Programs in your classroom with Surrey Art Gallery

We can come to you! An art educator will lead an artmaking activity right in your classroom.

Hand-Built Habitats

A teacher and two kids sit at a table in a classroom rolling out clay

Grades K−7
Thursday 8:45−10:15am, 10:15−11:45am & 12:45−2:15pm (artist-educator will confirm times in advance)

Experience the sculptural, storytelling, and expressive potential of clay with an experienced artist-educator. Students will explore hand-building techniques such as pinching, sculpting, incising, and texturing. Art and science connect as students explore the concept of habitat by sculpting a world for living things. Clay included.

Required: 2 adjacent bookings per school per day, 3 bookings possible