Workshops
Art in the Afternoon: The Four Elements
Available year-round. Please see exhibition schedule.
- Colour, line, texture and shape — the four basic elements of art come alive in these interactive, creative workshops. Designed for younger grades, these one-hour workshops focus on an element using fun activities and an innovative studio project. You can choose from a number of combinations — come for the morning for our First Visit program and stay after lunch for a workshop OR book all four elements OR pick the element you feel your students would most benefit from.
- Warm & Cool — In this workshop, students will explore colours and how an artist uses them to convey mood and emotion. Our studio project includes an Andy Warhol inspired work of art.
- Wavy & Jagged — Lines are the basis of all works of art. Students will explore how artists use lines in a variety of ways. Our studio project involves simple printmaking techniques.
- Blobs & Daubs — Texture helps create depth and substance in a work of art. How do artists make clouds look fluffy? Or tree bark rough? Students will create a tactile work of art.
- Circles & Squares — Every work of art employs shapes: geometric, organic, or freeform. How do shapes help create tone and weight in a piece? In this workshop, students will create a landscape using only pre-cut shapes.
$5.50/student, 30 students minimum, 60 students maximum.
En Français
Disponibles toute l'annee
Nos programmes Première Visite (First Visit) et Art SmArt sont maintenant offerts en Français! Nos programmes ‘en Français’ sont les mêmes que nos programmes reguliers — une heure est passéed ans la galerie et une autre dans l'atelier. Ces excursions sont réservées selon la disponibilité de nos éducateurs bilingues.
$5/étudients, 30 étudients minimum, 60 étudients maximum.
Available year-round
First Visit and Art SmArt programs are now offered in French! Our En Français programs are the same as our regular art programs — one hour in the gallery and another in the studio. These tours are booked based on the availability of our French-speaking Educators.
$5/student, 30 students minimum, 60 students maximum.
Expressions
This workshop will enable students to acknowledge their brilliance, beauty and potential while developing their self-confidence and self-expression.
Imagine the personal power and self-assuredness that comes from discovering and connecting with who you are. Expressions helps students discover these qualities early in their life’s journey, instilling the confidence and clarity of vision they need to appreciate themselves.
Through fun group and individual exercises and artistic exploration, our workshop participants will develop the confidence, acceptance and resourcefulness that come from knowing and expressing oneself.
A great team-building experience for teachers.
$5/student, 30 students minimum, 60 students maximum.
First Visit and Art SmArt
Both are available year-round (See our Helpful Hints)
- First Visit:
Designed to give younger viewers their first foray into an art gallery setting, First Visitis a two-hour, action-packed program! The first hour is spent in the Art Gallery, involving games and activities that allow younger students to look and talk about various forms of art. For the second hour, students are in the studio creating a portfolio of four different styles of art. Due to our varying exhibition schedule, themes may change.
- Art SmArt:
Who says art can’t be fun and educational? Art SmArtis a lively class for Grades 4 to 6 to further develop their analytical and interpretive skills when looking at art. The four elements of art (colour, line, texture and shape) are investigated through entertaining activities, such as “The Battle of the Elements.” In keeping with the curriculum, students will have the opportunity to express their thoughts and feelings in a two-dimensional work of art.
$5/student, 30 students minimun, 60 students maximum.
Please Note: At least four adults are required to assist the students in these tours. No admission charge for teachers/helpers.
Designed to be partnered with our Art in the Afternoon workshops.
Art in the Afternoon
A great way to further enhance your trip to the Complex! Following your tour, an Educator can visit your classroom to lead your students through a more intensive, art-based project. Sessions last 1.5 hours and are designed to highlight a number of in-gallery programs and make numerous curriculum connections. The Educator can visit your class on the same day or another day you choose within two weeks of your in-gallery visit. You can even opt to stay here for the afternoon and still have the bus depart by 2 p.m.
- Watercolour 101 — A perfect follow-up for Art SmArt and First Visit. An Educator will teach various tricks and techniques used by professional artists. Students will create one “practice” sheet and one final painting.
- Petroglyph Printmaking — Designed to enhance our First Nations program. Students will learn about petroglyphs and, using a simple printmaking technique, create a work inspired by petroglyphs.
- Faux Oil Painting — In this unique workshop, students will learn to mix their own “faux” oil paint. Educators will demonstrate how to create colours and texture with this non-toxic alternative to oil paint. Students will complete a painted “sketch” on a 5” x 7” canvas board.
Printmaking 101 — Using simple printmaking techniques such as monoprints, collagraphs and etchings, students will create one-of-a-kind works of art.
- Settling in for Winter — Great with our Settlers program. Students will rotate among stations. Activities may include paper quilts, braided rugs, corking and paper quilling.
$8/student (includes in-gallery and in-class sessions), 30 students minimum, 60 students maximum.
