The New Art Gallery Walsall runs a dedicated education service with free gallery talks, free support for teachers and free professional development sessions all year round. We also offer taught sessions to school groups.
The gallery is a modern 20th century purpose built gallery providing a fully accessible, welcoming and friendly environment where everyone can appreciate the collections, exhibitions and facilities and participate in projects, workshops and events specifically organised for schools.
A permanent ground floor gallery is dedicated to interactivity with artworks where you can touch everything; upstairs the collection on permanent display is a treasure trove of famous name with works by Van Gogh, Monet and Cezanne, and stunning bronze head sculptures by Epstein; and the floor up above a changing exhibition programme showing the best in new international art.
The gallery works with all ages from nursery to higher education and welcomes teachers to chat with us before their visit to the gallery.
Benefits
- Free admission for everyone. Book to visit at your convenience anytime during the school year.
- Friendly pitched group talks to focus your group visit, inspire your pupils and links to the curriculum.
- Relax with help in planning a stress free visit with our advice and guidance.
- Inspirational permanent interactive gallery for your group to touch and explore.
- Explore the visual arts through free, sociable teacher professional development sessions.
- Use our art research facilities in the library with access to books, DVDs and the Internet.
- Free use of a room for eating packed lunches for groups.
- There is lift access to all parts of the building.
- We can deliver sessions through a variety of learning styles with a cross curricular approach to learning.
Contact details
Zoe Renilson
Education Curator
The New Art Gallery
Gallery Square
Walsall
WS2 8LG
Telephone 01922 654411
Fax 01922 654401
Email renilsonz@walsall.gov.uk or higashik@walsall.gov.uk
Links to schools' initiatives
- NIS
- Community cohesion
- Every child matters
- Excellence and Enjoyment
- Gifted and talented
- Learning outside the classroom manifesto
- Literacy and numeracy
- Special needs
- Sustainable community strategy