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K – 6 School & Teacher Programs
2019 – 2020
An Exciting
Time of Change:
Building a
Better Museum
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is in the final stretch of a renovation that will result in an increase
in gallery and public space, enabling the Museum to showcase more of its permanent collection,
welcome more visitors, and offer enhanced education spaces for school groups, families, and teachers.
During this process, selected galleries and entrances will continue to be closed intermittently, so
please check the Museum website for updates. To make sure your educational experience is as All School and Teacher Programs
rich as possible, there are several different ways to see and make art in alternate spaces: in the are offered at no charge.
Museum, art studio spaces at the Ridley-Tree Education Center at McCormick House, and out in the
community. SBMA continues to build online resources and offer new learning opportunities, special
programs, workshops, and events for educators while the building is transformed.
Busing for students from Santa
Barbara, Goleta, and Carpinteria
The Museum’s exhibitions this year are rich and varied, ranging from the earliest 19th-century to the Museum is FREE. For those
photographs that helped visitors see and understand the world, to the latest technology that outside of these three districts,
allows us to glimpse the edge of our universe, and to new media work by Tatsuo Miyajima that
encapsulates mathematical principals in an LED grid with undertones of Buddhist philosophy. The
stipends are available.
visual poetry of Alfredo Ramos Martínez and his works on paper added special resonance to the
annual fall celebration of Día de los Muertos, and in spring, a revisiting of recent acquisitions Please note these gallery
of modern and contemporary art from the last decade reminds viewers of the exciting, thought- restrictions due to construction:
provoking work of our own time.
• February 18 – March 16: limited
Throughout this critical project that will safeguard and preserve the collection and ensure the safety
of visitors and staff, the Museum has been and will continue to be committed to remaining open,
access due to renovation and
and, as always, extends the warmest welcome for teachers and students! sprinkler system repair which might
necessitate gallery closure
For more information, visit www.sbma.net/learn/schoolprograms.
Image Credit: Edward Henry Potthast, Santa Barbara Mission (detail), ca. 1910. Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard. SBMA, Gift of Mr. David Becker.
On View
This Year
Due to the current renovation project, several of the Museum’s permanent collection galleries are closed.
Please visit www.sbma.net/exhibitions for a complete list of what is on view during the academic year.
Salt & Silver: Early Photography, 1840 – 1860
September 8 – December 8, 2019
The Observable Universe: Visualizing the Cosmos in Art
September 29, 2019 – February 16, 2020
Alfredo Ramos Martínez: On Paper
October 27, 2019 – February 9, 2020
Tatsuo Miyajima
December 22, 2019 – April 19, 2020
For more information on
Small-Format American Paintings from the Permanent Collection
March 22 – October 25, 2020
special exhibitions, please visit
www.sbma.net/exhibitions
In the Meanwhile...Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art
Spring 2020
Image credits: Alfredo Ramos Martínez, printed by María Sodi de Ramos Martínez,
Vendedoras de Flores (Flower Vendors), 1947. Serigraph. SBMA, Gift of Charles A. Storke,
1994.57.23. © The Alfredo Ramos Martínez Research Project. Lia Halloran, M29 (detail),
2013. Ink on drafting film. Courtesy of the artist and Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.
Young at Art
Grades K–2
YOUNG AT ART: GRADES K–2
Thursdays, October 2019 – June 2020
Session 1: 10 – 11:30 am
Session 2: 11:30 am – 1 pm
K–2 students explore the elements of art, line, color, shape/form, texture,
and space with a Teaching Artist and tour the galleries with a docent in this
1.5 hour introduction to the Museum which includes:
1/2 hour interactive PowerPoint presentation 1/2 hour hands-on art activity
1/2 hour gallery tour
The teaching methods used in the Museum (Visual Thinking Strategies
and Thinking Routines) build skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening,
perceiving, and drawing.
Image Credit: Naotaka Hiro, Untitled (Idling) (detail, 2018. Acrylic and graphite on paper.
Museum Tours
Grades 2–6
Art with a Side
Grades 3–6
MUSEUM TOURS | OCTOBER 2019 – JUNE 2020 ART WITH A SIDE | OCTOBER 2019 – JUNE 2020
ARTFUL THINKING ART WITH A SIDE OF MUSIC
Tuesdays • 11 am and 12 pm November 7, 2019 • January 21, 2020 • March 10, 2020
2nd – 6th grade students participate in a docent-led tour of the May 5, 2020 • 11 am and 12 pm
galleries — lessons engage students in active viewing and dynam- Four times this academic year, SBMA partners with the Santa Bar-
ic discussions, emphasizing links with the Common Core Content bara Symphony to present “Art with a Side of Music.” These spe-
Standards. Discussion points feature higher-level thinking skills: cially designed conversations with Museum and Symphony teach-
comparing and contrasting, making connections, analyzing, and ing artists offer elementary students a multi-faceted and culturally
evaluating. diverse exploration of the intersection of art and music. Informal
and interactive, these gallery walks and talks feature live perfor-
ARTFUL MAKING mances complementing the art on view, as well as an opportunity
2nd and 4th Wednesdays • 1st and 2nd Fridays • 11 am and 12 pm to create art inspired by the music performed.
