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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 400 classrooms in six school districts in eastern Idaho, reaching over 12,000 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 2009 - 2010

Cycles of Sam Local bicycle collector and designer Sam Bennett explores the possibilities of the bicycle and it's impact on society in an exhibit that highlights his work and includes bicycle-inspired artwork created by regional artists. Students will view and discuss examples from the exhibit, then explore pattern, composition and color theory employing a variety of exciting mixed-media pastel and watercolor techniques.

Karl Sholomovich Fridman		The Face of Russia: Artists in the Struggle for Utopia On loan from the Springville Art Museum, this exhibit features some of the finest examples of Russian Impressionist painting depicting the everyday life of working Soviet men and women. Students will view and discuss examples from this exhibit, explore impressionistic painting techniques and color theory, including color temperature and color mixing, and create a dynamic portrait painting on canvas.

Contemporary Japanese Crafts
This exhibit features contemporary Japanese artists whose functional yet sculptural artwork incorporates ancient Japanese aesthetics with modern-day western influences. Students will view examples from the exhibit, then incorporate Japanese ceramics and printmaking techniques to create their own sculpture with a modern twist.

Field of the Sky~ Ian Boyden Science and art meet head-to-head when we feature the contemporary artwork of Ian Boyden. With strong roots in geology and archeology, Boyden's work is executed with ground materials such as opals, basalt and carbon. Student's will explore his artistic process by considering local geology, creating their own pigments from natural materials, experimenting with how these materials interact, and using their discoveries to create an amazing work of art.		Ian Boyden, 2007

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 Bechtel Bwxt Idaho, The Post Register's Newspapers in Education, Corporate Express, The William J. and Shirley A. Maeck Family Foundation, The Steele-Reese Foundation Special Project Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation, Ralph and Mary Lynn Hartwell Family Foundation in the Idaho Community Foundation, Target, The Idaho Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.