School and Teacher Programs 2014/15
Welcome! Welcome to the 2014–15 school year at the Milwaukee Art Museum! This year, a vibrant schedule of feature exhibitions, a hands-on art studio, and more within the Museum’s Calatrava-designed Quadracci Pavilion will serve tour groups, as the Collection Galleries undergo necessary repairs, which includes adding over 20,000 square feet in new gallery space and a lakeside entrance. The calendar fills rapidly, especially for spring tours. It is recommended that you book before November 1, 2014, to guarantee a guided tour in spring 2015. DOCENT-GUIDED TOURS Bring your students for a guided experience with one of our docents, trained volunteer educators who support your students in exploring the art and making connections to your curriculum. PLEASE NOTE Docent-guided school tours are one hour in length, unless otherwise noted. Please book six to eight weeks in advance. FEES AND CHAPERONES School tours are $4 per student. One adult chaperone per 12 students is required; these adults are admitted free. COMPLIMENTARY FAMILY PASSES You will receive one free Family Pass for each student you bring on your school tour! With this pass, students can return to the Museum with their families for free.
ADVOCATING FOR YOUR VISIT LETTER TO YOUR PRINCIPAL mam.org/u/principal-letter Give your administrators a letter from Dan Keegan, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. This ready-to-print document is a great tool for showing administrators the power of experiencing art on a Museum trip. STATE STANDARDS mam.org/u/state-standards Each program meets many Wisconsin Model Academic Standards as well as National Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. Download this list for complete details.
WISCONSIN K-12 TEACHERS FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION WITH ID!
Planning Your Visit
Book online at mam.org/learn or 414-224-3842, unless otherwise noted.
We look forward to welcoming you and your students to the Museum. Here are some tips to make the most of your visit. REQUESTING A TOUR
WHAT TO BRING
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TIP: BOOK EARLY! The calendar fills quickly.
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Request your tour by calling the Tour Scheduler at 414-224-3842 or filling out the online form at mam. org > Learn + Play > School Tours.
Name tags: Each student and adult in your group must wear a name tag that you supply. These act as your admission into the Museum.
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Clipboards/pencils (optional): If you would like to have your class write or draw, please bring your own clipboards, pencils, paper, or other drawing materials. Remember that only pencils are allowed in the galleries to protect the artwork.
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Order buses/transportation early. Tell us about any special needs when you request your tour. The Museum is wheelchair accessible. Assistive listening technology or an ASL interpreter for people with hearing impairments is available.
BEFORE YOUR TOUR
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Prepare students for your trip by watching the Museum Manners video at mam.org/u/museummanners and visit teachers.mam.org for classroom pre-visit activities.
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Prepare chaperones. You will need one chaperone per 12 students; those chaperones are admitted free. (Additional adults will be charged a $4 fee.)
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Make sure they know the Chaperone Responsibilities (download at mam.org/u/chaperoneguide), or have them watch the Museum Manners video at mam.org/u/museum-manners. Organize student groups: 12 students and one chaperone per group. Each student and adult will need a name tag; this acts as their admission into the galleries.
DO NOT BRING Your lunch! The Museum does not have on-site lunch facilities. Please plan your visit accordingly.
WHEN YOU ARRIVE Enter the Museum’s School Group Entrance, to the north of the Main Entrance on N. Art Museum Drive, unless otherwise directed by the Tour Scheduler. Please remain on the bus until greeted by Museum staff. Be on time. Arrive no more than 15 minutes early. Note that if you are late, your tour will be shortened. If you are delayed, please call the Tour Scheduler at 414-224-3842.
Photography courtesy Front Room Photography unless otherwise noted.
