Field Trips
Our K-12 Field Trip offers a unique visual art and history experience in Woodland. Classes receive a 1-hour tour of current exhibitions at The Barn Gallery and Gibson House, along with highlights from the Yolo County Historical Collection, led by a trained Educator, and designed to actively engage students in object based learning.
NEW this year, the K-6th Dual Immersion field trip option with a tour led by Educators & workshop with Teaching Artist, Angelo Esquivel. Same experience and content as above, but en español!
When booking a 7-12th grade field trip, our education team will work directly with you to craft an experience that aligns with your educational goals. This includes a tour of current exhibitions with our educators and a custom arts workshop with Lead Teaching Artist, Emma Montalbano.
Looking for general group tour information? Check out our Visit page.
Scholarships may be available for your school. Email jharris@yoloarts.org to find out if your school qualifies!
Fall + Winter 2024
Workshops
Barn Gallery: Reflections on Water
November 14, 2024 – February 15, 2025
This group show of 6 established artists unites 6 individual visions of water. Their perspectives range from representative paintings of water, pools, streams, and rivulets, to increasingly abstract depictions of flowing and still waters, all the way through to the archetypal feeling of aqua waters without reference to the land.
Gibson House: Victorian Myth & Mystery
October 17, 2024 - February 15, 2025
This special exhibition looks at the role that myth and fairy tales played in Victorian culture. The Victorians devoured myth, fairy tales and folklore searching for any explanation for the ever-changing world around them.
Marble Prints
(grades K - 1)
Shadow Tracing + Watercolor
(grades 2 - 3)
Flipbook Fiction
(grades 4 - 6)
Spring 2025
Workshops
Barn Gallery: Rock, Paper, Scissors
March 13 – June 7, 2025
This four person show brings together not just artists with different viewpoints but artists using different mediums to express their artistic visions. David Komar, Maria Winkler’s, Michael Dunlavey, and Judy Knott create with either rock, paper, scissors or all three making this show a delight for the senses.
Gibson House: Portraits of Our Past
March 13, 2025 - June 7, 2025
Explore newly restored portraits of early Yolo County settlers from the late 19th century alongside lithographs of their homes and farmland. Learn about the lives of these immigrant families and their agricultural contributions to their new country through the images in this exhibition.
Cut Paper Portraits
(grades K - 1)
Paper-making
(grades 2 - 3)
Bust Sculptures
(grades 4 - 6)
For more information about Field Trips contact YoloArts' Education Director, Jenna Harris.
Educational Resources and Activities
Education Kits developed by and provided through Yolo County Historical Collection, Yolo County Archives and Yolo County Library.
Victorian Dress and Etiquette
Yolo County Agriculture
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Native American History and Culture
