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Develop your students' knowledge and understanding of Art and Design with a visit to Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village. Through interactive tours, observational sketching and practical workshops we provide and facilitate a space for pupils to develop confidence, be inspired and gain understanding of our collection and Art and Design more broadly. Our offer of immersive and conversational gallery tours and artist-led workshops brings Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village alive and continues our founders vision of Art for All by All.
Interactive Tour: Discover the Historic Galleries with a focus on the Artworks by G F Watts. A Museum Educator will lead the group in exploring a variety of artworks which could cover a range of topics starting from as early as his Self-Portrait at the Age of 17, to the symbolic and protest Paintings painted in his later career. This tour will also introduce the De Morgan Collection which will be the focal point for the practical workshop.
Observational sketching: William De Morgan Collection
1 hour practical creative workshop:
- Relief Printmaking (Styrofoam) OR
- Monoprinting (Gelli Plates)*maximum of 30 children per day
Interactive Tour: With one of our Museum Educators, uncover the stories of Limnerslease, The Artists’ Home and Studio's. This tour will introduce both Mary Watts and G F Watts, bringing to life their story through exploring their home and working studios. Pupils will focus time on exploring Mary Watts as a designer, ceramicist and businesswoman.
Observational Sketching: Limnerslease House
- Gesso Tiles (Modroc relief tiles) OR
- Pottery (Clay Tiles) *maximum of 30 children per day
Launching in October 2024, we are delighted to invite schools to encounter our temporary exhibition. Specially devised school tours will take place on Monday and Friday mornings between 9.30am and 11am; giving you and your class early and exclusive access to the exhibition and will be delivered by our Engagement Team. Read more
Number of Students: Maximum group size of 30 plus accompanying adults
Length: 1 Hour
Cost: £100 +VAT
We can offer both sessions above, but pride ourselves in creating tailored experiences for this age group. We can tailor your day to included elements such as Artist led sketching sessions within the collection, opportunities to meet our Artist in Residence or hear about creative careers from those who work at Watts Gallery.
Number of Students: We will accept groups of up to 60 pupils on site*. Some of our workshops are limited to a maximum of 30 Children per day.
Length: 3 to 4 Hours
Cost: Visits cost £200+VAT for state schools and £240+VAT for independent schools, for each class, up to 30 pupils. Teachers and supervising adults free of charge.
Once we have received your enquiry form, (Please allow five working days for us to respond to your initial enquiry) we will check, and hopefully confirm a date with you before drawing up a Booking Form, which will include a detailed timetable and further practical details for you.
We require at least one month’s advance notice and for bookings made 3 or more months in advance, we will require a £50 deposit.
Upon booking, a link will be shared for you to access documents relating to our site, including a site map, parking instructions and our Risk Assessment.
Across 2024, with generous support from the Clore Duffield Foundation, we are able to offer a bursary scheme to open up opportunities for more local schools to visit Watts Gallery on a school trip. Find out if you're eligible for this bursary.
Book in your school visit by filling out the form below and sending to schools@wattsgallery.org.uk
"We really enjoyed the experience. The day was full of great information and the workshops were brilliant. Children really enjoyed the day and were exposed to art that they would not usually get an opportunity to see."
~ Teacher at Cherrywood community primary school, visited in June 2024
"Thank you for a fantastic trip to the Watts Gallery - I was so impressed by the resources that the gallery offered. Staff were incredibly kind and knowledgeable. The sculpture workshop was superb! The [students] loved it and I will be bringing future classes along to visit the gallery! The best trip I have been on in my 4 years of teaching!! Thank you so much!"
~ Primary school teacher, visited in June 2022
"We had a fantastic day; it was very well organised and kept the students on their toes with activities. The tour was great, and we learnt so much. Watts Gallery has so much to offer, I will definitely be coming back."
~ Student from Farnborough College of Technology, visited in March 2023
If you are interested in finding out about further information on the following partnerships, please contact us through schools@wattsgallery.org.uk
Delight in WattsWe are part of Delight in Watts; an arts-based learning programme run by Delight charity, in partnership with Watts Gallery – Artists' Village, Paintbox and selected primary schools across Surrey.
Arts AwardsWe are an Arts Award centre and Artsmark partner. Contact us to find out more about how we can support your students to achieve Arts Award qualifications and your school on your Artsmark journey.
We can devise bespoke training days for your department or whole school, which can be conducted in school or at Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village. All sessions are developed collaboratively with you; responding to your school ethos, curriculum, drawing on our collection, local heritage and expertise, to develop a tailored CPD course.
Resources can be found on our Learning Resource page.
We are now closed for applications for Summer 2024 and are reviewing our work experience offer for next year. If you are looking for something slightly different, and are aged 16 or over, why not take a look at volunteering with us. Please look at what our previous Work Experience Students had to say about their time with us!
Hear about schools visits, projects and workshops at Watts Gallery - Artists' Village.