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Exploring Art Program

Exploring Art: A Student Guide to Viewing Museum Exhibitions makes the experience of visiting a museum meaningful and fun. For upper elementary and middle school levels, the handbook introduces basic subject categories (portraits, narratives, abstract art, etc.) and vocabulary to promote understanding of the visual arts. The accompanying Teacher’s Guide to Exploring Art includes tips for taking students to a museum, suggestions for pre- and post-visit activities, ideas for guided discussion in a museum, resources for learning more about art and women artists, and suggestions for classroom activities.

Designed so that a teacher, parent, or leader with little or no experience in the arts can become comfortable with the subject, the guides provide adults with tools to enhance motivation and present stimulating and engaging lessons about women in the arts. Although these materials are intended to be used in conjunction with a visit to a museum or arts center, they can be used independently in a classroom.

For more information on the Exploring Art Program, please download the brochure.

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