Art of Collecting
New! Art of Collecting
In honor of the museum’s 90th anniversary, this program celebrates the founder’s vision for the Phillips to be a “joy-giving, life-enhancing influence, assisting people to see beautifully as true artists see.” Through in-gallery activities, kindergarten through 8th grade students explore Duncan Phillips’s philosophies and process of collecting and exhibiting art. Students make hands-on connections to the big ideas discussed in the galleries by creating a work of art in the art workshop. This program may include works by Arthur Dove, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Gallery activities:
Each tour stop is accompanied by a cross-curricular gallery activity; activities may include writing imaginative dialogues and stories, creating collaborative felt collages, and drawing.
Curriculum connections:
- Language arts: oral and written, creating dialogue and narrative, vocabulary
- Social studies: communities (neighborhood and city), history, tradition
- Visual arts: Color, shape, line, mood, architecture
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Pierre Auguste Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880-81.
Arthur G. Dove, Rain or Snow, 1943.
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