Green Initiatives
In the summer of 2007, eARTh Matters, a committee of representatives from each department was established. In the beginning the committee brought a variety of initiatives to the table from small—recycling—to large—a new LEED certified building. The mission of eARTh Matters is to conserve resources, reduce the museum's enviornmental footprint, and educate the community.  The Brooks was nominated for a Governor's Enviornmental Stewardship Award in the Spring of 2008.
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Community Mural Program
Students from a variety of organizations in the Memphis area work with a teaching artist to design and paint a mural at the partner organization’s site. Using house paints, the murals can be painted either indoors or out, and each completed mural will be celebrated with a community reception to showcase the creativity and hard work of the participants. The finished product is a lasting work of art for the community and a source of pride and accomplishment for the young people who create it where a sense of possibility is nurtured.

Read the March 12, 2008 Commercial Appeal article on the Brooks’ Mural Program

Art Therapy Program
Each year, the museum partners with an area organization in a multi-visit outreach program, which includes art making sessions with a certified art therapist, museum tours, family/caregiver tours, and an exhibition of the resulting artwork. In the fall of 2007, Brooks collaborated with Alzheimer’s Day Services of Memphis in Piece of Mind. The museum will partner with the Veterans’ Administration in 2008.

Modeled after a very successful program by the International Center for Photography in New York, In Focus is a collaboraton between the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and Girl's Incorporated of Memphis. Working with a digital artist, girls aged 12-14 explore portraiture through digital photography. Participants visit the museum weekly to view photographs and portraiture in other media from the museum’s permanent collection, and take photos both in the museum and out in the community. The girls are instructed in the use of digital cameras and digital imaging software; they learn to create portraits and self-portraits, and use journals to record their thoughts and feelings about their artwork. In Focus culminates in a group exhibition of participant artwork and writing on display in the museum’s Education Gallery.
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Arts and the Basic Curriculum (ABC)
ABC is a collaboration with Memphis City Schools. The goal of ABC is to integrate the visual arts into the standard fourth-grade academic curriculum, and to bring quality art education and the museum experience to students. Since its inception in 1979, ABC has grown from a program that served 120 students, to a program that currently serves approximately 1,000 students in Title I schools.
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