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October 2010

Getty Museum K-12 Teacher Programs

P R O F E S S I O N A L    D E V E L O P M E N T

Teachers' Open Workshop: Stories in Art
Saturday, October 16, 9:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
The Getty Center

Programs for Teachers

This free K–12 teacher workshop explores when, why, and how artists tell stories through works of art. Teachers will learn methods for teaching narrative art in the classroom, join in discussions in the Museum's galleries, and participate in hands-on activities.

Call (310) 440-7300 to register. Space is limited, so sign up now!

Students discover stories in art at the Getty Center.
What is her story?
The Abduction of Europa; Detail of Europa's Head, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, 1632
Wednesday Teacher Workshop: Myth and Narrative in Greek Art
Wednesday, October 20, 4:00p.m.–6:00p.m.
The Getty Villa

These free, two-hour sessions help K–12 teachers create a successful self-guided lesson plan and gallery activities for a school visit to the Getty Villa.

See all upcoming Wednesday Teacher Workshops.

Call Visitor Services at (310) 440-7300 to register.

Teachers learn how to discuss ancient art with their students at a Wednesday Teacher Workshop.
Teachers learn how to discuss ancient art with their students at a Wednesday Teacher Workshop.

S C H O O L   V I S I T S

New Self-Guide Activities for the Getty Center!

Find Visit Activities

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Our new self-guide activities, designed to be used in conjunction with school visits to the Getty Center, take K–12 students on a variety of museum explorations.

Our Print & Go activities can be done with any work of art.

View activities for grades K–5.

Use our new self-guides in your next visit to the Getty Center.
Use our new self-guides in your next visit to the Getty Center.
Homeschool Day
Wednesday, October 27, 10:00a.m.–2:00 p.m.
The Getty Center

Bring your family to the Getty Center for a day of family fun.

Homeschool families should come by our welcome table in the Museum Entrance Hall to learn about resources available for your self-guided school visits.

Download your free-parking coupon. (PDF, 80KB)

Enjoy a day of family fun and learn about opportunities for homeschool families.
Enjoy a day of family fun and learn about opportunities for homeschool families, including our Visit Activities for schools.

C U R R I C U L A R   C O N N E C T I O N S

Make Your Own Bestiary

Find Lessons

Explore the splendor of manuscript painting from the 1100s to its extraordinary flowering in the 1400s and 1500s in the exhibition Illuminated Manuscripts from Belgium and the Netherlands.

Adapt the lesson "Create an Illuminated Alphabet Word Book" to have students individually create a manuscript page of real and imagined beasts. Then create a second copy for a collaborative class bestiary.

Lesson Plan: Create an Illuminated Alphabet Word Book

Exhibition: Illuminated Manuscripts from Belgium and the Netherlands is on view at the Getty Center through February 6, 2011.

A Siren and a Centaur /Franco- Flemish
The image above is from a bestiary, which describes real and mythical beasts.

A Siren and a Centaur, Franco- Femish, about 1270. From a Bestiary authored by Hugo of Fouilloy, Flanders

S C H O O L   V I S I T S

New Galleries for Neoclassical, Romantic, and Symbolist Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Getty Center

Browse the Collection

A suite of newly designed sculpture and decorative arts galleries in the West Pavilion at the Getty Center takes visitors through a survey of European sculpture, decorative arts, and paintings from 1700 to 1900. The installation includes a nine-foot high bronze vase that was first exhibited at the Exposition Universelle.

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