Art Center Fieldtrips
Art for Arts Sake
Students can come and create art in our colorful and inspiring Art Center. Teachers are always looking for “new” ideas for school fieldtrips and we can definitely be the answer. We offer a variety of lessons in 4 areas of instruction: Mixed Media, Fiber/Craft, Cultural Arts, and Ceramics. Each area of instruction offers a wide range of possibilities from creating hand crafted pillows to learning to throw a pot on the ceramics wheel. Students create 2 projects in this given time period - a main project with a smaller less time consuming 2nd project.
Grade: Pre K – 8th
Fee: $5 per child for 1 ½ hours of art instruction and actual creating.
Maximum Size: 40 students
Length: 45 minute rotation, total of 1.5 hours for actual instruction
Contact: Sabrina Harris, 816-581-5636 to schedule
Creative Arts
We can also create art activity lesson plans to go along with your school curriculum. If a teacher is working on a particular unit with her students and would like to have it complimented with a fieldtrip to the Art Center we will be happy to create exciting and inspiring art lessons to further educate on a certain topic, theme, etc. (Ex. If a classroom teacher is working on a unit of Mexico in 2nd grade you could visit the Art Center to create Mexican Folk Art or if you are working on a reading series of Tomie dePaola, art lessons can be created to enrich reading and understanding using art as a tool) Students create 2 projects in this given time period - a main project with a smaller less time consuming 2nd project.
Grade: Pre K – 8th
Fee: $5 per child for 1 ½ hours of art instruction and actual creating.
Maximum Size: 40 students
Length: 45 minute rotation, total of 1.5 hours for actual instruction
Contact: Sabrina Harris, 816-581-5636 to schedule
Gallery Education Program
The Gallery Education program offers workshops with projects designed to complement social studies or foreign language curriculum. Workshops feature pieces from the Hand-in-Hand Folk Art Collection or focus on art of Latin America. Each workshop has an accompanying workbook containing cultural information, games and more! Teachers can use these workbooks in preparation for their visit or as a review. Contact Alisha Gambino, 816-581-5632 to schedule.
Molas (90 min)
Learn the process of reverse appliqué and create a colorful mola modeled after those created by the Kuna people of Panama. We will discuss the history of the Kuna, the flora and fauna of the region and its influence in mola design.
Kachinas (90 min)
The Hopi and Pueblo peoples of the Southwest use kachinas as teaching tools for youth. These figures teach valuable lessons about nature, the spirit, and everyday life. Lesson includes an overview of Southwest Native American peoples and their culture with a focus on the symbolism utilized in some of the traditional kachina figures. Students will then create their own figure based on an aspect of nature or a life lesson.
African Dolls (90 min)
In Africa a “doll” is not a plaything, but a spiritual tool. They are used to teach, for ritual purposes, and as spirit intermediaries. We will explore the traditions of the people of South Africa and create our own beaded dolls.
Pre-Columbian Art - The Aztecs, Maya and Inca (2 hrs)
Explore the art and culture of Pre-Columbian peoples of the Americas. Projects include Aztec bark paintings, Maya jade masks, and Inca metalwork. Learn the symbolism behind artwork of the period and how it fit with the everyday lives of the people.
Latin American Folk Art (2 hrs)
Latin America is known for its colorful folk art. In this class we will explore the folk art of Latin America, the cultures that create it and how these artistic traditions have been kept alive. We will create Oaxacan animalitos, Guatemalan worry dolls and Peruvian appliqués.
Grade: 3-12
Fee: $5/student for Molas, Kachinas or African Dolls
$7/student for Pre-Columbian and Latin American Folk Art
Maximum Size: 40 students