Sunday Family Arts - Free

Experience an array of art projects while spending time with your family. Pre-registration required.

workshops & classes for children & youth at the reach

How To Register For Classes & Workshops
Call: 604-864-8087
Click: info@thereach.ca
Visit: 32388 Veterans Way, Abbotsford (corner of Trethewey and South Fraser Way) Online
info@thereach.ca

Avoid disappointment by registering early. Unfortunately, if class/workshop registration does not reach minimums two working days before the class, it will be cancelled.

Did you know that the arts:

• Improve kids' overall academic performance
• Show that kids actively engaged in arts education are likely to have higher test scores than those with little to no involvement
• Develop skills needed by the 21st century workforce:  critical thinking, creative problem solving, effective communication, teamwork and more
• Teach kids to be more tolerant and open
• Allow kids to express themselves creatively and bolster their self-confidence
• Keep students engaged in school and less likely to drop out

Simple Ways Parents Can Get More Art in Their Kids' Lives

• Enjoy the arts together. Sing, play music, read a book, dance or draw with your child at home. 
• Encourage your child to participate in the arts and celebrate their participation in or out of school.
• Explore your community's library and read "the classics" together.
• Read your local newspaper to find out about attending local arts events like art and museum exhibits, local plays, festivals or outdoor concerts.
• Tell your child's teacher, principal and school leadership that the arts are vital to your child's success and an important part of a quality education. Find out if your school has sufficient resources for arts education, including qualified teachers and materials. If not...offer to help.
• Contact your local arts organizations to inquire about the arts education programs they offer either during school hours or after school. Volunteer to donate time, supplies, or help with their advocacy efforts and connect these services to your child's school.
• Attend a school board or PAC meeting and voice your support for the arts to show them you care and make sure the arts are adequately funded as part of the core curriculum in the school budget.
• Explore your child's dream to sing, to dance, to draw, to act--and encourage them to become the best they can be through the arts.
• Be an arts supporter! Contact your elected officials--lawmakers and school board members--to ask them for more arts education funding from the local, provincial and federal levels.

The Reach Tour & Try

Arts & Heritage Enrichment Program for classes K-12

The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford is a resource for educators and students, and we want to help you make discoveries with your students through our exhibitions, tours, workshops, performances and classroom curricula.

In these interactive sessions classes engage in a tour of the current exhibitions and participate in hands on studio workshops led by an artist. Teachers’ Pro-D Tour & Try sessions are also available as well as sessions for businesses or groups.

For more information and to book call Kat Wahamaa, Cultural Programs Manager at 604-864-8087, ext. 124 or kwahamaa@thereach.ca.

Summer Art Camps - Register Now!

Storytelling
Camp Samba
with artist Marion Quednau

Imagination required!

Samba -- an African word for master storyteller or musician. A culture-keeper, a mentor.

There's nothing better than being believed when you say you were swallowed by a fish or took the wrong school bus home and ended up North of Nowhere -- a country with kids in parkas in charge! Stories are traditional and ever-changing; youth "tellers" and listeners learn values and good choices, how mistakes are redeemable, how they can build new environments or solve prickly problems. Attendees will find distinct voices they can use throughout life!

This camp is designed for self-expression and discovery; through song-and-dance folktales, theatre techniques, games involving words and images and, yes, "postcard stories" sent from camp!

Award-winning writer, Marion Quednau, who also facilitates a youth leadership program, has the knack to bring out the samba in you!
9-13yrs
Tue-Fri  Aug 17-20
1-4:30pm
$112/4 sessions

Arts MashUP
NEW sessions!
Instructor Desneige Meyer

Be creative and explore a wide range of inspiring, engaging art activities.
5-7 yrs
Tue-Fri  Aug 24-27
10am-12pm
$64/4 sessions

8-12 yrs
Tue-Fri  Aug 24-27
1-3pm
$64/4 sessions