Sabrina Bejba

Visual

Specialities: Nature-focused art, Outdoor Art-making, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Public Installations, Recycling/upcylcing art projects

Contact Info

Email address

sbejba@gmail.com

Phone Number

4388234925

Website address

Québec

Where Artist lives

Montreal

Resides in

English Montreal

Social Media

Experience working with

Early childhood
Cycle 1 Elementary
Cycle 2 Elementary
Cycle 3 Elementary
Secondary 1 & 2
Secondary 3 & 4
Secondary 5
CEGEP

Lifelong Learners

Adult Learners

I regularly explore the following Broad Areas of Learning/Themes in my work

Health and Wellbeing
Environmental Awareness and Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
Media Literacy
Citizenship and Community Life (Identity & Belonging)

I've received CHSSN Mental Health Initiative training for:

Children & Pre-teens

Listed in the Quebec Culture in the Schools Repertoire

I have experience working with

ArtsSmarts
MASC
MikwChiyâm

I can facilitate virtual creative experiences

Travel

I am available for travel within the same day
I am available for travel overnight
An extended residency is an option

I am a mixed media visual artist working with cyanotype printmaking techniques. My goal is to inspire experimentation and collaboration, using the magic of art to help students build on their sense of belonging and community. My approach asks guiding questions that weave in experiential learning through art making. I have a Bachelor's degree in Art Education and have facilitated workshops with students in elementary schools, high schools and adults in a variety of school and community settings.

Celebration wall at Badabin Eeyou School

Mikw Chiyâm Residency in Mistissini, Qc

Mikw Chiyâm residency in Whapmagoostui, Qc

Teacher Workshop using drawings and found objects - Art by Paul Emerson

Embellishing final prints

Creative Approach and Experiences Offered

I offer cyanotype printing lessons that focus on noticing and observing our surroundings and our role within those spaces.

Students are invited on scavenger hunts to collect items from outdoor and indoor environments. They select items to place on their UV sensitive papers and expose them using the sun or UV lamps. Once students become comfortable with the technique, we reflect on how we can experiment further with photographs, acetate drawings and embellishments.

Themes: community, environment, and sense of belonging. The cyanotype process creates a naturally collaborative environment. There is a lot of sharing of discoveries, walking around to different stations and helping others. Themes and guiding questions are brainstormed in groups to encourage discussion and collaboration.

Projects can include:
- series of prints on paper
- collective fabric quilts or banners
- prints on bags/clothing
- large collective murals

This medium is very magical and adaptable.

One-Day Event Description

Cyanotype Printmaking

Using the traditional cyanotype printing technique, participants will explore how to create with light. Participants will collect objects, choose photographs, create drawings and play around with varying compositions and layers. The question: "Who/what do we want to celebrate?” will guide discussions around how students will transform their prints into gratitude cards. The process for each print is about 15 minutes which allows students to create multiple pieces and encourages experimentation and collaboration. Option to create a large collaborative piece that can be gifted to a community.

31-60 students per group.