SARAH IRVING
Art Discipline(s)
- Visual Arts
Salisbury | (506) 377-8608
Preferred School District(s)
- ASD-East
Preferred Grade Level(s)
- K-2
- 3-5
- 6-8
- 9-12
Can provide residency in
- English
Indigenous Artist
- No
Completed Policy 701
- Yes
Bio
Sarah Irving is a visual artist from Salisbury, NB who specializes in creating art within communities. She works as part of the artist collective Arrow Amor, which she founded with her husband Mitl Gaxiola in 2017. Together they have undertaken a multitude of community art initiatives including workshops, murals, and much more. The primary focus of the collective is to transform public spaces, and how they are experienced, through art and community work. Sarah's primary goal as an artist is to promote community art participation, where the main artists are the members of the community who work together to connect with and change their environment.
Residency Project
I would be interested in collaborating with an educator or educators to create a project which takes students into nature in order to explore and connect to their environment through art. The symbiotic relationship of art and nature can be explored through many different mediums, depending on grade level and interests of the students. Sculptural installations using nature’s own found objects, sketching trips and watercolours en plein air are three examples of activities which could be undertaken in my residency. By teaching the art of seeing and observing the world around us, and using art as a tool for this lesson, students will be challenged to understand our interdependence with the natural world and the role we play as we interact with nature, animals and each other.
Teaching Experience
I have extensive experience teaching children in Canada as well as in Mexico, Japan and China. I have taught with the Estey Art Initiative since 2017 in the after-school program and summer camps. In summer 2021, I designed the curriculum for and taught my own Art Camp Program for ages 5 to 17 in coordination with the Village of Salisbury Dept. of Recreation and Wellness. I have taught all different types of art including: acrylic painting, watercolor painting, drawing and sketching in ink, graphite, crayon and marker, sculpture, crafts and much more. I also have experience teaching English as a second language.