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Home>Learn>Teachers>School Field Trips>Art Tales: Not a Box

# Art Tales: Not a Box

Age 4 through Grade 1

**We are no longer accepting requests for winter/spring field trips.**

**We will offer a selection of in-person and virtual field trips (using Zoom) for Fall 2024.**

**Request for fall field trips (September 30 – December 6, 2024) will be accepted from August 1 – November 1, 2024.**

Art Tales is a field trip designed for our youngest learners. This field trip includes the reading of *Not a Box* by author Antoinette Portis, an exploration of two works of art, and an art-making experience.

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Book Summary

In *Not a Box*, a rabbit uses its imagination to transform a cardboard box into a race car, a robot, and a spaceship. With a bit of creativity, the ordinary becomes extraordinary!

Looking and Learning Skills

During the Art Tales: *Not a Box* field trip, students will discover how artists use their imaginations and draw inspiration from the world around them to create modern sculptures and paintings. On this field trip, students will:

• Observe, describe, compare, and contrast works of art.• Create a three-dimensional multimedia work of art.• Feel a sense of belonging in a museum setting.

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**In-Person Field Trip Information**

Group Size: Up to 60 studentsLength: 60 minutes Meeting Location: East Building Atrium

**Virtual Field Trip Information**

Length: 60 minutesMaterials needed: cardboard box, glue/tape, crayons.

**Important Scheduling Information**

Field trips must be scheduled at least four weeks in advance. Groups must contain at least 15 students.

Once your field trip has been scheduled, you will receive an email confirmation within ten business days.

**Title I Bus Stipends**

Funding for the cost of bus transportation is available for Title I schools that participate in our docent-led school field trips. For more information, please get in touch with Deirdre Palmer at [email protected] or (202) 842-6880, or use the application form.

## Examples of Works Featured on Field Trip

Examples of Works Featured on Tour  
Alexander Calder, *Cascading Flowers*, 1949, metal, wire, and paint, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1996.120.5

Examples of Works Featured on Tour  
Alma Thomas, *Pansies in Washington*, 1969, acrylic on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Vincent Melzac), 2015.19.144

Examples of Works Featured on Tour  
Lyonel Feininger, *The Bicycle Race*, 1912, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1985.64.17

Examples of Works Featured on Tour  
Constantin Brâncuși, *Bird in Space*, 1927, brass, limestone, and wood, Given in loving memory of her husband, Taft Schreiber, by Rita Schreiber, 1989.31.3

Examples of Works Featured on Tour  
Piet Mondrian, *Tableau No. IV; Lozenge Composition with Red, Gray, Blue, Yellow, and Black*, c. 1924/1925, oil on canvas, Gift of Herbert and Nannette Rothschild, 1971.51.1

## Additional National Gallery Resources

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Art Tales for Pre-K

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