Education Programs

 Teacher Resources Introduction

Southern Alleghenies

Museum of Art

The Museum’s Teacher/Education Resources, provided

on-line and in hard copy at each facility, have been specifically designed to enhance past and present-day Museum exhibitions. Grade-specific lesson plans, exhibition activities, education program evaluation forms and residency grant applications all can be found on the Museum website. Each lesson has ideas for classroom teachers for incorporating art history and appreciation into art and classroom projects. Museum lessons apply various techniques, styles and materials. Lessons may be reproduced, copyright-free, and are accessible in the following themes:

  • Landscapes

  • Portraits

  • Still-Life

  • Realism

  • Surrealism

  • American Impressionism

  • Architecture

  • Printmaking

  • Painting

  • Sculpting

  • Linear Drawing

Although directions for each lesson are included, teachers can obtain national standards at http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ArtsStandards.html

 

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
Saint Francis University Mall

P.O. Box 9,

Loretto, Pennsylvania  15940
Phone: (814) 472-3920  

sama-art.org