Educational Programs at the Allan Sapp Gallery

Bring your class or group to participate in our unique educational programming, utilizing hands on activity and SMART programming. 

The Allen Sapp Gallery offers:

• Tours for schools
• Seniors Groups
• Bus tours
• Conventions, etc.

A typical visit includes an introduction to the present exhibition and your choice of educational programming, this usually takes 1 1/2 hours.

You may choose to come only for a tour, which is 1/2 hour.  

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17h ago

RCMP investigation

Preliminary hearing for accused in Cope death to start this week

20h ago

Please call 445-1760 or email sapp2@accesscomm.ca to book your visit to the gallery.

Thank you for making the gallery part of your plans.

Available Monday – Friday, 60-90 minutes including a gallery tour.

Programs available K-12 (K-2 requires one helper per 5 students).

Hands-on, curriculum-based activities: our activities give students practical insights

into art appreciation and application in an informative and fun manner.

Programs

Colour Theory:

Come and explore the colours of the rainbow! This hands-on program will teach students how to apply water colour paint and how to mix paints to create new colours. Using watercolour techniques students will create their very own painting to take home!

Artifact Match:

Have you ever wondered how something was made? Or who invented it? This activity is a hands-on look at artifacts found in Saskatchewan that are associated with the Plains Cree. In this program we will look at the materials and tools used to construct the artifacts, and we will compare these artifacts to what we use today. Students will play a matching game where they will guess what the artifact was used for and then match it to the corresponding technology of today.

Cree Roots Jeopardy:

Learn about the Plains Cree through a fun and interactive game of trivia.

Block Printing:

In First Nations’ arts and culture, one’s spirit is very important as it allows a person to experience creativity in life. With this in mind, our block printing activity is designed to let students’ creative spirits come alive! Students will be able to “mark” their creativity or history on their own print design. In this program we will learn one technique of printmaking and design cards that students can take home.

Artist Trading Cards (ATC):

Create your very own mini masterpiece! Allen Sapp created his paintings by recreating scenes from his memories. In this activity we will brainstorm ideas of special memories and then create scenes based on those memories on our very own Artist Trading Cards. Bring along your creativity, willingness to experiment, and your memories of fun times. We will supply a few different materials (a chance for the class to explore mixing media), for your artist trading cards which you can trade with others or keep and display for others to see your wonderful creation.

Parfleche:

Let’s take a look back in time, before scissors or knives were available, before we had shopping bags, binders, or back packs. Parfleches are containers that First Nations people would typically store pemmican and medicine in. These bags or pouches would be decorated with wonderful patterns that would reflect the individual carrier’s personality. In this program students will choose from paint, pencil, or chalk to decorate their parfleches, which will be made from paper instead of traditional rawhide.

Games of the Plains Cree:

Traditional First Nation games will be played with students offering them important insights into the traditional roles of women, men and children. It will also provide insight into First Nations’ history and how recreational activities contributed to individual skills and community cooperation in hunting, gatherer societies and what lessons we can take from this today. Weather permitting. Portions of this program occur outdoors.

Beadwork:

The Plains Cree are renowned for their expert and masterful beadwork. In this activity we will look at a timeline to explore the history of beading and how it became such a significant art practice amongst the First Nations people. Students will have the opportunity to learn about the history of the trade era and have the opportunity to explore different beading techniques as well as make their own creations from pre-contact materials and commercial beads.

Healing Garden:

Bring your students for a fun and informative program focused on indigenous plants and their traditional medicinal uses by First Nations peoples. Engage the senses in hands-on activities to learn about soil ecology, the medicine wheel, and uses of medicinal plants. Weather permitting. Portions of this program occur outdoors.