Programming for the remaining school year is full. Feel free to fill out the booking form below if you would like to be notified of any availability.
What to Expect from our At-Gallery School Programs
We strive to;
- Link all school programs directly to the Permanent Collection exhibition and/or current exhibitions
- Design and deliver relevant and impactful programming
- Activate new perspectives, ideas and connections inspired by Ontario Curriculum and are cross-curricular
- Use fine art materials and encourage experimentation, process over final product is key
- Empower student’s sense of self and build self-confidence and to interpret the world around them
- Build communication and critical thinking skills
Our Learning model through the arts; the 4 C’s
Creativity
Collaboration
Critical Thinking
Communication
and our 5th C… Curiosity
Our school programming is supported by the Resilient Community Fund, Ontario Trillium Foundation.
JK/SK: In the Moment
Half day only – Approximately 60 min gallery/60 min studio
$10 per student (no HST)
Your students will tour our permanent collection exhibition, About Time and discuss how we change and how things around us change. We will use interactive play and collaborative gallery activities while looking at portraits, landscapes and abstract art for inspiration and understanding.
In the studio, use various art techniques and materials such as pastel and watercolour to create bright and beautiful collaged landscapes that explore perspective, colour, line and shape.
Curriculum connections: Fine Arts: elements and principles of design; Language Arts; Social Studies.
Gr.1-3: Time Will Tell
Half day only – Approximately 60 min gallery/60 min studio
$10 per student (no HST)
Your students will tour our permanent collection exhibition, About Time and discuss how things change over time in relation to ourselves, others and the world around them. Students will engage through play with individual, shared and whole class gallery activities.
In the studio, use various art techniques and materials to create bright and beautiful collaged landscapes that explore perspective, colour, line and shape.
Curriculum connections: Fine Arts: elements and principles of design; Language Arts; Social Studies.
Gr. 4-6: A Measure of Change
Half day only – Approximately 60 min gallery/60 min studio
Full day only – Approximately 100 min gallery/100 min studio
Half Day: $10 per student – 2D creation only
Full Day: $15 per student – 2D and 3D creation
In this program, students investigate concepts of time and how they measure themselves and the world around them through the changes that happen to themselves, others and our environment. They will develop visual literacy skills as they investigate artists’ intention and have deeper discussions about portraits, abstractions, sculptures, Indigenous and Inuit artworks, traditional and contemporary landscapes. We use critical thinking, inquiry based collaborative investigations and individual, partnered and group discussions.
In the studio, construct a landscape collage using a variety of materials such as pastel, paint and mark making techniques and learn how to combine them to explore the concepts of visual texture. Students will each create their own unique framed landscape art while successfully demonstrating landscape fundamentals such as perspective, colour, and texture.
In the full day program, use clay to create their own dwelling, working together to build a classroom neighbourhood.
Curriculum connections: Fine Arts: elements and principles of design; Language Arts; Social Studies.
Gr. 7/8: Temporal Transformations
Half day only – Approximately 60 min gallery/60 min studio.
Full day only – Approximately 100 min gallery/100 min studio.
Half Day: $10 per person – 2 Panel Image
Full Day: $15 per person – 4 Panel Image
In this program, students will investigate the concepts of time and how they measure themselves and the world around them through the changes that happen both to ourselves, others and our environment. They will look at the transient nature of life and the stages of growth and change. They will develop visual literacy skills as they investigate the artists’ intention and have deeper discussions about abstractions, sculptures, Indigenous and Inuit artworks, traditional and contemporary landscapes. We use critical thinking, inquiry based collaborative investigations and individual, partnered and group discussions.
In the studio, experiment with a variety of materials such as paint, charcoal, and pastel to create a polyptych piece of art.
Curriculum connections: Fine Arts: elements and principles of design; Language Arts; Social Studies.
Booking Details
Our At-Gallery programs are designed for minimum of 15 students to a maximum of 60 students.
Start times are flexible, we recommend 9:30-11:30am, 12:30-2:30pm and 9:30-1:30pm. All programs are available Tuesdays to Fridays.
Payment: Can be made on the day of the program OR an invoice will be emailed to the school after the visit. We accept cash, cheque or credit/debit onsite.
Questions? Contact the Learning Team: 905 576 3000 ex.114 or email: jmorrison@rmg.on.caor jwelch@rmg.on.ca.