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This resource was submitted by art teacher Christina Hamer as a part of a call for lesson ideas. Christina is a teacher in Edmonton. Thank you for your generosity! Click below to download Christina's detailed lesson plan for paint ball art.

This resource was submitted by drama teacher Chandra Moir as a part of a call for lesson ideas. Chandra is a teacher in Hinton. Thank you for your generosity! Each year I update my Drama Program bulletin board to gather new interest and appreciation in the program! Here are this year’s - see below!

This resource was submitted by music teacher Karen Abrahamson as a part of a call for lesson ideas. Karen is a music teacher in Edmonton. Thank you for your generosity! Let's Cheer on the Edmonton Oilers! A few years ago I created some ostinatos to help cheer on the Oilers and thought it was a good time to bring it out again since they are in the Stanley Cup (and hopefully by the time you read this they will have won). Add body percussion, add instruments, and have fun!

Read the latest news from your Fine Arts Council - including a giveaway and some Save-the-Dates! Summer 2024 Email Newsletter - click here

(Back by Popular Demand!) Do you have a great project that you’ve done in your classroom? An amazing bulletin board? Something that you’ve done that’s resonated with your students and/or their families? A tip or trick you wish someone had shared with you long ago? This is your invitation to share this with the Fine Arts Council Membership! Send us a description and photo to have the opportunity to be featured in our September newsletter and on our website. Entries will receive a gift of appreciation from the Fine Arts Council - a gift card to Indigo or another retailer of your choice. Submission Requirements: Submission must be your own work or the original author must be credited An image must accompany the submission. If the image is of student work, the PIPA form must be completed. Write-Up must be included Submission must be Fine Arts related Author agrees to have the lesson featured in mailout and on the website Submissions will be accepted via this form until June 25, 2024.  EXTENDED DEADLINE JULY 15, 2024. Please note for photos of students or of student work, a short privacy release form must be completed. Click here for a copy of the form.

Click here to read the latest mailout and news from the ATA Fine Arts Council.

The Fine Arts Council was delighted to receive this note of thanks from member, Jennifer Dahl. Jennifer, thank you for creating these slides to go with the lesson plan by our Journal Editor, Kim Friesen. Please see Jennifer's note with a link to her slides below. Hello, I am a first-year teacher in Fort McMurray and I thoroughly appreciate the publications that the ATA Fine Arts Council has sent out this year. I have also benefited from an in-person Orff workshop in the fall in Fort McMurray, presented by Kim Friesen Wiens at Timberlea School. I was particularly eager to try one of Ms. Friesen Wiens' lesson plans as published in the Summer 2023 edition, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Lesson Plan for Grades 5 and 6 Music". I drafted Google slides for the lesson and tried it with grades 4-6 at my school.  I have revised the slides based on my experience teaching the lesson and I would like to share those slides with Ms. Friesen Wiens in case they are of any use to her. With her permission, I am sharing these slides with the teachers of the Fine Arts Council. Click here for a link to the slides! Thank you for ATA Fine Arts Council and the value it brings to education! -Jennifer.

Join us for our annual AGM! There will be door prizes, great information, and opportunities to join the Fine Arts Council Executive. Did we mention the door prizes?! Join us virtually at 9:00am on October 21st. The link for the AGM can be found on the Events page on our website.

The ATA Fine Arts Council is pleased to present a FREE one-hour online PD session on February 3. Janice Pinnock will guide us through strategies in building spaces where all students feel a true sense of identity and belonging. This session promises to equip you with a treasure trove of actionable strategies, including the integration of culturally responsive music, ready for immediate implementation in your classroom.

Check out the latest updates from your Subject Area Reps! Including: Transformative Collaborative Art Spaces Inter-School Dance Collaboration Artstrek Feature for Drama Music Update Click here to see the resources www.fineartsata.ca/resources Read the whole mailout here.

February 2024 Giveaway! Find the link on our social media or in our newsletter to enter to win. Giveaway prize includes the book "Black is a Rainbow Color" as well as some assorted OurTone Band-Aids! Click on "Newsletters & Publications" -> "Monthly E-Newsletter" to find the link to enter. Good luck!

October is now referred to as Inktober. This challenge encourages your students to improve their artistic abilities by drawing every day for one month. See the rules and the prompts for each day below. For a link of a PDF of this article, click here.