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Show NEWS FROM THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ' PARTNERS GETS A NEw "Do" PARTNERS, the Salt Lake City School District 4th grade school program is undergoing a small revolution! For the first time in 16 years, the 4th grade students began doing art in connection, with viewing the artwork during their tours of the Museum. In the fall, the kids made sketchbooks with docents visiting their classroom prior to coming to the Museum. These sketchbooks were used to record their visit to the Museum, drawing their favorite artwork or applying elements of art and principles of design. Drawing the art objects personalized the museum experience and reinforced art elements that the students were studying: Line, shape/form, color texture and light/shadow. Ruth Kottler from Washington Elementary summarized the drawing experience. "The students loved it! It really connected them to the art." Another new element to the PARTNERS program has been the addition of a new Winter theme: "Everybody's Art: Exploring Multi-Culturalism." For many years, classroom teachers have been asking for a more multi-cultural approach in the museum to respond to the ever increasing diversity of the Wasatch front. Prior to the Museum visit, docents brought cultural discovery kits to the classroom for students to explore. In these kits , students looked at art from five cultures: Africa , Asia, Native American, Oceanic and the Pre-Columbian geographic area. Students and teachers were enthusiastic about the classroom presentation. Charlene Dunn, a teacher at Beacon Heights commented , "this presentation was GREAT. The kids learn so much more from being able to hold the objects.... It seems like the University is really listening to teachers and using good teaching techniques in this presentation." Barbara Rindflesh from Beacon Heights agreed "The kids were totally engaged and involved. It was a good lead in to the Museum tour." |
