New Extreme
Artists Mentoring Youth
The next NEW EXTREME program will run January – March, 2011. If you are an art teacher interested in having this program in your high school in Districts 61,62 or 63 please contact gbooth@aggv.bc.ca.
New Extreme is a mentoring program that brings high school students and artists together in an intensive learning environment. Artists are chosen by the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and paired with a school group of fifteen students, ages 14 to 17 years old. The artist leads weekly after school sessions, at the school, over an eight week period. During this time, students are mentored by the artists to:
- create projects in a chosen medium,
- learn how to write an artist statement,
- present their work professionally,and
- promote an exhibition.
New Extreme workshops are held in a variety of artistic media including: photography, video and time-based media, clay, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, painting, collage and fibre arts. The artwork created during the session is exhibited in a group show at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria at the end of the program.