Pre-Kindergarten – 1st Grade

Duration: 1 hour (30-minute guided tour, 30-minute studio activity)

Looking and Talking About Art

On this tour, Docents will guide students through interactive conversations around artworks with their classmates. After the gallery portion, students will explore artistic processes in one of our art studios.

Grades 2-5

Tour Duration: 1 hour

Art Bones

Students will learn how to look at art by exploring in depth how artists use various elements of art to express their ideas. 

Studio Activity: Students will explore the basic elements of art through abstraction, color science, and form as a means of expressing emotions or ideas.

Stories In Art

Students will view artworks from the 19th century through the present to discover imaginative ways that artists tell stories or express their points of view. In “reading” works of art, students will consider character, setting, plot, tone, and perspective. 

Studio Activity: Students will create their own narratives, considering the elements of storytelling and how they can be communicated visually.

Grades 6-12

Tour Duration: 1 hour

What is America? 

Students will examine the ways that artists weave narratives and tell history through their art. This tour provides students with a visual perspective on American history. 

Studio Activity: Students will explore ways to respond to their contemporary moment, social issues, or a moment in American history.

What is Art?

Students will cultivate their observation and interpretive skills through critical analyses of artworks and artists’ intentions. 

Studio Activity: Students will experiment with the use of personal symbols, iconographies, or text as a means of expressing themselves and their ideas.

Gaining S.T.E.A.M.

How do artists use the design process to create art? In this STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) focused tour, students will consider how artists have used problem solving, reasoning, and logic in their artistic processes. 

Studio Activity: Students will use hands-on problem solving skills to execute a unique design from inception to creation.