Schools

Visit, collaborate or book a studio call. There are many ways to integrate the Owens into your curriculum!

Our education and outreach programs for schools provide opportunities for teachers and students to encounter and investigate a range of significant contemporary and historical practices.

Current Programs for Schools

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Seeing Sackville through the Owens Art Gallery Collection

Two adults sit in arm chairs. Between them is a small table with a wooden display shelf that holds a selection of small publications. While one of them reads a publication, the other peruses the shelf. Behind them is a sign with text that reads "TEENY TINY ZINE LIBRARY".

Zine Library

An ever-growing collection of zines, artists' books and handmade publications

Studio 360°

An up-close look at artists' working spaces

In a gallery, children sit on folding stools examining wooden furniture on display. They hold pencils and clipboards and work in small booklets. A studnet in the foreground holds the handle of a magnifying glass that rests on the clipboard on their lap.

School Tours

Visit the Owens with your class

Past Programs for Schools

A young person in a pink hooded jacket stands outside facing a sign with the symbol of a fire hydrant. They are making notes on a narrow card with the heading "Smooth".

Between Here and There

A school-wide project with Marshview Middle School

Two children stand in a darkened room in front of a small screen with a projected drawing. One of them holds a paper smiley face that casts a shadow of the smiley face onto the screen.

Shadow Stories

The Colville House Sketchbook

A vertical banner attached to a telephone pole is viewed from below. The banner shows an image of colourful shapes including circles, zigzags and swirls against a white background with the word "Sackville" printed across the bottom.

Sounding Sackville

A collaboration with Salem Elementary School

A young person looks at a book with blue pages. The facing pages each contain a list of handwritten names.

A List of Signed Names in Which Nobody Signed Their Own Name but Signed the Name of Another

A project with Micah Lexier

Studio Call

Contemporary artists in class rooms

A pair of hands hold up a small book with a brown cover. Centred on the cover and printed in red are the words "A POCKET COMPANION TO THE OWENS ART GALLERY", followed by "a little guide for kids by kids" in smaller black type. Below the text is a small line drawing of two architectural arches.

A Pocket Companion to the Owens Art Gallery

A little guide for kids by kids