Jessica Houston
Visual
Specialities: Collage, Drawing, Murals, Nature-focused art, Outdoor Art-making, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Pop-up books, Public Installations, Soundscapes, Storytelling
Contact Info
Email address
Resides in
English Montreal
Social Media
Experience working with
Student In
- Early childhood
- Cycle 1 Elementary
- Cycle 2 Elementary
- Cycle 3 Elementary
- Secondary 1 & 2
- Secondary 3 & 4
- Secondary 5
- CEGEP
- Senior Citizens
Lifelong Learners
- Adult Learners
I regularly explore the following Broad Areas of Learning/Themes in my work
- Health and Wellbeing
- Personal and Career Planning
- Environmental Awareness and Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
- Media Literacy
- Citizenship and Community Life (Identity & Belonging)
- STEAM
Listed in the Quebec Culture in the Schools Repertoire
- No
I have experience working with
- LEARN, Quebec; The New York State School Board; Creative Arts Learning at Columbia University, NY; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
I can facilitate virtual creative experiences
- Yes
School board areas you are available to work in
- Central Quebec - Quebec City & Environs
- Central Quebec - Rural/Regional Schools
- Cree School Board
- Eastern Shores - Gaspe/Coast
- Eastern Shores - Lower St. Lawrence
- Eastern Shores - Magdalen Islands
- Eastern Townships
- English Montreal
- Kativik School Board
- Lester B Pearson - outside Montreal transportation areas (STM)
- Lester B Pearson - within public transit area
- Littoral - Lower North Shore
- New Frontiers - Chateauguay
- New Frontiers - Chateauguay Valley
- Riverside
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier – Lanaudiere
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier – Laval
- Western Quebec - Northern area
- Western Quebec - Southern area (Hull, Wakefield etc)
Travel
- I am available for travel overnight
- An extended residency is an option
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I have traveled from pole to pole creating art projects with high-school and primary students at the intersection of art, ecology and environmental justice. My school-wide art and STEAM projects, drawing, painting, murals, installations, and interdisciplinary collaborations generate diverse spaces for creative expression. I hold a MA in Art and Art Education from Columbia University. I work closely with teachers and schools to develop online and/or in-person art experiences.
Creative Approach and Experiences Offered
I lead visual art experiences that are fun, engaging and transformative where students can celebrate diversity, follow their natural curiosity and to explore a variety of materials in focused, age-appropriate experiences. Through involvement with the rich, tactile properties of drawing, painting, collage, clay, mixed media, students enrich their visual language, which they use for their own expressive means. Projects draw inspiration from nature; science; poetry/literature; social justice issues; history and students’ imagination. The creative process offers many discoveries in terms of materials, ideas, critical thinking and working together.1. Environmental Themes/Climate Change/Nature
2. Art + Science
3. Drawing, Painting
4. Public Art/School Murals/Installation Projects
5. Social Justice, Museum/Art History Integration
6. Interdisciplinary Projects
7. Oral Histories
Video
Jessica Houston: What does visual arts bring to schools at this time?
Jessica Houston, Louise Campbell, Guillaume Jabbor, Message in a Bottle: How do you find facilitating art online?