Structure, Balance, and Stability in JK
The Inuit people balanced rocks to create a type of “land art” that was both beautiful and with a purpose. Over 400 years ago, the people created Inuksuks that helped them find...
Visual Arts Tag
Richland Collaborating with Local Felting Artist
[caption id="attachment_3814" align="alignnone" width="894"] Art is thought expressed through the hands. -Indonesian Artist[/caption] Richland Academy was delighted to be selected by local felting artist, Melanie Siegel, to participate in her Intergenerational Felting Extravaganza,...
Acclaimed Artist Works with Richland Students
Recently Richland Academy welcomed internationally recognized artist, Guo Yue Dou back to the school. Dou returned for another session with Grades 1-3 to create chalk pastel drawings of birds and other wildlife....
What does Identity mean?
The Grade 5 students were given the task of creating their own identity masks. They were instructed to include details that represented themselves. The questions were thought-provoking and encouraged the students to...
‘5 Senses Festival’ a Hit!
Thank you for joining us at The Village of Richmond Hill 5 Senses Festival. We hope you enjoyed exploring your senses at the RICHLAND IMAGINATION STATION!...
Explore Your Senses at the Richland Imagination Station!
A unique summer event, The Village of Richmond Hill 5 Senses Festival is a vibrant celebration of arts and culture through the exploration of our senses. With venues located across the historic...
‘Arts Week’ at Richland
This week, we celebrated ‘Arts Week’ at Richland, where student-created works were displayed throughout the school, and students performed Broadway Classics at our annual Spring Concert. Read more about Education in the Arts...
JK Children and Parents Engage in the ‘Frog Journey’
During our recent Science Inquiry Festival, our JK students used a variety of materials to build with and express their frog ideas with their parents, including sharing their photography images, creating frogs...
Exploring Canada’s Landscape (part 2)
Following an examination of art from across Canada with Mrs. Sherman, our Grade 1 students each selected a region of Canada and began working on a piece that would represent that region,...
“…And Millions of Butterflies Will Come”
After paintings of butterflies began appearing in the SK classroom, the children began to explore and share their existing knowledge of butterflies: “Butterflies eat leaves. I’ll pick them and Jerry can help. Butterflies...
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