Tour Subsidies
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art has new resources available to help art teachers arrange field trips to the museum during the upcoming 2008-09 school year. Art teachers may request bus transportation and substitute teacher subsidies by contacting the Education Department. School Tour funds are limited and are dispersed on a first-come, first-served basis; preference is given to urban and rural schools with limited funds and to schools that serve students who are economically disadvantaged.
Teaching Guides
These informative packets are developed by the Education Department
for use in advance of a tour. Teaching Guides provide biographical information, analysis of artworks, pre- and post-visit discussion questions, lesson ideas, and illustrations of a selection of works on view.
Lending Library
Video programs shown in conjunction with exhibitions or as separate video
screenings are available free-of-charge for short term loan to educators.
MMoCA also serves as an educational resource center for classroom materials
through the National Gallery of Art Extended Loan Program. A variety of
videotapes and slides on artists, artistic movements and ways to look at
art are offered through the museum. This material may be used as a curriculum
supplement, as an introduction to art history, in advance of a tour, or
as a tool to enhance art appreciation.
Pictured above:
Student art based on works included in MMoCA Collects (Ellsworth Kelley, Red/Blue, 1964, and Roy Lichtenstein, Sandwich and Soda, 1964) lesson plans.
Modern Art/Contemporary Art/MMoCA Collects
This Internet-based introduction to MMoCA's distinguished collection features 30 artworks, with curatorial notes; artist photographs and biographies; a historical timeline; and classroom-tested lesson plans integrating the visual arts, language arts, social studies, life sciences, and math.
Images and lesson plans suitable for all grade levels may be downloaded for classroom use. These and other education resources may be found in the "For Teachers" section of MMoCA Collects.
SchoolsMuseumsART Project
The SchoolsMuseumsART (SMART) Project comprises a set of eleven full-color
posters; a richly illustrated, 180-page teaching text; and 55 color slides.
Based on the collections of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and
the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the
project was developed to serve the curricular goals of elementary art
educators.
Published by the Madison Metropolitan School District’s Fine Arts
Department, the SMART Project is an integral part of MMSD elementary art
curriculum. The SMART Project is available free to Dane County schools and may be purchased by schools outside Dane County
for $260. For more information, please call the Education Department or
email sheri@mmoca.org.
Making Connections: Integrating Art into the Classroom
Making Connections was produced by MMoCA’s Education Department to serve general classroom teachers. The book provides color slides of twenty works from the museum’s permanent collection, artists' backgrounds, lesson plans for grades kindergarten through five, discussion questions, vocabulary, and age-appropriate bibliographies. Lessons explore topics in language arts, social studies, natural science, and mathematics. The publication is no longer available for sale, however, loan copies may be obtained through the Education Department.
