Curriculum Based Botanical Garden Tours
Curriculum Based Special Exhibitions Tours
PERMANENT COLLECTION TOURS
First Adventure: Museum
Grades: K-3
Take your class on an artistic adventure and discover the wide world of art. In this introduction to the Museum, students will explore the basic elements artists use to create their works: line, color, form, space, and texture.
Discover Cheekwood: Museum
Grades: 4-8
Let Cheekwood’s Museum of Art be your classroom. Students will study artistic masterpieces on view from the permanent collection as well as traveling exhibitions, exploring artistic concepts such as subject, composition, media and meaning. By examining elements of art and principles of design together with contextual information, students will gain understanding of artistic methods, materials and motivations.
Intro to American Art
Grades: 9-12
Take a journey through time as you examine American art from the 18th – 20th centuries. In addition to considering artistic style, students will learn to look at art from a social, cultural and political perspective. Emphasizing art and social studies curriculum standards, this tour provides an overview of our national history as well as the development of American Art.
William Edmondson: The Hand and the Spirit
Grades: K-12
Born to former slaves in Nashville, William Edmondson became one of the most celebrated African-American sculptors of the 20th century. Through his work, students will examine the unique qualities of American folk art and discover how one man transformed observation and imagination into objects that reflected his faith, community, and culture.
William Edmondson: The Hand and the Spirit- Resource Guide
Louise Dahl-Wolfe (American, 1895-1989), William Edmondson with Schoolteacher, n.d. Gelatin silverprint. Gift of the Artist. ©1989 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
Artists Collect: The Red Grooms and Lysiane Luong Private collections - Andy Yoder
American, n.d., McBowler, 1989,ink and watercolor on paper, 44 x 64
