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Saturday, April 30, 10am-5pm This workshop will explore the role of artists as communicators and the benefits of creating a museum/studio atmosphere in the classroom when possible. Art History and appreciation connects with Social Studies through learning about the art of indigenous people and the role of the artist in society. We’ll begin the workshop with an overview of AEContent and take a look at some rich museum websites and sites that feature free-use images for educators to use in their classrooms.
Questions to Consider:
1) What Resources are available for integrating art history into the classroom?
2) What approaches are there for integrating the student’s personal/individual interests into art historical content and studio production?
3) How can you use students’ personal engagement with the content of a lesson to assess learning?
4) What are some of the advantages or limitations to using the Internet and interactive museum sites to show students works of art?
5) Name some web resources that you have used in your classroom, or for research in Art History or art in context. Why do you like these resources?
Thoughts from presenter Sue Costello
“Insights into the history of artistic images and the creation of a tangible work of art helps young artists make connections in their classroom studies. My art room is a virtual art museum, filled with reproductions of master works and folk artists on posters, calendars, sculptures and artifacts from my personal collection and trips abroad. The students love to be in this museum/studio-like atmosphere. And all of our young artists are more than enthusiastic to be able to identify or discuss their favorite artists works or styles.
Art history and Social Studies are a natural fit that helps reinforce the learning process in both subject areas, however, links are made across the curriculum. At my school, in grade 5 Science we cover the Naturalists works by John James Audubon while students study life science and nature. Grade 3 artists used musical instruments to create their own sculpted version of an instrument assemblage like the famous abstract artist Pablo Picasso and "Pop" artist Claus Oldenburg. Through connections like these, almost every aspect of the curriculum is touched.
Therefore, Art History is an integral part of our everyday learning in the art room. Our student’s appreciation for art brings confidence and will inevitably open lifetime of dialog and interaction with humanity/all of the humanities. Giving our young artists a resource/world of ideas to expand and build upon. Where connections can be made for creative ideas and art making to flourish uninhibited. Art History adds a world of depth and dimension essential to our young artists creative learning process and thus making their creative art making experience more meaningful.
Ask your child what famous artists they know, or take them to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, or any large museum collection online, to see what work your young artist recognizes. You will be amazed!”
Sue Costello's Giverny Movie (note, this is a large file). Sue makes movies like these using iMovie. She documents her travels to museums and her art classrooms in action. She then uses the movies to inspire her students and to promote her classroom activities to parents, other teachers and administrators.
Links
The AEContent Museums and Gallery web links category
Workshop Group Gallery (Participants from this, and other Massart workshops, can comment, create captions, and add images to this gallery.).
We'll be looking at these two sites together during the afternoon:
Louvre Museum
- Choose the English version of the site
- Choose selected works
- Choose and click on any collection
- Click selected works
- Choose and click on category/region/time period
- Click on any work of art in the collection
- Double clicking on an object will enlarge the image
Louvre option:
- 2b.virtual tour
- 3b.choose and click on any gallery for a 3d tour
Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Enter museum site
- Click on collection
- Choose/click on a collection
- Click collection highlights
- Click on an image
- Click on an image to enlarge, etc.
Selected Museum Sites:
Peabody Essex Musuem
The Getty Musuem
Claude Monet's Garden "Giverny"
National Gallery of Art
Carnegie Museum of Art
Link to an online timeline presentation featuring the collection
Timeline of Art History
From the Metropolitian Museum of Art.
Visually rich timelines of art history from various regions. Features art from the Met collection.
Art Online Museum Exhibits List
Image Resources:
CGFA: A Virtual Art Museum
image resources for educators
National Archives
Smithsonian Images
Select and download screen resolution images for personal and educational use.
Art Images for College Teaching
A free-use Educational Resource
Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th, 19th, 20th Century and Non-Western Art. Only registered users can write comments.
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