The Blanton’s Education Team provides custom, interactive workshops and materials for educators in all subject areas.
We welcome the opportunity to work collaboratively with school partners to bring the world of art into classrooms, meet specific curricular needs, and create unique opportunities for growth and reflection.
If you’d like to explore possibilities for professional development for your department, grade-level team, school, or district, please email orlando.gravesbolanos@blantonmuseum.org. Blanton services are fee-based, and can be scheduled at the museum or on a school campus.
Development Workshops
We offer a variety of workshops that address our most-requested topics. Each workshop is three hours, and participants receive CPE credit. $20 per participant.
Art is a natural vehicle for both students and educators to tap into social and emotional learning. In this workshop, we will practice activities that focus on several SEL competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship skills.
Discover connections between the visual language of art and the power of words while exploring the Blanton’s diverse collection. We’ll practice literacy skills (listening, speaking, thinking, reading, and writing) as we help students uncover multiple meanings, discover new perspectives, and create rich narratives through the shared creative experience of art and language.
Explore our collection through the eyes of a student as we practice several strategies that you can use in your classroom, regardless of your subject matter. We’ll visit works from each of our collection areas and plan ways to integrate looking at art into your lessons.
Artists often use their work to spark conversations about issues important to them and –– to individuals, schools, communities, our nation, and our world. We will look closely at artworks that focus on identity, civil rights, justice, and resilience, exchange ideas about experiences connected to the art, and respond using a variety of strategies.