Student and Teacher Programs
K–12 an d C o lle g e 2009–2010 Dear Educators,
Welcome to the 2009–2010 academic year; I hope you have made plans to visit Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs. If you do not already have Tut tickets for your class, please visit www.deyoungmuseum.org/tut and click on “Schools” to learn how to obtain them. We are proud to be presenting the return of King Tut to the de Young Museum thirty years after the original Tutankhamun exhibition’s stop in 1979, which broke attendance records. I first came to the de Young as one of the million and a quarter visitors to see that exhibition. It was a life-changing experience. The superbly crafted objects of ancient Egypt demonstrated to me the power of art to reach across the centuries and inspire curiosity and learning. It encouraged me to study object-based learning and begin a career in museum education. I am thrilled that King Tut has returned to inspire a new generation. In order to maximize the potential for school groups to see the exhibition, we have arranged for the museum to be opened exclusively for students on Mondays from October to March. In addition, thanks to our generous funders, we have raised money to purchase scholarship tickets for 24,000 public school children. Because of the rich learning that takes place when art is coupled with social studies, we have granted priority tickets to sixth-grade classes who study ancient Egypt. We held a summer institute working with Bay Area educators to create a Tut curriculum that supports California state standards. We invite all educators to see the exhibition on September 21, from 5 to 8 p.m. for our FREE Tut for Educators evening. Please see page 10 for more details. I hope to see you there!
Although Tut is a huge and exciting project for us, it is important that all of our regular education offerings remain in place during the run of the exhibition. Please bring your class to our permanent collections and other temporary exhibitions, utilize our Get Smart with Art curriculum, participate in our Poets-in- the-Galleries or Museum Ambassador programs, or bring your class to a Children’s Theater production. However you choose to incorporate the arts into your classroom, we would like to support you.
I wish you all a successful and creative academic year.
Sincerely,
Sheila Pressley Director of Education
Thanks to our funders for making these programs possible
The James Irvine Foundation San Francisco Auxiliary Bingham McCutchen LLP The Wallace Foundation of the Fine Arts Museums Nobilo Wells Fargo Thomas and Barbara Wolfe Friends, Patrons, and Museum Associates Institute of Museum and Library Services The Joseph R. McMicking Foundation who contributed to the King Tut Education Fund Bank of America The Sato Foundation Douglas A. Tilden S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation Gap Foundation The Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation Lisa Sardegna and David A. Carrillo Peggy Adams Endowment Bernard and Jane von Bothmer William Randolph Hearst Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki Education Endowment Fund Zellerbach Family Foundation Martha and Robert Olson, Belvedere-Tiburon Auxiliary recipients of the 2002 McNeil of the Fine Arts Museums Volunteer Recognition Award Hillsborough Auxiliary The Mary Harrison Fund of the Fine Arts Museums 1 contents
6 K–12 School Programs 10 educator Programs and Resources 13 Access Programs 14 Family Programs The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 15 college Programs comprising the de Young in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, are 16 Public Programs the largest public arts institution in the city of San Francisco and one of the largest art 18 General Museum Information institutions in the United States.
de Young Legion of Honor On October 15, 2005, the de Young re-opened in a new Built to commemorate California soldiers who died in World state-of-the-art facility that integrates art, architecture, and War I, the Legion of Honor is a beautiful neoclassical building the natural landscape in one multifaceted destination that located in San Francisco’s Lincoln Park. Overlooking the Pacific is inspiring audiences from around the world. Designed by Ocean, Golden Gate Bridge, and all of San Francisco, the Legion the renowned Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron is noted for its breathtaking setting and its collections, includ- and Fong & Chan Architects in San Francisco, the new de ing Rodin’s Thinker, which sits in the museum’s Court of Honor; Young provides San Francisco with a landmark art museum to European decorative arts and paintings; ancient art; and one of showcase the museum’s priceless collections of American art the largest collections of prints and drawings in the country. from the 17th through the 21st centuries, and art of the native Americas, Africa, and the Pacific.