Teachers TEACHER PROGRAMS TEACHER NIGHTS Treat yourself to a free evening at the Museum just for educators. Enjoy a curator-led tour, collect tips from Museum educators, receive special resources, and network with fellow teachers at a reception. The night’s theme varies; check mam.org > Learn + Play for specific details. Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Italian Painting: Healthy Words Global Initiative Fall 2014 | Thurs, Nov 13, 5–7 pm Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair: Putting the Pieces Together Spring 2015 | Thurs, March 19, 5–7 pm Teachers of all grades/subjects. Free; registration required. Register by emailing [email protected] with your name, school, grade, and phone number. NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT HOSTED BY CARROLL UNIVERSITY AT THE MUSEUM Using the Museum as inspiration, teachers will focus on aspects of writing (including editing and assessment), demonstrate writing-to-learn strategies to support student understanding, and explore ways to motivate students to become better, more powerful readers and writers. Summer Institute July 7–11, July 14–18, 2014, 1:15–4:45 pm Teachers of all grades/subjects | $90 / teacher Spring Institute Sat, March 7 and 21, 2015, 9 am–3 pm
TEACHER RESOURCES TEACHER RESOURCES WEBSITE teachers.mam.org •
High-quality images of artwork to project in your classroom
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Background information just for teachers on feature exhibitions and the Collection
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Ready-to-go activity ideas—use as bell ringers or exit slips
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Resources for self-guided tours
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Opportunities to comment and share your adaptations and ideas with colleagues
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PDF downloads of more Museum Teacher Resources
MUSEUM MANNERS VIDEO mam.org/u/museum-manners Get your students ready for your trip to the Milwaukee Art Museum! Watch this entertaining video of do’s and don’ts for visiting the Museum—just leave your dragon at home... MUSEUM BLOG: UNDER THE WINGS blog.mam.org Find behind-the-scenes stories and posts from curators and other Museum staff. SUE DUNHAM MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP mam.org/learn/classes.php Nominate your students to attend Museum studio classes for free.
Teachers of all grades/subjects | $75 / teacher Download registration form at mam.org/learn > Teacher Programs.
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School Tours
Book online at mam.org/learn or 414-224-3842, unless otherwise noted.
Explore the feature exhibition, the Museum’s architecture, or both, during each one-hour school tour, at $4/student. Expand every visit with activities for the classroom, available on the Teacher Resources site, teachers.mam.org. ARCHITECTURE Look inside (and outside) the Museum’s layers of architectural history, with designs by Eero Saarinen, David Kahler, and Santiago Calatrava.
KANDINSKY: A RETROSPECTIVE June 5–Sept 1, 2014 This retrospective exhibition celebrates Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866–1944), a key figure in modern art. Explore an extraordinary collection of Kandinsky’s paintings and other works from the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Students participate in inquiry-based dialogues with tour themes of:
• Line, Shape, and Color • Modern Art
• Technique
OF HEAVEN AND EARTH: 500 YEARS OF ITALIAN PAINTING FROM GLASGOW MUSEUMS Oct 2, 2014–Jan 4, 2015 The National Museums of Scotland in Glasgow possess one of the world’s finest collections of Italian painting. From the splendor of a Titian to the expressive nineteenth-century creations of the Macchiaioli, take an in-depth look at works by some of the greatest names in Italian art, with tour themes of:
• Exploring Art
Through the Senses
• Line, Shape, and Color
• Portraiture • Storytelling in Art
INSPIRING BEAUTY: 50 YEARS OF EBONY FASHION FAIR Feb 5–May 3, 2015 The Ebony Fashion Fair was a pioneering fashion show that started in 1958. The experience of the Ebony Fashion Fair is re-created with garments by icons of the industry such as Yves St. Laurent and Patrick Kelly, and through the story of Eunice Johnson, director of the fair. Tours explore Mrs. Johnson’s push against both racial and cultural boundaries, with tour themes of:
• African American Art • Contemporary Art
• Line, Shape, and Color • Storytelling in Art
School Programs THEATER + ART FIRST STAGE PERFORMANCE COMPANY AND MUSEUM TOUR Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums Dec 2 or 3, 2014 | 9:30–11:30 am Experience the full sweep of Italy’s contributions to the history of art on a docent-led tour of Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Italian Painting, and then participate in a theater workshop facilitated by the educators of First Stage. Students will learn skills to imagine and interpret stories that artists portray in their artwork. Grades 1–5 | 1 1/2 hours | $10 per student Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair April 28 or 29, 2015 | 9:30–11:30 am See garments by icons of the fashion industry in Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair, as you explore how Mrs. Johnson, director of the fair, pushed both racial and cultural boundaries. Then participate in a theater workshop facilitated by the educators of First Stage. Students will learn skills related to character education with themes of identity, self-confidence, opportunity, and acceptance. Grades 6–12 | 2 hours | $10 per student
MATH + ART BETTY BRINN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM AND MUSEUM TOUR Tues, Wed, or Fri Discover shapes and patterns that will make you say “Ge-O-My!” during a docent-guided, geometry-themed tour of the Milwaukee Art Museum, and then go hands-on at Betty Brinn Children’s Museum with guided exploration and play. Grades 1–3 | 4 hours, $4 per student (Additional fees apply for Betty Brinn Children’s Museum) Register with the Museum, and then call Betty Brinn Children’s Museum at 414-390-5437.
