Student Art Galleries & Youth Murals
... and in 2018 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 See our Youth Murals at the Okotoks Rec Center and The Okotoks Municipal Center!
10th Annual Student Exhibit with NEW Photo Booth!
 10th Annual Student Art Exhiibit - POSTERFor our 10th year we made a BIG effort with our Photo Booth, Wall of Fame and Silent Auction for Heaven Can Wait! |  Elks Hall - Photo BoothThree weeks of prop building and prepping for this event were probably the most fun in three weeks I've ever had... who knew I'd be making oversized art supply props for a kids art show.. but what a BLAST we had! |  Photo Booth close up-with textA few borrowed items from the Okotoks Film Society, The Dewdney Players and the Okotoks Public Library-- with the props turned out better than I expected! |
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 Merrilie, Me and Mom...So of course, after we finished setting up on Friday night, we had to do some photo booth shots ourselves! |  Dianne H and Dianne WTwo Dianne's from my Phoenix Art Club offered to be our animated Photo Booth Greeters! They had a lot of fun with the paintbrush! |  Dianne H- paintingDianne was 'painting' the welcome sign as I was switching her prop to a paint tube... |
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 Family friends- silent auctionMost of these gals have been in my life honestly since I was only 2. The rest I've grown to love over the past 15 years! AND... three of them won their silent auction pieces too! |  Queen Shirley visits!Shirley Paradis is one amazing individual. She is an artist of MANY facets, she has taught art on cruise ships, lived in Turkey and Switzerland, scuba dived in Hawaii and has gone skiing all over the world. She ran the Okotoks Arts Council and art camps (with me) between 2002 - 2011. |  Betty Boop Visits!An alter ego of my mom. If she could JUST break out of her conventional shell of grandma and preschool teacher- there's no telling how far she could go! |
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 Jada and Kacey - photo boothThese members of the Monday Tweens Art Club had WAY TOO MUCH fun at the photo booth... |  Kacey and Jada- Battle Scene!See what I mean? |  Brynn vs AstridKids Art Club Brynn vs Awesome League Astrid.... |
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 Passerby GuestsThese guys couldn't wait to pop in and do some fun poses with the props! |  A Big PaintbrushThis guy was overjoyed at the fact that the palette LOOKED authentic - and not with perfectly round paint shapes... |  Brynn vs ReavaBrynn took things even higher when she advanced upon her mom! |
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 Silent Art Auction - compositeMy Art Kids consistently ask me why my art is not at their big June show. It's because it's a Student show only-- but this year I decided to add in a silent auction to raise funds for a charity close to my heart... |  Students' Wall of Fame23 students is a LOT of kids to manage! But they sure have been fun to teach and spend time with. Likeminded creative kids... aaaahhhh... |  Theo's tableTheo Ayas has been with me since he was only 9 years old with his brother Alex. He started off at the OAG taking 6 week classes and art camps each summer. THEN.. Covid-19 hit and I opened up the Monday Tweens Art Club. Boom. His mom registered him and his twin as well as their younger siblings Oliver and Emiko. |
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 Jada's tableJada Swain was new to the Monday Tweens Art Club and what a sweet addition she made. Later her best friend joined us through a magical coincidence! |  Emiko and AlexAlex Ayas with his kid sister Emiko. These twins are starting to show some definite signs of difference in opinion and how they approach their projects. |  Kaceys tableKacey joined the Monday Tweens Art Club right after Easter break. She was a great addition to the club and Jada had so much fun with her! |
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 Oliver's tableThe younger bro of the twins Oliver. You can spot his super mom in the background. He has also been with me for 3 years! |  Rose's tableHere is Rose being dramatic.. this little eight year old packs quite the punch where creativity is concerned. |  Emma, Rose and Astrid |
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 Emma F's TableEmma started off in the Kids Art Club in 2020 and now she's headed to the Monday Tweens Art Club this fall! It's gonna be great! |  Emma's CandylandThis gal has a real knack for detail and engineering! She's gonna make some waves in the world - that's for sure! |  Emma's turtleAnd speaking of waves... she did this piece entirely on her own. |
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 Daphne's tableAnother incredible kid artist is Daphne- who also began lessons in 2020 and is headed to the Monday Tweens Art Club this fall. |  Emiko's tableEmiko Ayas has a wild heart and loves animals and abstract art. She's going to quite the little leader in the Fall's Kids Art Club for her 3rd year! |  Ethan M's TableThis guy is one I knew as a preschooler. He also has helped with some teen mural projects. His skills are intense. His awareness of politics, history, social norms, oddities and a fascination with drawing sci-fi characters will surely take him far as he enters high school this year. |
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 Ethan M's TableYou can see if you look really close- just how dedicated he is to his character sketches and visual story telling... |  Ethan L's TableEthan Lawrence is one of my Calgary students and his interests lie in fencing, gaming and drawing with "clean art" materials. Even though he LOVED making his five foot pumpkin canon last October! |  Ethan L's TableHaving a Friday Teenz Art Club has been an eye opener into the world of Generation Z... and really how far displaced I am becoming as a teacher... |
