Bring your students to the gallery for an active tour that engages students through observation, interaction, creative thinking and a studio component. One and a half hour tours or full day studio programs facilitate an artistic experience tailored to your class’ grade level.
We are located in Deer Lake Park in a heritage building. Field trips can be combined with a visit to the Burnaby Village Museum, or a walk around Deer Lake. Also see our 2011-2012 brochure for tour details and booking information.
Gallery Tour and Workshop (half day)
Full Day Studio (full day)
Self Guided Visit
Gallery Tour and Workshop
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October 4 to November 10, 2011
Artists Rhonda Neufeld and Rodney Konopaki exhibit collaborative drawings, prints, and photographs that explore the act and meaning of collaboration in the process of art-making. Through sharing, observing, recording, and reflecting, students will engage with each other in the creative process. In the gallery, images inspire students to create stories and drawings as a collective. In partners, students then generate mixed-media art through unusual methods, with unanticipated outcomes.
Cost: $80.00 (Burnaby District Schools $65.00)
Times: 10-11:30 a.m. or 1-2:30 p.m.
Available: T, W, Th
Grades: K-12
Takao Tanabe: Form and Place
November 29, 2011 to January 20, 2012
Takao Tanabe exhibits drawings and paintings that are inspired by British Columbia’s land, sea, and sky. His landscape images work to capture the essence of time and place, engaging the viewer in an emotional journey. Students explore Tanabe’s vision through his work, and then practice using his techniques through in-gallery drawing, developing skills such as gradated shading. In the studio, students will work with watercolour painting, using colour and light to evoke their own vision of the natural environment.
Ideal for grades 4 -12. This is a 2 hour program, please note fees and times below.
Cost: $105.00 (Burnaby District Schools $90.00)
Times: 9:30-11:30 a.m. or 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Available: T, Th, F
Print It!
February 14 – March 29, 2012
You’ve probably heard of embossing and etching, but how about rainbow roll-ups and chine collé? These are just a few techniques printmakers use. Hand made prints range from the most easily accessible stamping to complex images made from layers of colour and line. Students begin with a chance to inspect and decode the prints on exhibit in the gallery.
In the Studio: Use a printing press to make an embossed image without ink, and a hand pulled print with colourful ink roll-ups.
Cost: $80 per group (Burnaby District Schools $65)
Times: 10-11:30 a.m. or 1-2:30 p.m.
Available: T, W, Th
Grades: K-12
Arts Alive 2012
April 24 – May 17, 2012
Secondary student artwork shines in this exhibit by students in Grades 8-12 from Burnaby school district. At the same time, students have a wonderful chance to see the selected artworks from the Burnaby Art Gallery’s collection. Tours focus on exploring to a selection of visual elements and principles seen in the artwork. In the studio students try their hand at a technique and theme seen in the exhibit, specific activity tba.
Cost: $80.00 (Burnaby District Schools $65.00)
Times: 10-11:30 a.m. or 1-2:30 p.m.
Available: T, W, Th
Grades: K-12
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Full Day Studios
Full day studio programs at the gallery offer an art immersion experience.
Cost: $240. per group
Time: 9:30am (4.5 instructional hours, 30 min unsupervised lunch break)
Available: M, F
Grades: 5-12
Artist’s Studio
Mondays / Wednesdays, November 28 – January 18, 2012
Artist’s Studio offers students the chance to explore one artist’s concepts, processes and techniques in detail. In conjunction with the Takao Tanabe exhibit, students consider how the artist has changed, adapted, and/or reflected upon his subjects and the use of media to render a sense of “place” within his work. Students follow Tanabe’s example by exploring the process of creating images from initial drawing to painting. Skills and techniques practiced through line drawing and watercolour painting are built upon by students in their creation of a final landscape print. Working with concepts seen in the exhibition, students’ imagery is inspired by the artist’s emotionally evocative vision of the West Coast.
Printer’s Studio
Mondays / Fridays, February 13 - March 30, 2012
Printer’s Studio is an advanced program allowing students to spend an extended time at the gallery. Taught by a professional artist, the focus is on creating a series of prints that explore monoprint and collograph processes. Students spend time discussing and developing imagery in the gallery in response to the works exhibited. Artwork is taken to the next level using printmaking techniques, including additive and subtractive, layering, masking and multiple printing. Students learn how to use a printmaking press, ink and print a plate, and refine their images with different printing arrangements and colours.
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Self-Guided Visit
Groups are always welcome to visit and explore the current exhibit
on their own. Self guided visits are available during gallery hours.
There is no charge. Groups must be booked in advance. Please ask if
there is teacher information for the exhibition you wish to visit.
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Friday 10am - 4:30pm
Saturday & Sunday 12pm - 5pm
Closed Mondays
Program Bookings: Call 604.297.4422 or email gallery@burnaby.ca