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Boise Art Museum - ArtReach Program
 

ARTREACH PROGRAM (Full for the 07- 08 School Year)

ArtReach Experiences

  • Birds
  • 3D Sculpture
  • My Place, Your Place
  • African and Mexican Masks
  • Trees
  • James Castle: Idaho Artist (1900 - 1977)

FREE Pre-K-12 Art Experiences in Your Classroom

Can't come to the Museum? Outside of Ada County? Within 50 miles of BAM? We'll come to you!

  • 90 minutes of lively disscussion and hands-on experience
  • September - May, Tuesday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
  • One visit per classroom
  • Opportunities for integrated teaching
  • Taylored to your pre k-12 classroom curriculam
  • Explorations in a variety of deia
  • Available for art teachers, too

 

Thanks to the generous grant support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Albertson’s Boise Open, the Idaho Commission on the Arts, and the Beaux Arts Société the $60 visit / materials fee is waived and this program is offered free of charge.

 

How the ArtReach Progam works...

The ArtReach program is designed for public schools, Pre-K through 12th grades, located within a 50-mile radius of Boise Art Museum, and outside of Ada County.

Content of the ArtReach visit:
The ArtReach Educators and BAM’s Education Department have created a selection of lessons that focus on themes explored in BAM’s Permanent Collection. Please review the five lessons, listed below, and be prepared to choose a lesson when you call to schedule. Your ArtReach Educator will contact you prior to the visit to discuss ways in which the lesson can be connected to your classroom curricula. A pre-visit curriculum packet will also be mailed to you.
 
To schedule a visit contact Terra at 345-8330 ext. 36 or terra@boiseartmuseum.org at least 4 weeks in advance
  • Visits can be scheduled September through May, Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
  • Allow 90 uninterrupted minutes for the total visit.
  • To serve as many students as possible, the grant funds are restricted to one visit per classroom.

 

 
 

Current ArtReach Experiences

1st Grader Coloring Print Foam 3rd Graders Working on Repoussee 2nd Grader Playing With Clay

 

Birds


HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE

Students use oil pastels on canvas to create an image of a bird. It can be a real bird or an imaginary bird, the bird can stand for or symbolize something.

SUGGESTIONS FOR CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS

  • Symbols
  • Illustrate parts of birds, things related to birds
  • Habitats (create a habitat for one of the birds)
  • Graphing
  • Scientific illustration
  • Reading for facts/ opinion
  • Illustrate birds studied in class
  • Classifying
  • Ornithology

3D Sculpture


HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE

Students use clay to create artwork that has three dimensions: height, width and depth.

SUGGESTIONS FOR CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS

  • Geometry
  • Technologoy
  • Expression with shapes / forms


My Place, Your Place


HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE

Students create an image of a place using a printmaking technique with water based markers and foam.

SUGGESTIONS FOR CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS

  • Study of home and community
  • Autobiographies
  • Memories
  • Descriptive writing
  • Inventions

 



African and Mexican Masks


HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE

Students use a variety of materials to create masks.

SUGGESTIONS FOR CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS

  • Animals
  • Patterns
  • Symbolism
  • Africa
  • Symmetry
  • Mexico


Trees


HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE

Students use markers and a cardboard plate, similar to artwork from the discussion, to create images related to curricular themes.

SUGGESTIONS FOR CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS

  • Tree of Life
  • Ecology
  • Community
  • Habitats
  • Animals
  • Symbol


James Castle: Idaho Artist (1900 - 1977)

Students use clearcoal and cardboard to create artwork inspired by the works of art and techniques of James Castle.

SUGGESTIONS FOR CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS

  • Idaho history
  • Auto Biography
  • Recycled materials
  • Book making

 

 

 
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