Paul Syme: Creativity Consultant, art teacher, portrait painter, Hantsport Nova Scotia Canada





	As the Arts Education Consultant for the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board, Paul works to improve the profile and impact of the arts in the lives of students. The Research is abundant and clear that a comprehensive arts curricula brings with it potent consequences on student engagement, life and academic success. Through rich multi-sensory experiences and student centered content, the arts can help students connect to their learning in deep and meaningful ways. With this in mind, Paul hopes to see more teachers integrating the arts into more subjects. See Paul's latest presentation on the importance of Creativity in the classroom.
			It seems that we could all use more creativity in our lives. Not just to entertain us, but rather to help us communicate, express ourselves, and to excell in our new global society and economy. I work with professionals and students to enhance whole brain activity at work -- employing strategies to think divergently, solve complex problems and to embrace change in a rapidly changing world. I dream of a time when adults are busily developing their imagination rather than trying to restore what they have lost since childhood. Bring more creativity to your school or business community. Just contact us.



					Paul has participated in writing of numerous Nova Scotia arts curricula, including: Design 11 Art 11 Art 12 Advanced Art 11 Advanced Art 12



After the success of Holy Angels HS (Sydney NS) Fine Arts Certificate, teachers in the AVRSB sought to design their own FAC. In 2006, as the Fine Arts Consultant, Paul took the work done to date, fleshed-out the FA certificate process and designed the final document. Now, students in the AVRSB can a FA certificate with 5 Arts credits and 12 majour projects.



					Teaching Visual Arts involves designing units that lead students to develop sklls with a range of media & processes; making compositional decissions; and building sensitivites and values towards the treatment of their artwork and that of others. This guide attempts to identify and clarify such componants for desiging rigorous and relevant art units.



*Art 3: Multimedia Art and Design* came from the success of Design 11. This complete course guide and workbook is available for teachers who want to teach art through computer and design media. View exemplars of student work.





	Please browse a gallery for a selection of Paul's works from 1995 to 2012.





Since 1997, when Horton High School's art program was founded,Paul has provided students with a growing on-line resource of support materials, lessons, assignments, and rubrics. This site also hosts several galleries of student art.



The Horton Art Gallery Online features exemplars of student art & designs from grades 10 through 12 -- surveying the program since 1998. HAGO shows how students are making great art in traditional and computer based media.