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School and Teacher Programs

We invite you to use the Santa Barbara Museum of Art as a teaching resource and extension of your classroom. Learning through art is a powerful way to enhance the curriculum at every grade level and across subject areas. Using a discussion-based approach and a blend of visual thinking strategies as well as thinking routines, we invite students to learn how to look. The development of critical thinking skills has come to be recognized as an essential component in the education of young people. Learning to look at art helps students develop the kind of critical thinking skills that are essential for success across curriculum and throughout life. Within this multiyear art-discussion program, students take on increasingly complex ideas as they move through grade levels and show significant improvement in associating, comparing, flexible thinking, and most strongly, observing, and interpreting.

	Upcoming Events Educator Open House: Wednesday, September 29, 4 - 6 pm Learn, Eat, Play! Jessica Davis Lecture: Thursday, October 21, 4 - 5 pm Free! High School Special Event: Tuesday, November 16, 10 - 11:30 am or 11:30 am - 1 pm Reframing America ELL Family Night: Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 6 - 8 pm Celebrating the Art of Japan, India, and Tibet High School Special Event: Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 10 - 11:30 am or 11:30 am - 1 pm The Mirror with a Memory
	Teacher Resource Center Grades K through 6 2009-2010 Programs Brochure Teacher Guides Young Girl in Pursuit (detail) by Marc Chagall. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
	Teacher Resource Center Junior High and High School 2009-2010 Programs Brochure Teacher Guides Frederick Hammersley; born and died United States, 1919-2009; Left Field #8, 1964; oil on chipboard. Gift of the artist.
	School Tours Art holds endless possibilities for engaging students in meaningful learning. We hope you will use the Santa Barbara Museum of Art as a resource for enhancing your lesson plans and your students' lives. To find out how to visit the Museum with your class, call Erin Zetter at 805.884.6457 or email ezetter@sbma.net
	Young at Art Grades K through 2 Tuesdays, October 2010 - 2011 10:30 - 11:30 am or 12 noon - 1:00 pm Young viewers discover the elements of art during a Playdate with Line, Shape, and Color, create their own group compositions in the Museum’s Luria Activities Center, and become art detectives while exploring the galleries with a Teaching Artist.
	ArtReach: Multivisit Outreach Program Five in-classroom lessons, taught by an artist-teacher, are followed by a Museum tour. Lessons emphasize the materials and methods that artists use, and the cultural context in which their works are produced. For more information, contact Rachael Krieps at rkrieps@sbma.net. Fully booked for the 2010 - 2011 school year. For more information on participation in future years, contact Rachael Krieps at 805.884.6441 or rkrieps@sbma.net.
	SBMA at School In response to requests from both parent groups and principals, we are pleased to offer a full menu of after school classes to local elementary schools in the coming academic year. SBMA-trained Teaching Artists will lead standards-based classes relating to the Museum’s collection and special exhibitions on your school campus. In addition to teaching art making techniques, these classes incorporate Visual Thinking Strategies, which use art to help develop critical thinking, communication skills, and visual literacy. Please contact us about bringing this enrichment opportunity to your school for 2010-2011. For more information, call 805.884.6441 or rkrieps@sbma.net.
	Summer Mural Project Each summer, students from area schools work with a master artist to create a mural which is then displayed in the community. For more information, contact Rachael Krieps at rkrieps@sbma.net.
	*COMING SOON!* Gallery of Student Artwork

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art gratefully acknowledges the generosity of our donors for their contributions to the Museum’s Education Programs. Fred Brander, California Arts Council, Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, Audrey Hillman Fisher Foundation, Ann Jackson Family Foundation, Cyndee Howard, Siri and Bob Marshall, Mericos Foundation, Montecito Bank & Trust, Joanne Pearson, Ridley-Tree Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Santa Barbara Police Activities League, City of Santa Barbara in partnership with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, SBMA smART Families, Nancy B. Schlossser, Schultz Charitable Trust Fund in memory of George L. Schultz, In memory of Krishna Singh, Vicki and Patrick Stone, The Towbes Foundation, Town and Country Event Rentals, William E. Weiss Foundation, Christel Bejenke and George Wittenstein, Wood-Claeyssens Foundation.