Education at the Museum
Opportunities for Educators is our online information page for group visits, current art activities for school groups and professional development for teachers. All visiting groups must pre-register by calling Education Curator Susan Calabria at 802-257-0124, extension 102 or e-mail education@brattleboromuseum.org at least two weeks before the visit date.
What Can You Expect During Your Guided School Visit?
At the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center we spend quality time with your students looking at art. A Museum Interpreter (docent) facilitates a group discussion with selected works of art. Students will find the museum experience very accessible and will see that art relates to their lives and experiences. During your time at the Museum, each student creates his or her own work of art based on a current exhibit. We look forward to welcoming you and your students!
We guide student discussions with questions like these:
- “What’s going on in this picture?”
- “What do you see that makes you say that?”
- “What more can we find?”
To find out more details about a guided school visit, please contact Education Curator Susan Calabria at (802) 257-0124 (extension 102) or e-mail at education@brattleboromuseum.org.
Special
New in 2008 is the Spotlight Gallery in the hallway between the two large galleries in the Museum. Teachers and students participating in group visits with an art activity are encouraged to call and schedule a time to exhibit work done at the Museum with Education Curator Susan Calabria at (802-257-0124, extension 102). Spotlight Gallery exhibits will rotate frequently throughout the year, and all artwork will be returned to teachers and students.
Docents
Docents are volunteer museum interpreters trained in Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), a learner-centered method of finding meaning in visual art, developed by Philip Yenawine, former education director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and Dr. Abigail Housen, a Harvard-trained cognitive psychologist. For more information on VTS, please contact the education staff at BMAC or explore the Visual Understanding in Education (VUE) website at www.vue.org. Those interested in being part of the docent team are invited to apply by contacting Susan Calabria, Education Curator at 802-257-0124, extension 102. Training is ongoing.
Classes
To be announced
Workshops
To be announced