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Point of View: Art & Primary Sources

Integrating Art into Classroom Curricula with The Phillips Collection & University of Maryland

5-Week Educator Course (Hybrid)

Free / Online / In-Person

painting of an open window with soft colors that fade into each other with woman resting

Point of View: Art & Primary Sources brings together paintings from the special exhibition Bonnard’s Worlds (on view at The Phillips Collection from March 2 to June 2, 2024) and archival materials from The Phillips Collection Library. Correspondence, newspaper articles, and essays tell the story of museum founder Duncan Phillips’s immediate and long-lasting affection for the works of Pierre Bonnard. But while Phillips’s eye was trained on Bonnard, who and what was in the periphery? How can we take these 20th-century narratives and reframe them to find power and meaning today? Together, we will consider the perspectives of critics, curators, and other creators to broaden the narrative as we develop strategies for pairing art and documents in the classroom.

Sign-ups are first-come, first-serve, so sign up soon to secure your spot!

This course meets for 5 weeks on Wednesdays, from 5-7 pm, February through March: 

  • Sessions on 2/21, 2/28, 3/13, 3/20 will take place virtually on Zoom. 
  • The March 6 session will be held at The Phillips Collection (1600 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20009). If you do not live locally, we will provide you with 2 hours of related asynchronous work. 

The 15-hour course includes: 

  • 2 hours at the museum to experience archival materials (or 2 hours of asynchronous work for non-local educators)
  • 8 hours of synchronous, instructional workshops on Zoom include: slow looking at works of art and primary source documents, artmaking, interactive activities, and culturally-responsive teaching strategies to enhance your reading, writing, and history curriculum
  • 5 hours of independent work time include reading primary source documents and working on art projects

This workshop is open to educators who teach all subject areas and grades 4 and up.

This educator PD is tailored towards local educators as the March 6 session meets in person at The Phillips Collection. Non-local educators can participate and complete 2 hours of asynchronous work in lieu of the in-person session.

  • Participants can elect to receive professional development:
    • Maryland: 1 CPD credit 
    • Washington, DC: 15 PLU
    • Virginia: 15 points for Professional Development activities (needs pre-approval from your evaluator/supervisor)
    • Credit for other states is available on a case-by-case basis. 
  • Contact Dr. Margaret Walker at mwalker8@umd.edu for information about graduate credit cost and registration through University of Maryland.
  • You may choose to take the course not-for-credit.

The Phillips Collection and University of Maryland partner to offer professional development courses for PK-12 educators. The courses provide opportunities to integrate the visual arts seamlessly into the core curriculum, using The Phillips Collection’s Prism.K12 arts integration strategies and resources. Educators will expand their understanding of and skills in arts integration by planning, practicing, and implementing arts-integrated lessons in their classroom. Through online engagement and hands-on practice with students, the courses are delivered through virtual or in-person learning in collaboration with the University of Maryland and The Phillips Collection.

Questions: Email Head of Teaching & Learning Hilary Katz at hkatz@phillipscollection.org


IMAGE: Pierre Bonnard, The Open Window, 1921, Oil on canvas, 46 1/2 x 37 3/4 in., The Phillips Collection, Acquired 1930 © 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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