Educators – Fall 2023

Remai Modern and McMichael Canadian Art Collection are proud to present a survey exhibition of Meryl McMaster, whose groundbreaking large-scale photographic works reflect her mixed Plains Cree/Métis, Dutch and British ancestry. This exhibition includes current explorations of family histories, in particular those of her Plains Cree female forebears from the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in present-day Saskatchewan. 

Curriculum goals: Saskatchewan First Nations and Metis art and artists, identity, place, natural and constructed environments, multi-media, relationship to the land, patterns 

Oma-je will be acclaimed French artist Laure Prouvost’s largest exhibition to date in North America. It celebrates her relationship to artistic predecessors including John Latham, Louise Bourgeois, Agnes Varda, and Niki de Saint Phalle, amongst others. The exhibition also contains themes of learning and inspiration, shifting from Grandfather to Grandmother and forefather to foremother. Prouvost is known for her playful use of language, as well as immersive, surprising installations that transport visitors into unfamiliar worlds created largely from everyday objects. 

Curriculum goals: Forms (sculpture & mobiles), natural and constructed environments, art reflecting environment, muti-media art, inspiration from pop culture, art reflecting diverse worldviews, interdisciplinary art, found objects, use of technology in art 

Remai Modern’s collection of Picasso linocuts is a nearly comprehensive holding of his work in this medium, including many stages and working proofs. His 1962 linocut, Tête de Faune, and the associated series of linocut stages, reveals the artist’s process and his technical exploration of the medium. When viewed in series, it also builds an intriguing narrative of transformation. These linocuts provide the starting point for Becoming the Faun, a multifaceted exhibition that explores the formation of self, processes of change and ideas of becoming. 

Curriculum goals: International, national and Saskatchewan artists, identity, artists from various times and places, use of technology in art, interdisciplinary art. 

The Picasso collection at Remai Modern is exceptional in the insight it provides into the artist’s working methods. Accompanying photographs of the working studio allow us to journey through time to witness Picasso’s processes of experimentation, and the ceramics exemplify his confidence in exploring new materials. 

Curriculum goals: Art and pop culture, reflection of place, artist from another time and place, reflection of culture in art and how an artist’s place is reflected in their work. 

Remai Modern is excited to present the first major survey exhibition in Canada of Canadian-French artist Kapwani Kiwanga. Kiwanga creates installation, sculpture, and performance as well as video and sound pieces to explore the relationships between historical narratives, systems of power, and the use of material within these contexts. 

Curriculum goals: Patterns, multi-media, natural, constructed, imagined environments, relationship to the land, ideas about place, art reflecting social issues and commentary, art and technology, challenge values, beliefs and ideas, art raising awareness about  issues of concern 

CP1.7 Investigate a variety of formal and informal patterns in art works and the environment, and apply observations to own work. (McMaster, Kawanga, Picasso) 

CH1.2 Identify traditional arts expressions of First Nations and Métis artists. (McMaster)

CP2.8 Create art works using a variety of visual art concepts (e.g., secondary colours), forms (e.g., collage, drawing, painting, sculpture, mobile, traditional art), and media (e.g., paper, found objects, paint, crayons). (Prouvost, Cave) 

CR2.1 Examine arts expressions to determine how ideas for arts expressions may come from artists’ own communities. (McMaster) 

CH2.1 Identify key features of arts and cultural traditions in own community. (McMaster) 

CH2.2 Describe key features of traditional arts expressions of Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis artists. (McMaster) 

CP3.7 Create visual art works that express ideas about the natural, constructed, and imagined environments. (Kawanga, McMaster, Prouvost) 

CR3.2 Respond to arts expressions that use the environment (natural, constructed, imagined) as Inspiration. (McMaster, Kawanga, Prouvost) 

CH3.1 Compare how arts expressions from various groups and communities may be a reflection of their unique environment (e.g., North and South Saskatchewan, urban and rural) (McMaster, Prouvost, Kawanga) 

CH3.2 Demonstrate an awareness of traditional and evolving arts expressions of Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis artists in own communities or regions.(McMaster) 

CH3.2 Demonstrate an awareness of traditional and evolving arts expressions of Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis artists in own communities or regions.(McMaster) 

CH3.2 Demonstrate an awareness of traditional and evolving arts expressions of Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis artists in own communities or regions.(McMaster) 

CP4.7 Create visual art works that express own ideas and draw on sources of inspiration from Saskatchewan. (McMaster) 

CP4.8 Create art works using a variety of visual art concepts (e.g., organic shapes), forms (e.g., kinetic sculpture, mural), and media (e.g., wood, wire, and found objects). (Prouvost, Cave, McMaster) 

CR4.2 Respond thoughtfully to a variety of contemporary Saskatchewan arts expressions. (McMaster) 

CH4.2 Analyze and respond to arts expressions of various Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis artists. (McMaster) 

P5.7 Create visual art works that express ideas about, and draw inspiration from, pop Culture. (Prouvost) 

CR5.2 Respond critically and creatively to a variety of pop culture expressions. (Prouvost) 

