Portia Chapman’s Indigenous Image Scratchboard Arting was Fun for All

This winter, as part of the Artist in Community Education Concentration at the Queen’s University Faculty of Education, we had the opportunity to host “Artings” in Duncan McArthur Hall.  I chose to do a scratchboard event.

Basically, an arting is a brief art workshop, often only one night and for one art project.  Our scratchboard arting was 45 minutes.  Participants were able to start and finish their art pieces in this brief time together.  It was so nice to see so many happy faces as participants left with their own finished artworks in hand.

Before participants left to mount their artworks at home, each participant received a certificate of completion.  I can’t wait to host more artings this fall.

Thanks:

I would like to thank my supportive sister Jasmine Chapman (BEd CommTech) for photographing this event for me.  Not many sisters get to do their BEd together – but we did!

I would like to thank my ACE professor Aynne Johnston for integrating this fun arting opportunity into our concentration.  Artings are so fun, productive, and only take a short time to do.  If we all took an hour to create each week/month, just imagine how we could beautify our world together.

Po

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