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FULL! Museum Offers Free In-School Art Programs: Spring 2019

January 22, 2019

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UPDATE: This program is now full. We are accepting names for a waiting list. Thank you teachers for your overwhelming and enthusiastic response!

McMaster Museum of Art and the N. Gillian Cooper Education Program presents

FREE IN-SCHOOL ART PROGRAMS

April to June 2019

Bring the McMaster Museum of Art to YOUR classroom!

Examine the elements and principles of art and connect to your cross-curriculum goals with a free visit from Museum Educators. We offer creative activities and guided looking to engage your students in the critical analysis process. We will work with you to develop a program focused on your classroom interests, customized to suit your studies.

Your free booking includes:

  • a preliminary teacher/Museum educator planning session
  • Art Program in the classroom
  • a teacher debrief

Themes include:

  • Colour, Light, and Impressionist Art
  • Perspective: Math and Art Combine!
  • Printmaking: Mass Communication on a Piece of Paper
  • Science and the Principles of Art
  • The Art of Map Making
  • Land Art: Working with the Environment
  • Museum 101 (Specialized 9-12 program): Engage in a hands on group activity to learn more about the wide
    variety of career paths in the museum field! Discover how an art museum operates, its collection, exhibitions, and staff.
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PROGRAM DETAILS AND OUTLINES

For more information and to book an In-School visit

Contact: Teresa Gregorio, Education Officer
905-525-9140 x 27576
gregort@mcmaster.ca

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McMaster Museum of Art M(M)A and Open Studio are pleased to announce that M(M)A has acquired three works by Carl Beam, Janet Cardiff, and Rita Letendre from Open Studio’s historic archive collection through its Print Sales program. These works now enter M(M)A’s Permanent Collection. About Open Studio: Open Studio was founded in 1970 and is […]

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