made, sculpture, textual work, assemblage, or a large-scale installation. The common denominator of her artistic practice is her honest confrontation with the issues that trigger her attention and exposing that confrontation to the audience.

As she experienced being a refugee in the ’90s, then being an immigrant two decades later, her art is questioning issues of identity, equality, social conflict, and freedom of expression.

She earned her BFA from the Faculty of Fine Arts, at the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

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Contemporary Kids: Home & Me!

Sunday, March 12, 2023 | 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. 

Children are invited to represent the many ways they see and experience their home, a place of comfort and shelter. The finished pieces are placed together as a way of connecting the individual to the collective. 

Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child. 
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.

About the facilitator,
Makayla (she/her) 

Makayla has been involved with Antyx since she was in Grade 9! Makayla found her passions at a very young age when she discovered volunteer opportunities and the ability she had to create change in her community. She always found ways to express her devotion to art whether it be music or visual and incorporate it into her learning and advocacy journey. 

She believes art is a way to express your voice on social justice issues and explore topics like human rights through community building.  She likes to inspire youth and children to challenge themselves and step outside of their comfort zone with different art forms such as theatre, painting, music, and poetry while working hand in hand with social workers to still implement important social justice into their day-to-day lives. She is currently a student at Mount Royal University.

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,
Jeannie Mah (she/her)

Jeannie Mah was born in 1952 in Regina, Saskatchewan. She attended the University of Regina, receiving a Bachelor of Education in 1976, and in 1979 she studied ceramics at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia. Other studies took Mah to the Banff Centre (1984, 1988), to France's Université de Perpignan (1988) and Université de la Sorbonne (1989). Eventually, Mah returned to the University of Regina, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in 1993. Mah credits Regina artist and instructor Jack Sures with inspiring her practice: "I learned my heavy-duty work ethic from him.’ 

Mah's ceramic work emphasizes vessels, particularly cups, and she creates these delicate porcelain objects by hand. Mah explains her approach: "Balanced on the cusp of a fine arts education, I insist on working in a medium which is considered to belong to a decorative art. While seeking out the vestiges of art in our daily lives, I plunder the history of this decorative art, and usurp the cup as pulling it into a fine arts practice...While an "upstairs/downstairs" split reveals a classicist gap in our societal/domestic consciousness. the mug and the teacup meet on this domestic front, as the utilitarian and the decorative merge to fulfill aesthetic and bodily needs."

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Contemporary Kids: Let’s Make Clay Stick Sculptures!

Sunday, March 5, 2023 | 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. 

This workshop involves making clay stick sculptures based on sensory prompts. Learning from the artwork In A New Land … Be Longing, 2017 by Nurgul Rodriguez, children think of how to physically shape words, sounds and emotions. Shapes are promoted by words (coat, apple); textures are prompted by sounds (rain, waves) and colour is prompted by emotions (happy, sad). 

Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child. 
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.

About the facilitator,
Makayla (she/her) 

Makayla has been involved with Antyx since she was in Grade 9! Makayla found her passions at a very young age when she discovered volunteer opportunities and the ability she had to create change in her community. She always found ways to express her devotion to art whether it be music or visual and incorporate it into her learning and advocacy journey. 

She believes art is a way to express your voice on social justice issues and explore topics like human rights through community building.  She likes to inspire youth and children to challenge themselves and step outside of their comfort zone with different art forms such as theatre, painting, music, and poetry while working hand in hand with social workers to still implement important social justice into their day-to-day lives. She is currently a student at Mount Royal University.

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,
Nurgül Rodriguez (she/her) 

Nurgül Rodriguez is an artist with an interdisciplinary practice and a PhD student at Werklund School of Education. She has an active individual practice of disciplines and media including porcelain, installation, handmade paper, printmaking, three-dimensional pieces, and more recently socially engaged and collaborative projects. Her work is social, political and personal with a focus on issues of immigration, diasporas, borders and cultures. She explores becoming a diasporic individual during identity formation within a new culture. Nurgul settled in Calgary in 2009 after many nomadic years of living in Turkey, the United States and Spain with her family. She currently lives in Calgary making, writing, teaching, collaborating and always learning.

