Program Structure
CORE DISCIPLINES
The CORE discipline is where students will develop their bedrock of important artistic skills. Based on a
comprehensive 31-week curriculum, students will learn fundamental artistic, technical, conceptual and
critical skills. Here they will develop close relationships to their Core Instructor and Assistant, as well as
to their cohort of peers, and build a sustainable deep-rooted artistic practice.
Visual Arts
The Visual Arts CORE discipline is designed for students who wish to explore the critical and aesthetic potential of image-making, and expand beyond a traditional visual arts practice to experiment with different tools, materials, and processes to develop a multidisciplinary, tactile and material-based foundation in Art & Design. Students will develop core skills in drawing, painting, mixed media, papier mâché and collage.
Media Arts
The Media Arts CORE discipline is designed for students who wish to explore both established and new technologies, and connect those digital creative practices to the essential elements of storytelling, world-building, and character design to develop a digital and media-literate foundation in Art & Design. Students will develop core skills across a variety of digital mediums including animation, photography and film to express themselves through both still and moving digital images.
EXPLORE COURSES
The EXPLORE courses are designed with the goal of exposing students to a wide-ranging breadth of contemporary creative possibilities with each EXPLORE course lasting between 6-8 weeks in length.
Through expanded workshops and a deep-dive project, students will be introduced to a new creative medium and be exposed to the wide world of contemporary art. Please see the program package for course descriptions.
Explore options include:
- Clay Sculpture
- Architecture
- Printmaking
- Creative Electronics
- Digital Painting
- Video & SFX
- Pupperty
- Character Design
- Fashion Design
Bursaries
Finances should never prevent a child from participating in the arts. As a non-profit organization, Arts Umbrella is committed to making our programs accessible to as many children and youth in our communities as possible. The Arts Umbrella Bursary Fund allows hundreds of children to register in tuition-based programs at a reduced rate, based on your family’s financial need.
Applications for bursary funding are open to everyone. To view eligibility and submission details, please visit our Scholarships & Bursaries page. Your privacy matters to us. All applications are held in confidence.