Teacher Workshops

Visit the Meadows Museum website at www.meadowsmuseumdallas.org and go to our education pages for self-guided tour materials and curricula connected to works of art in the collection.

Seeing All Sides: Integrating Two- and Three-Dimensional Art
February 18, 2012, 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Enjoy a “multidimensional” conversation about the relationship between paintings and sculptures, how artists have bridged the gaps between these art forms, and how teachers may incorporate the third dimension
into student learning. Participants will begin the day at the Meadows Museum, and travel to the Nasher Sculpture Center in the afternoon. Box lunches and transportation between museums will be provided.
To register, please contact Scott Winterrowd at swinterrowd@mail.smu.edu.

Spanish Language, Spanish Culture
Saturday, March 24, 2012, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Created with the input of DISD Spanish language teachers, this curriculum will enrich language acquisition through lessons and activities centered on objects from the Museum’s collection and introduce teachers to aspects of Spanish culture.

Modern Mexican Painting: The Blaisten Collection
Saturday, May 12, 2012, 10:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Examine the influence of modern art alongside the development of Mexican national identity through this comprehensive collection of Mexican painting spanning the first half of the 20th century. This exhibition will feature a wide array of Mexican artists, including Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueros, and Rufino Tamayo.

Visit the Meadows Museum website at www.meadowsmuseumdallas.org and go to our education pages for self-guided tour materials and curricula connected to works of art in the collection.


Online Curricula

Faces of Spain: A Self-Guide to Portraiture in the Meadows Museum Collection
Created as self-guide materials for use at the Meadows Museum, these materials can also be used to aid in preparation for your visit to the Museum. The materials cover a range of portraits in the permanent collection from the Renaissance to the present, and offer questions to use to engage your students in talking about portraiture.

Please visit this link to download a PDF of Faces of Spain.

The Form of Things: Sculpture from the Meadows Museum
Created as self-guide materials for use in the Meadows Museum and with the Museums newly renovated sculpture plaza, these materials can also be used to aid in preparation for your visit to the Meadows. The materials cover sculpture from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century, and offer questions to use to engage your students in discussing and making sculpture.

Please visit this link to download a PDFof The Form of Things.

Medieval to Renaissance: Spanish Art from the Meadows Museum
Materials created based on permanent collection objects in conjunction with the Museum’s 2008 exhibition Fernando Gallego and his Workshop: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo, these materials focus on old master paintings from the late 15th and early 16th centuries in the Meadows Collection. Included in the curriculum is background information on the period covered, info sheets on specific works of art, and lessons for use in the classroom.

Please visit this link to access the guide Medieval to Renaissance.