Special ArtsWeek 2011 Program

Special ArtsWeek 2011 Program

Saturday, February 26, 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Sunday, February 27, 1:00-3:00 p.m.

The IU Art Museum is presenting Family ArtsWeekEnd, a unique program created for IU's ArtsWeek 2011  with funding from an ArtsWeek grant. This program will give families throughout south-central Indiana opportunities to explore four primary areas of K-12 curricula (history, math, science, and literature) through the visual arts.

Working closely with an ArtsWeekEnd team of Art Museum staff, IU students, and K-12 classroom and art teachers, the museum's education department will offer four curriculum-based gallery sessionsand four hands-on "work stations" that will showcase the visual arts as a vehicle for teaching and learning.

Each 30-minute gallery session will emphasize how artists from around the world and throughout the ages have clothed ideas in the language and media of the visual arts, using examples from the museum's extensive collection of worldwide art. Museum tour guides will tailor these curriculum-based gallery experiences to a range of age groups.

Saturday afternoon's program will focus on history and science; Sunday afternoon's program will spotlight math and literature. Tour guides will be available throughout both afternoons to repeat gallery sessions as requested.

"Work stations" will be positioned on the first and second floors of the museum's Thomas T. Solley Atrium, where families can participate in hands-on projects coordinated with the gallery sessions. There will be two work stations per day (history and science on Saturday; math and literature on Sunday). Practicum students and volunteers from the museum's education department will assist families with the various hands-on projects. At the end of each day's program, families will be able to take home resource materials that are designed to extend the museum's activities at home.

Live music will be provided by Bobbie Lancaster on Saturday and Mitch & Eileen Rice on Sunday. Free refreshments will be provided as well. No tickets are required to attend this event.

Family ArtsWeekEnd is made possible by a generous ArtsWeek 2011 grant through the IU Office of the Vice Provost for Research. Additional support comes from the IU Art Museum's ARC Fund, Learning Treasures, and Pygmalion's Art Supplies.