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Contemporary Kids: The Process Behind Painting

Sunday, Jan 22, 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.

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

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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Contemporary Kids: Let’s Make Clay Stick Sculptures!

Sunday, January 15, 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. 

This workshop involves making clay stick sculptures based on sensory prompts. Learning from the artwork In A New Land … Be Longing, 2017 by Nurgul Rodriguez, children think of how to physically shape words, sounds and emotions. Shapes are promoted by words (coat, apple); textures are prompted by sounds (rain, waves) and colour is prompted by emotions (happy, sad).

Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child. 
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.

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,
Nurgül Rodriguez

Nurgül Rodriguez is an artist with an interdisciplinary practice and a PhD student at Werklund School of Education. She has an active individual practice of disciplines and media including porcelain, installation, handmade paper, printmaking, three-dimensional pieces, and more recently socially engaged and collaborative projects. Her work is social, political and personal with a focus on issues of immigration, diasporas, borders and cultures. She explores becoming a diasporic individual during identity formation within a new culture. Nurgul settled in Calgary in 2009 after many nomadic years of living in Turkey, the United States and Spain with her family. She currently lives in Calgary making, writing, teaching, collaborating and always learning.

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Contemporary Kids: Inside My Head

Sunday, January 8th | 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. 

Inspired by the work of contemporary artist Chitra Ganesh, children are invited to use colour pencils, crayons and paper cuttings to explore their thoughts and emotions, and all the things that make them special and unique.

Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child. 
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.

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,
Chitra Ganesh (she/her)

Chitra Ganesh (b. 1975 Brooklyn, New York, USA) received a BA in Art-Semiotics and Comparative Literature from Brown University, Providence, RI in 1996. She attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2001 and received her MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University, NY in 2002. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA. 

Across a twenty-year practice, Chitra Ganesh has developed an expansive body of work rooted in drawing and painting, which has evolved to encompass animations, wall drawings, collages, computer generated imagery, video, and sculpture. Through studies in literature, semiotics, social theory, science fiction, and historical and mythic texts, Ganesh attempts to reconcile representations of femininity, sexuality, and power absent from the artistic and literary canons. She often draws on Hindu and Buddhist iconography and South Asian forms such as Kalighat and Madhubani, and is currently negotiating her relationship to these images with the rise of right wing fundamentalism in India. 

Ganesh's work has been widely exhibited in the United States and internationally, including solo shows at Brooklyn Museum, NY,USA; MoMA PS1, NY, USA; The Kitchen, NY, USA; The Rubin Museum of Art, NY, USA; The Andy Warhol Museum, PA, USA; Gothenburg Kunsthalle, Sweden; and Times Square, NY,USA. Her work has also been exhibited in important group exhibitions at The Walker Art Center, MN, USA; the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, USA; The Queens Museum of Art, NY, USA; The Asia Society, NY, USA; The Bronx Museum, NY, USA; The Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, USA; the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, CA, USA; the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA, USA; the Boca Raton Museum of Art, LA, USA; the Hayward Gallery, London, UK; Saatchi Museum, London, UK: Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Italy; Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Italy; the ZKM Center for Art and Media, Germany; Göteborgs Konsthall, Germany; Arthotek Kunstverein, Göttingen, Germany; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China; the Gwangju Contemporary Arts Centre, Korea; the Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai, India; Indira Ghandi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi, India; Devi Art Foundation, India; the Kochi Biennial, India; the Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh among others.

Ganesh’s work is represented in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, NY, USA; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA, USA; the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, USA; The Brooklyn Museum, NY, USA; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; The Ford Foundation, NY, USA; University of Michigan Museum of Art, MI, USA; The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA, USA; the Devi Art Foundation, India; Kiran Nadar Museum, Delhi, India; the Saatchi Collection, London, UK; Burger Collection, Hong Kong; Deutsche Bank, among others.

Ganesh is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, including grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts; Printed Matter; the Art Matters Foundation; the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in the Creative Arts; the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award for Painters and Sculptors; and the Hodder Fellowship from the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University, and the Pollock Krasner Foundation.

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