Riverside County Office of Education Visual and Performing Arts is pleased to partner with the Palm Springs Art Museum to promote their new online program.

See and Do with Palm Springs Art Museum
Learn about art, history, and literature with Palm Springs Art Museum’s collection. Each lesson is called an Art Portfolio that is distributed as printed workbooks. Pick and choose lessons to compliment classroom learning or as a fun activity during independent study. Students will SEE a work of art, learn about key ideas, and are then invited to DO a hands-on art activity inspired by the work. Suggested supplies can be found at home or in the classroom. Teachers are supported with guidance from museum educators and will have access to a webpage with downloadable Art Portfolio workbooks and recorded videos that outline each lesson. Lessons connect to the California Visual and Performing Arts Standards and integrate the Common Core Standards.

Available Art Portfolios:

Architecture: Meet the museum and learn why museums are important. Students will then get to know complimentary and secondary colors.

The Artist as Observer: Students will practice their observation skills while learning about the important role of artists. They will then choose an object, look
closely, and draw what they see.

Art Materials: Students will discover that there are several ways to create a work of art. They will then make a collage with found materials.

The Who, What, Where, When, and Why in Art Subjects: The 5Ws can be used to identify subjects in art. Students will use what they learn to assemble a still life and then practice using the 5Ws to create a narrative.

The Elements of Art: Students will be introduced to the seven elements of art and then practice drawing their own examples. They will also experiment with form and balance by cutting out geometric shapes and assembling their own paper sculpture.

Local History: The museum houses objects that are important in the history of art, as well as objects that are significant in the history of California and in the Coachella Valley. Students will be introduced to the history of the Cahuilla people and then draw their own basket designs.

Maps: Students will learn about artistic practices that use the environment as part of and as inspiration to the work. They will then draw a map of somewhere familiar or a place imagined.

Portraits: This lesson focuses on showing identity through portraiture. Students will then pick and choose to draw, collage, or write about a portrait. In the final step, they are encouraged to explain their work by writing an artist statement.

Contact the Palm Springs Art Museum’s Education Department to learn more:
edudept@psmuseum.org
www.psmuseum.org/learn/school-programs

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