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Class Tours for Schools | Arts Discovery Days | Education Tours
Tours and Workshops for School Groups
The Confederation Centre Art Gallery is pleased to offer tours and workshops to school groups
*Tours are led by experienced visual arts educators who utilize a variety of engaging and effective teaching strategies to connect students to art, and art to your classroom.
*Please prebook activities two weeks in advance.
*Tours and workshops are available Tuesdays through Fridays, 10am or 1pm
*Kindergarten to university students are welcome.
*There is no charge for teachers and chaperones or students with financial needs.
Gallery Tour – $2.00 per student
A one-hour tour of the gallery. Each year the gallery presents an average of 20 exhibitions across its seven spaces, so there is always a lot to explore! Participants will learn visual literacy and critical thinking skills as they are guided through the gallery’s offerings and are encouraged to ask questions and share opinions. Exhibitions frequently address diverse topics including social justice, economics, history, Canadian identity and more! Teachers are welcome to inquire about specific subjects related to their students’ current studies. In gallery drawing activities and scavenger hunts are also available.
Studio Workshop– $5.00 per student
A studio workshop includes a 15-minute introduction to one of our Gallery exhibitions followed by a 45-minute art activity in the Schurman Family Studio related to the exhibition.The workshop activities offered may include drawing, painting, printmaking, or sculpture. Teachers can request an art activity of their choice.
Combined Tour and Workshop– $6.00 – $10.00 depending on workshop material cost
This two-hour visit combines the tours described above, with one hour spent in the Gallery and one hour in the studio.
To book your tour, please contact Andreas Fobes at [email protected] or call 902.628.6112
NOTE: If there are students in your class who are art enthusiasts, please let them know that we also offer PD Day Art Camps, Winter Break Camps, Saturday morning art classes and summer art camps; www.confederationcentre.com/artseducation
CURRENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS – FOLLOW THE LINKS BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS:
Land is not a mat to be rolled up and taken away
February 17, 2023 – May 21, 2023
Learning Topics: • sculpture • minimalism • form • colour • statistics • economics • geopolitics
The Anne of Green Gables Manuscript: L.M. Montgomery and the Creation of Anne
January 19, 2023 – January 19, 2028
Digital Exhibition available at annemanuscript.ca
Arts Discovery Days
Arts discovery days is a project of Confederation Centre of the Arts in partnership with the PEI Department of Education, Early Childhood Development and Culture. During Arts Discovery Days, students participate in hands-on sessions in movement, drama, and visual arts, connecting to fourth and eighth-grade social studies curriculum for English programs. We are very pleased to once again be offering the Grade 4 program to students following the French language curriculum, and extend our thanks to Canadian Parents for French for helping us to achieve this goal.
Contact us now to have your class participate in Arts Discovery Days!
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO BOOK YOUR CLASS FOR ARTS DISCOVERY DAYS, please contact the Associate Director of Arts Education at [email protected].
For French Arts Discovery Days please contact Monique Lafontaine
(902) 628.6105 or [email protected]
Educational Tours
The Story of Confederation | Confederation Chamber Replica Tours
$2 per student/Maximum students 25
This one-hour visit begins with “A Building of Destiny” (also available in French), an easy-to-understand 20-minute film introducing students to Province House and the 1864 Charlottetown Conference. Your guide will put Confederation in physical context by interpreting our Confederation Chamber replica, featuring original artifacts, as well as perfect reproductions of the grand table and twenty-six chairs from which the Fathers debated the beginnings of a nation. The visit will end with an age-appropriate class activity.
Tours available Monday through Saturday (Must be pre-booked)
Suitable for students in Grade 4 through to university. Curriculum targets Canadian identity, history, Confederation, political science, Canada 150, Charlottetown/Island history
For bookings, please contact [email protected]