Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Education & Programming
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Education, Education Services, Education & Extension Services, Education & Public Programming
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1926-
History
The first Educational Committee (later Education Committee) was established in March 1926 and a four-page plan for educational programs presented to Council in May of the same year. Art Classes for children began in 1930 under the tutelage and planning of Arthur Lismer, who was hired in 1927 to oversee art education classes. In 1930, educational programming also included public lectures, musical evenings, and printmaking classes for adults; lectures, talks, and classes for school teachers; free Saturday classes for children; school visits; loan exhibitions (mostly prints and reproductions); and circulation of the slide collection.