2 January Location Page FAM 9 de BAWP: The Inspiration Series Legion 10 Year-at-a-Glance 13, 20 Art after School program for 5th grade de Young 8 23 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, de Young 11 Teacher Workshop 27 Art after School program for 6th and 7th grade de Young 8 progams February Location Page September Location Page 3 Art after School program for 6th and 7th grade de Young 8 19 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, de Young 11 6 de BAWP: The Inspiration Series de Young 10 Teacher Workshop 10, 17 Art after School program for 8th grade de Young 8 21 Open House for Educators, 5–8 p.m. de Young 10 20 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, de Young 11 October Location Page Teacher Workshop 26 Permanent Collection, grades 1–5 and 7–8 de Young 11 2, 9, 16, 23 Friday Night Drawing de Young 10 Teacher Workshop 3 de BAWP: The Inspiration Series de Young 10 27 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, de Young 14 7, 14 Art after School program for 1st grade de Young 8 Access Day 10 Permanent Collection, grades 1–5 and 7–8 de Young 11 Teacher Workshop March Location Page 17 Faces, Voices Foreign Language Teacher Workshop de Young 10 6 de BAWP: The Inspiration Series Legion 10 21, 28 Art after School program for 2nd grade de Young 8 12 Permanent Collection, grades 9–12 de Young 11 24 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, de Young 10 Teacher Workshop Workshop for Art Lovers, Teachers, and Group Leaders 20 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, de Young 10 Workshop for Art Lovers, Teachers, and Group Leaders November Location Page April Location Page 6 Permanent Collection, grades 9–12 de Young 11 Teacher Workshop 3 de BAWP: The Inspiration Series de Young 10 7 de BAWP: The Inspiration Series Legion 10 19–24 Bouquets to Art de Young 11 14 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, de Young 10 Teacher Workshop May Location Page 18, 25 Art after School program for 3rd grade de Young 8 8–16 Young at Art Festival de Young 14 December Location Page
2,9 Art after School program for 4th grade de Young 8 Special Exhibitions of Interest 5 de BAWP: The Inspiration Series de Young 10 de Young 11 Amish Abstractions, Teacher Workshop de Young 11 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, June 27, 2009–March 28, 2010 21 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, de Young 14 Amish Abstractions: Quilts from the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown, November 14, 2009–June 6, 2010 Access Day Legion of Honor John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, July 11, 2009–November 8, 2009 Cartier and America, December 19, 2009–April 18, 2010 Very Postmortem: Mummies and Medicine, October 31, 2009–July 4, 2010 [single-gallery installation]
3 4 School Group Visits for Grades 1–12 Grade(s) Tour Theme All reservation forms can be found on our website at 1–3 Learning to Look k–12 www.famsf.org; click on the Education link then click on the 4 California History K–12 Students link to download the appropriate reservation 5 Colonial History School Programs form. All forms will be processed in the order received. 7 Art of Africa and Mesoamerica Confirmations will be sent by mail. Please note, reservations 8 19th-Century U.S. History are required for all school groups. No groups will be booked 9–12 Site in Sight on the first Tuesday of every month or the week of April 19–24. For further information, please call 415-750-2603 or e-mail Legion of Honor Tours [email protected]. The following tours are available Wednesdays and Fridays, October 6 through May 28. All tours are offered at 10 a.m. Docent-led Tours for School Groups and 11 a.m. and include a 45-minute docent-led tour. Grades 1–12 Docents at the museums help students discover their abilities to Grade(s) Tour Theme look at, think about, and enjoy art. Working with small groups in K–1 European Art (tour is 40 minutes long) the galleries, the docents encourage dialogue about the art, art- 2–12 European Art ists, and cultures represented by the collections. Tours support 6 Ancient Western Civilization the Museums’ Get Smart with Art curriculum and the California state content standards in language arts, social studies, and Independent Viewing for visual arts. School Groups Grades 1–12 Independent Viewing reservations are available Tuesdays Reservations are required. Docent-led tours accommodate 30 through Fridays starting at noon. Admission-fee-waiver requests students and require a minimum of eight weeks’ advance notice, are available with a minimum of four weeks’ advance notice, space permitting. Please use the School Groups Reservation space permitting. Please use the School Groups Reservation Form for grades K–12 found on our web site at www.famsf.org. Form for K–12 on our website at www.famsf.org. Grade-specific Please note: all docent-led tours require a $50 deposit for each lesson plans corresponding to the California state content stan- reservation request. Please make checks payable to COFAM dards in visual arts, language arts, and social studies are avail- (Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums). The deposit will be able on request. Groups larger than 40 students must submit returned upon the class’s arrival at the museum. The deposit lesson plans with their reservation form. will be forfeited if a cancellation is made less than three weeks before the tour. Audio Tours for School Groups Grades 1–12 Get Smart with Art Tours When docents are not available for school tours, educators are at the de Young encouraged to take an easy-to-use, self-guided audio tour of the The following grade-specific tours are available Tuesdays, de Young’s permanent collection. Hear interviews with museum Wednesdays, and Fridays, October 6 through May 28. Tours for curators, find out about the history of the de Young and the 1st–8th grade are offered at 9:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m., and architecture of the new building, and explore the fascinating sto- 11:15 a.m. and include a 45-minute docent tour and 45-minute ries behind many of the objects on view. Tours are available for studio activity led by museum artists. Fifty-minute docent tours students of all ages. This type of tour is led by your chaperones without an art activity are offered at 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. (parents, teachers, aides) and allows students to respond to the Due to the quantity of reservations requests, fall reservations works of art by way of a curriculum-based worksheet provided to (September–December) will begin booking in July and spring each class before their visit. requests (January–May) will begin booking in October. Audio tours cost $6.00 per person, or students may share players for a cost of $3.00 per student. A valid ID will be held as a deposit while audio tour equipment is being rented and is returned upon return of all equipment. Reservations should be made four weeks in advance, space permitting. Please use the School Groups Reservation Form for K–12 on our website at www.famsf.org. The children’s tour is appropriate for grades 1–6 and the adult tour for grades 7 and up.
