Back to the Museum: Bring the Museum Into Your Classrooms

Bringthe Museum Into Your Classrooms

Faculty Development and the Museum of Art invite you to a Back to the Museum preview of the upcoming fall exhibitions. The 90 minute gathering will feature light refreshments, a behind-the-scenes tour, and a chance to collaborate with fellow faculty and staff integrating the exhibits into their classes and programming this fall. 

 

We will discuss different opportunities to bring your students to the museum. A brief workshop will feature resources for planning a visit with students, tools to facilitate student discussions and best practices to integrate these resources into your upcoming classes and programming. We look forward to vibrant collaborations this semester and need your participation to make that happen.

 

Don't miss your chance to see the exhibits before they open, please RSVP by Tuesday, August 29. 

 

About the exhibits:

heroes & sheroes

Adapting the visual language of pop art in the midst of social and political justice, Kent’s work in heroes and sheroes conveys messages of faith, acceptance, and love supporting civil rights, labor, anti-war movements, nuclear disarmament, and the political assassinations that would define the 1960s. 

SMC faculty, Suzanne Schmidt, integrated Corita Kent’s social justice pedagogy through her SMC classes. Read about these experiences in Teaching Corita Part I: “Doing and Making are Acts of Hope” and Part II: “More Than Enough to Work With.” 

Hold it Lightly

Illustrator and fine artist Lisa Congdon's current work, Hold it Lightly, explores themes of joy, liberation, and radical inclusion, displayed on printed matter featuring her bold, colorful illustrations and hand lettering.