October

In this two-hour program developed in collaboration with Kwakwaka’wakw Chief Robert Joseph, students discover the ongoing importance of the Kwakwaka’wakw potlatch. Students will engage with themes of transformation, ancestry, oral history, and rights and privileges by learning from cultural belongings in the MOA teaching collection.

A guided gallery exploration encourages active looking and listening, and students are asked to draw a potlatch belonging of their choice before reporting and reflecting on their findings to the rest of the class. Students will finish the program by watching a short film showing the sights, sounds, and ceremony of the Kwakwaka’wakw potlatch.

To book this program, please submit a booking request.

https://moa.ubc.ca/school-programs/types/kwakwakawakw-potlatch/

Four 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.

Anna's Printing Press

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.

Cultural Portraits

Investigate how an artist’s expression reflects their identity and culture and the role visual art plays in reflecting or challenging traditions.

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. 

Subtopic: Migration Journeys (45-60 minutes, $135)

Play an immigration game through our Vancouver History Virtual Galleries. Explore the galleries and examine suitcases from immigrants while collecting points and money towards immigrating. This program focuses on who immigrates and why, the quality of life for new immigrants, and immigrants’ contributions to Vancouver from the 1900s to the 1950s.

Subtopic: A Seat at the Table (45-60 minutes, $135)

Discover Chinese immigrants’ stories from MOV’s A Seat at the Table exhibition. Reflect on the diversity of their experience in British Columbia, the challenges they faced, their resilience, and their pursuit of justice.*

*An Education Kit is available for this subtopic ($50/week)

Subtopic: First Nations of the Northwest Coast Culture (45-60 minutes, $135)

Gain a deeper understanding of First Nations’ traditional culture through Object-Based Learning. Examine belongings from the Pacific Northwest Coast and learn how First Nations Peoples met the basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter.*

*An Education Kit is available for this subtopic ($50/week)

Subtopic: Inuit Culture (45-60 minutes, $135)

Learn more about the seasonal cycle of traditional Inuit life through an interactive inquiry-based activity that focuses on Inuit belongings.

Learn about Ancient Egypt by role-playing archaeologists. Excavate and examine Egyptian artifacts, build a pyramid, and see a real Egyptian mummy.

Discover the many wonders of the only mammal that can fly. Find out how bats live, hunt, echolocate and adapt to their habitat using their unique bodies. Because bats are nocturnal, we will not see any live bats during the program. Instead, we will explore their habitat with unique props and activities. Bats really are beautiful; learn why in this interactive forest adventure.

Keywords: nature, park, parks, outdoor, outdoors, ecology, forest, hands-on, interactive, explore, conservation, animals, plants

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Free tours of our exhibitions are available for Grades 8 - 12. Learn about the artists, their works, and how we curate the exhibitions. Teachers' Guides are available on our website for each exhibition. Please book ahead of time to ensure availibility. Gallery-based activities can be arranged to integrate with your subject area.