5 6 Children’s Theater: Weekdays Poets-in-the-Galleries about art to groups of varying sizes that total more than After-school Art Program for Groups for School Groups Grades K–3 Devorah Major, poet and poetry teacher, will lead each class 10,000 people a year. In the process of educating others, Grades 1–12 at the de Young Tale of Beauty and the Beast through two separate 90-minute sessions. Students will they learn to develop their own public speaking skills, reasoning Professional artists and Museum Ambassadors, who are high The Children’s Theater Association of San Francisco presents participate in a variety of writing exercises designed to raise abilities, and teaching styles. Students also build their own school students trained as museum educators at the de Young, Tale of Beauty and the Beast, a story of a poor widow who their awareness of the art objects they are viewing and to knowledge and understanding of art. For more information work with after-school groups in the museum galleries and unknowingly plucks a forbidden rose from a strange and eerie sharpen their ability to use language effectively to interpret please call 415-750-3521 or e-mail [email protected]. classrooms. Students participate in Get Smart with Art gallery castle garden. Caught by the Beast, he sentences her to death what they see and experience. tours and art projects specifically designed to support the as punishment. In this adaptation we meet the widow’s two Advanced Placement Art History grade-specific, state-mandated content standards for social distasteful daughters and greedy sons-in-law who hear her story For the 2009–2010 school year, all poetry sessions, fall and for High School Students studies, language arts, and visual arts. Free; reservations and don’t believe a word of it. But her third daughter, Beauty, spring, will be at the Legion of Honor. Poetry classes are avail- Advanced Placement Art History is a one-year course that will required. Sessions are Friday afternoons. For more information, goes to Beast and promises to stay if her mother’s life is spared. able to students in grades 4–12. Sessions consist of two weekly develop students’ abilities to examine works of art, acquaint call 415-750-3658 or e-mail [email protected]. You will be moved by Beauty and Beast’s transformation, and visits on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Choose morning them with major art forms, and give them an understanding of you’ll find thrills and humor when the two sons-in-law slink (9:30–11 a.m.) or afternoon (noon to 1:30 p.m.). Maximum of 30 art from cultures around the world. The class will feature slide into the eerie castle and encounter a battle with the students per class. Free, but reservations are required. lectures, discussions, and the viewing of works of art. No prior enchanted furniture! experience in art history is necessary for students to take this Please go to the Museums’ website at www.famsf.org and course, but the course is designed to meet college standards Performances for school groups are only for grades K–3. All download a PDF copy of the 2009–2010 Poets-in-the-Galleries and requires a high degree of commitment to academic work. performances are held in the Florence Gould Theater at the Scheduling Form. Fill out all the necessary information and fax Students can receive academic credit and will be eligible to take Legion of Honor on Wednesday and Friday mornings at 10 a.m. to 415-750-2677 on or after the scheduling start date specified the Advanced Placement Art History exam in the May. and last about an hour. Entry to the theater is through the front on the form. Do not fax forms before the scheduling start date. door of the Legion of Honor. The play is free, but reservations Forms will be processed in the order received, and a call or fax Classes start on Thursday, September 10, and for the 2009– are required. will follow to confirm your reservation. A written confirmation will 2010 school year will meet at the Legion of Honor every 2009: November 4, 6, 13, 18; be sent later. For information only, call 415-750-3640. Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 to 5:15 p.m. Classes are open to all qualified Bay Area high school students. The class is free, December 2, 4, 9, 11 Museum Ambassador Program but students will need to purchase the required text and pay the 2010: January 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29; In 2004, first lady Laura Bush presented the Museum Advanced Placement exam fee. For information, please call February 3, 5, 10, 12 Ambassador program with the Coming Up Taller award, an 415-750-3640 or e-mail [email protected]. Please go to the Museums’ website at www.famsf.org initiative of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the and download a PDF copy of the 2009/2010 Children’s Humanities. Museum Ambassadors are high school students After-school Programs Theater Weekdays Scheduling Form. Fill out all the necessary who join the education staff of the Fine Arts Museums. Art after School information and fax to 415-750-2677 on or after the scheduling Every year, they introduce a different aspect of the Museums’ Join us for the de Young’s series of free after-school classes for start date specified on the form. Do not fax forms before the collections to school youth and community groups. The teen children in 1st–8th grade. Art after School offers an in-depth scheduling start date. Forms will be processed in the order Ambassadors give informative, entertaining introductory exploration of world cultures through the museum’s extensive received, and a call or fax will follow to confirm your reservation. presentations in San Francisco elementary school classrooms collections of art from Africa, Mesoamerica, Oceania, and North A written confirmation will be sent later. For information only, and community sites, and they also lead tour groups through the America. Through careful observation and engaging art activi- call 415-750-3640. museum. They provide a unique, interactive approach to learning ties, children in these classes explore the connections between the visual arts, language arts, and social studies.
