Bechtler In-School Artist Residencies bring artists directly into classrooms. These residencies place trained, knowledgeable, practicing teaching artists into schools to share the benefits of the creative process. Needs addressed by each artist residency are: 1) engaging students as active participants in learning; 2) enhancing arts and classroom curricula and developing arts literacy; 3) increasing the scope and quality of arts education; and 4) connecting schools with community art resources and organizations through partnerships.
The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art provides a look at rarely seen works of 20th-century modern art, most of which has previously been held in the private Bechtler family collection. The collection offers a unique opportunity to engage school students in active learning using artworks of international renown and merit as educational tools.
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education@bechtler.org
http://www.bechtler.org
420 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202
Mecklenburg
704.353.9200
Students will experience the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art through a tour of the galleries led by a trained museum docent as well as create a one of a kind piece of art inspired by the current featured exhibition. Up to 60 students may participate in this two-hour program at the museum. 30 students will tour the museum’s galleries while the other half of the students create their own artistic masterpieces under the direction of a Bechtler Teaching Artist.
Mykell Gates
704.353.9220
education@bechtler.org
Please contact education@bechtler.org to inquire about available dates.
Various.
Schools will be responsible for transportation to and from the museum.
At the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.
1-Day program for up to 60 students. Price per student is $10 for gallery tour and hands-on art activity. All materials will be provided.
R2 – Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Using Visual Thinking Strategies, students are asked to answer three open-ended questions. The questions, “What’s going on in this picture?”, “What do you see that makes you say that?”, and, “What more can we find?” lead them to look carefully at works of art, talk about what they observe, back up their ideas with evidence, and discuss multiple possible interpretations of the work. W1 – Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. Students will complete a post evaluation following their visit to the museum. Students will write responses to questions and provide supporting points of view with supporting evidence. SL1 – Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. The Visual Thinking Strategies approach to learning encourages group discussion with its focus around three open-ended questions.
K-8.V.1 – Use the language of visual arts to communicate effectively. Students will increase their ability to communicate about the visual arts during interactive tours of the museum. K-8.V.2 – Apply creative and critical thinking skills to artistic expression. Students will create a piece of personal art in response to artwork that was discussed during their docent led tour of the galleries. K-8.V.3 – Create art using a variety of tools, media, and processes, safely and appropriately. Students will work with several types of media during the sixty minute processes. Specifically, they will create works of art inspired by the Bechtler’s featured exhibition.
Written cancellation for program must be sent to education@bechtler.org and received no later than 10 days prior to the start date of the program. If the program is cancelled after the 10 day deadline, then a $500 cancellation fee will be required. No phone calls, please.