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Wednesday, September 18th, 2024

Experience type:

Outreach Boxes

Program Description

Three unique educational kits are available. Each kit features original artwork by local artists, resource materials, art supplies, and detailed lesson plans for thematic art-making activities. Suitable for Grades K-7.

Ink Trails: The Vibrant Life of an Artist

Find inspiration and explore artistic techniques, subjects, and themes featured in the works of Chinese Canadian master printmaker, Anna Wong. These include nature prints, exercises in abstraction, travel themes, and mixed-media projects.

The Printmaker’s Pets

Discover relief printmaking techniques, drawing, and mixed-media, while exploring how printmakers portray cats, dogs, birds, and more.

Structures & Cities

Imagine, balance, construct, and combine materials to create an exciting mini-city. This program builds skills in architecture and design through a horizontal learning approach.

Big Ideas

Dance, drama, music, and visual arts express meaning in unique ways.

Engagement in the arts creates opportunities for inquiry through purposeful play.

People connect to others and share ideas through the arts.

People create art to express who they are as individuals and community.

Creative expression develops our unique identity and voice.

Inquiry through the arts creates opportunities for risk taking.

People connect to the hearts and minds of others in a variety of places and times through the arts.

The arts connect our experiences to the experiences of others.

Dance, drama, music, and visual arts are each unique languages for creating and communicating.

Exploring works of art exposes us to diverse values, knowledge, and perspectives.

Artists experiment in a variety of ways to discover new possibilities and perspectives.

Engaging in creative expression and experiences expands people’s sense of identity and belonging.

Artistic expressions differ across time and place.

Engaging in creative expression and experiences expands people’s sense of identity and community.

Experiencing art is a means to develop empathy for others’ perspectives and experiences.

Experiencing art challenges our point of view and expands our understanding of others.

Through art making, one’s sense of identity and community continually evolves.

COVID Precautions

School programs at Burnaby Art Gallery have been reviewed, revamped, and rebuilt to consider safety parameters regarding the current pandemic.

This includes:

enhancing supplies
individualizing art kits
distanced learning options

Trip Details

City:

Burnaby, Coquitlam, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Other, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver, West Vancouver

For Grades:

K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Months Available:

January, February, March, April, May, June, September, October, November, December

Days Offered:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Times Offered:

Outside of School Hours, Overnight

Duration:

See notes. minutes unless otherwise stated.

Maximum Students:

Offered In French:

Also Offered For:

Other

Packages Provided:

Both Pre-Visit and Post-Visit Packages

Fee Details

Fee Notes:

Cost: $36 for 3 weeks, $36 additional class.
Deposit: Refundable deposit of an additional $60, at time of booking.

Additional Notes

Available: September 28, 2024 - May 31, 2025

During gallery hours

Pick up: Saturdays | Return: Fridays or Saturdays
Teacher pick-up and drop off from Burnaby Art Gallery.
Some restrictions apply, please see our website for full details.

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