For your safety and the safety of the artworks: Classes are free; reservations are required. Classes meet twice on consecutive Wednesdays, 4–5:30 p.m. • One adult is required for every ten K–12 students. • Please do not touch or lean on objects, platforms, or cases. 1st Grade October 7 and 14 2nd Grade October 21 and 28 • Lunches and backpacks are not allowed in the galleries. Please leave lunches and backpacks in the bus or car, 3rd Grade November 18 and 25 or in the large bags provided at the museum entrance. The museum is not responsible for lost articles. 4th Grade December 2 and 9 • No jumping in the museum elevators. Please note: our elevators are very sensitive to any sudden weight change. 5th Grade January 13 and 20 When a weight change is detected the elevators lock automatically, resulting in a 30- to 45-minute wait and a 6th & 7th Grades January 27 and February 3 technician fee of $800. Please be informed that if students from your school are found to be responsible for 8th Grade February 10 and 17 causing an elevator to stop it will result in the school being charged the technician fees. • Photography of the permanent collection is permitted without a flash; no tripods or video cameras are The Art after School program is based on the de Young’s Get permitted. Photography of special exhibitions is not allowed. Smart with Art curriculum materials. Content directly supports the California state standards for 1st–8th grades. • Sketching with small pads (9 x 12 inches or smaller) and pencils is permitted in permanent-collection galleries only. Sketching is not allowed in special exhibitions owing to contractual agreements and insurance restrictions.
7 8 Open House for Educators Course features: Join us for this art and happy-hour event at the de Young, • Priority booking for museum visits with your class September 21, 5–8 p.m. The special event will include admission • Hands-on art and writing activities EDucator to Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs. Reserva- • Time to explore the de Young’s collections Programs and Resources tions are required. Please bring valid academic identification for • Talks by museum staff and curators your admission fee to be waived. For more information, please • Introduction to the Museums’ free interdisciplinary curriculum call 415-750-7696 or e-mail [email protected]. Get Smart with Art (see page 12 for full description) • Introduction to Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) and to devel- Workshops for Art Lovers, Teachers, and oping critical thinking through arts and writing Group Leaders • Opportunities to work with grade-level colleagues An artist-teacher leads hands-on activities that enhance the experience of the highlighted exhibition and that can be used Faces, Voices: The Story in the Painting, in the classroom. Activities can be adapted to all skill levels. the Painting in the Story The fee includes a docent-led tour and curriculum materials. To Art and Second-Language Acquisition reserve a place send a check payable to COFAM (Corporation Join the Sacramento Capital Foreign Language Project of the Fine Arts Museums) to Tish Brown, de Young Museum, (CapFLP) and the de Young education department for a full 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118. day of activities for teachers of second languages. Our theme, Faces, Voices: The Story in the Painting, the Painting in the October 24, 2009: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Story, will guide the day’s activities as we participate in hands-on Pharaohs; fee is $40 ($25 for museum members) workshops in the de Young galleries and classrooms, exploring the connections between art and second-language acquisition. March 20, 2010: the permanent collection at the Legion of Activities will be conducted in Spanish, French, and English, but Honor; fee is $20 ($10 for museum members) teachers of all languages are welcome. You will enjoy: guided, themed gallery tours with journaling and speaking activities; Workshops for Educators several ideas to incorporate the arts into your second-language de BAWP: The Inspiration Series classroom; a drawing lesson from a professional artist with an Be inspired this fall as the de Young Museum and U.C. Berkeley’s eye toward visual immersion techniques; a delicious lunch; and Bay Area Writing Project (BAWP) present a professional develop- free art resources created by the CapFLP team, as well as the ment series for K–8th grade teachers. This free seven-session de Young’s education department. Morning coffee, catered box series, held at the de Young, is taught by BAWP teacher consul- lunch, and entrance to the museum’s permanent collections tants in partnership with the museum’s education department. To are all included in the workshop price. For more information register call 415-750-3522 or e-mail [email protected]. or registration, contact Emily Doman at 415-750-3522 or [email protected]. Dates: October 3, November 7, December 5, January 9, February 6, March 6, and April 3 Date and Time: October 17, 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Time: 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Cost: $40 Cost: $75 Credit: 1 unit of academic credit available; 21 increment hours towards district professional development
Friday Night Drawing Fridays, 6–8:15 p.m: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23; Jan 15, 22, 29, and Feb 5 $65 non-members/$60 members
Pencils and pastels will rub, scratch, push, and pull as Take time out for art, connect your eyes with your hands, you explore the art of drawing within the context of the enjoy looking at details with heightened vision, and have fun de Young. This four-week class will focus on basic skills while being challenged with new ideas and use of materials. designed to let your creative side emerge. Each class is unique and focused on an artful approach to shapes, To register, or for more information, please contact form, and perspective. Participants will have the oppor- Emily Doman at 415-750-3522 or [email protected]. tunity to work in the 6th-floor studios as well as draw in the galleries. The last 15 minutes of each session will be devoted to brainstorming curricular applications.
