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Education Programs @ Station Gallery
Station Gallery offers a wide range of innovative education programming that seeks to engage visitors and learners of all ages with our exhibitions. We achieve our deepened integration of exhibition and education programming through interpretive planning, underscoring the visitor experience, connecting artists with their audiences and reflecting the changing face of the community.
Our programming vision is to animate, engage, create, inform and innovate. We do this through interpretive planning that creates an environment of learning for the following activities:
Community Education Programs:
- Family Art Days that link learning in the studios to the current exhibition
- Underground Studio for Youth, a free drop in program
- Diverse range of arts workshops, classes and programs for adults that links to the current exhibition
- Art classes, workshops and camps for children (continuum from 2 years-12 years) - including tours and link to current exhibitions
- An open studio printmaking program with workshops and classes in our unique Nicolas Novak Print Studio
To learn more about our Station Gallery's arts education programs click here.
Youth Programs:
Our Youth program mission is to provide a supportive space for young people to recognize and enrich their creative potential. We believe all young people are inherently creative.
Station Gallery's overall approach is to be forward thinking, innovative and determined. We work in a welcoming atmosphere of insight, reflection and appreciated to build programs that are inclusive and accessible….engaging our audience and reflecting a diversity of ideas.
Our approach embodies a belief that engaging young people in the arts can significantly impact their personal, social and academic development.
We offer creative opportunities for young people that are hands-on, student directed, accessible and connect them directly with artists and their community outside of a formal educational environment.
Click here to learn about 10+ initiatives developed for today's Youth.
Want to get involved?
Learn more about Station Gallery's Youth programs - contact Education Assistant, Hailey Yates or call 905.668.4185.
Outreach Initiatives:
- Intergenerational Art Program linking young artists with geriatric patients
- Station Gallery's Kids tent (aka "SG Kids Tent") at 6 annual community events
- Art Workshops for special needs adults linking to printmaking and our Permanent Collection
We offer a range of education resources for educators and parents, from ongoing treasure hunts for family visitors to curriculum linked workshops for teachers. Here are some of our current programs:
- Curator & Artist Walk and Talks
- Professional Development Workshops for Artists to enhance skills
- Podcasts, video slide shows and artist interviews shown at our reception television
- Fun, kid friendly Treasure Hunts and Adult information sheets to SPARK! creative thinking about the current art exhibition. (Click here to view SPARK Sheet Sample)
- Educator resources to help educators bring art into the classroom. Click here to view our handout How To Look At Art With Your Students.