Underground: The Curatorial Experience
Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
Secondary students in grades 10-12 have the opportunity to gain visual arts work experience. Participants assist our exhibit coordinator, Bob MacIntyre, with selecting artwork, framing, and hanging parts of the Burnaby Art Gallery’s exhibits. Over 3-4 days they will go behind the scenes to understand how galleries connect with artists both at the BAG and a variety of Vancouver art centres.
Artist Apprenticeship Project
February – May 2011
Burnaby Art Gallery offers senior secondary students 30 hours of work experience in this program. The group takes the perspective of a professional artist creating a commission. They learn from local artist Jay Johnson to create the artwork for, develop, and promote their own installation exhibition. Students are involved in gallery aspects related to exhibiting their artwork including curatorial, preparation, presentation, and marketing. Project completion coincides with Youth Week.
“It’s a really cool experience; completely different from anything I’ve ever done.” 2010 participant
Click here to see the 2010 Artist Apprenticeship Project
Click here to see the 2009 Artist Apprenticeship Project
Port City Connect II
Port City Connect II, completed in 2009, linked three classrooms in port cities across the continent. Burnaby Art Gallery collaborated with the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and the Shambhala School in Halifax, NS, Burnaby Central Secondary in Burnaby, BC, and Columbia Preparatory School in New York, NY, USA.
Through an exchange of small scale artwork mailings, students explore ideas about their cities as working ports, and how their lives are affected directly and indirectly by their port community. Artwork focused on the themes of HOME, COMMUNITY and LAND & WATER. The project culminated in the creation of small exhibits in each city, and a virtual exhibit.
To view the virtual exhibit please click here.
This project was supported by the Port Metro Vancouver.