When available, performance, readings and dance are incorporated into program offerings. Art Journeys uses art, artists and museum visits to connect cultures using shared experiences in different contexts which lead to better understanding between all social groups. Each program topic serves as a matrix for investigating the unfamiliar to the familiar in each of us, as well as understanding art in its social and historical contexts. Art Journeys includes segments about careers in art, collecting, the role of galleries and museums, as well as criticism, aesthetics and history. Travelers will also have opportunities to visit with artists and examine how they use similar materials and processes to create art with different meanings and messages.
All monthly programs air at the same time each month.
The 25 Docent tour guides work closely with staff to gain new knowledge and understanding about visual art. Participants serve as volunteer guides and take all fifth grade students on tours of the Museum. Guides complete research about the art collection, organize and implement school tours and provide critical staff support for educational activities offered to youth and adults. All private and public schools in the region will be invited to participate in the program with the first one hundred schools receiving a kit for their art room. At all times, Looking To Learn kits will be available through the Museum's resource library open during the work week.