2025 School Workshops for SD42
Join us this Winter and Spring for educational and engaging workshops designed specifically for school groups, including homeschools. The ACT Arts Centre’s school workshops are designed for students in grades 1-7 and follow learning objectives that align with the BC Curriculum!
Art Gallery Tour & Workshop
A tour of the new exhibition Architecture of Memory and an accompanying art making activity
(90 minutes duration)
Tuesdays and Thursdays in the morning from 10:00AM – 11:30AM.
January 21 to April 17, excluding pro-d-days and Spring Break
Fee: $10/student
About the Exhibition
Architecture of Memory is a solo exhibition of recent works by Valerie Pugh. Utilizing the interdisciplinary mediums of painting, sculpture, collage, and installation, Pugh explores themes of memory, home, imagination and dreams. Memories, which are often abstract in form, are represented as gestural swaths of vivid colour and generous layers of mark making. These abstractions are then constructed into recognizable architectural forms
Workshops will include a 30-minute guided tour and discussion of our newest exhibition, Architecture of Memory, as well as a 60-minute art activity designed to compliment the exhibition.
All materials and equipment will be provided.
Art Discovery Workshops
Two afternoons of art-making activities taught by ACT Instructors in our studio classrooms. Students will be introduced to the mediums of ceramics, printmaking and paper craft over two sessions.
(120 minutes duration)
Tuesdays and Thursdays in the afternoon from 12:00PM – 2:00PM
Note: the second session will be scheduled on the same day the following week, to allow ceramics pieces time to be fired and ready for decorating.
Fee: $35/student
Tuesdays:
Jan 21 and Feb 4
Feb 11 and Feb 18
Feb 25 and Mar 4
Thursdays:
Jan 23 and Jan 30
Feb 6 and Feb 13
Feb 20 and Feb 27
Week 1: Ceramics and Printmaking
Week 2: Ceramics and Paper Craft
Cancellation/Payment
A non-refundable deposit of 20% of the total is payable at the time of booking, payable by cheque or credit card. The balance of fees is payable a minimum of two weeks before the date of booking.
For inquiries about these activities please contact: learning@mract.org
To book your class please contact: call the ACT Ticket Centre at 605-476-2787 ext 1 or email: info@mract.org
SCHOOL PROGRAM TESTIMONIALS
“Excellent, [the session] supported my classroom learning…Students learned different techniques and activities…students seemed to have lot of fun and enjoyed it…very well taught, liked the sequence of activities for improvement.”
“I really enjoyed the drama program. I enjoyed performing the small scenes.”