In-School Educational Art Field Trips

Specializing in Printmaking

For Students Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 6

Linocut Printmaking In-School Art Field Trips

Based in Edmonton & Southern Alberta, Canada

Coming soon to Calgary, Alberta

Since 2013, Imagination Academy has offered educational art programs to students with links to art, social studies and science, inspiring creative learning.

Most programs are cross curricular and encourage students to creatively explore, engage, and share ideas through drawings and carvings for each art topic. They’ll learn various drawing techniques to create a final and unique piece of printmaking art they’ll be proud of.

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We have created art with over 39,000 students in over 210 schools and been an Artist in Residence at 30 different schools.

Let Us Bring an Art Studio to You!
Leave the materials, planning, set up, and clean up to us.

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Our Process

1. Drawing Lesson

Students will be given a drawing lesson to introduce them to the topic and teach them techniques for their art print.
2. Sketching

After the drawing lesson, students will sketch their ideas using different lines, shapes, and patterns.
3. Learning to Print

What tools are needed to create a Linocut print? Students learn about brayers, ink, slabs, and a printing press.
4. Carving the Printmaking Plate

Students learn what tools are needed to carve their own printmaking plate.
5. Printing

Each student inks and prints their individual Linocut printmaking print.

What We Offer

Linocut Printmaking

In-School Art Field Trips

In-School Art Field Trips are where an art instructor visits your school/classroom and provides one or two art programs in a single day. Each teachers can choose from a variety of printmaking themes for their grade/class. Each art program will be ~90 minutes, taking place in your classroom. We set up, clean up and bring all the supplies!

Students receive a drawing lesson and use proper printmaking tools to create their own Linocut art print. Teachers can book this independently or with other teachers at their school. Click below to learn more!

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Linocut Printmaking

Artist in Residence

An Artist in Residence Program is when a whole school participates in a collective art experience. The art instructor comes to the school for 1-3 weeks (depending on your school population size) and creates art with all classes/students. The school can choose from one of the school-wide themes offered; An Animal Story, Canada Coast to Coast, or The Arctic and the Inuit.

Grants are available to schools to help cover the cost of the Artist in Residence programs. Click below to learn more!

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Student Work

Under the Sea | Pre-K & Kindergarten

Descend into the underwater world! Create images of fish and aquatic creatures that come to life in an imaginative seascape.
Spectacular Seasons | Grade 1+

Four distinct seasons; let’s explore the small and great changes happening in our environment.
The Arctic and the Inuit | FNMI All Grades

Explore the Arctic by looking at arctic animals and their connection to the Inuit culture.
Winter Holiday | All Grades

Snowflakes, reindeer, and snowmen! What a wonderful time of year to create a linocut for someone you love.
An Animal Story | FNMI All Grades

Learn about Cree Animal symbolism within an Alberta landscape.
Alberta Landscapes | Grade 4+

Look at different regions of Alberta along with the animals that inhabit them.
Outdoor Adventures | Father's Day All Grades

Draw a camping trip in the forest, having fun on a boat, or imagine taking off to space!
Canada Coast to Coast | All Grades

Have your students celebrate Canada by looking at various iconic land forms, buildings, and animals of Canada.
Fabulous Flowers | Mother's Day All Grades

Beautiful bouquets! Watch as the petals and plants fill the space as you create a unique print.