"Artists in Education" is a program funded by the Ontario Arts Council. The program subsidizes the cost of having artists work in Ontario schools, offering one group of students an in-depth 25 hour art workshop.

This past school year Martha visited 12 classes of grades 4, 5 and 6 students. Students were engaged in a comic book project integrating picture-making, storytelling and book arts. Students learned visual techniques for building narrative and character development through black and white sequential images. The individual graphic stories were photocopied and students participated in the assembly of class anthology editions.

Grades: 4 - 6
Cost to schools: $150 artist fee; $50 art supplies (plus gst)
School to provide some additional art supplies and photocopying.

Call or email to find out more about hosting an "Artists in Education" workshop in your school for the next school season.


Selection from "Comic Powers" drawn by Iris, grade 6, Toronto.

Martha as "Super Artist" by Sarah in Brampton.
Some students and teachers had this to say about Martha's comix workshop:

"I didn't know I could draw this good."

"It was fun learning about all that art."

"Student work was excellent. Even the least artistic students in the class were able to be successful." Allan Reardon, Goldcrest Public School, Brampton.

"Helped me to meet Ministry expectations particularly 'identifies elements of design (colour, line, shape, form, space, texture) and the principles of design and uses them in ways appropriate for this grade." Erika Csombok, Kennedy Public School, Toronto.
Karissa at CML Snider Public School in Wellington was inspired to create a super hero diorama in addition to the comix created in class. This is her Under Pig Diorama, a much-appreciated gift to Martha.

Thanks Karissa!