Download our 2023 Winter-Spring Education Brochure!
New year, new experiences! Join our knowledgable educators for an in-person arts workshop and enjoy visiting a curated art gallery and inspire your students to break out of their comfort zone. Registration is available now!
IN-PERSON SCHOOL WORKSHOPS
PERFORMING ARTS WORKSHOPS
In our array of Performing Arts Workshops, students will enjoy active, participatory activities in which they use verbal and physical communication techniques to comprehend, connect, create, and communicate.
All performing arts workshops are also available as “On the Road” options where we take the workshop to you! Please contact the Box Office for inquiries about On the Road options.
Maximum Class Sizes:
All Grades: 30 students + 5 adult chaperones
Workshops available between 9:30 – 11:30AM and 12:30 – 2:30PM.
STORYTELLING THROUGH DRAMA GAMES
KINDERGARTEN – GRADE 6 | $130 – $350
WEEKDAY MORNINGS + AFTERNOONS
Focusing on storytelling and character development, students in this workshop are introduced to theatre creation and presentation through the stories they know and love. Take classic fairytales, movies, and more, and learn how they work to create your own!
THREE RING THEATRE
GRADE 5 – GRADE 12 | $130 – $250
THURSDAYS + FRIDAYS
Never fear, Three Ring Theatre is here! Students will learn circus skills, magic, and physical comedy. In the first of this 2-session workshop, students are introduced to juggling, mime, and magic tricks. Their physical and presentation skills are further developed and polished in Session 2.
EXPERT IMPROVISORS
GRADE 2 – GRADE 12 | $130
WEEKDAY AFTERNOONS
Not your average improvisation. This workshop uses the Mantle of the Expert technique where students work together to create their own fictional world through drama. Students will explore topics of importance in their lives by assuming the roles of experts to determine where the narrative of their fictional world will go.
OBJECT THEATRE
KINDERGARTEN – GRADE 6 | $130
WEEKDAY MORNINGS + AFTERNOONS
Explore the playful world of object puppetry! Students will learn to animate every-day objects to express character, story, and emotion. The games and activities encourage imagination, teamwork, and performance skills that can be transferred to the classroom and life beyond.
THE MAGIC OF MUSICAL THEATRE
KINDERGARTEN – GRADE 8 | $130
WEEKDAY MORNINGS + AFTERNOONS
Let your students explore the world of musical theatre in a fun and supportive environment! Students will get a brief history of what musical theatre is and then dive into acting games, singing warmups, and songs, as well as dance warmups and movement/ choreography catered to students of varying ages, experience, and interests.
YOUNG PERFORMERS
ALL GRADE LEVELS | $130
WEEKDAY MORNINGS
Learn the tips and tricks of your favourite movie and TV show actors! Students will explore a range of activities including character creation, voice, movement, scene acting, improvisation, and performance skills. Young Performers of all ages can get creative and hone their skills.
BROADWAY BOOTCAMP
GRADE 1 – GRADE 12 | $130
WEEKDAY MORNINGS + AFTERNOONS
Explore what a rehearsal for a musical might be like in our Broadway Bootcamp workshop. With a variety of shows and songs to choose from, younger classes will focus on ensemble choreography and vocals, while older students will also learn blocking for a scene leading into their number and have a chance to dive into individual characters.
PRESENT LIKE A STAR!
GRADE 5 – GRADE 12 | $130
THURSDAYS + FRIDAYS
Does public speaking make you nervous? Now it doesn’t have to! Focusing on the different components of public speaking, students will explore voice control, projection, body language, and movement. Students learn to maximize stage presence, build confidence, and present the best speech they can.
IN-PERSON SCHOOL WORKSHOPS
GALLERY TOUR & VISUAL ART WORKSHOPS
Learn, explore and create through art! Led by our artist Educators, your visit includes a tour of our latest Art Gallery exhibition for inspiration and conversation, followed by hands-on art-making in the studio.
These two-hour programs emphasize visual literacy, critical thinking and technical art skills that support your classroom curriculum. Our sessions are suitable for elementary, middle and secondary students, with programs tailored to different ages and learning styles.
Maximum Class Sizes:
K – Grade 2: 24 students + 5 adult chaperons
Grades 3+: 30 students + 5 adult chaperons
Workshops available between 9:30 – 11:30AM and 12:30 – 2:30PM.
AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 23 – APRIL 28, 2023
WINTER VISUAL ART WORKSHOP OFFERINGS
CLAY MASKS
DESIGNED FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS | $145
MONDAY – FRIDAY AS AVAILABLE
Using a variety of stamping, texturing, and clay joining techniques, students will build their own clay mask inspired by the photographed masks in the exhibition Jin-Me Yoon: Long Time So Long. These Masks will be unique to each student and will encourage students to consider how to express thought and emaotion through a mask that combines traditional and new inspirations.
WATERSCAPES
DESIGNED FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS | $130
MONDAY – FRIDAY AS AVAILABLE
Students will learn watercolour techniques inclusing wet on wet, dry brush, and using resists to paint their own unique waterscapre inspired by the exhibition Jin-Me Yoon: Long Time So Long. Students will be encouraged to think about their own personal connection to this land and consider how to express emotion and meaning through colours, shapes, and brushstrokes as they paint dynamic waterscapes.
Inspired by our Upcoming Exhibition
Jin-me Yoon Untitled 3 (Long Time So Long), 2022, Inkjet print, 139.7 x 111.8 cm, Courtesy of the Artist. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.
Long Time So Long presents a new body of multimedia work by acclaimed Korean-born, Vancouver-based artist Jin-me Yoon. The exhibition combines photography, video and a soundscape of collective humming featuring the voices of local youth of Korean ancestry. Yoon’s art explores our collective grappling with the pandemic, from a diasporic perspective and with a focus on rest, repair and coming together in difference.
2022 IN-PERSON SCHOOL WORKSHOPS
REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR 2023!
Have questions before you visit? Contact our Box Office team for support with registrations, accessibility needs, and special requests:
604.927.6552
Open Monday – Friday | 12 – 5pm
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Situated on the shores of Lafarge Lake in Town Centre Park, Evergreen Cultural Centre (ECC) exists on the unceded, traditional and ancestral core territory of the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) First Nation, which lies within the shared territories of the səli̓lwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), qiqéyt (Qayqayt) and sq̓əc̓iy̓aɁɬ təməxʷ (Katzie), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) nations in the region known today as the Tri-Cities.