For only $5.50/student you can book a single Art in the Afternoon session, 30 students minimum, 60 students maximum.
First Nations
Available year-round
Our First Nations tour is designed for grades 3 and 6 to highlight key points of the curriculum. Students will explore the exhibition, handle artifacts and re-create a First Nations craft that can be further embellished back at school or home.
In the first hour, students use workbooks to view, analyze and interpret the exhibition and then make a “parfleche” (First Nations’ “little suitcases”) to take home. In the second hour, students rotate around four different stations:
- Artifact Discovery,
- Petroglyphs,
- Legends, and
- Archaeological Burial Site
This program can also be partnered with Art in the Afternoon.
$4.50/student, 30 students minimum, 60 students maximum.
Time Trekkers
Available year-round
This is an introduction to archaeology for Grades 4 to 8. The tour is divided into two gallery spaces, the First Nations Gallery and the Brain Cell Learning Centre.
- First Nations Gallery:
Students discuss the role and tools of an archaeologist. They are placed in groups — artifact analysis, mapping a grid and an archaeological dig site.
Students rotate to complete all areas. There is also a workbook to complete. - Brain Cell:
Following a 15-minute video on archaeology, students are placed into groups to take part in the “Garbage Activity.” This activity allows students to pretend they are archaeologists from the future.
By sifting through (clean!) garbage, they make inferences about the family who created the refuse: Any children? How old? Any cultural clues? What hobbies did they have? This is always a favourite with teachers and kids alike!
$4/student, 30 students minimum, 60 students maximum.
Settlers
Available year-round
Kids will learn how settlers lived by exploring various aspects of pioneer life. In the exhibition space, kids will play guessing games and view artifacts from Hearth and Home, Farming, and Trades exhibitions. In the classroom, some of the activities may include: “What Would You Pack?,” “School Days” and “Compare Your Home to a Settler’s Home.” They will discuss how a pioneer child would live and compare that to their own lives.
If partnered with Art in the Afternoon, students will make three projects!
$4/student, 30 students minimum, 60 students maximum.
History of Brampton
Available year-round
This one-hour tour allows a class to tour the Complex (formerly the County Jailand Registry Office) and discuss how a little town grew into the vibrant city it is today!
If available, Educators may take classes into the historic Peel County Courthouse next door. Students will learn about the Complex’s history, as well as a brief overview of Peel’s history from the First Nations to the early settlers in this region. There is also hands-on tool and artifact discovery.
This tour is perfect for Grade 5 classes already booked at Brampton’s City Hall or ESL classes.
$4/student, 30 students minimum, 60 students maximum.
Please Note: These are considered separate bookings. City Hall only accepts 30 students at a time. To book your tour at City Hall, please call 905-874-2004.
Drama and Art Workshops
Make a day of it! The PHC in partnership with Do Your Thing Productions (DYT) is offering a combination of art and drama workshops for the first time ever.
Combine one of the drama workshops below with any of our art workshops to create your own unique experience.
| Art Workshops (1.5 hours) | DYT Drama Workshops (1.5 hours) |
| Watercolours 101: Learn techniques used by professional artists. Printmaking 101: Faux Oil Painting: Warm & Cool: Wavy & Jagged: Circles & Squares: Blobs & Daubs: Expressions: |
The Improv Workout!: (All ages) Learn the principles of improv through exercises and games. The Comedy Hour: (Grades 4 and up) Theatre n’ Play for Children: (JK to Grade 2) Stage Combat: (Grades 3 and up) Shakespeare: The Comedies: (Grades 7 and up) |
Both workshops = only $10 per student!
| DYT Performances: Choose from the following one-hour performances: |
Save the cost of bussing.
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Let Your Hair Down Grades 2 to 7 (One hour) Lions! Tigers! And Pears! Oh, My! Grades 3 and up (One hour) |
There is no limit to the amount of students in the performance; however, Expressions workshops are limited to 30 students. (Multiple workshops can occur simultaneously, depending on the availability of PHC instructors).Introduction to Archives
Available year-round
Designed to be partnered with our History of Brampton tour, students will have a half-hour introduction to the Region of Peel Archives, explore documents and discuss the archives’ importance. The second half hour is a condensed History of Brampton tour.
This introductory tour is perfect for high school and history students. We can also extend the tour to 1.5 hours (45 minutes in each section).
$4/student, 30 students minimum, 60 students maximum.
Images of War
Limited availability
An Educator will guide your class through a presentation of WWI and WWII propaganda posters. Themes such as women in the war, stereo typing and the use of fear will be discussed, as well as the various forms of art in the images.
The second portion involves a special talk by a veteran. Veterans deliver a presentation on their experiences during the war and welcome questions from the students.
Each portion lasts approximately one hour.
$4/student, 30 students minimum, 60 students maximum.
Revised: Monday March 01 2010
