Why Art Matters:

Grade 6 and 7 students at Trudeau Elementary reflect:

“Art expresses my own sense of creativity,

what matters to me.” Gurhazoor

“Art can express different ideas without language.” Zaira

“Art lets us express our feelings without feeling discriminated.” Stefani Alexa

“Arts improve your imagination.” Aseeskaur

“Art makes everything perfect.” Stephanie

“Art supports creative thinking”. Manroop

“Art contains a lot of history...a lot of knowledge.” Danica

“The elements of art are in everything, even animation and digital media.” Alex

“Studying nature, we see art everywhere.” Avani

“Art can be seen everywhere we go.” Krishna

“Art promotes peaceful communication.” Aryan

“Because we can make our feelings. We can draw special things from our minds.” Manreet

“Art is a way that people can express a passion.” Alex

“Art is everything. All our imagination and the way we express ourselves.” Tanishka

Land Acknowledgement

The Artist In Residence Studio program is honoured to be working together on the unceded, unsurrendered and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm|Musqueam, Sḵwxwú7mesh|Squamish & səlilwətaɬ |Tsleil-Waututh people, where we learn, live and work. We humbly acknowledge that we are unlearning and relearning and with this acknowledgement comes the commitment to engage in ongoing acts of reconciliation.

PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION: xʷməθkʷəy̓əm - Musqueam (pronounced Mus-kwee-um) Sḵwxwú7mesh - Squamish Nation (pronounced Skwa-mish) səlilwətaɬ - Tsleil-Waututh (pronounced Slay-wah-tuth) Please do not capitalize x in xʷməθkʷəy̓əm & s in səlilwətaɬ Do capitalize S in Skwxwú7mesh *The above has been shared by Chas Desjarlais- District Principal of Indigenous Education.