ARTFIELD TRIPS

Bring your class to the gallery!

Garden City Arts provides FREE art field trips to local schools upon request. These programs are available on a first come, first served basis.

FAQS

  • An art field trip includes an interactive art project and art games if time allows.

    • PreK–5th: Students explore themed art stations inspired by historical artists with a read-along in our cozy book corner and a take home project.

    • 6th–8th: Students enjoy a guided art project they can take home at the end of their visit.

  • Programs are created based on age. Find examples of each project by scrolling down the page.

    • Pre-K–5th: Art stations are pre-set and inspired by selected historical artists.

    • 6th–8th: Yes! Students can choose from our available guided art projects for their field trip.

  • GCA requires a minimum of 10 students to schedule an art field trip. Our capacity is 26 students per session. Schools with larger class sizes will be divided into multiple, smaller sessions.

  • Yes, but we ask parents to sit in the parent seating area so that children can enjoy the projects with their class. Space inside the gallery is limited!

    We ask that parents are respectful during their visit. Please take phone calls outside of the gallery as to not interupt the children’s experience. If younger sibling are attending, they must be watched by the parent at all times.

  • Art field trips are FREE for all school groups for children ages K-8. Free programming only include the cirriculumn shown below. We are unable to provide custom projects at this time.

  • Due to demand and limited availability, Garden City Arts will only provide one art field trip per classroom per school year.

  • To request an art field trip, please fill out the Art Field Trip Request Form. Click here for the form.

    REGISTRATION FORMS ARE DUE:

    • BY SEPTEMBER 30TH FOR THE FALL SCHEUDLE

    • BY FEBRUARY 28TH FOR THE SPRING SCHEDULE

REGISTRATION FORMS ARE DUE:

* BY SEPTEMBER 30TH FOR THE FALL SCHEUDLE *

* BY FEBRUARY 28TH FOR THE SPRING SCHEDULE *

CLICK HERE TO REQUEST AN ART FIELD TRIP

ART PROJECTS

  • Features of pre-kindergarten art stations including a take home project, a read-a-long activity, and a self-guided sensory station.
  • Poster for Kindergarten Art Stations inspired by artist Henri Matisse, featuring a book titled 'Henri's Scissors' with illustrations of a man and animals, and an art project with colorful paper cutouts of fish and abstract shapes, labeled as 'Collaborative Project & Self-Guided Station'.
  • Poster titled '1st Grade Art Stations inspired by artist Paul Klee'. It features an illustrated children's book cover 'The Cat and the Bird,' labeled as a 'Read-A-Long,' and an artwork of a colorful lined drawing of a cat on a black background, labeled as a 'Collaborative project & self-guided station.'
  • Poster advertising second grade art stations inspired by Vincent van Gogh, featuring a picture of the book "Van Gogh and the Sunflowers" and a sunflower craft made with paper and green leaves, with purple labels indicating "Read-A-Long" and "Collaborative Project & Self-Guided Station."
  • Educational poster about 3rd grade art stations inspired by artist Claude Monet, featuring an image of a book titled "The Magical Garden of Claude Monet" and a craft project of a 3D paper fish sculpture.
  • Poster promoting 4th grade art stations inspired by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, featuring a children's book about Basquiat and an art project with a self-guided station, with the titles 'Read-A-Long' and 'Collaborative Project & Self-Guided Station'.
  • Poster advertising 5th grade art stations inspired by artist Frida Kahlo, featuring a book cover of Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Girl in the World on the left and a self-guided station with a colorful drawing of Frida Kahlo wearing a flower crown on the right.
  • A digital graphic promoting 6th-8th grade art project options, featuring watercolor postcards, monotype printmaking, and air dry clay sculpture, with images of watercolor paintings, abstract prints, and clay mushrooms.
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