9 10 Permanent and Special Exhibition Workshops Poets-in-the-Galleries Get Smart with Art Free Educational These guides include lesson plans and slides and are available Workshops focus on incorporating art and art-making into your for Educators Workshop Materials for Teachers free through the education department at 415-750-2603. An existing classroom curriculum and are led by museum staff. Each A working session for teachers to create poems inspired by Written to support the California state content standards in online text version is available at www.famsf.org. workshop includes a guided tour, curriculum materials, and sug- works of art. Taught by our resident poet, Devorah Major, this language arts, social studies, and the visual arts, Get Smart with gested art activities. All workshops require a $20 deposit that is workshop offers teachers a unique way to enjoy the visual arts Art is an interdisciplinary curriculum series that uses art objects T.B. Walker Foundation Textile returned upon arrival; advance reservations are required. Please while using language to create images, explore rhythms, and as primary documents, sparking investigations into the diverse Education Gallery call 415-750-3522 or e-mail [email protected] to register. express emotions. cultures represented by the de Young’s collections. Printed in full The T.B. Walker Foundation Textile Education Gallery at the color, the materials are written at the grade level for which they de Young is open to educators and museum visitors with interest September 19, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.: Tutankhamun and the Golden This workshop will take place in late April 2010 at the de Young are intended. Get Smart with Art is a ready-made curriculum that in textile arts. Inside the gallery, there are rows of study drawers, Age of the Pharaohs, Teacher Workshop (de Young) Museum, date and time to be determined. The poetry workshop requires only the addition of inquisitive students. each dedicated to an individual technique, for an intimate view of October 10, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Permanent Collection, Get will highlight the special exhibition Amish Abstractions: Quilts the objects. The gallery is also outfitted with two computers that Smart with Art, Grades 1–8 Teacher Workshop (de Young) 1st Grade Learning to Look: Elements of Community, Past from the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown. The cost will be offer limited access to the museum’s database in order to give a November 6, 4:30–7 p.m.: Permanent Collection, Get Smart and Present $10 for members and $15 for non-members. Prepaid advance broader view of the museum’s textile and costume collection. with Art, Grades 9–12 Teacher Workshop (de Young) 2nd Grade Learning to Look: Building Community: Festivals, reservations will be required. Space will be limited to 25 educa- No reservation is needed. For further information, please call Rituals, Traditions, and Celebrations November 14, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.: Tutankhamun and the Golden tors. Please call 415-750-3640 or e-mail [email protected] 415-750-7610 or e-mail [email protected]. Age of the Pharaohs, Teacher Workshop (de Young) 3rd Grade for more information. Learning to Look: How People Build Communities December 11, 4:30–7 p.m.: Amish Abstractions, Teacher 4th Grade California History: Native American Culture and Teacher Membership at Workshop (de Young) Barbara and Gerson Bakar Teachers Westward Expansion the Fine Arts Museums January 23, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age Resource Center 5th Grade American History: Colonial–Revolution Teacher membership includes unlimited free admission for two of the Pharaohs, Teacher Workshop (de Young) Located at the de Young, the Barbara and Gerson Bakar 6th Grade Ancient Western Civilizations adults to the Legion of Honor and the de Young Museum, as February 20, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.: Tutankhamun and the Golden Teachers Resource Center is open by appointment to educators 7th Grade The Art of Africa and Mesoamerica well as free entry to most special exhibitions; a ten-percent Age of the Pharaohs, Teacher Workshop (de Young) with interest in arts education. The center offers educators an discount in the Museum Stores; a subscription to the members’ 8th Grade American History: Revolution–Reconstruction February 26, 4:30–7 p.m.: Permanent Collection, Get Smart opportunity to plan for museum visits, create classroom magazine, Fine Arts; invitations to members-only evenings, morn- with Art, Grades 1–8 Teacher Workshop (de Young) activities, or research and use the Museums’ education 9th–12th Site in Sight ings, previews, and tours; and priority notification for exhibition- Grade March 12, 4:30–7 p.m.: Permanent Collection, High School resources of touching objects, books, videos, and curriculum related programs and public programs. Membership for full-time Teacher Workshop (de Young) guides. Resource materials can be used to show processes, To order please call 415-750-3522 or e-mail [email protected]. teachers is $45 (all of which is tax-deductible). Academic to give information, or as a display in the classroom. Educators identification is required. To join, please fill out the membership may borrow resource materials for up to three weeks, must Teacher’s Guides: How to Prepare Your Class to Visit the form on our web site at www.famsf.org. provide a refundable deposit, and are responsible for pick-up African Art Collection at the de Young Museum and Teacher’s and return of materials. Please call 415-750-2603 or e-mail Guide to the Art of the United States 1760–1900: American [email protected] to make an appointment. History through Artists’ Eyes
Can’t Get to Us? Let Us Come to You! If you and your faculty are looking to expand the integration of art into your existing curriculum, invite a museum educator to visit your school! Using the Get Smart with Art curriculum, a museum educator will demonstrate how the Museums’ collections can be easily incorporated into your existing language arts and social studies lessons. Site visits include a 45-minute presentation and free curriculum materials for all staff members. Visits to schools within San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo, Alameda, and Contra Costa counties are free of charge. For more information please contact Emily Doman, 415-750-3522 or [email protected].
