2025/2026 Workshops
Micro to Macro: Visualizing Living Systems Through Art
Explore connections between visual art and science, including local earth materials, solutions, and solubility, with strategies you can bring directly into the classroom. Engage with exhibiting artist Genevieve Robertson in an interactive virtual talk and Q&A exploring artwork from her series Endless Body, currently on view at the Gordon Smith Gallery. Investigate how her work moves between microscopic and expansive scales, from bone marrow to fungi and river systems. Apply these ideas in a practical printmaking session using the Artists for Kids Trace Monotype Printmaking Kit to create prints inspired by microorganisms.
Friday, February 13, 2026
1:00 - 3:00pm
Artist talk by artist Genevieve Robertson and workshop by Artists for Kids educator Amelia Epp
Location: Artists for Kids, 2121 Lonsdale (Shadbolt Studio)
FULL - Add your name to the waitlist HERE
Curator’s Tour for Educators
From the Ground, Gordon Smith Gallery
September 25, 3:30-4:30pm
Introduction to Artists for Kids Clay Kit
In this two-part hands-on clay workshop,
ceramics artist Amelia Butcher will walk you through a lesson designed
specifically for elementary grades. The artist will share practical tips
and techniques for managing materials and teaching clay techniques to
elementary students. Teachers are able to sign out the AFK Clay Kit to
use in their schools for a two-week period. In this kit, teachers will
have all the tools needed to complete the clay lesson taught in this
two-part workshop series.
With artist Amelia Butcher
Part 1: October 6, 3:30-5:00pm
Part 2: October 20, 3:30-5:00pm
Art in the Intermediate Classroom: Lessons, Assessment and Organization
This hands-on
workshop, led by two experienced intermediate teachers, offers practical
strategies for teaching art in grades 4–7. Participants will explore
lesson ideas, assessment approaches, and effective methods for managing
materials and student work, while developing sample lessons to take back
to their classrooms.
Friday, October 24, 2025
9:00 - 11:30am
Led by Raph Choi and Stephanie Kwok
Clay, Maps, and Movement: A Collaborative Workshop
Artist and
educator Xinwei Che will introduce her creative practice and ceramics
installation at the Gordon Smith Gallery, then guide a hands-on clay and
drawing workshop. Participants will explore geology and mapmaking
through classroom-friendly materials and collaborative, embodied
artmaking processes.
Friday, October 24, 2025
Hands-on Pro-d Art Workshops With art specialist teachers and artists exhibited in From the Ground
For Elementary and Secondary Teachers
October 24, 9:00am-3:00pm
February 13, 9:00am-3:00pm
Curator’s Tour for Educators
Spring Exhibition, Gordon Smith Gallery
Introduction to Artists for Kids’ Printmaking Kits
For Elementary and Secondary Teachers
Four after school printmaking pro-d sessions in April to May
Drawing and Printmaking Workshop
Hands-on pro-d workshop with artist Sara-Jeanne Bourget
For Intermediate and Secondary Teachers
For Elementary and Secondary Teachers
