K-12 Programs
The Trout Gallery Education Program provides lively, cross-disciplinary museum programs to K-12 and homeschool audiences. The programs encourage creativity and learning through meaningful encounters with art and cultural artifacts, and through participation in age-specific group activities and hands-on projects. Class size limited to 28 students. All programs are offered free of charge.
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Spring 2026 Workshops
Workshops are free and open to any visiting group (5 ore more children) in the K-6th or 6th-12th grade age groups. Programs are 1.5 hours and include interactive activities in the gallery followed by a hands-on art making session in the Mumper Stuart Education Center. Please email trout@dickinson.edu or call (717) 245-1711 and ask to speak to Education to set up a workshop visit.
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K-6th grades
My Story, My Art!​
What makes you, YOU? In this workshop, we'll celebrate our own unique stories and imaginations with the art of Wendy Red Star as our guide! She loves to use pictures and art to tell tales about her family and herself! We'll make silly and serious self-portraits to show off what makes us special. Get ready to use bold colors and recycled materials to explore your identity and tell a story that only you can tell. Come play, create, and share the art of your own unique story!
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Related exhibition: Wendy Red Star: Her Dreams Are True
Money, Art, and Me!
What makes something valuable? Is it how much it costs, or is there more to the story? In this workshop, we'll explore how artists use money and treasures in their artwork to make us think about what's really important. We'll look at everything from ancient coins to colorful prints by famous artists. Then, we’ll design our own currency. Maybe you’ll make friendship coins, kindness tokens, or treasure that celebrates what YOU think is valuable! Get ready to think, create, and discover that value means different things to different people.
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Related exhibition: A Measure of Value
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Bodies in Motion!
How do people and animals really move? Before cameras and movies, it was hard to know! Photographer Eadweard Muybridge used special cameras to capture every tiny movement—running horses, leaping athletes, and more. In this workshop, we'll look at his amazing motion photographs and explore how our own bodies move. Then we'll create flip books, stop-motion sequences, or movement drawings that bring action to life on paper. Get ready to jump, pose, and freeze your movements in art!
Related exhibition: Dissecting Locomotion
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Related exhibition: Dissecting Locomotion
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6-12th grades​​​
Portraits and Perspectives
Step into the colorful world of artist Wendy Red Star, a master of weaving stories from history and museum collections. This workshop explores how Red Star uses humor to challenge the way people see Native American history and honors her own Native ancestors. You’ll learn about her unique artmaking process, which involves adding her thoughts and ideas to artifacts from the history of Native Americans. Inspired by Red Star, you’ll make artwork that reflects your own history and perspective on the world.
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Related exhibition: Wendy Red Star: Her Dreams Are True
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The Value of Art
What determines value in our world? This workshop investigates the complex relationship between art, money, and meaning. Through works by Andy Warhol, the Guerrilla Girls, Sue Coe, and others, alongside ancient coins and traditional currency objects, we'll examine how artists critique economic systems, challenge market values, and question what society deems "priceless." You'll create your own work that explores contemporary questions of worth—whether interrogating consumer culture, wealth inequality, or the commodification of art itself. What will your art say about value?
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Related exhibition: A Measure of Value
The Art and Science of Motion
Before film and digital cameras, how could you prove that all four of a horse's hooves leave the ground when galloping? Eadweard Muybridge's revolutionary Animal Locomotion project answered this question and changed art, science, and cinema forever. In this workshop, we'll analyze Muybridge's pioneering motion studies and discuss how his work influenced everything from the scientific understanding of biomechanics to modern animation. You'll experiment with creating your own sequential imagery to deconstruct and represent movement in innovative ways.
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Related exhibition: Dissecting Locomotion
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Top Secret
5-8 year olds
Kids discover "top secret" treasures from The Trout's vaults in this program offered in collaboration with the Bosler Library. Offered the first Saturday of the month: Oct., Nov., Dec., Feb., Mar., Apr.
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Culture Studio
6-8th graders
This free after-school program is held at Lamberton and Wilson middle schools each Fall and Spring. Students explore culture through the lens of art during an 8-week themed session related to current exhibitions at The Trout Gallery. Permission slips detail dates and times and should be turned in at school. Offered: After school to 5pm
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Summer 2025
Summer Camp Programs
Area camps, homeschools, and other children's groups can schedule a free workshop or sign up for a weeklong camp program though an area partner.
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Ongoing Programs
Bilingual, ESL, and Language Learning
The Trout Gallery offers award-winning programs that combine art and language to promote language acquisition and cultural appreciation. Language learning classes are available in Spanish, French, German and Italian. Please contact us to learn more about bilingual tours, ESL offerings, and language learning programs for your group.
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