cj fleury
cj fleury is a multi-media artist and cultural researcher, deeply interested in the role of art in contemporary society. Her twenty public commissions include: Ottawa - "Lightscape" for LRT's Blair Station; "Postcards from the Piazzas" (15 bronze + granite sculptures; Preston St); The "Women's Monument against Violence" (Elgin St.); The Dorothy O'Connell Anti-Poverty Activists' Monument (City Hall); Gatineau - "The Condition of Rosetta Stones" (C.E.G.E.P. Heritage College). Recognized for groundbreaking projects that bring the public into public art, cj is now designing an Artist-in-Residence program for the Bruyère Organization, a multi-site academic hospital. Her courses help students build imaginative and observational skills, as well as critical thinking, creativity in 2D, 3D, "placemaking" or social-connection; all while organizing for beauty, purpose and social wellness.
Use multiple tools, math techniques, and many design elements; create beauty with line, shape, texture, light, shadow, and reflection. Learn how individual tasks can build team success. Realize a plan; analyze results. Recycle.

New Artist

New Program

Residency

Indigenous

Performance

Workshop

Seniors

English

French

French Immersion
School Workshop: Shimmer and Shape your Subject
Using beautiful, light-weight, shiny material, students create unique, low-relief pieces. These can become 2 or 3-dimensional artworks like (kinetic) mobiles, sculptures, garden pieces, cards, frames or wands; as individual take-home creations; or a collaborative effort towards a public-art installation for the school.* Tactile, imaginative and fun; simple or complex techniques involve a few math concepts. Making a paper-plan, drawing, folds, cutting, patterns, embossing, and various assembly options. The scraps are worth saving for other small projects! The workshop can be tailored to suit your theme, cultural context or particular skill-levels.
Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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25
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Visual Arts
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Time and Price:
In person: Half day: two 75-minute sessions $350 + HST Full day: three 75-minute sessions $450 + HST Three full day residency: $1,350 + HST Each additional day: $450 + HST
Materials $3 + HST per student
May require an extra session, depending on configuration and scale of artwork and installation site.
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Seniors Workshop: Art-Bloomz all year round
Large, brilliantly colored flowers on leafy stems, made with pliable materials that get the hands and fingers moving. Participants with a range of skill levels take their inspiration from Nature, imagination or creative experiments. Can be suitable for work in pairs.
Seniors
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15
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Visual Arts
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Time and Price:
In person only: One workshop: 90 minutes $350 + HST
Materials: $3 + HST per participant
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Seniors Workshop: The Pleasure of Ornaments
Use easy-to-handle art materials, full of color and reflected light, to create small ornamental pieces; 2D or 3D birds, butterflies, shapes and patterns from Nature or the imagination. Techniques can be quite simple or more detailed to interest all skill levels, including those with dementia. There are many ways to display or share finished art throughout the seasons.
Seniors
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15
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Visual Arts
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Time and Price:
In person only: One workshop: 90 minutes $350 + HST
Materials: $3 + HST per participant
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Seniors Workshop: Your Personal Art Journal
Be it sketches, scribbles, scraps, maps, words, wishes or photos and poetry bits; filling up your art journal sets your imagination free. Learn lots of techniques for transforming plain white pages into small art pieces; entertaining experiments reflecting your creative spirit. Sketchbooks will be provided with some art materials & tools. Bring along favourite small objects, personal items or photos to inspire or incorporate or other interesting bits to trace, trade or share.
Seniors
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15
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Visual Arts
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Time and Price:
In person only: One workshop: 90 minutes $350 + HST
Materials: $3 + HST per participant
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