School Tours
WOW! $1/student. Free busing money. Now that's a good deal. Bring your classroom curriculum to life with a field trip to the Waterloo Center for the Arts’ Phelps Youth Pavilion! Our school tours and education programs offer memorable learning experiences that celebrate cultural diversity and explore the connections between individuals, communities, cultures and ideas. And at the Phelps Youth Pavilion, Art launches a world of wonder, discovery & learning!
WOW! $1/student. Free busing money. Now that's a good deal. Bring your classroom curriculum to life with a field trip to the Waterloo Center for the Arts’ Phelps Youth Pavilion! Our school tours and education programs offer memorable learning experiences that celebrate cultural diversity and explore the connections between individuals, communities, cultures and ideas. And at the Phelps Youth Pavilion, Art launches a world of wonder, discovery & learning!
Click below to learn more about tour options!
Survey Tours
A wonderful choice for all ages (daycares, preschools, K-12) to explore and learn through play! A docent will guide your adventure through the Phelps Youth Pavilion’s Junior Art Galleries I and II, and your choice of a third gallery or art experience. Click here for more details about our Survey Tour option.
Focus Tours
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Survey Tours
A wonderful choice for all ages (daycares, preschools, K-12) to explore and learn through play! A docent will guide your adventure through the Phelps Youth Pavilion’s Junior Art Galleries I and II, and your choice of a third gallery or art experience. Click here for more details about our Survey Tour option.
Focus Tours
A terrific choice for a directed, educational experience in a specific area of the Phelps Youth Pavilion, including an applied art activity! A docent will guide your adventure through a specific area of the Pavilion, followed by a hands-on art activity where your students will become the artists. Tour descriptions and educational correlations are laid out for each Focus Tour in the"Educational Connections" section below.
The Phelps Youth Pavilion is excited to offer a new slate of tour options for you and your students during the 2010-11 school year. We have been mindful of your curricular goals and the ‘essential concepts’ outlined in the Iowa Core Curriculum as we designed these programs, which focus on specific areas of the Youth Pavilion. We have defined the standards and benchmarks for each of our tours and art activities. We have also developed lesson plans for your easy reference.
Haitian Art Adventure (all grades)
| Grades K-3 | Where Grant Wood Stood |
| Grades 4-5 | Puppets, Performances & Plays |
| All Grades | Haitian Art Adventure |
| All Grades | Painted Pages: Children's Books Illustrated by Iowa Artists (NEW!) |
The Phelps Youth Pavilion is excited to offer a new slate of tour options for you and your students during the 2010-11 school year. We have been mindful of your curricular goals and the ‘essential concepts’ outlined in the Iowa Core Curriculum as we designed these programs, which focus on specific areas of the Youth Pavilion. We have defined the standards and benchmarks for each of our tours and art activities. We have also developed lesson plans for your easy reference.
Click on each Focus Tour option below to see its description and standard & benchmark correlations. We look forward to helping you meet your classroom and curriculum goals!
Where Grant Wood Stood (grades K-3)
Puppets, Performances & Plays (grades 4-5)Where Grant Wood Stood (grades K-3)
Haitian Art Adventure (all grades)
Painted Pages: Children's Books Illustrated by Iowa Artists - New exhibit, details coming soon!
All Phelps Youth Pavilion school tours also relate to the Six Pillars of Character:
All Phelps Youth Pavilion school tours also relate to the Six Pillars of Character:
| Trustworthiness | Citizenship | Responsibility |
| Fairness | Caring | Respect |
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Tour Pricing
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$1/student
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PreK - 12th grade and daycares
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$2/student
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Focus Tour
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PreK - 12th grade and daycares
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Tour Availability
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School tours typically last 1-½ hours and are available Tuesday through Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm. We are closed to the public on Mondays. Please reserve your tour date/time at least two weeks in advance (preferably one month). Call (319) 291-4490.
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Free transportation money
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The R.J. McElroy Trust transportation grants are available on a limited basis to help offset the cost of your field trip transportation expenses to the Phelps Youth Pavilion. This grant will reimburse up to $90 per tour from PreK-12 schools and youth-serving agencies in the following counties: Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Grundy, Howard, Hardin, Tama, and Winneshiek. Click her to download the simple grant form.
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Make a Day of It
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Consider scheduling your tour in conjunction with a Black Hawk Children’s Theater performance and stretch your busing dollar for a memorable day of cultural exploration! Please note that the Phelps Youth Pavilion can only accommodate up to 60 students per tour, so this is a limited opportunity (first come, first serve!).
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Educational links
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Detailed lesson plans and curricular connections compatible with Iowa Core Curriculum Standards and Benchmarks have been developed for each of the focus tours. Download this information under "Educational Connections." See exactly how the Phelps Youth Pavilion can help you reach your classroom goals!
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Special Requests
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If you have any special requests or would like to adapt a focus tour to a different age group than what is listed, please let us know. We will do our best to accommodate your needs!
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Book your tour!
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Call the Waterloo Center for the Arts at (319) 291-4490 to book your tour today! Here is the information we’ll need to know when you call:
- Preferred date (and alternative date in case we are booked)
- Preferred time (typical tours are 1 ½ - 2 hours)
- Type of tour
- # students. To ensure a quality experience, no more than 60 students.
- # adults/teachers. Ratio of 1 adult to 6 students is required.
- Any special needs (wheelchair accessibility, hearing or sight impaired, etc.)
- If you need lunch room space (room rental is $10)
- Now you’re ready…call the Waterloo Center for the Arts at 291-4491 today!
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We look forward to giving you and your students a memorable, hands-on cultural experience.
Call the Waterloo Center for the Arts at (319) 291-4490 (319) 291-4490 to book your tour today!
Call the Waterloo Center for the Arts at (319) 291-4490 (319) 291-4490 to book your tour today!