Pre-Visit Information Package

Tuesdays | October 1, 2019 – June 15, 2020 

Thursdays | October 3, 2019 - June 17, 2020

Discover the Gallery’s Permanent Art Collections, focusing on handmade prints by First Nation artists. Using real artworks from the collection, students will make comparisons of the different techniques and elements of meaning in the works. The class will consider the significance of the ecosystem and environment which are represented in the selected First Nations works. Students will create their own art piece inspired by their connection with the environment and explore how different mediums work together.

In this new program students explore the process of erosion by investigating the Fraser River. Using a stream table, the class will build a re-creation of the Fraser River. They will us scientific inquiry to hypothesize changes over time. Students will spend a good portion of the day outdoors examining sections of the Fraser River in order to draw conclusions. Students will learn why this waterway is significant to Canadian history by examining the ecological environment and community around it.

Engage your students and their creativity by bringing this educational trunk into your classroom. Students will engage with natural materials that Indigenous people used in building their rich culture. Everything is engaging in this new kit, from precious Coast Salish ‘tools’ to visual aids in order to transform students back in time.

Students will be introduced to the history of environmental art with a focus on the ephemeral artwork of Andy Goldsworthy. Working together, students will collect objects, create compositions, and troubleshoot basic engineering requirements for their collaborative artworks.

Students will dive deep into the waters of the Pacific Coast to explore the animals that call the Pacific Coast home. They will choose an animal from the Pacific Coast to focus their art project and to inspire their creativity. Learning everything from their animal’s adaptability in the local B.C. environment to their survival needs, students are eager to create a vivid art piece representing their animal.

Students will be introduced to the artwork of Emily Carr and her travels to visit First Nation’s villages on the Skeena River and Haida Gwaii that inspired her artwork. Students will create an Emily Carr inspired composition using watercolour.