Introduction
ArtSway welcomes and encourages visits to the gallery by school groups of all ages. We also welcome college and university groups. A visit by a school group would involve a guided tour followed by a short workshop. A visit by a college or university group would begin with a tour of the current exhibition and conclude with a question and answer session. ALL TOURS AND SHORT WORKSHOPS ARE FREE.
If you would like to discuss a visit to ArtSway, or what else we can offer in terms of educational resources, please contact:Peter Bonnell, Curator, Exhibitions & Education on telephone: 01590 682260 (extension 14) or Email: peter@artsway.org.uk
For further information please read the following:
Guided Tours
One of the best ways to experience an artist's work, as opposed to looking at images in books and on the internet, is to actually visit a gallery to see their work in the flesh. ArtSway has hosted many school group visits in the past, offering Guided Tours around the gallery by the Exhibition and Education Officer and Audience Development Officer.
The tours sometimes involve power point presentations, but usually consist of ArtSway’s Officers taking the students from work to work, explaining the origins and content of the works on display. A tour will usually end with a question and answer session.
On some occasions it may be possible to have the artists present for a school or college visit.
Workshops
ArtSway employs a wide range of artists to lead workshops. However, they are all professional artists who will charge a fee to lead a workshop. If a school is interested in scheduling an artist to lead a workshop, please contact the gallery. Contact details are below in the Information for Schools Visiting ArtSway section.
There are a series of one-hour workshops available, taking place after the tour of the exhibition, that will be lead by ArtSway’s Curator of Exhibitions and Education. These workshops will cover basic painting and drawing techniques, as well as some work with cameras and computers.
A Timetable of a Typical School Visit to ArtSway (this will vary for College and University groups):
10.00am – 10.10am: Introduction and welcome to ArtSway.
10.10am – 10.30am: Tour of the exhibition.
10.30am – 11.30am: Workshop activities.
11.30am – 11.45am: Discussion and round-up of activities.
12.00pm: End of workshops and school visit.
Information for Schools and College Groups Visiting ArtSway
The following is information for school and college groups visiting ArtSway for Guided Tours and Workshops in the Galleries.
Works of art can be very fragile and cannot be touched. We ask that children visiting the gallery take care both of their own safety and of the artworks on display. Teachers and their assistants are responsible for their groups. At the beginning of the tour the relevant ArtSway Officer will give a brief explanation to the visiting children of what they can and cannot do in the gallery.
Contact Details for ArtSway
Please see Contacts/Map for directions
Address: ArtSway, Station Road, Sway, Hampshire, SO41 6BA
Telephone: 01590 682260 Fax: 01590 681989
Email: mail@artsway,org,uk
Web: www.artsway.org.uk
Opening Times: Tuesday to Sunday, 11am – 5pm. Admission is FREE.