2024-25 school programs
October 1, 2024 to June 27, 2025
Offered free of charge. Virtual school programs are available Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 6 pm ET (8 am to 8 pm ET on Thursdays). Webinars must be booked at least four weeks in advance. To participate, you’ll need access to a computer, webcam, microphone, speakers, projector and a wired Internet connection.
Program
Descriptions
People and
Relationships
How do artists communicate without words? In this guided experience, students will consider how body language and facial expressions convey messages that are open to interpretation and analysis.
Kindergarten Grades 1–3 Grades 4–6
Gallery
Highlights
Which artworks do visitors remember and talk about long after they visit? Students will learn about some of the Gallery’s most iconic works in this engaging and interactive experience.
Grades 4–6 Grades 7–12 / Secondary I–V
Indigenous
Expressions
First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists from Turtle Island/North America have been creating since time immemorial. In this facilitated program, students will be introduced to Indigenous artwork so that they may appreciate the worldviews of First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists, past and present.
Grades 4–6 Grades 7–12 / Secondary I–V
Highlights from the Indigenous and Canadian Collection
The Indigenous and Canadian Collection presents a broad range of artworks that date from time immemorial to today and includes artistic practices that operate outside the established western canons of art history. In this guided program, students will consider some of the iconic artworks that give voice to the artists’ visions.
Grades 4–6 Grades 7–12 / Secondary I–V
Signs and
Symbols in Art
The language of art can be a mysterious blend of signs and symbols. In this facilitated experience, students will decode and discuss the visual language that artists use to communicate ideas.
Grades 7–12 / Secondary I–V
Why
Photography?
American photographer Ansel Adams said: “Not everybody trusts paintings, but people believe photographs”. In this guided program, students will consider the Gallery’s rich and diverse collection of fine art photography – ranging from daguerreotypes to digital prints – and learn how artists manipulate the medium.
Grades 7–12 / Secondary I–V
Experience Nick Sikkuark’s fun and creepy illustrations and carvings, which include creatures and story elements from his life in the North, his time in the South, and his adventures around the world. In this program, students will have the chance to be inspired by Sikkuark’s imaginative artworks and get a glimpse into his perspective through his choice of visually interesting materials from the land. This will be an opportunity to follow his life’s work, all the while engaging with the Inuktut language.
Kindergarten Grades 1-3 Grades 4–6
Learn more about the exhibition Nick Sikkuark: Humour and Horror ᓂᑯᓚ ᓯᑯᐊ. ᐃᒡᓚᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅᑐᑦ.
Encounter Nick Sikkuark’s creations through his illustrations, literature and sculptures. Learn about the everyday elements that inspired him as well as his interests in the bizarre, miniaturization and amplification and, most essentially, humour and horror. An Interpreter will guide you through the artist’s visual storytelling, in which the same creatures, elements and iconography reappear. Sikkuark’s art will leave you with a sense of anticipation as to where his characters will turn up next. Expect to engage with the Inuktut language, as the artist was involved in the promotion of Inuit literacy through the publication of several illustrated books early in his career.
Grades 7–12 / Secondary I–V
Learn more about the exhibition Nick Sikkuark: Humour and Horror ᓂᑯᓚ ᓯᑯᐊ. ᐃᒡᓚᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅᑐᑦ.