Art Outreach Kits Outreach kits are essentially packaged studio workshops, made available to schools and community groups on a library loan basis. As well as introducing basic clay forming techniques, the kit includes annotated slides of Michener's sculpture and of the artist at work in her studio. The First Nations Culture kit presents traditional art forms of Coastal and Plains Indians in a cultural context. Group Tours Are by appointment and may be led by volunteer docents or Gallery staff. Looking at Art Exhibition Tours encourage personal discovery and learning about contemporary art through discussion based in multilevel questioning and the provision of information about exhibits.
All tours are highly interactive and tailored to the needs and interests of the visiting group.
Post Concert Tours Are presented as an introduction to the Gallery in general, as well as to current exhibitions. Programs for New Canadians Education staff work with local organizations in Surrey and neighbouring Delta to introduce the Gallery as a resource to new Canadians. Western contemporary art is introduced, through Gallery exhibitions, as another kind of language that speaks of varied experiences of and ideas about, contemporary life in North America. This workshop was developed as a way for the public to express and gain an understanding of their own responses to works of art which had greatly affected them in some way. Recognizing the importance of the interaction between the viewer and the work, the processes used also facilitates a deeper understanding of the work.