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Shapes That Speak 

  • Recommended grades: K–2
  • Times: Tuesdays–Thursdays, 10 am or 12:15 pm

What can we learn about cultural belongings from their shapes?

In this program, young learners will think about how shapes, textures, and movement can be used to express feelings, memories, and relationships. While visiting a selection of belongings in MOA’s collection, students will reflect on how Indigenous makers use art to share knowledge, express land sovereignty, and reflect cultural identity, while building core competencies in art, math, and social studies. After exploring the collections, students can engage in a hands-on community mural activity in MOA’s Learning Lab to practice telling their own stories through shapes.

Program Options

Guided Visit + Hands-on Activity: Includes a guided museum visit and an artmaking activity where students use shapes to tell their own stories of identity, memory, and place.

  • Duration: 90 min
  • Program fee: $105/class (max. 30 students) + museum admission ($8/student, free for Indigenous students)

Guided Visit Only: Includes a guided museum visit only.

  • Duration: 45 min
  • Program fee: $60/class (max. 30 students) + museum admission ($8/student, free for Indigenous students)

To book this program, please submit a booking request.

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