Artful Making includes a half hour Artful Thinking tour and inter-
active discussion in the galleries focused on two to three works
of art, followed by a half hour of art making with Teaching Artists,
creating pieces directly linked to the artwork seen.
To register, visit https://register.sbma.net/register.php or contact the Education Department at 805.884.6457.
Image credit: Maurice de Vlaminck, Snowy Landscape (Paysage de Neige) n.d. Oil on canvas. SBMA, Gift of Anonymous Donor.
Art Express
Grades 4–6
Art Express begins with a 30-minute PowerPoint presentation, followed by 60 minutes of interactive demonstration,
hand-on experimentation, and art making at the Ridley-Tree Education Center at McCormick House, located at
1600 Santa Barbara Street.
ART EXPRESS FOR GRADES 4–5 • ART KITCHEN/SCIENCE STUDIO • SILVER, SALT, AND STARS
Fridays • October 4, 2019 – February 14, 2020
Session 1: 9 – 10:30 am • Session 2: 11 am – 12:30 pm
4th and 5th graders use works of art from Salt and Silver: Early Photography 1840-1860 and The Observable Universe as a starting
point to explore the shared materials, methods, and myths associated with art, food, and science. Hands-on experimentation and art
making provide the perfect recipe for learning.
ART EXPRESS FOR GRADE 6 • GRECO-ROMAN SCULPTURE
Fridays • February 21 – June 5, 2020
Session 1: 9 – 10:30 am • Session 2: 11 am – 12:30 pm
6th graders become archeologists for a day as they dig deeper into the materials and methods of making Greco-Roman sculpture
in the ancient world. Students observe an interactive marble carving demonstration, participate in a hands-on exploration of actual
antique bronzes housed in a reproduction of a Roman household shrine, or lararium, and make their own three-dimensional pieces out
of clay under the direction of a Museum Teaching Artist.
Educator Open Houses Seeing Across the Universe: Salt, Silver, Stars Friday, September 27, 2019 4 – 6 pm The Museum’s Fall Teacher Open House introduces educators to the special exhibitions and permanent collection on view for the 2019-2020 academic year. Starting at 4 pm, opening remarks in the auditorium suggest themes and strategies for incorporating the visual arts into the classroom, making connections across curriculum. Time, space, travel, memory, design, dreams, dark, light. How have artists envisioned these? How can their explorations enrich your classroom through observation, inquiry, analysis, and reflection? Attendees can participate in gallery discussions and artist-led activities designed to apply to the classroom. Participants also receive curriculum materials containing artwork reproductions, discussion questions, lesson plans, and related resources. Enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres while you catch up with colleagues in the stimulating company of great works of art! Free Image credit: Penelope Umbrico, Screenshot 2015-11-04 14.22.59 (detail), 2015. Digital print on paper. Courtesy of the artist.
Educator Donors
Open
House
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art gratefully acknowledges the
generosity of its donors for their contributions to the Museum’s
Education Programs:
Nancy B. Schlosser and the Schlosser Family Trust, Connie Frank and Evan C. Thompson, California
Arts Council, Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Meg and Daniel Burnham, Crane Country
Day School, Joan H. Davidson, Edison International, Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation,
Audrey Hillman Fisher Foundation, Griffiths Charitable Foundation, Charlotte Gullap-Moore and
Jeffrey A. Moore, William Randolph Hearst Endowment for Education, William P. Howard and Cindy
Pitzer, Kind World Foundation, Kirby-Jones Foundation, Elizabeth and Joseph Knowles, Sharon
Kussman, LLWW Foundation, Barbara Leighton, Sarah Jane Lind, Diane and Doug Morgan, Samuel
B. and Margaret C. Mosher Foundation, Ridley-Tree Foundation, SBMA Women’s Board, Maryan
Schall, Schlinger Family Foundation, Mary Lynn and Warren Staley, Towbes Foundation, U.S. Bank,
Village Properties, Wells Fargo Foundation, Williams-Corbett Foundation, Barbara and J. Taylor
Woodward, and donations made to the Annual Fund and in Memory of Natalie Browning Harpham.
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