11 12 Access at the Museums The de Young and the Legion of Honor are accessible to wheelchair users, and wheelchairs are available to borrow on access programs a first-come-first-served basis at the museums’ entrances. Large-print copies of the museums’ floor plans are stored at the information desks, and other materials in alternate format are provided on request. Audio tours are free to blind visitors. For deaf visitors, printed scripts are provided. Assistive listening devices are available at the Florence Gould Theater and Koret Auditorium and, by appointment, for docent tours. Sign-language interpretation can be provided with two weeks’ notice; last- minute requests are accommodated if possible.
Access Docents who have received additional training are available for leading tours. For information about access tours, access features, or the programs listed below, contact Tish Brown at [email protected] or 415-750-7645.
Access Days and Hours for Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs In addition to visiting during regular hours, people with disabilities are invited to visit the exhibition when it is less crowded, fees are discounted, and more seating and parking as well as other access features are provided. The following times have been designated.
Monday, December 21, 2009, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Saturday, February 27, 2010, 6 p.m.–9 p.m.
Advance tickets are required: $18.50 per person; limited discounted tickets available to those with financial need. For tickets and information, contact Tish Brown at [email protected] or 415-750-7645.
13 14 Doing and Viewing Art and Big Kids/Little Kids Each week children visit the galleries at the de Young to view family programs art related to a specific theme and then participate in related studio art experiences under the guidance of professional artists. Children under eight must be accompanied by an adult. Free after museum admission; special exhibition fees for non-members apply to certain sessions. Space is limited; participants will be admitted on a first-come-first-served policy. Programs begin promptly at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. (afternoon programs are for members only). For more information, please call 415-750-3658 or e-mail [email protected].
Children’s Theater—Saturdays Tale of Beauty and the Beast The Children’s Theater Association of San Francisco presents Tale of Beauty and the Beast, a story of a poor widow who unknowingly plucks a forbidden rose from a strange and eerie castle garden. Caught by the Beast, he sentences her to death as punishment. In this adaptation we meet the widow’s two distasteful daughters and greedy sons-in-law who hear her story and don’t believe a word of it. But her third daughter, Beauty, goes to Beast and promises to stay if her mother’s life is spared. You will be moved by Beauty and Beast’s transformation, and you’ll find thrills and humor when the two sons-in-law slink into the eerie castle and encounter a battle with the enchanted furniture!
2010: January 9, 16, 23, 30; February 6, 13; performances at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Performances last about an hour and are suitable for children aged 3–12. $12/general, $10/members; processing fees for online and phone orders. No museum admission required.
Tickets: www.ctasf.org or 415-248-2677
15 16 Collections Research during these events. If you are interested in participating in these The Museums’ website is an excellent place to start researching events or would like more information, e-mail [email protected]. our collection. Simply go to www.famsf.org and use the Image- college programs Base to search more than 82,000 images from the collection! Internships for College and Graduate Students in the Education Department Docent-Led Tours for College Groups The following internships are available for students year-round. Visit the Museums’ permanent collection and special exhibitions Instructions on how to apply and descriptions can be viewed with a discounted or waived admission fee. Tours in French, on our website at www.famsf.org; click “About FAMSF,” then Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, and Cantonese are avail- click “Get Involved.” All internships are unpaid; academic credit able on a limited basis. Docent-led tours must be arranged four is available. weeks in advance. Tours are 45 minutes long. Please call 415-750-3528 to make a reservation. Public programs: Artists-in-Residence program, Friday Nights at the de Young Curator-led Class Visits to the Collection Contact: Cynthia Inaba, [email protected] of Works on Paper The Museums’ collection of works on paper (prints, drawings, Museum Ambassador program and photographs) is available for classes of up to 20 students Contact: Molly Beyer, [email protected] to engage with works from the permanent collection. Object selection and class sessions are coordinated by a curator in the Children and Families programs department. Please call 415-750-7626 for an appointment. Contact: Eileen Lew Morris, [email protected]
Self-Guided Group Tours Teacher and School Programs (Independent Viewing) Contact: Emily Doman, [email protected] College group visits without a docent-led tour can be arranged at the de Young and Legion of Honor on Tuesdays through Sundays. Visits are free of charge for the permanent collection and at a discounted price for special exhibitions. Self-guided visits must be arranged two weeks in advance. To schedule a visit, please call 415-750-3528 or go to the Museums’ website at www.famsf.org and download a PDF copy of the College Self-Visit Reservation Form. Fill out all the necessary information and fax to 415-750-3540. Forms will be processed in the order received.
