posted September 16, 2016
Culture Days
Exquisite impressions: making prints of ice-age cave art
To celebrate Culture Days 2016, You are invited to make your own linocut prints of ice-age art from around the world!
Drop in to the Beringia Centre between 12pm and 4pm for a visual feast of ancient cave art and their locations. Visitors staying for 1.5 hours can learn about printmaking with ready-made linocuts and create images of ice age cave art to take home. Visitors staying for 3 hours (arriving before 1pm) will be able to develop their own image and linocut engraving to print.
Kids 9 and under must be assisted by an adult during the activity.
All materials will be supplied on a first-come, first-served basis.
Come and create some beautiful art pieces to take home or use as greeting cards!
For additional information check out this CBC's Ideas airing:
FIRST SIGNS: UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST SYMBOLS
Paul Kennedy takes a trip back in time to the Ice Age with renowned Canadian archaeologist Genevieve von Petzinger. That's where they discuss the possible meaning behind the strange geometric shapes that appear along with cave art from the paleolithic period, and her struggle to crack the code on the first form of graphic communication.