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ARTworks Classroom Visits for Elementary Schools
Hands on art lessons in your classrooms

ARTworks is an Art Museum program designed to take hands-on art lessons into classrooms across the eastern Idaho region. Since starting the program, we have taken art lessons to over 500 classrooms in six school districts in eastern Idaho, reaching over 15,000 students.

		ARTworks lessons are available at no cost to third and fourth grade classrooms. Each lesson is appoximately 2.5 to 3 hours. School wide classroom visits are available to rural schools outside of school districts 91 & 93 in eastern Idaho. Lessons are related to current museum exhibits and provide hands-on exploration of 2- or 3-dimensional art processes, art history, art appreciation and technical instruction.
		Lessons are led by a Museum sanctioned professional artist and are aligned with the Idaho Humanities Standards. Pre- and post-visit curriculum guides are available to use in the classroom with curriculum links designed for third and fourth grade students. After the classroom lesson, classes are invited to visit the Museum for a follow-up exhibit tour and related art lesson.

ARTWORKS Exhibit Based Lessons 2010 - 2011

Bill Schenck: The Serigraphs Pop Art Printmaking Considered one of the originators of the “Pop” western movement, Schenck’s art both exalts and pokes fun at images of the west. Students will learn about the pop art and explore printing techniques developed by Andy Warhol to create fun and imaginative prints incorporating the wild patterns found on animals in the natural world. This lesson is available October 2010-May 2011.		Zebra, Andy Warhol

		Peter Everett: Parallel Worlds Portraits & Symbols This exhibit features the work of contemporary artist Peter Everett. His paintings combine realism and abstraction, creating poetic portraits with expressive forms. Students will look at visual examples of his work and discuss the differences between realistic and abstract art. Then explore fun drawing and painting techniques to create dynamic self portraits, integrating meaningful forms to complete their designs. This lesson is available October 2010-January 2011.

Ovanes Berberian Landscape in Clay In this exhibit, plein air purist and master colorist, Ovanes Berberian, skillfully captures moments and moods in time in the true Russian expressionist style. Students will view and discuss examples of his work and create a clay tile. Then use stamping, carving and painting techniques to create a traditional impressionist painting with a modern twist. This lesson is available February - May 2011.		Afternoon Light, Ovanes Berberian

Please indicate which lesson you would like us to bring to your class when you submit your class request form.

To schedule a classoom visit, please fill out the Classroom Visit Request Form and return it to the Museum by mail or FAX. To schedule a visit by phone or email, please contact Alexa Stanger at 524-7777 or astanger@theartmuseum.org. All visits must be scheduled a minimum of two weeks in advance.

Made possible through the generous support of The Idaho Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, The William J. and Shirley A. Maeck Family Foundation, Kenlon P. and Carol J. Johnson fund in the Idaho Community Foundation and ICF Eastern Region Greatest Need Fund, Ralph and Mary Lynn Hartwell Family Foundation in the Idaho Community Foundation, The Post Register's Newspapers in Education, Target, Wells Fargo, US Bancorp Foundation, Walmart, Portage and Breaking Boundaries.