Sketching in the Galleries Sketching with pencil on a 9 x 12–inch or smaller handheld pad is allowed without special permission during regular museum hours. Special permission must be obtained for easels or large pads, which are allowed only during regular museum hours. Drawing classes must comply with this policy. Special arrangements must be made two weeks in advance. To schedule a visit, please call 415-750-3528 or go to the Museums’ website, www.famsf.org, and download a PDF copy of the College Self-Visit Reservation Form. Fill out all the necessary information and fax to 415-750-3540. Forms will be processed in the order received.
College Events Museum events have been created to reach a wide audience of college students. The events combine activities that encompass artistic enrichment, art history perspectives, and performing arts that focus on a specific time period or special exhibition. San Francisco City College, San Francisco State University, California College for the Arts, Academy of Art University, the Fashion In- stitute of Design and Merchandising, and the San Francisco Art Institute have been active participants in displaying works of art
17 18 Friday Nights at the de Young Lectures and Symposia The de Young stays open every Friday night until 8:45 p.m. Scholarly lectures and symposia are offered in conjunction with through November 27, 2009; programs resume on January the permanent collection and special exhibitions throughout the public programs 8, 2010. Friday Nights at the de Young offers unique activities year at the de Young and Legion of Honor. For more information designed to enhance the museum experience for all age groups. call 415-750-7634 or e-mail [email protected]. Each evening focuses on a specific theme relating to special ex- hibitions or the de Young’s permanent collection. Each evening’s Art History Lectures program may include live music, artist demonstrations, film, Scholars, faculty, and curators present public lectures as part dance performances, lectures, tours, or other museum activities. of the continuing education program for Fine Arts Museums Enjoy culinary delights in the beautiful cafe overlooking the park, docents. Reservations are not required or accepted. Admission is stroll the sculpture garden, and enjoy the magnificent view of the $4, or $3 for museum members. Please call 415-750-3638 or Bay Area from the observation tower. For a complete listing of e-mail [email protected] for a complete listing of these lectures. events and activities, view our website at www.famsf.org, e-mail [email protected], or call 415-750-7694. These evening Illustrated Lectures by Docents activities are scheduled from 5 to 8:45 p.m. unless otherwise Illustrated lectures focus on special exhibitions or permanent noted in the online calendar. Most programs are in the “free collections and are given regularly in the museums. The lectures zone” of the museum and are open to the public without charge. are free and reservations are not accepted or required. Museum Museum and special exhibition admission fees are required to admission is required for lectures at the Legion of Honor. visit those galleries. Admission is not required for lectures at the de Young. Please call 415-750-3638 or e-mail [email protected] for a complete Artists-in-Residence listing of these lectures. at the de Young Museum Every month the museum invites artists to take residency and Community Speakers Program display their work in the Kimball Education Gallery (located in the The Docent Council offers private illustrated lectures in the com- de Young’s “free zone”), designed specifically as an interactive munity on a variety of topics, highlighting the Museums’ perma- space for all age groups. The Bay Area artists participating in the nent collection or special exhibitions. A fee is charged. Please Artist-in-Residence program work in the gallery and share their call 415-750-3638 or e-mail [email protected] for a current knowledge, techniques, and vision with the public. In addition, listing of topics. artists participating in the Jolika Fellowship program are invited from the Pacific Islands to show works of art and engage Private Docent-led Tours museum visitors in conversation and art making relevant to the Private docent-led tours of the permanent collection and special de Young’s collection of Oceanic art. This program enables exhibitions are offered to groups of 10 or more. Docent-led tours visitors to meet artists and gives the artists an opportunity to must be arranged four weeks in advance. Tours are usually 45 work with the public. Artists are working in the Kimball Education minutes long. To make arrangements for a private group tour, call Gallery Wednesday through Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. For a 415-750-2636 or e-mail [email protected]. current listing of Artists-in-Residence, call 415-750-3528 or e-mail [email protected].
Artist Demonstrations at the de Young and Legion of Honor Artists are invited to work at the de Young or Legion of Honor teaching about and showcasing their art process. Call 415-750- 7634 or e-mail [email protected] to receive a schedule.
