educators
Education Programs @ Station Gallery
Station Gallery's innovative arts education makes enriching your curriculum easy.
A is for Art is a half day on-site gallery program for JK to Grade 3 students.
Arts Infused Education brings grade 7 & 8 students to the gallery for a full-day program that connects our current exhibition to your core curriculum goals. Download the spring session overview.
Want more details? See below or contact our Education Manager, Saira Knowles or 905.668.4185.
Educator resources to help educators bring art into the classroom. View our handout How To Look At Art With Your Students.
A is for Art: Curriculum Connections
A is for Art: Curriculum Connections, is a unique opportunity for students to explore their Arts Curriculum and learn more about contemporary Canadian Artists.
Our half day A is for Art: Curriculum Connections workshop will engage students through interactive exercises that will promote critical thinking and hands on learning in a creative and new environment.
While at Station Gallery students will view artworks from our Permanent Collection and talk about contemporary work by artists like JC Heywood, Rita Letendre and Kittie Bruneau. Works by these artists have been chosen to introduce students to the Elements and Principles of Design and focus will be on colour, line and shape based on the new Ontario Arts Curriculum. Visiting students will also complete their own series of prints in our studios.
We currently offer a limited number of sessions on Friday's from 9:15am – 11:30am for JK – Grade 3 students (some flexibility on arrival and departure times).
Arts Infused Education*
* This program is generously sponsored by the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
Arts Infused Education is a method of learning school based curriculum, (i.e.: science, math, geography) through an arts experience to meet the needs of a diverse range of learners.Our programs enhance academic studies and allow students to develop multidisciplinary skills in a new setting. It’s an approach that engages students in not only learning about art - but learning through art.
It's offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays, twice each year through selected 5 week exhibition schedules. Students will be led in an exploration and interpretation of the exhibition in the morning. In the afternoon, they'll work hands-on with artist instructors to create an original work that incorporates those learned concepts.
"Incorporating art, in this case multi-media collage into the history curriculum provided my students the opportunity to apply their learning in a whole new way. Rather than mere rote learning, the students came away with a deeper, richer understanding of their researched topic." S. Stevens, Teacher