Education at the History Museum



Community Tours

 

Education at the Art Museum



Life Drawing Classes

 

Every Tuesday from 2-4:30pm, $16/session.


  1. •Classes are uninstructed with no registration required.  Must be 18 years and older.

  2. •Bring a portable easel.  No solvents. Chairs are available.

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Students, grades K through 5, enjoy a lively interactive art museum tour tailored to meet state curriculum content standards in visual, performing and language arts.  Through storytelling sessions and hands-on activities, children learn art appreciation, artistic perception, aesthetic valuing and historic/cultural contexts.

 
History Tours introduce students, grades 2 through 4 to historical documents, artifacts and photographs within the Forbes Mill permanent collection and special exhibits, enhancing state curriculum content standards for history and social science.  Multiple learning activities include a hands-on project and storytelling session, designed to develop chronological thinking, historical interpretation and an understanding of the local community.

 
DATES AND TIMES


Art and History Tours begin at 9:00 am, 10:45 am, and 12:30 pm. 

Tours are approximately 75 minutes.


  1. •  Art Tours are available Tuesday through Friday, February 1-4 and 8-11, 2011 (NEW! Additional dates: February 23-25), at the Art Museum

  2. •  History Tours are available Tuesday through Friday, April 5-8, 2011 (NEW! Additional dates: April 26-28), at the History Museum



COST


Tour payment of $5 per student is due upon receipt of invoice after registration.  

Scholarships are available for Title 1 eligible schools.



GROUPS


  1. •  Art Tour groups are limited to approximately 40 students.  Teachers may schedule an Art Tour  with a partner classroom.  Please specify the partner class on the registration form.

  2. •  History Tour groups are limited to one class or approximately 20 students.


Bookings are first come, first serve.

Download the 2011 Registration Form.pdf here!

Download the Museum Brochure.pdf here!

For more info call (408) 395-7386 or

email education@museumsoflosgatos.org

 

Museum Explorer!



2011 Educational Tours for Children

 

Would you like a docent lead private tour of the History Museum for your community group or club for six or more?

Tours are available for a donation of $2/person. Call 408.395.7386 to book your tour!


  1. BulletSeptember 16, 2010 “How to See What’s Right in Front of You: On Marcel Duchamp’s Étant donnés,”                                              Dore Bowen, Ph.D., Art Historian, San Jose State University                  This lecture only: 7:00 pm Reception / 8:00 pm Lecture


  1. BulletNovember 11, 2010 “Romaniticism in the Humanities,”                         Kenney Mencher, Artist and Art Historian, Ohlone College


  1. BulletJanuary 13, 2011 “FACTOR XX: Women Artists Talking Art,” moderated by Cathy Kimball, Executive Director, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art in collaboration with the Art Docents of Los Gatos.  This lecture only at: Media Center, Fisher Middle School.


  1. BulletMarch 10, 2011 “Art in the 21st Century: Thomas Kinkade and the Case for Kitsch,” Ami Davis, Education Specialist, J. Paul Getty Museum.


  1. BulletMay 12, 2011 “Collections, Canons, and the Construction of        Non-Western Art,” Kristy K. Phillips, Ph.D., Art Historian, Stanford Continuing Studies and De Anza College.


Series funded by the Michael and Alyce Parsons Foundation.


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2010-11 LECTURE SERIES



Expand your horizons through this engaging series of lectures and conversations with artists and art professionals.  6pm Reception / 7pm Presentation.  Art Museum of Los Gatos, 4 Tait Avenue.

 

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