CH5.2 Compare traditional and evolving arts expressions of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists from different regions of Canada, and examine influences of pop culture on contemporary arts. (McMaster) 

CH5.3 Analyze and describe how arts and pop culture expressions convey information about the time and place in which they were created. (McMaster, Picasso. Prouvost) 

CP6.10 Create visual art works that express ideas about identity and how it is influenced (e.g., factors such as pop culture, cultural heritage, peer groups, personal and family interests, gender (McMaster, Becoming the Faun) 

CP6.11 Investigate and use various visual art forms, images, and art-making processes to express ideas about identity(McMaster, Becoming the Faun) 

CR6.1 Create personal responses to a variety of arts expressions (e.g., respond to music using poetry, or  

respond to visual art using music). (Becoming the Faun) 

CR6.2 Investigate and identify ways that the arts can express ideas about identity (McMaster, Becoming the Faun) 

CR6.3 Examine arts expressions and artists of various times and places. (Picasso, Prouvost, McMaster, Becoming the Faun) 

CH6.1 Investigate how personal, cultural, or regional identity may be reflected in arts expressions.(McMaster) 

CH6.2 Identify ways that First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists express cultural identity in contemporary work. (McMaster) 

CH6.3 Investigate arts expressions from a range of cultures and countries, and analyze how cultural  identity is reflected in the work. (Prouvost, Kawanga, Picasso) 

CP7.10 Create visual art works that express ideas about the importance of place (e.g., relationship to the land, local geology, region, urban/rural landscapes, and environment). (McMaster, Kawanga) 

CP7.11 Investigate and use various visual art forms, images, and art-making processes to express ideas about place. (McMaster, Kawanga) 

CR7.2 Investigate and identify ways that the arts can communicate a sense of Place. (McMaster, Kawangs) 

CR7.3 Examine and describe how arts expressions of various times and places reflect diverse experience, values, and beliefs. (all exhibitions) 

CH7.1 Investigate how artists’ relationship to place may be reflected in their work.(McMaster, Picasso) 

CH7.2 Investigate how Indigenous artists from around the world reflect the importance of place (e.g., relationship to the land, geology, region, urban/rural environments). (McMaster) 

CH7.3 Investigate and identify a variety of factors that influence artists, their work, and careers. (all exhibitions) 

CP8.11 Select and use appropriate forms, technologies, images, and art-making processes to express student perspectives on social issues (Kawanga, McMaster) 

CR8.2 Investigate and identify ways that today’s arts expressions often reflect concern for social issues (Kawanga, McMaster) 

CR8.3 Investigate and identify how arts expressions can reflect diverse worldviews (Prouvost, McMaster, Kawanga) 

CH8.1 Research and share insights about arts expressions that incorporate social social commentary (McMaster, Kawanga, Cave) 

CH8.2 Analyze the influence of social issues on the work of contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists (McMaster) 

CH8.3 Demonstrate understanding of how contemporary artists use and incorporate new technology into their work (Prouvost, McMaster, Kawanga, Becoming the Faun) 

CH8.4 Examine and respond to the work of artists who incorporate more than one art form in their work (e.g., combining poetry and music) (Becoming the Faun, Prouvost, McMaster) 

CR9.3 Investigate and identify how arts expressions can challenge thinking about values, ideas and beliefs (McMaster, Prouvost, Kawanga) 

CH9.1 Investigate and discuss the role of artists in raising awareness or taking action on topics of concern (Kawanga, McMaster) 

CH9.2 Use the arts to raise awareness on topics of concern to Indigenous artists (McMaster 

CH9.3 Investigate diversity of artistic ideas, styles, and media in contemporary arts expressions (all exhibitions) 

CH9.4 Create interdisciplinary arts expressions individually or through collaboration with peers, and examine the work of artists who create interdisciplinary expressions (e.g., sound and poetry,  performance art, audio visual installations (all exhibitions) 

CR10.3 Respond critically to art works of professional artists, including Indigenous artists, to explore intent (all exhibitions) 

CP10.3 Experiment with various art practices (e.g., drawing, painting, crafting, printmaking, digital technologies, sculpture, installation) to develop new or unique ideas (all exhibitions) 

CP20.1 Engage in artistic risktaking with ideas, media and image development strategies to achieve meaning (all exhibitions) 

CP20.4 Use inquiry to create a work of art inspired by the work of national and international artists (all exhibitions) 

CR20.1 Identify and analyse criteria for critiquing and valuing various forms of visual art (all exhibitions) 

CR20.2 Analyze factors (e.g., inspiration, technology, culture, environment, events, government policies) that influence art-making practices around the world, past and present (all exhibitions) 

CH20.1 Investigate art works from around the world that address the human rights of Indigenous and various cultures (McMaster) 

CH20.2 Investigate how artists from around the world incorporate and manipulate media, form and content in interdisciplinary work (all exhibitions) 

CP30.4 Use inquiry to create art inspired by the work of Canadian artists whose work responds to socially relevant topics (e.g., sustainability, social justice, diversity and inclusion). (McMaster) 

CR30.2 Critically respond to work by Canadian artists whose subject matter is related to resistance and/or resilience (McMaster)