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 10th Annual Student ExhibitThese kids finally got to work together, in person to create a single piece of art as a performance. Yes, it took me weeks to figure out the logistics, create the pieces and squeeze them into regular lessons to be painted ... in time for the show.. but TOTALLY WORTH IT! |
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Elks Market Christmas Party, Show n' Sale 2021
 Jada Christmas 2021 |  Jada flowers Christmas 2021 |  Theo Christmas 2021 |
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 Briar Christmas art |  Rose Christmas 2021 |  Astrid Christmas 2021 |
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 Emma D. Christmas |  Luella Christmas |  Emma F. Christmas 2 |
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 Emma -close up Christmas 2021 |  Emma Christmas 2021 |  Daphne -name Christmas 2021 |
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 Daphne Christmas 2021 |  Daphne collage challenge |  Abby Christmas 2 |
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 Abby Christmas |  Emiko weaving |  Emiko bunny 2021 |
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 Emiko harvest tree Christmas 2021 |  Ayla Christmas 2021 |  Ayla Christmas 2 |
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 Ashley Christmas _at table |  ashley christmas 2021 |  Remi Christmas 2 |
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 Remi Christmas 2021 |  charlotte christmas 2021 |  Audrey Christmas 2 |
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 Audrey Christmas 2021 |  Ethan L close up Christmas |  ethan_christmas 2021 |
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Elks Market Art Student Take Over Fall 2021
 Take Over Sidewalk BoardOn three consecutive Saturdays, the five programs of The Inspiration Studio Academy of Fine Art put on mini exhibits at the local Elks Club! |  Artists On Site |  Welcome Chalkwalk |
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 R. Aguzibuik |  R. Aguzibuik 2 |  B.MacPhail "Zodi-Arts" 1 |
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 B. MacPhail SOLD! and more |  A. Reimers |  D. Harris 1 |
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 D. Harris 2 |  E.MacQueen Miniatures |  E.MacQueen Impressionism |
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 E.MacQueen sketchbook |  E.Short - Graphic Design prints |  E.Short drawings and paintings |
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 E.Short - melted wax and weird art |  E.Short Mixed Ideas! |  A.Jordan - studies in fantasy |
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 A.Jordan - Ethereal work |  A. Jordan - Mandala and more |  A. Scott mixed media |
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 Audrey - Marketing poster and watercolour |  C. Long watercolour bookmarks and MORE |  E.Lawrence miniatures |
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 E.Lawrence portraiture & Illusions |  A.Jordan's Chalkwalk Dragon |  E. MacQueen chalkwalk comic |
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League of Artists Ninth Annual Summer Exhibit
 2021 Summer League of Artists and Art Club ShowAt the local venue knowns as The Park all of us got to enjoy their indoor playground as well as their brand new outdoor astro-turf for our ninth annual exhibit! |  Exhibit ART Trivia SheetsTest your art, film and pop culture knowledge! |  Parent giftsWithout these amazing kids' parents investing in their children, tweens and teens art education, The Inspiration Studio Academy of Fine Art would cease to exist! So I created some creative thank you gifts to show my appreciation and gratitude:) |
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 D. Deans -representing The Wednesdays' Kids Art Club |  D. Deans testing out the Trivia |  E.Day's work -representing the Awesome League |
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 More of E.Day's work |  ISAFA Art Club flag |  Epic League Flag |
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 E. Lawrence's workRepresenting the Fridayz Teenz Art Club and hailing from Calgary, he loved to learn about tie dye, watercolour, pastels and miniatures |  E. McQeens's workRepresenting the Fridayz Teenz Art Club - he enjoyed drawing illusions, miniature as well as sci-fi artwork |  C. Long's workRepresenting the Fridayz Teenz Art Club, she enjoyed recreating Impressionists work and adding a current twist to it as well as watercolour and artist trading cards |
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 C. Long's workIntroducing her epic tie dye debut! |  Fridayz Teenz Exhibit1We kept our event family and friends only and it was a great success! |  Fridayz Teenz Exhibit2More art supporters on the cushy 'grass'!! |
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 Fridayz Teenz ExhibitA.Scott wearing her handmade tie dye shirt to the exhibit! |  A. Scott's workShe enjoyed the miniatures, her cats, her Artist Trading Cards and her pastel work |  A.Scott's workSeen here are her watercolour bookmarks, her funny ad design using watercolour, her dinosaur and her impressionist work with the pop culture twist |
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 Artists Are Cultural Heroes canvasesHere is our 22 canvas-long motto all spelled out for you (minus a few from students who couldn't attend)
Each student was given a canvas with a letter, or a partial letter as well as a theme with which to create their mosaic group painting project |
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