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Bring your class for a memorable creative learning experience at Two Rivers Gallery. Programs include interactive tours, geared to your grade level and facilitated by trained staff and volunteer Docents. Play visual thinking games, create narratives and explore the exhibition spaces while learning about artists and their creations, then head up to the studio and experiment with materials through open ended activities. Make wonderful works of art inspired by the exhibitions to take back to your school.
The 2011/12 exhibition calendar includes towers of chairs, landscape paintings, First Nations art and more!
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Join this special Two Rivers Gallery membership category and your school will receive:
- 25% discount on all Two Rivers Gallery School Tour Programs
- Two Rivers Gallery mailings
- Package of Gallery catalogues with new memberships
School Membership is $75 for a full year from date of purchase.
Frequent Flyers
We love that many classes come to Two Rivers Gallery for multiple visits throughout the school year, experiencing new art every time. These students feel at home in the gallery and really start to understand the variety of forms art can take. To reward our frequent flyers, the Gallery gives each class its 3rd visit at no cost! Can't wait to see you again!
Prices and Booking Procedures
 Please book your tour at least two weeks in advance by calling 250-614-7800 or by emailing a booking to heather@tworiversgallery.ca. Tour spaces fill up in May and June, so please book early for end of the year trips.
Let us know your name, the school, school fax and phone number, your email, grade level and number of students attending. Provide a preferred date and be ready with an alternate date. A confirmation will be faxed or emailed to you within a week of booking.
Times:
Mondays through Fridays (No Thursday morning tours, with the exception of June)
Costs:
Guided Tours: $3.00/student +HST
Fees cover the costs of tour, materials and staff
School will be charged for a minimum of 15 students.
25% discount for classes with a School Membership.
Payment:
Please bring your cheque, payable to Two Rivers Gallery, to our reception desk when you arrive. The amount on the cheque must reflect the number of students booked by the teacher, not the number that attend.
Cancellation Policy:
We require one week's notice to cancel a School Tour Program at no charge. Please call 250-614-7800 to cancel.
A late cancellation fee of $30 will be charged to the school if sufficient notice is not given.
Calendar of Programs
January 13 to March 30
Recording Nature Tour
Winter sometimes brings us inside away from nature but these two winter exhibitions remind us of the world outside our window. Vanderhoof artist, Annerose Georgeson`s exhibition is called Field Notes and it focuses on everyday views of her local forest landscape. Travelling through her exhibition is like going for a walk in the woods. Rodney Konopaki and Rhonda Neufeld also spend time walking, observing, and recording the world around them. These two artists work collaboratively on their mixed media art and the results of three years of teamwork are included in their exhibition, Chance Operations. Play cooperative games and then up in the studio create your own mixed media drawings with a partner.
April 13 - June 24
Express Yourself Tour
Two Rivers Gallery is proud to share its annual juried exhibition First. First includes a variety of art made by First Nations artists across BC. The paintings, sculpture and jewellery will expose students to a group of artists representing their cultural identity and expressing their individuality. Together, we will share the stories communicated through the art and develop a greater awareness of contemporary First Nations art. Paired with the juried exhibition is a collection of expressive paintings by Powell River artist Rick Cepella. Cepella's energetic landscapes are alive with layers of colour, shapes and line and will engage the students' senses. Through our imaginations, we will travel into Cepella's world and create our own layers landscape puzzles in the exhibition space. Then up in the studio, students will create their own large scale mixed media landscape paintings inspired by the art in the exhibition.
Piggy Back Program: Visit the Two Rivers Gallery and the PG Public Library, Bob Harkins Branch, in the same trip. This is a great idea for a day's worth of activities and can provide the opportunity for 2 classes to share transportation. Enquire about lunch arrangements.
Feedback....
- “The theme was great…many ideas generated from the students.” Teacher, Kindergarten
- The program was a “perfect fit with our curriculum…It was respectful and stimulating and left the students wanting more!” Teacher, Grade 1-3
- “The children did enjoy the variety and pace and hands-on activity.” Teacher, Kindergarten
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