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Programs in the Classroom
Museum Outreach Presentations
Museum Outreach Presentations provide enriching, age-appropriate, interactive slide presentations that highlight the Museum's outstanding collection of American and southwestern Pennsylvania art to students in the classroom. Presentation are facilitated by Museum docents, who are volunteers that are highly trained in presenting art to audiences of all ages, and lasts approximately 45 minutes. You can choose from a variety of subjects, all of which can be followed by a visit to the Museum.
Fee: $40 for a half day or $60 for a full day of presentations - contact the Education Department, education@wmuseumaa.org, or phone 724/837-1500 ext. 19 for details.
Scheduling: Schedule outreach presentations at least two weeks in advance. Use the attached reservation form.
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Choose from the topics listed below (each provides essential elements for student learning in Arts and Humanities for grades 3 - 12, meeting targets of Academic Standards 9.2 Historical and Cultural Contexts; 9.3 Critical Response; and 9.4 Aesthetic Response.
Animals in Art
From cats and dogs, to lions and birds, see the variety of animals portrayed by artists in paintings, decorative arts, folk art, and sculpture.
What is a Still Life?
Examine the evolution/development of still life painting, from a simple tabletop arrangement of fruit to an abstract composition of colors and shapes.
Early American Painting, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts
Experience the work of both formally trained and untrained artists, from utilitarian objects such as quilts, redware, samplers and fraktur to sophisticated portraits and furniture design.
What does the Picture Tell You?
Narrative and genre paintings can describe literature, myth, or real life experiences. Examine the work of artists whose stories range from simple to complex, from real to imaginary.
In Your Own Back Yard: American Landscape Painting
From Hudson River School painting to explorations of the majestic mountains of the West, from the pastoral to the industrial, learn the many different ways artists interpreted the American landscape.
The Art of the Portrait
Examine the range of styles used by artists to make portraits. See how they used their creativity to transfer/translate the likeness of their sitter onto canvas.
200 Years of American History through Art: 1750-1950
Trace American history through the eyes of artists whose work is closely tied to the period in which they lived. (Also meets targets for Academic Standards for History: 8.2 Pennsylvania History and 8.3 United States History.)
Valley of Work: Scenes of Industry
Discover how artists paid tribute to the industrial heritage of southwestern Pennsylvania through works of art that illuminate the drama and power of the region's industrial era. (Also meets targets for Academic Standards for History: 8.2 Pennsylvania History.)
Women in Art
Experience the work of women artists from mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century and see how each approached subject matter, from the traditional flower still life to non-traditional scenes of industry. (Also meets targets for Academic Standards for History 8.3: United States History.)
What's Inside? A Look at the Permanent Collection of the WMAA
Explore highlights of the Museum's collection of American art in portraits, still lifes, landscapes, and early 20th century modernism. See paintings, decorative arts, and sculpture by artists including John Singleton Copley, William Michael Harnett, George Inness, and Alfred Maurer, that parallel developments in art history from mid-18th to mid-20th centuries.
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Curriculum-based School Programs
The Museum currently offers a signature program that integrates an outreach presentation and museum tour that utilizes the Pennsylvania History curriculum for fourth grade students, while providing essential elements for student learning in History and the Arts and Humanities, meeting Academic Standards 8.2.6 Pennsylvania History; 9.2.5 Historical and Cultural Contexts; 9.3.5 Critical Response; and 9.4.5 Aesthetic Response.
Every Picture Tells A Story: Exploring Pennsylvania History Through Art
This program explores the Museum's two regional exhibitions, Southwestern Pennsylvania Landscapes and Valley of Work: Scenes of Industry, to teach fourth-grade students about their state's history, including the changing of the landscape from agricultural to industrial.
Participation in the program includes:
- A 20-minute video, along with teacher guide, lesson plans and classroom activities will be sent to your school and to introduce students to this program and prepare them for their Museum visit. Schools participating in the program for the first time may request a WMAA docent visit with interactive slide presentation (on a first-come, first-served basis).
- Interactive, docent guided tour of the two exhibitions: Southwestern Pennsylvania Landscapes and Valley of Work: Scenes of Industry.
- An art lesson with a contemporary landscape painter (art supplies are included)
- An interactive discussion with a retired steelworker
- Refreshments
Fee: $4 per student (does not include transportation, which may be subsidized through private funding, contact the Museum for details)
Chaperones: complimentary (arrange for one chaperone for every ten students)
To schedule Every Picture Tells A Story or for more information, please contact our education department at 724/837-1500 ext. 19 or email education@wmuseumaa.org.
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