Funded programs for South Side elementary schools
The Smart Museum’s sequential, multiple-visit programs—Art in Focus for third graders and smART Explorers for fifth graders—are the cornerstones of our educational initiatives. These funded programs integrate all facets of the visual arts into the school curriculum by fostering critical thinking, writing, and creative problem solving skills through Museum visits, online activities, hands-on projects, and classroom discussions.
The Art in Focus and smART Explorer programs are generously supported by Mary Smart.
Art in Focus (3rd grade)
Art in Focus is multi-visit tour program that exposes third graders to a broad range of visual art and provides them with tools to look, think critically, and express their own ideas about what they see. Art in Focus is offered at no cost to Chicago Public Schools third grade classrooms on the South Side.
For more information about the program, e-mail Lisa Davis, Manager of Tour and Teacher Initiatives, or call 773.834.1066.
smART Explorers (5th grade)
smART Explorers uses technology in the classroom and sketchbooks in the galleries to help fifth graders think critically and explore and document their own ideas about art. The program consists of five field trips and culminates in a celebratory event for students and their families. smART Explorers is offered at no cost to Chicago Public Schools fifth grade classrooms on the South Side.
For information about the program, e-mail Lisa Davis, Manager of Tour and Teacher Initiatives, or call 773.834.1066.
Now on view
Discover how artists have transformed the simple act of sharing food and drink into a new kind of art.
Feasts in the Ancient World
Friday, May 25, noon
Archaelogist Geoff Emberling discusses feasting traditions in ancient Mesopotamia and explores connections to the culture of the Middle East today.
