This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for March 2024. It includes information about exhibitions, educational programing, student art exhibitions, and school tour opportunities.
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Exhibitions
The Way I See It: Works by Cindi Holt and Susie Phillips
The Way I see It: Works by Cindi Holt and Susie Phillips displays the intricate patterns and colors found in the two artist’s compositions. The selection of artworks showcases oil paintings, watercolor paintings, and embroidery.
The exhibition is currently open, and it will close on March 10, 2024.
For information on the artwork, click here!
The Artistic Legacy of E.M. “Buck” Schiwetz
The Artistic Legacy of E.M. “Buck” Schiwetz discusses the life and work of the artist Edward Muegge “Buck” Schiwetz. His compositions detail the animals, landscapes, and people of Texas through the art styles of Regionalism, Impressionism, Modernism, and Expressionism.
The exhibition is currently open and it will close on April 28, 2024.
For information on the artwork and the exhibition details, click here!
Educational Activities and Events
Family Day: In Person
The Tyler Museum of Art’s Family Day program is held every second Saturday of the month from 1:00pm – 4:00pm at the museum. The event will have art activities for children and students of all ages, art books to read for all ages, coloring pages of the museum’s permanent collection, and snacks. All art activities are compliant with the TEKS. Additionally, all Family Day participants will get free admission to the exhibitions.
For March, the art activity will be ceramic St. Patrick painting activity. The event will be held at the museum on March 9, 2024 between 1:00pm – 4:00pm.
For more information on the Family Day Event, click here!
TMA Lesson Plans for Elementary, Middle School, and High School
Lesson Plan: Helen Gerardia, Orbit II
This lesson plan contains the National Learning Standards for Visual Arts and the Texas TEKS for Elementary, Middle, and High School art teachers. Students will study the abstract painting methods found in Helen Gerardia’s painting Orbit II. Then, the students will create their own abstract painting. Afterwards, the class will write a companion artist statement that explains how they developed the composition and what they learned from Gerardia’s painting process.
To access the lesson plan, click here!
Elements and Principles of Design
This lesson plan and following activity defines each of the principles and elements of design. Art examples of each element and principle are included with the vocabulary words. The artworks used in the lesson are from the Tyler Museum of Art’s permanent collection.
To access the lesson plan, click here!
To access the activity, click here!
For information on the artwork, click here!
Student Exhibitions:
Previous Best in Show:
19th Annual High School Art Exhibition
Lauren Davis, Class of 2022 – 2023, Mixed Media, Cumberland Academy High School
20th Annual High School Art Exhibition
The 20th Annual High School Art Exhibition is a yearly student exhibition held at the museum. High school teachers in the East Texas area submit their student’s work to be exhibited in the museum’s gallery.
The goal of this event is to showcase high school artwork and encourage the East Texas community to see the amazing artwork created by local students.
High school teachers need to email the museum at ranthony@tylermuseum.org to let the Education Department know you want to participate in the event. Teachers can also call the museum at: (903) – 595 – 1001.
After you contact the Education Department, or you receive an email from the museum, you will receive the exhibition entry form and the art format requirements.
Participating teachers need to bring their selected student artwork to the museum between February 19th, 2024 and March 3rd, 2024.
Schedule a School Tour with the Tyler Museum of Art
Planning a School Tour
If you are interested in scheduling a tour for your students at the museum, please contact ranthony@tylermuseum.org and provide the following information:
- The grade level of the visiting students;
- The number of students who will attend;
- And, three days in your class schedule that are available for the tour.
For more information, click here!
Tyler Museum of Art Connection
For more information about the Tyler Museum of Art’s events, activities, and educational tours:
Email: ranthony@tylermuseum.org
Call: 903 – 595 – 1001
Tyler Museum of Art: Memberships
Members get free admission to all exhibitions plus access to members-only gallery openings and special events.
Free or discounted admission is available to hundreds of other museums through our North American Reciprocal Program (NARM) Card.
TMA Memberships are available at various levels, each providing support for our community-driven exhibitions and educational programs.
For more information, click here!
The next TMA Newsletter will be sent to teachers on: April 1st, 2024.
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