WAG School Programming
School Programs
To request a school education program, please submit an Education Program Request form.
Onsite
Onsite education school programs are available on select Tuesdays and Thursdays and include a guided tour of current exhibitions and a hands-on art lesson.
Free transportation is available via our Transit Outreach Partnership program for schools in Woodstock. Available on a first come first served basis.
Time: 10-11:30am and/or 12:30-2pm
Cost: $8 per student with a minimum of $120 per program (chaperones free of charge)
NEW! Offsite
Offsite education school programs are available on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays and include a guided presentation highlighting works from our Permanent Collection and a hands-on art lesson.
Time: Morning or Afternoon (flexible times available)
Cost: $8 per student with a minimum of $120 per program plus mileage
The Woodstock Art Gallery's education programs are designed to help students:
- Learn to analyze and discuss elements of design and the conceptual or emotional qualities conveyed in the artwork.
- Build a foundation through which students can develop an appreciation and understanding of the visual arts.
- Participate in cross-curricular and interdisciplinary learning and visual literacy strategies to communicate with others about visual art
The last available day to book an education school program for the 2024-2025 school year is Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
The following hands-on art lessons are available:
- Clay Sculpture (suitable for all grades/ages)
- Relief Printmaking (suitable for all grades/ages)
- Watercolour Painting (recommended Gr. 2+)
The Woodstock Art Gallery's school programs are designed to help students:
- Learn to analyze and discuss elements of design and the conceptual or emotional qualities conveyed in the artwork.
- Build a foundation through which students can develop an appreciation and understanding of the visual arts.
- Participate in cross-curricular and interdisciplinary learning and visual literacy strategies to communicate with others about visual art
The Importance of Arts in the Curriculum
Since arts experiences offer other modes and ways of experiencing and learning, children will have opportunities to think and feel as they explore, problem solve, express, interpret, and evaluate the process and the results.
"To watch a child completely engaged in an arts experience is to recognize that the brain is on, driven by the aesthetic and emotional imperative to make meaning, to say something, to represent what matters." The Arts Go to School, David Booth and Masayuki Hachiya, eds. (Markham, Ontario: Pembroke Publishers, 2004), p.15.
Planning a Visit to the Gallery
To plan a visit to the Gallery, please submit an Education Program Request or contact our Education Department by email or by phone: 519-539-6741 or 519-539-6727. The cost of an on-site program is $8 per student, with a minimum of $120 per program. Teachers and adult supervisors are free.
Additional Resources
- Subscribe to the WAG Education Newsletter.