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Collaborative Mural Workshops

In the year 2000, I offered a Collaborative Mural Painting Workshop to the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications for their "Artists in the Schools Program". Since then, I have completed over 75 workshops in 48 schools under this and other programs. This page outlines the project I offer and links to the complete results of some the projects.

If your school, company or group would be interested in a workshop, please contact me. For futher details about the workshops, their purpose, skills learned, material and space required, visit "All About Collaborative Mural Workshops".

Collaborative Mural Painting

The workshop plans and executes a monumental collaborative painting (mural) over three days. The scale of a mural fosters great freedom of expression and artistic accomplishment within the context of cooperation and compromise.
Prior to my arrival, the theme is decided according to local interests. Students research elements relating to the theme.
The first day looks at collaboration (boundaries - keeping or crossing them) and painting (balance, colour, composition), especially as it relates to monumental works (seen from a distance). Drawing exercises on a small scale practice collaboration. Exercises are analyzed. The mural is prepared.
The second day the mural is painted. Discussion continues on the elements of painting, collaboration and introduces the art of compromise (individual versus group identity).
The third day we discuss, "Is it finished?". After analysis of the elements of a monument, the group decides, and finishes if necessary.

The final mural is shown for all schools and the entire creative process can be seen for St. Mark's School,  Symmes Junior High School, École polyvalente Nicolas Gatineau, Riverdale High School, École Monseigneur-Forget, École Poupore and Buckingham Elementary School by clicking on their mural or their names above or below.

See some videos and discussion at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com.

          

"Impressions of a walk by the lake", Noranda School, Noranda, Quebec          May 15, 2008

"Our Region and its Heritage", G. Théberge School, Temiscaming, Quebec          May 7, 2008

          

"Citizenship, Co-operation, Respect and Peace", General Vanier Elementary School, St. Leonard, Quebec          April 30, 2008

"Our School Values", Our Lady of Pompei, Montreal, Quebec          April 23, 2008

                

"Goals to Achieve", Genesis School, Laval (Chomedy), Quebec          April 18, 2008

"Au coeur de la ville", École Notre Dame, Gatineau, Quebec          April 11, 2008

"Emerging Creativity", Riverdale High School, Pierrefonds, Quebec          March 28, 2008

"We Make a Difference", Manor Park School, Ottawa, Ontario          March 20, 2008

   

"La vie aquatique", L'école de la petite Bourgogne, Montreal, Quebec          March 14 , 2008

"Kites", Richmond Regional High School, Richmond, Quebec          February 27, 2008

         

"The Freedom Horse Wall", Symmes Junior High School, Gatineau, Quebec          February 21, 2008

"Self Projection", JFK High School, Montreal, Quebec          February 13, 2008

"Values", Alexander Galt Regional High School, Sherbrooke, Quebec          February 8, 2008

   

"The School Year", Sherbrooke Elementary School, Sherbrooke, Quebec          January 26 , 2008

    

"Story Illustration Project", Eardley School , Gatineau, Quebec          May 31 , 2007

"Sprintime", Buckingham Elementary School, Buckingham, Quebec          May 25 , 2007

"La paix et la Francophonie", École Elementaire Roger St. Denis, Kanata, Ontario          May 18 , 2007

"Perseverence, Respect, Participation", École Namur, Namur, Quebec          May 11 , 2007

    

Parkview Elementary School, Granby, Quebec          May 4, 2007

"Un amour de quartier", École Dollard, Trois-Rivières, Quebec          April 26, 2007

"We are the stars, let us shine!", St. Raphael Centre, Montreal, Quebec          April 20 , 2007

"La magie du cirque", École St-Pie X, Papineauville, Quebec          April 13 , 2007

           

"Language and Communication / Langage et communication", École Ahuntsic Annexe, Montreal, Quebec      April 3 , 2007

"Carnaval des animaux", McLearon School, Montreal, Quebec          March 29, 2007

"Une ville, un quartier, une école, notre histoire", Ecole St.-Paul, Trois-Rivières, Quebec          March 21 , 2007

"Imagination", JFK High School, Montreal, Quebec          March 16 , 2007

      

"On s'amuse à l'école / We have fun at School", Princess Elizabeth Elementary School, Magog, Quebec          February 28, 2007

  

"Creativity and Imagination (Hearts and Minds)", Symmes Junior High, Gatineau, Quebec          February 22 , 2007

"Peace", Holland School, Quebec, Quebec            January 22, 2007

  

"Multiculuralism", Hillcrest Academy, Laval, Quebec          January 19 , 2007

Collège catholique Samuel-Genest, Ottawa, Ontario          May 5 , 2006

Collège catholique Samuel-Genest, Ottawa, Ontario          May 3 , 2006

Leonardo da Vinci School, Montreal, Quebec          April 21, 2006

Leonardo da Vinci School, Montreal, Quebec          April 13, 2006

Knowlton Academy, Knowlton, Quebec                    April 4, 2006

Maison des jeunes, Fort Coulonge, Quebec        March 31, 2006

Asbestos-Danville-Shipton (ADS) Elementary School, Danville, Quebec                March 29, 2006

Drummondville Elementary School, Drummondville, Quebec                March 24, 2006

Symmes Junior High School, Gatineau, Quebec                March 16, 2006

     
Laval Liberty High School, Laval, Quebec                January 24, 2006

Pierre Elliot Trudeau School, Gatineau, Quebec                November 18, 2005

École Murielle Dumont, Montreal, Quebec

École Montessori des 4 Vallées, Chelsea, Quebec

Symmes Junior High School, Aylmer, Quebec

Pierre Elliot Trudeau School, Gatineau, Quebec

Greater Gatineau School, Gatineau, Quebec

 

 

James Lyng High School, Montreal, Quebec

Wakefield Elementary, Wakefield, Quebec

École polyvalente Nicolas Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec 2003

Onslow Elementary School, Quyon, Quebec

Buckingham Elementary School, Buckingham, Quebec

École Poupore, Fort Coulonge, Quebec

** École Poupore won the Essor regional 2nd Grand Prize for this project **

École Secondaire de L'Ile salle d'escalade, Gatineau, Quebec

École Monseigneur-Forget, St. Hubert, Quebec

École Secondaire de L'Ile cafétéria, Gatineau, Quebec

École Secondaire de L'Ile gymnase, Gatineau, Quebec

Riverdale High School, Pierrefonds, Quebec

École polyvalente Nicolas Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec

Symmes Junior High School, Aylmer, Quebec

   Ecole St. Mark's School, Aylmer, Quebec 

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All About Collaborative Mural Workshops
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