Linocut Printmaking: Artist in Residence

Imagination Academy offers 3 Artist in Residence themes for schools to choose from:
An Animal Story, The Arctic and the Inuit, and Canada Coast to Coast.

During an Artist in Residence, all students/classes will participate in a ~90 minute printmaking linocut lesson.
All students will come away with one unique linocut print and one linocut plate.

Each art lesson will begin with a visual presentation and drawing lesson introducing the students to the theme chosen by your school. Students will explore different drawing techniques when working on their sketches. Next will be a printing demonstration to learn about the printmaking process and material used including: ink, slab, brayers, printing plate, stylus, and printing press. Students will then create their own final drawing/carving and print their individual print.

Artist in Residence programs can be partially funded by the AFA (Alberta Foundation for the Arts) Grant.
If your school is interested in applying we have experience and success applying for and receiving the grant and would be happy to help you. The deadline for 2024/25 school year is May 1, 2024.

Have all your students learn about An Animal Story. We learn about Cree or Blackfoot Animal symbolism and how to draw a variety of animals. Students then place their chosen animal within an Alberta Landscape.

An Animal Story

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The Arctic and the Inuit

All students in your school can explore the Arctic by looking at different whales, ukpiks, seals and the polar bear and their connection to the Inuit culture.

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Canada Coast to Coast

Have students in your school celebrate Canada by looking at various symbols, land forms, buildings and animals found across our country. 

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Linocut Printmaking:
Artist in Residence

  • Carving the Printmaking Plate

    Students learn what tools are needed
    and how to carve a printmaking plate.

  • Learning to Print

    What tools are needed to create a linocut print?
    Students learn about brayers, ink, slabs and a printing press.

  • Printing

    Each student inks and prints their individual linocut printmaking print.

  • Sketching

    After the visual presentation and drawing lesson, students sketch their ideas
    using different types of lines, shapes and patterns.