Nicole Bélanger

About the Artist

Nicole Bélanger is a visual artist who specializes in directing group murals, both in schools and in the community. Her emphasis is on group efforts at the conceptual and creative level. The murals are directed in a way where she provides guidelines and direction as the project progresses to ensure a quality finished product and a level of acquired expertise for the students. Her community murals have also involved the homeless and health centres. Nicole believes in the energy created by a group effort, and that there is room for everyone to create. Nicole is a visual artist in her own right, working in both painting and sculpture. She is a graduate with a masters degree in Visual arts from Norwich University, U.S.A.

The participants develop many skills, such as the power of critical thinking, positive discussion, the challenges of the work, and a sense of belonging.

— Nicole Bélanger

Artist's Programs

Curriculum Links

Produce two- or three-dimensional works of art that communicate ideas; identify and organize colours, shapes and textures; create sculptures while using appropriate techniques and materials; explain how key elements are used to create expected effects.

Artistic Disciplines

Visual Arts

Diversity

Francophone, Women+

Age

All ages, Children ages 5 - 11, Children ages 12 - 18, Seniors, Junior Kindergarten, Senior Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12

Language Proficiency

English, French

A group of seniors wearing aprons and white gloves gather around a long canvas that they paint red, yellow, and orange with sponges. / Un groupe de séniors avec des tabliers et des gants blancs sont autour d’un long tableau qu'ils peignent en jaune, rouge et orange avec des éponges.
A White woman with salt and pepper hair paints a colourful mural. / Une femme Blanche aux cheveux bruns et blancs peint une murale colorée.
A blue eyed White woman with salt and pepper hair smiles at the camera. / Une femme Blanche aux yeux bleus et cheveux noirs et blancs sourit.
Rows of decorated unfired clay tiles lay on a table. / Des tuiles en argiles décorées non cuites sont en rangées sur une table.
In the foreground, a child carves an unfired clay tile as others do the same in the background. / Un enfant grave une tuile en argile non cuite au premier plan pendant que d’autres font la même chose en arrière-plan.

Video Gallery

A group of elementary school aged children in a classroom with one of their hands up in the air. Most are wearing a green t-shirt and they are watching a video on a projected screen.
Nicole Belanger in a black and white striped blouse, light blue jeans and dark brown curly hair. There is a book and plate of paint colours in front of her as she faces the wall painting cattails.

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