Surrealism (Ages 11-16)
Discover surrealism and try your hand at creating your own surrealist art!
Have fun exploring Surrealism through playing games and making art. You might even discover something about your dreams or subconscious thoughts along the way! Artists will learn about art techniques such as automatic drawing, exquisite corpse, and frottage.
1 Your Guide
Amber Santos is an art educator and artist with over 25 years of experience, including 15 years in online education and creating 65+ activities for the HomeLearners Network. Her multidisciplinary practice is deeply rooted in her German heritage and reclaimed Métis and Anishinaabe culture, blending paper craft, beading, textiles, and eco-conscious gardening. Amber’s curriculum combines technical fundamentals like colour theory and with somatic, wellness-centered art practices. A painter and muralist with an on-going studio practice, she also spent seven years curating the Nelson International Mural Festival of which she is a co-founder.
When I'm not making art, find me listening to music on full blast in the kitchen, dancing and making food for my family:)
2 Materials Needed
Basic drawing supplies (including pencil crayons or crayons) and paper, scissors and glue, magazines or newspapers that can be cut out of.
3 Learning Focus
- Communicating
- Collaborating
- Creative thinking
4 Registration
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