Integrated Visual Arts and Leadership Program Grade 12 University/College Two-Credit Package

We are excited to introduce the Integrated Visual Arts and Leadership Program! This unique program is a two-credit package, offering one credit in Visual Arts and one credit in Leadership with an Arts and Culture Focus. Learners in this enriched arts environment will have unlimited opportunities to explore, create, and foster critical and creative thinking skills through independent direction, integrated learning, career shadowing, and demonstrations. Students will learn to write a formal proposal and create a body of artwork on a chosen personal theme. They will present these works in a final end of semester public Showcase.

Students will earn a Leadership credit through their participation in numerous community service initiatives that have an arts and culture focus.

The two credits students will earn are: AWD4M1 – Visual Design (College/University) OR AVI4M1 – Visual Arts (College/University)*
AND
IDC4U1 – Leadership (University) *Or, with teacher consultation, another 4M course code in a Traditional Visual or New Visual Medium

Prerequisite: AVI3M or ASM3M (or AVI30 with teacher approval)

If you are interested in taking Integrated Visual Arts and Leadership, please select it when completing your course selections for next year. Students interested in this program must also complete an application and participate in an interview. Click here to fill out your application:  Integrated Arts Application Form


Please feel free to contact us at Innisdale Secondary School Visual Arts if you have further questions regarding the application process or aspects of the program.

Jennica Hwang: [email protected]
Jennifer Béland: [email protected]

Past Projects:

● Our Artstruck Galas and other events have raised thousands of dollars for The Women and Children’s Shelter of Barrie.

● In 2022 we planned and hosted Innisdale’s first “ARTStravaganza”! This event celebrated all that is awesome in the arts at Innisdale.

● We have held major arts events in partnership with the City of Barrie, the Barrie Farmers Market, and the Royal Victoria Regional Healthcare Centre.

● Integrated students have created a number of commissioned murals for Allandale Recreation Centre and Innisdale Secondary School.

● Integrated students have visited elementary feeder schools to instill a love of the visual arts in future Innisdale students and a legacy of community service with an arts and culture focus.

● We have provided entertainment and general service at a number of the Busby Street Centre’s Christmas Luncheons as well as fundraised, and delivered food.

● In 2020 we constructed a huge bricked labyrinth in support of mental health at Innisdale Secondary School.

● In 2020 we completed a large commissioned piece for The Haliburton Sculpture Forest.Past Projects:

● Our Artstruck Galas and other events have raised thousands of dollars for The Women and Children’s Shelter of Barrie.

● In 2022 we planned and hosted Innisdale’s first “ARTStravaganza”! This event celebrated all that is awesome in the arts at Innisdale.

● We have held major arts events in partnership with the City of Barrie, the Barrie Farmers Market, and the Royal Victoria Regional Healthcare Centre.

● Integrated students have created a number of commissioned murals for Allandale Recreation Centre and Innisdale Secondary School.

● Integrated students have visited elementary feeder schools to instill a love of the visual arts in future Innisdale students and a legacy of community service with an arts and culture focus.

● We have provided entertainment and general service at a number of the Busby Street Centre’s Christmas Luncheons as well as fundraised, and delivered food.

● In 2020 we constructed a huge bricked labyrinth in support of mental health at Innisdale Secondary School.

● In 2020 we completed a large commissioned piece for The Haliburton Sculpture Forest.


ARTStravaganza 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBw5QpgrnRc

Student Final Showcase, January 2021: Lilly Moura
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLwnHeLQ8iQ&t=3sStudent

Final Showcase, January 2021: Kaya Dalyan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsyh45UxbV0&t=117sStudent

Final Showcase, January 2021: Jenny Stepanyuk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jju9WpaQsM&t=178s

Student Final Showcase, January 2021: Fifunmi Ogundipe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2lLWDECxnk&t=3s

“From the Ground Up”: Project in recognition of the new Cancer Centre at RVH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wig3Pfd0DUU

Dandelion Sculpture at RVH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhVDy9WfRgc&t=8s

Dandelion Sculpture Installation at the Haliburton Sculpture Forest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQZ2ET0tWu0

Busby Centre Food Delivery, November 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3WdP3R4-u8

RVH Film Festival Winners!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFuEdRspCiM

Artstruck Gala in the News!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbjDemj7zUw

 

Summary of Application Process

1. Application Form: Please complete prior to your interview. See link above.

2. Current High School Transcript: This can be acquired from your school Guidance Department. Please attach this in your application.

3. Portfolio: You are required to bring a portfolio (selection of your artworks), to the interview. The portfolio may consist of sketchbooks, paintings, mixed media, digital art, photographs, and film. You may want to show some work from earlier years. If you need a laptop or other equipment to show your work, please make sure you bring it with you to the interview.

4. Interview: As part of the application process, you will participate in an interview with Integrated Visual Arts and Leadership Teachers. We will contact you using the school email address that you provide at the top of this application. The interview will include questions about your creative pursuits, interests, and work/volunteer experiences. You will also have an opportunity to show your portfolio of work. We look forward to meeting you!