Luonnos! art and nature courses
Courses in Finnish for primary school VALO classes and for pupils in grades 3–4.
Tuesday 25 Aug, 1 Sept, and 8 Sept at 9.30–11.30 or 12–14
Thursday 27 Aug, 3 Sept, and 10 Sept at 9.30–11.30 or 12–14
Tuesday 15 Sept, 22 Sept, and 29 Sept at 9.30–11.30 or 12–14
Thursday 17 Sept, 24 Sept and 1 Oct at 9.30–11.30 or 12–14
On Stoa’s popular Luonnos! courses, we head into the forest, awaken our senses and explore nature through art and environmental education.
The local forest serves as a learning environment and a starting point for artistic work. The aim is to strengthen pupils’ connection with nature and environmental citizenship, and to provide teachers with tools for discussing environmental topics.
The course is about making ephemeral art and learning different methods of art making – with ecological aspects in mind as well. The five-session course will take place mainly in an outdoor classroom. The course will involve exploring the diversity of nature and our relationship with it, one longer nature excursion and, finally, the opening of a forest-themed exhibition. So, grab your magnifying glasses and art supplies and head to the woods!
The themes and visit destinations of the courses vary from season to season.
The teaching location will be the Meri-Rastila forest on Tuesdays and the Karhukallio forest in Roihupelto on Thursdays. The experiential excursion of the course will have the participants explore Mustavuori.
Art teachers: visual artists Greta Salonen and Juho Hellsten
Nature teachers: Mari Sahlstén and Nina Pelkonen
Age recommendation: primary school VALO classes and 3rd–4th graders
Duration: 3 x 120-min instructed sessions, plus pre and post sessions with your own teacher
Language: Finnish
Free entry.
Registration and enquiries: hanna.westerholm@hel.fi