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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 110 workshops in over 70 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.
"Paint - On the Floor"
Mountainview Elementary School, Laval, Quebec May 19, 2011
Also watch
the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Our Garden - Notre Jardin"
Gardenview Elementary School, Ville St.-Laurent, Quebec May 5, 2011
Also watch
the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Beautiful Things in Life"
Sherbrooke Elementary School, Sherbrooke, Quebec April 29, 2011
Also watch
the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"One Love, One Community"
Sinclair Laird Elementary School, Montreal, Quebec April 7, 2011
Also watch
the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Peace by Peace We Succeed"
Souvenir Elementary School, Laval, Quebec April 1, 2011
Also watch
the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Perseverence, Enlightenment and Higher Learning"
Jules Verne Elementary School, Laval, Quebec March 17, 2011
Also watch
the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Il faut protéger l'Environment et la
Nature"
Les écoles Albatros et des Roseraies, Montreal, Quebec March 11, 2011
Also watch
the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Totem Wall"
Hadley Junior High School, Gatineau (Hull sector), Quebec February 24, 2011
Also watch
the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Paysages du Québec"
Symmes Junior High School, Gatineau (Aylmer sector), Quebec February 18, 2011
Also watch
the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Sharing the Mythical Forest"
Hull Adult Education Centre, Gatineau (Hull sector), Quebec February 9, 2011
Also watch
the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Visages de la Nature"
L'école St-Joseph, Montreal, Quebec January 28, 2011
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the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Fairy Tales"
St. Dorothy School Elementary School, Montreal, Quebec December 1, 2010
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the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Together
We Eat, Together We Play, Together We Succeed",
Noranda School, Noranda, Quebec May 20, 2010
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the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Heroes",
Westmount
Park School, Westmount, Quebec
May
7, 2010
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the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Alegria",
École
d'Éveil,
St-Nérée, Quebec
April
29, 2010
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the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Eating for
a Better Life!!",
Sherbrooke Elementary School, Sherbrooke, Quebec April 22, 2010
Also watch
the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Wishes for
a Green World",
St. Francis Elementary School, Richmond, Quebec March 26, 2010
Also watch
the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Unir nos
différences
et bâtir notre fierté",
Écoles St. Philippe et Mond'Ami, Trois-Rivières, Quebec March 20, 2010
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the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Building
a Better Community - Catch the Spirit",
JFK High School, Montreal, Quebec March 12, 2010
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the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Healthy
Mind, Healthy Body",
General
Vanier Elementary School, Montreal, Quebec
February
26, 2010
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the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Animal Spiri,
Free Spirit",
Lake
of Two Mountains High School, Deux-Montagnes, Quebec
February
5, 2010
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the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"On danse
la nature",
École
St.
Joseph, Ville D'Anjou, Quebec
January
21, 2010
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the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Framing
Nature", Mountainview
Elementary School,
Deux-Montagnes, Quebec January
15, 2010
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the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Give, Grow,
Achieve!!!", St. Paul School, Laval,
Quebec May
21, 2009
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the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Painting
for the Arts", Lindsay Place High School, Pointe-Claire,
Quebec May
14, 2009
Also watch
the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"A Beautiful
Day", Mountainview Elementary School, Deux-Montagnes,
Quebec May
6, 2009
Also watch
the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Imagination
and Discovery", Jules Verne Elementary School, Laval,
Quebec May
1, 2009
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the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"E.M.S.B.
- C.S.E.M. - Ten Shining Years - Dix années rayonnantes", Gardenview
School, Ville St.-Laurent, Quebec April
22, 2009
"I Belong
- I Learn", Shawinigan High School, Shawinigan,
Quebec April
17, 2009
Also watch
the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Healthy
Lifestyles", Sherbrooke Elementary School, Sherbrooke, Quebec February
26, 2009
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the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Personnages de la terre", École de la Petite Bourgogne,
Montreal, Quebec February
20, 2009
Also watch the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"Dali meets Gaudi", Symmes Junior High School, Gatineau, Quebec February
13, 2009
Also watch the video on my Blog at MarcioMelos.blogspot.com
"For
the Love of Food", St. Johns School, St.-Jean-sur-Richilieu, Quebec February
6, 2009
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"We
Love To Read! We Read To Learn!", Edward Murphy School, Montreal, Quebec January
28, 2009
"Welcome
- Bienvenue", Notre Dame de Pompei, Montreal, Quebec January
22, 2009
"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
Collaborative
Story Illustration Project with Stories by Sylvie Belleau and the Students
of
Greater Gatineau School, Gatineau, Quebec
Notre
Dame de la Joie, Luskville, Quebec
As part of the Sympôôsium
for Young Visual Artists 2005
École Montessori des 4 Vallées, Chelsea, Quebec
Symmes Junior High School, Aylmer, Quebec
Pierre Elliot Trudeau 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
For more details:
All About Collaborative Mural Workshops
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