Celebrating the Creative Journey of Our Students!
At Upchuckle Education, we couldn't be more proud of the creativity, growth, talent and teamwork that our students and Cartoon Campers have demonstrated. To honour their awesome achievements, we’re delighted to present a collection of galleries that pay homage to their hard work, exceptional talent and the fun-filled memories we've created together. Enjoy!
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Various Sessions, Lessons & Workshops
(2023-Present)—Venue: multiple locations, across Ontario
We have a lot of fun creating and exploring with students across the region—whether at their homes, a coffee shop, the Sandbox Centre, a library or anywhere else convenient for them. All we need is some paper, pencils & positivity!
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Innisfil ideaLAB & Library—1st Comic Fest 2024
(1 day—April.27th, 2024) Venue: The Innisfil ideaLab & Library
We were thrilled to be invited to conduct art & animation workshops at Innisfil IdeaLAB’s VERY FIRST Comic Fest!!! The entire event was a big success full of vendors, cosplayers & fun! We had a great time & look forward to coming back again next year!
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Cartoon Camp—P.A. Day (for grades 9-12)
(1 Day—Friday, April.26th, 2024)
We didn’t let a low turnout for this Cartoon Camp put any kind of damper on the day! We had a great time designing characters, practicing storytelling and animating flipbooks together! A very talented pair of students!
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Cartoon Camp—P.A. Day (for ages 8-12)
(1 Day—Monday, April.8th, 2024)
It was a busy & fun day of drawing, sharing ideas, creating together and of course, PIZZA while the (overcast) eclipse took place outside.
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Cartoon Camp—March Break 2024!!! (for ages 12-17)
(5 Days—March.11th-March.15th, 2024)
What a great week with this fantastic bunch of Cartoon Campers! We had fun learning to design characters, drawing in perspective and even animating!
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This beautiful swan animation was done by Katie
Gerard did this imaginative & well done animation! Way to go!
…and he also created this funny one with some great comedic timing!
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Stronger Together Studio—Family Day Mini Makers Fair
(1 Day—Feb.19th, 2024)
We had a lot of fun drawing with these great artists this Family Day!
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Johnson Street Public School—Winter Festival
(1 Evening—Dec.14th, 2023)
A fantastic evening of mingling with families while drawing and sharing fun ideas with anyone who wished to pull up a chair and join us.
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Aspire Services Social Club—Cartoons & Coffee
(1 Evening—Dec.6th, 2023) Venue: Williams Cafe, Barrie
We had a wonderful time slurping coffee, chatting & conducting fun drawing exercises with the wonderful Aspire Services Social Club at Williams. We’re looking forward to doing it again soon! This event was exclusively for neurodivergent adults who had a lot of talent & so many wonderful ideas and stories to tell.
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Comic Fest 2023
(1 day—September 23rd, 2023) Venue: The Barrie Public Library
We were thrilled to be invited by the Barrie Public Library to have a booth at Comic Fest 2023. We had a fantastic time chatting with attendees and conducting drawing workshops & exercises (and of course, admiring the amazing cosplayers!).
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Cartoon Camp for Teens—Storyboarding & Storytelling
(5 days—August 14th-18th, 2023) Venue: Office space, Barrie Ontario
It was only the two of us for this week, but that didn’t stop us from having a great time working together & covering a lot of ground! We explored drawing in perspective, storyboarding & shot selection/camera angles, story-telling & even finished the week with a completed 5-page script! We worked in some bonus Procreate training too!
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Cartoon Camp for Teens—Character Design
(5 days—August 8th-12th, 2023) Venue: Sir Games-a-lot, Bayfield Mall, Barrie Ontario
We had a lot of laughs & fun, creative learning this week at Cartoon Camp! Not only a great deal of talent & imagination (not to mention, PIZZA!), but also great confidence-building and growth throughout the week!
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Cartooning Workshop at Stronger Together Studio
(1 Day—July 12th, 2023) Venue: Stronger Together Studio, Barrie Ontario
A great day of cartoon drawing at Stronger Together Studio, with a broad age range of kids & teens. Some real talent here & fantastic strides in ability seen throughout the day!
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CTV News swung by to say hello!
Swimmy whale on the Zoetrope
