Permanent Collection Tours and Lesson Plans
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Explore the Elements of Art
Grades 1-3
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On this amazing exploration through the Brooks' permanent collection and special exhibitions, students discuss the fundamental elements of art. By looking at objects from around the world, students discover line, shape, color, texture, form, and space, and learn how artists use these elements to create art and express ideas. In the studio, students respond to a series of drawing prompts that allow them to apply their knowledge of the elements of art.
What’s the Story?
Grades 1-6
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Paintings, sculptures, and other art objects can illustrate historical events, Biblical stores, famous myths and legends, or personal memories. Other works of art invite us to create our own stories. On this tour, students play detective looking at clues in the works of art to figure out the story being told, the hero, and any other plot complications.
African Adventure
Grades 1-6
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A guided tour of the Brooks' African Art collection emphasizes the range of artful expressions and spiritual beliefs of various African countries and cultures. The tour includes a discussion of the role of masks in African society and African mythology and explores the terms symmetry, pattern, and abstraction. In the studio, students respond to a creative prompt and design a paper mask.
Materials and Meaning
Grades 3-12
Throughout history, artists have innovatively used materials in expressing their ideas and beliefs, and in making objects for a variety of uses. Discover how geography, values, needs, media, and technology affect the creation of works of art in different times and places.
People, Places, and Things
Grades 4-8
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This tour introduces the variety of subjects artists use to express themselves. For inspiration, artists often look in the mirror, out the window, at their families, or at a bowl of fruit. This tour provides an overview of portraits, landscapes, and still lifes from the 17th century to the present, and places the art objects into a larger historical context.
Image to Word
Grades 4-12
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Enhance your students' visual literacy through close observation of artworks and dynamic writing exercises that encourage interpretation and creative thinking. From character monologues to poetry, students will enjoy practicing their writing skills in the unique environment of the museum. This tour is limited to a maximum of 40 students.
The Art of Abstraction
Grades 4-12
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Abstract art can sometimes be puzzling. This tour is designed to acquaint students with abstraction by looking at works from the ancient world, Africa, and Pre-Columbian and Western civilizations. Students’ visual literacy and higher level thinking skills will be used as they explore artists’ use of materials, scale, and representation to communicate meaning. Let’s solve some puzzles!
Brooks Passport
Grades 7 to Adult
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Students can travel to different times and places through the art collection of the Brooks and discover works ranging from antiquity to the present. While they explore the art of Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, the Americas, Europe, and Africa, they will also learn about these cultures. Tours
For additional information about these tours, please contact the Education department at 901.544.6215 or click here for e-mail.
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Traveling Exhibition
Tours and Curriculum Guides
Monet to Cezzane/Cassat
to Sargent: Impressionist Revolution
Now closed
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Armed + Dangerous: Art of the Arsenal
Grades 4-12
November 12 - February 19 Download the Curriculum Guide
Special Curriculum
Guide
The Decisive Moment: The Civil Rights Photographs of
Dr. Ernest Withers
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These educational materials offer teachers the opportunity to integrate some of Dr. Ernest Withers’ most compelling photographs of the civil rights movement into their curriculum. A committee comprising teachers from Memphis City and Shelby County Schools, as well a history professor from Rhodes College, developed these lesson plans with curriculum connections in language arts, social studies, and art for 5th through 12th grade students.
These educational materials offer teachers the opportunity to integrate some of Dr. Ernest Withers’ most compelling photographs of the civil rights movement into their curriculum. A committee comprising teachers from Memphis City and Shelby County Schools, as well a history professor from Rhodes College, developed these lesson plans with curriculum connections in language arts, social studies, and art for 5th through 12th grade students.
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