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MMofA’s classes and programs are made possible by support from MOBILE MUSEUM OF ART SCHOOL TOUR PLANNER 2019 - 2020 (cont.) SPECIAL EXHIBITION TOURS 5TH – 8TH GRADE Lee M. Hoffman: A Legacy | July 12, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Lee M. Hoffman (1932-2010) has been called ‘the artist’s artist’. Hoffman devoted over thirty years to teaching at the University of South Alabama TOUR 1: ART: A WINDOW ON THE WORLD TOUR 3: STILL LIFE and at Spring Hill College and was loved and admired by both peers and students. Also dubbed the ‘founding father of art in Mobile’ by a former Objectives: Objectives: student, teacher and artist, Hoffman inspired his students and other artists through his portraits, landscapes and architectural paintings in watercolor. Define the basic elements and principles of art (language arts) Define still life This exhibition includes many of those artworks, as well as a Matisse-inspired series of oil paintings. School groups will learn about how varied an Compare the art of different cultures and times, e.g. Asia, Europe, North Recognize the basic elements and principles of art in a still life painting artist’s style can be when they tour this exhibition and create a Hoffman-inspired watercolor landscape in their optional studio art class. America, South America, and Africa (social studies) (visual arts) Discuss the function of art in different cultures Discuss how different textures can be created by repeating a pattern From Fort to Port & Beyond: An Architectural History of Mobile | October 11, 2019 – April 19, 2020 Understand the historical meaning of a work of art (math) Create an Asian brush painting Create a textured, colorful still life This exhibition, organized by the Mobile Museum of Art with guest curator and architectural historian, Cart Blackwell, explores the architectural Activity: Sumi-e (Japanese calligraphy) Activity: Too Pretty to Eat: A Still Life history of this extraordinary community—one of the twenty oldest continuously inhabited cities in the United States. Presented through a selective timeline of photographs, models, architectural plans, maps, elevations, building materials, videotaped interviews and tours, and publications—the TOUR 2: SELF-PORTRAIT TOUR 4: ABSTRACT DESIGNS IN ART exhibition documents the changing social and cultural story of its places and people over a period of centuries, spanning Mobile’s unique and long Objectives: Objectives: history. School groups will tour the exhibition and then have the option of a studio art class, “A New Wing for Your School!”. Define self-portrait Identify characteristics of abstract art including lines, shapes and space Compare and contrast painting styles and details in portraits and (math) BESA Holocaust Remembrance | January 16 – May 16, 2020 self-portraits (critical thinking skills) Recognize specific artists, their abstract compositions and their place in This inspiring and powerful exhibition of photographic portraits and narratives is about the “Righteous Among the Nations”, Albanian non-Jews who Understand the relationships of time, continuity and change in art as time (social studies) risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Besa, which means a promise, reflects the code of honor which still exists today that binds the seen in famous self-portraits (social studies) Identify the function of a compass rose on a map (social studies) people of Albania to extend protection to all peoples asking for assistance. Tour groups will learn more about this remarkable event in the history of Draw a self-portrait combining basic proportions by utilizing a mirror Create an abstract collage using a compass rose as the central theme World War II, sparking gallery discussion about personal acts of compassion, loving-kindness and a desire to help those in need, even those of Activity: Me, Myself and I Activity: Directions in Art: the Compass Rose another faith or origin.

Ongoing Exhibitions 9TH – 12TH GRADE Students of history and culture will benefit from visits to three ongoing exhibitions: ‘The Charles and Mary Rodning Asian Gallery’, ‘All American: American Art from the Collection’ and ‘Native American Art from the Collection’. Docent-led group tours may be scheduled with a corresponding TOUR 1: HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS IN AMERICAN ART TOUR 3: THINK CONTEMPORARY studio art class. Objectives: Objectives: Interpret the historical significance of a work of art (social studies) Define what is meant by “contemporary” (language arts) Recognize the importance of American history as expressed in art Analyze, interpret and evaluate examples of contemporary art (critical (social studies) thinking) Where will you be, what will you be 10 years from now? (project Compare and contrast contemporary art in the permanent collection yourself) and Material Imaginings galleries, using 19th and 20th centuries Activity: American Landscape examples TOURS & ACTIVITIES BY GRADE LEVEL Identify various media in the craft traditions: clay, glass, wood, fabric TOUR 2: A PLACE IN PERSPECTIVE: A STUDY OF MATH IN ART and mixed media PRE-KINDERGARTEN – 2ND GRADE Objectives: Connect the similarities of function, media and shape in various cultures Gain an understanding of architecture and its role in everyday life (social studies) TOUR 1: COLOR & SHAPE TOUR 2: ANIMALS IN ART Define ‘perspective’ Activity: Gestural & Geometric Abstract Painting Objectives: Objectives: Understand spatial relationships Identify the primary and secondary colors on a color wheel in artwork Identify the primary and secondary colors on a color wheel and artwork Identify horizontal, vertical, and slanted lines in a landscape Identify the basic shapes (math) Experiment in the mixing of colors Activity: A New Wing for Your School! Create a mixed media artwork using shapes and colored markers Create a painting of an animal in its habitat (science) Activity: Shapes Are Everywhere Activity: My Favorite Animal

2ND – 4TH GRADE SELF-GUIDED TOUR This tour allows prepared educators to guide their students through the museum galleries independently. These tours can take place anytime the TOUR 1: FACES TOUR 2: ART DRAWN FROM NATURE museum is open, including weekends. All standard rules apply, specifically the one adult per every 10 students. Objectives: Objectives: Define a portrait as art depicting a person or persons in a painting or Identify the basic elements of art in a landscape, e.g. shape, color, sculpture (social studies) texture, value, line perspective (math) Recognize portraits by famous artists with special emphasis on Compare various works of art depicting natural environments (Science) Leonardo da Vinci Define a landscape as a painting of natural scenery that can also TEACHER RESOURCES Discuss proportions in a portrait (math) include a scene from one’s community (social studies) Mobile Museum of Art also offers resources for teachers to use in the classroom, professional development opportunities throughout the year, and even Create a portrait using basic principles of proportion in the human face Create a painting of a nature scene or object adult classes to expand your own skills and interests in the arts. For more information, visit www.MobileMuseumofArt.com/learn Activity: Facial Fantasies Activity: In My Backyard

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