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Art Detective • Artists and authors often have similar things to say but they use different languages. Can you tell what the pictures are saying? Let’s investigate the clues together. CL: Art, Language Arts, Music

Chasing Rainbows • Do you know where colours come from? It’s time to learn about secondary and tertiary colours, tints and shades, warm and cool colours, and how artists use the language of colour. CL: Art, Language Arts

Group of Seven and the Four Seasons • Discover Canadian landscape in all four seasons by looking at the fabulous paintings by the Group of Seven. Lean about the seasons through important Canadian artists and then paint a picture of your favourite season. CL: Art, Language Arts, Social Studies

Inuit Explorers  • Have you ever thought about what it would beCL: Aboriginal Languages, Art, Language Arts, Social Studies like to live in an Inuit community? Experience life in the North through the prints, drawings, and sculptures of Inuit artists. CL: Aboriginal Languages, Art, Language Arts, Social Studies

Taking Shape • How many lines and shapes can you make with your body? Can a line make you sleepy? What is a negative shape? There’s lots more to learn! CL: Art, Dance, Language Arts, Music

Sensational • How many smells, tastes, sounds, and textures are stored in your memory? Visual art relies on your sense memories for meaning—so be sure to bring them along! CL: Art, Language Arts

Start with Art • An art exhibition can be the starting point for the creation of a play, story, or poem. Get inspired by the art in the Gallery to make something new. Recommended for grades 3 to 4. CL: Art, Dance, Drama, Language Arts, Music, Social Studies

Time Travelers • Have you ever wondered how your life might be different if you’d lived in another time or place? Think of art as a window into other worlds! CL: Art, Language Arts, Sockal Studies

But is it Art? • What do you really think about the art in the Gallery? Would you buy it for a million dollars? How do you put a value on a painting or sculpture? Debate these questions and more during this lively tour and discussion. 

Drawn Out • Sometimes artists get their ideas from other artists. You’ll have a chance to sketch from works of art—and finish them in your own unique way. If you have an art journal, this would be a good chance to use it.

Group of Seven and the Canadian Landscape •  Discover the history of Canada by looking at a large variety of Canadian landscapes always on display at the WAG, including Group of Seven paintings by Lawren Harris, Tom Thomson, L.L. Fitzgerald, and many others.

Inuit Artists • Did you know that the WAG has the largest public collection of contemporary Inuit art in the world? Learn about Northern Canada and the artists who live there.

Material Matters • How is a drawing different from a sculpture? Can a photograph communicate a different perspective on a subject than a painting? Explore how an artist's choice of medium can affect the message of an artwork.

Math in Art • Have you ever wondered how artists make their artwork look so realistic or precise? Learn all about perspective drawing, vanishing points, and negative and positive shapes during this calculating look at the exhibitions on display.

Reflections • Have you ever considered how art reflects the world around us—not just the physical world but the world of ideas, feelings, and beliefs? Take this thought-provoking tour and consider what the artists were thinking.

Art Beat • An art exhibition can be the starting point for the creation of a play, story, poem, or music. Get inspired by the art in the Gallery and feel the creative juices flow as you respond through other art forms. Recommended for grades 5 and 6.

Fine Points • Sketching is a great way to understand a subject. This program will encourage students to use works of art as starting points for their own creations. Art journals are welcome.

Group of Seven and the Canadian Identity • Explore the Group of Seven landscapes always on display at the WAG and learn why they have come to symbolize a distinctly Canadian identity.

Inuit Artists • Discover the world of Inuit art! Learn how Inuit artists work with a wide range of traditional and contemporary subjects, styles, and materials. Explore the visual language of Northern artists.

Math in Art • Have you ever thought of artists as mathematicians? Learn about perspective drawing, vanishing points, negative and positive shapes, and much more during this calculating look at the exhibitons on display.

Medium Messages • An artist’s message may take on different meanings in a drawing, print, painting, or sculpture. Travel through the exhibitions and discover how the artist's choice of medium makes a difference.

New Languages • Sometimes we have difficulty talking about contemporary art simply because it defies established definitions and traditonal ways of thinking. This program will challenge your ideas of what art is all about.

Not in a Vacuum • Art is affected by politics, social change, the media, and pretty well everything else experienced by artists. In this program, you’ll have the opportunity to examine the mutual influences of art and society.

The Great Art Debate • If you were in charge of acquiring art for the WAG, what donations would you accpet? Which works would you purchase? Why are some works of art considered more important than others? Debate these questions and more during this lively tour and discussion.