Types of Programs
Self-Guided Tours
Available Wednesdays-Sundays
11am-5pm
School groups and groups of school-aged children can come anytime during AGA public hours for up to 3 hours and enjoy the current exhibitions. Enjoy the flexibility to come and go on your own schedule!
Guided Tours
Available Tuesdays-Sundays
9:30am and 12pm
Join us in-Gallery for close looking and thoughtful reflections. Each tour is 90-minutes in length.
Tiny Art Adventures (Ages 4-7)
This interactive visit introduces young students to art and the museum through age-appropriate multi-sensory investigations and art activities. Students examine how artists use the elements of art (a visual vocabulary or alphabet) to create meaning in their work.
Learning to Look (Ages 7+)
Students explore the art and architecture of the AGA to practice close-looking and observation strategies while strengthening their visual literacy and visual thinking skills. This program introduces multiple ways of looking at art while focusing on how students can connect art and ideas to their own lives and experiences.
Artist as Storyteller (Ages 8-12)
Through multi-sensory discovery and play, students explore the connection between visual and written texts, including strategies for interacting with art, and the development of creative narratives in response to visual imagery. This thematic visit includes brainstorming, story sequencing and oral storytelling activities.
Exhibition Exploration (Ages 13+)
Students choose 2-3 exhibitions to explore alongside our knowledgeable Educators. Students are prompted to consider the curatorial key messages and artist statements while forming their own appreciation for the artwork through visual literacy strategies, thoughtful discussion in small groups, drawing and/or writing prompts, and personal reflections.
Studio Sessions
Available Tuesdays-Sundays
9:30am and 12pm
Come visit the AGA Education Studios for an art-making experience! Each studio session is 2 hours in length.
Colour Play (Ages 4-7)
Students explore their world through colour with multi-sensory and experimental colour exercises. Starting in the studio, students combine, share, and play to learn about colour mixing. Students then use their five senses to explore colour in Gallery spaces through search games and movement activities. Back in the studio, students work in groups to create a large scale mural inspired by different types of music.
My Place (Ages 8-12)
Students explore the idea of ‘place’ and their own place in the world through storytelling, gallery explorations and a mixed-media sculpture project. Students investigate the basic elements of landscape art including foreground, mid-ground and background, and visit gallery spaces to discover how artists tell stories about ‘places’ in their artwork. In the studio, students work with a variety of materials to build their own 3-dimensional relief sculpture based on a place that is important to them.
Curating Collections (Ages 13+)
Students look more closely at how art is collected and curated through a series of in-gallery discussions and activities. Students identify artistic subject matter and themes, experiment with mixed media techniques to create miniature artworks on paper, and try their hand at writing a curatorial statement. How meaning is constructed and manipulated by artists, curators/collectors and viewers.
Full-Day Programs
Spend the day with us! In this 4.5-hour program combine an in-Gallery tour in the morning and a studio session in the afternoon. The best of both worlds! Includes a space to have lunch. Select bot a Guided Tour and a Studio Session theme for your visit.
Program Costs
Costs are dependent on number of students and the program booked. Payments are made prior to or on day of program delivery. We accept payment by cash, cheque, credit card and electronic transfer. Costs are subject to change. To get a quote, please email us at education@youraga.ca
Self Guided Tours
$ 100 Up to 10 kids
$ 170 Up to 20 kids
$ 255 Up to 30 kids
Guided Tours
$ 110 Up to 10 kids
$ 187 Up to 20 kids
$ 281 Up to 30 kids
Studio Sessions
$ 225 Up to 15 kids
$ 420 Up to 30 kids
Full Day
$ 412 Up to 20 kids
$ 590 Up to 30 kids
Questions? Email education@youraga.ca or call 780-392-2479