Selkirk Annex Art

The Artist in Classrooms project will begin March 2nd at 9am with the first artist to join Selkirk Annex. We are excited to introduce Kung Jaadee, a Haida Nation Story Teller from Haida Gwaii that will be sharing her stories with us. Kung Jaadee (sounds like Judday) means Moon Woman, and it is her Haida name, and also the name of her favourite Haida story.  She has traveled across Canada performing Haida Raven legends to audiences of all ages for 24 years. These stories tell of a time when the animals taught us how to become k’ongee ongaa, dear people. Kung Jaadee performs these stories while accompanying herself on her drum. Her songs are traditional Haida songs, composed during her ancestors’ time. She will be sharing her stories and songs, and we will be the lucky ones to get to learn about her culture and the First Nations from Haida Gwaii. Kung Jaadee told us the story of Moon Woman and the meaning behind illustration of the half Raven and Half Human image ...

at Selkirk Annex This school year the Selkirk Annex was awarded a grant from ArtStarts in Schools to bring Indigenous and Non-Indigenous artists together with the support of the Selkirk Annex PAC. Since 1996, ArtStarts has supported educators, artists, families and young people by offering a broad range of programs, services and resources. They are a charitable organization that seeks to expand the role of arts in education for the benefit of British Columbia's young people. This blog will document the children's experience in this four part process of having guest Artists at the school, doing art in the classrooms, and also a final mural outdoors. The ArtStarts in Schools grant covers 70% of the materials and the artist fees, with the PAC fundraising for the remaining 30% as well as donating their time to organize the project, write the grant, and get the supplies. The artists will be announced in a blog post shortly...stay tuned. If you have any questions, or ...