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.

CLICK HERE TO REQUEST AN ART FIELD TRIP

FAQS

  • An art field trip includes a short guided gallery tour and an interactive art project.

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

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

    • 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 30 students per session. Schools with larger class sizes will be divided into multiple, smaller sessions.

  • Art field trips are FREE for all school groups and nonprofits.

  • 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.

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.

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
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