Art in the Classroom

Thanks both to the ingenuity and quality of the program and to the limited instructional space available in the Gallery’s location, Art in the Classroom is now our flagship school program. As the name implies, the program brings professional art educators and artists into school classrooms to offer memorable experiences to students. The program is convenient and cost effective for schools, and has been an astonishing success. Funded by a grant from the Ainsworth Fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Grande Prairie, the program kicked-off in January 2007 with visiting artist Nicole Bauberger from Whitehorse inspiring 209 students in their own local classrooms in only four days. Requests for the program were received by the Gallery well before its official announcement at the 2007 Teacher’s Convention in March.

Art in the Classroom was also the ideal program to serve schools subsequent to the partial collapse of the Gallery building. The program resumed in early May, less than a month after materials were rescued from the collapsed building. From January to June 2007, despite the interruption of the disaster, the Gallery ran 56 programs in 11 different schools serving a total of 1, 174 students, meaning that the program was on pace to meet or exceed the total number of students served by the Gallery in 2006 (1,827).

Between April 2010 and March 2011, we visited 89 classrooms where we worked with 1,936 students. We have also provided numerous programs to the Grande Prairie and Sexsmith Home School Groups.

Six qualified instructors are available now to spread their talents and inspire students with art!

For all of the details, please view our 2011-12 Artist in the Classroom Catalogue.

Art in the Classroom is generously supported by