SCIENCE + ART DISCOVERY WORLD AND MUSEUM TOUR What do art, science, and technology have in common? Design! Immerse students in the creative design process. After exploring the Calatrava-designed addition to the Museum, visit Discovery World for an adventure in prototyping and industrial automation. Grades 6–8 | 2 ½ hours, $4 per student (Additional fees apply for Discovery World) Register with the Museum, and then call Discovery World at 414-765-8625.
School Programs
Book online at mam.org/learn or 414-224-3842, unless otherwise noted.
NATURE + ART LYNDEN SCULPTURE GARDEN AND MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE TOUR Available May through mid-October The environment, and your imagination, plays an important role in unearthing the history of sculpture. Learn about sculpture inside and out—or better said, indoors and outdoors!—at these two important Milwaukee institutions. Grades 1–12 | $4 per student (Additional fees apply for Lynden) Register with the Museum, and then call Lynden at 414-446-8481.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS STUDIO WORKSHOP SCHOOL PROGRAM Available Mon–Thurs, Oct–May
ART OF WRITING YOUNG AUTHORS AND ARTISTS CONFERENCE
Be the artist! Students explore the feature exhibition on a docent-led tour and then create their own work of art in the studio. Museum educators will design a project that fits your curriculum.
Summer Edition Thurs, July 24, 2014 | 8:30 am–4 pm
Grades PK–12 | 2 ½ hours | $8 per student
Young writers and artists use the Museum as inspiration for first-person narrative writing or artwork in this daylong, statewide conference. Through brainstorming, drafting, and working with teachers and peers, they produce a manuscript or artwork that is then published. The Museum collaborates with the Kettle Moraine School District for this program. Grades 4–12 | 7 ½ hours | $85 per student Register at artofwritingconferences.com. Fall Edition Mon, Dec 1, 2014, 8:30 am–3:15 pm
on school tours page: Wassily Kandinsky, Yellow-Red-Blue (GelbRot-Blau), 1925 (detail). Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris. Gift of Mrs. Nina Kandinsky in 1976. © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/ Philippe Migeat / Dist.RMN-GP. © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Giovanni Bellini, Virgin and Child, ca. 1480–85 (detail). Glasgow Museums; Bequeathed by Mrs. John Graham-Gilbert, 1877 (575). © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection. Photo courtesy American Federation of Arts. Christian Dior, Evening Ensemble, Haute Couture, fall/winter 1968–69 (detail). Photo courtesy of Johnson Publishing Company, LLC.
This daylong regional conference follows the same format as the Art of Writing summer edition (see above) but is geared towards individual students, or groups of students registered through their school. Grades 3–12 | 6 ¾ hours | $75 per student Register at artofwritingconferences.com.
Teen Programs SATELLITE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM Fall: Oct 2–Dec 18, 2014 Spring: Feb 5–May 21, 2015 Thursdays, 4:30–7 pm
exhibition, learn about arts careers, and mentor elementary school students. The mural is displayed for a year on a Milwaukee County bus.
In the Satellite program, arts-interested teen interns delve into the Museum, engaging deeply with works of art, going behind the scenes, learning career skills, mentoring elementary school students, and using iPads to produce videos on works of art. Free.
Grades 11–12
Grades 11–12
Teachers, submit your students’ artwork to the Scholastic Art Awards! The Scholastic Art Awards provides creative youth with early recognition of their work by local and national professionals in the arts, and with exhibition opportunities for regional and national audiences.
Students must apply at mam.org/teens. ARTXPRESS July 14–31, 2015 | Tues–Fri, 10:30 am–2 pm ArtXpress brings together a diverse group of Milwaukee teens to create a public work of art to address an issue in the community in a positive way. Teens work with local artists to create a mural, inspired by the Museum’s feature
Students must apply at mam.org/teens. SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS Submissions due late Dec 2014 On display Feb–March 2015
Grades 7–12 For more information and entry forms, contact Scholastic Coordinator Helena Ehlke at [email protected].
Welcome to the 2014/15 school year at the Milwaukee Art Museum! Support your students’ critical thinking, creativity, and visual literacy skills with a trip to the Museum. Develop vocabulary, explore interdisciplinary curriculum applications, and foster evidence-based thinking through world-class works of art.
Find high-quality images of artworks, activities, and more at teachers.mam.org— the Museum’s Teacher Resources website.