ARTIST PROFILE

Barbara Lilker

Barbara Lilker graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Toronto in 1996. She is currently founding partner of the multidisciplinary design firm Lilker Hecht Design Studio, which concentrates on small-scale residential and commercial architecture with a focus on sustainable design. Since 2001, Barbara has developed and taught mixed media architecture classes with a focus on the environment to children and youth. These classes integrate the arts, science, language, and social studies objectives of the Ontario Curriculum. Barbara has taught these programs in public and private schools as well as being an outreach instructor for Arts for Children and Youth for the past 5 years. Barbara is a recipient of an Artists in Education grant from the Ontario Arts Council.

AFCY Programs/Workshops: Barbara uses architecture as a vehicle to teach students about the human impact on the environment and to explore environmental literacy. Barbara conducts eco-architecture workshops where students design and build their own sustainable treehouses. In each school the treehouse designs have been community specific. Click here to learn more about an Eco-architecture program at Brock Junior Public School.

Affiliations/Links: Mother Earth News