5th Grade Students In Local Schools. Included in the visit will be a lesson which incorporates Discipline Based Art Education concepts and a short creative process lesson. Other site visits. The program primarily serves youth and adults with limited knowledge about Museum exhibitions and programs. Audiences include outlying school districts and hospitals, nursing homes, recreation centers, and institutions housing the mentally and physically handicapped in surrounding communities.
Staff take permanent collection art works in the mobile van to each audience.
Art, history, and regional cultures blend through interpretation of these works. A slide presentation of the AMST and its current exhibits, followed by a related hands-on activity are also included in the presentation. 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.