College Nights at the de Young Museum The de Young Public Programs department invites a variety of student artists from local colleges and universities to show- case their work in conjunction with special exhibitions two times a year as part of the Friday Nights at the de Young series. For more information how to get involved call 415-750-3528 or e-mail [email protected].
19 20 general information
Admission Parking: Parking for cars and bicycles is available in the Music K–12 public and private schools receive free general Concourse parking facility. Access to the north entrance of the admission with advance museum reservations. Please refer parking facility is from Fulton Street and 10th Avenue. Access to to the K–12 school-tour section, call 415-750-3522, or e-mail the south entrance is at Concourse Drive and Martin Luther King [email protected]. College groups should call 415-750-3528 Jr. Drive inside the park. The Music Concourse parking facility is or e-mail [email protected]. Some special exhibitions require open 7 days a week from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. year-round and additional fees and may require advance tickets. parking in the garage is encouraged. Rates: $2.50/hour week- days and $3.00/hour weekends. The garage is not operated Members Free by the Fine Arts Museums. Limited four-hour street parking is Adults (18–64) $10 available on John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Drives. Seniors (65 and older) $7 Please note that John F. Kennedy Drive is closed to traffic on Youths (13–17) $6 Saturdays April through September and on Sundays. College students with ID $6 Children (12 and under) Free Buses: Buses are allowed to drop off groups in front of the San Francisco K–12 museum on Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive. Parking for buses is Students with ID Free available behind the Music Concourse Bandstand on Hagiwara Free general admission first Tuesday of each month. Special Tea Garden Drive. exhibition surcharges apply. Legion of Honor FAM Student Pass 100 34th Avenue, Lincoln Park Student passes for individuals are available for $10 (cash only) (Enter Lincoln Park at 34th and Clement Streets) at either museum’s admissions desk for students of accredited Open Tuesday–Sunday, 9:30 a.m.– 5:15 p.m. high schools, colleges, and universities, both in and outside of Closed Mondays, Thanksgiving, December 25, and January 1 San Francisco. The pass is valid for one year from the date of issue for unlimited single admission to the museums, exclud- Restrooms, pay phones, and drinking fountains are on the ing specially ticketed exhibitions. Valid student identification is lower level. There are no lunchroom facilities for bag lunches required at the time of purchase. in the museum. de Young Public transportation: Call MUNI, 415-673-6864, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park for information. Bus lines #18 46th Avenue, #38 Geary, Open Tuesday–Sunday, 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. #1 California, and #2 Clement all run near the museum. Open Friday until 8:45 p.m. (except December 4–25, 2009) Closed Mondays, Thanksgiving, December 25, and January 1 Parking: Free parking is available in front of the museum, on Legion of Honor Drive, and on El Camino del Mar. There are no lunchroom facilities for bag lunches in the museum; groups can, however, use the museum gardens or the grounds in Buses: Buses are allowed into Lincoln Park from 34th Avenue Golden Gate Park for eating. and Clement Street. Please have the driver take the group to the top of the hill, drop off the passengers, and proceed back down Public transportation: Call MUNI, 415-673-6864, the hill to park. Unfortunately, there is no adequate bus parking for information. Bus lines #44 O’Shaughnessy, N Judah, immediately outside the museum. #21 Hayes, and#5 Fulton all run near the museum.
Photo Credits: Jennifer Tong: cover, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16 (lower), 17, 18 / John Spicer: pg 13, 14 / Brandon Ballog: 16 (upper) / Nicole Schach: 19, 20
21 Contact Information
Director of Education ACCESS/Visitors with Special Needs Sheila Pressley Tish Brown Phone: 415-750-7641 Phone: 415-750-7645 (voice), Wednesday–Friday Fax: 415-750-3540 TTY: 415-750-3509 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 415-750-3656 E-mail: [email protected] K–12 School Groups: Docent Tours and Independent Viewing/Self-guided Tours Public Programs Jeannine Jeffries Renée Baldocchi Phone: 415-750-2603 Phone: 415-750-7634 Fax: 415-750-2677 Fax: 415-750-3540 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
K–12 King Tut School Groups College Groups, Artist Studio Kim Erickson Cynthia Inaba Phone: 415-750-7696 Phone: 415-750-3528 Fax: 415-750-3540 Fax: 415-750-3540 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
Get Smart with Art Curriculum and Teacher Education Family and After-school Programs Emily Doman Eileen Lew Morris Phone: 415-750-3522 Phone: 415-750-3658, Wednesday–Friday Fax: 415-750-3540 Fax: 415-750-2677 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
Museum Ambassador Program Docent Council Molly Beyer Amanda Olson Phone: 415-750-3521 Phone: 415-750-3638 Fax: 415-750-3540 Fax: 415-750-3540 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
AP Art History, Children’s Theater, Poets-in-the-Galleries Jeannine Jeffries Phone: 415-750-3640 Fax: 415-750-2677 E-mail: [email protected]
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