The TMC offers a wide variety of educational and entertaining school programs which complement our current exhibitions , our collections and the diversity of textile expressions. Our school visit programs provide students with experiences and activities which are directly linked to the Ontario Curriculum and which cater to all grade levels.
Textiles offer a multitude of opportunities for learning from a wide variety of perspectives. The arts, mathematics, science, history, language and culture are all woven into the fabric of hand-made textiles.
For more information or to book a school visit please contact:
Education Coordinator
t. (416) 599-5321 x 2228
schoolvisits@textilemuseum.ca
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Core Programs: Gallery/Studio (2 hours)
Art Explorations (Grades JK to 12)
Examines textiles' formal properties as works of art. Through drawing and compositional exercises in the galleries, students will work with design principles and then apply them to textile materials in our hands-on gallery. (This program is also offered as a special one-hour program tailored for Kindergarten-aged children.)
Curriculum connections: Visual Art: elements and principles of design.
Fibremath: Patterns, Symmetries and Grids (Grades 1 to 8)
Focuses on the many links between textiles and mathematics. Students will discover how art and math unite to create beauty for our everyday lives.
Curriculum connections: Mathematics: all 5 strands, particularly geometry, patterning and algebra; Visual Art: elements and principles of design.
Textile Story-tellers (Grades 1 to 8)
Explores the ways that textiles tell stories - of their makers, of their cultures, and of their journey through the ancient and modern world and onto our walls. Students' discovery will include looking at and making drawings from exhibited textiles, handling examples from our teaching collection, and telling their own stories using textile techniques.
Curriculum connections: Social Studies, Visual Art, Language Arts.
Textiles for Fashion (Grades 10 to 12)
Introduces students to the world of textiles through raw materials, construction and fabric design, both historic and contemporary.
Curriculum connections: Social Sciences (Secondary), Visual Art: elements and principles of design.
