This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for July 2024. It includes information about exhibitions, educational programing, and school tour opportunities.
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Exhibitions
Tongue in Chic: The Humor and High Fashion of Todd Oldham
The Tongue in Chic exhibition is organized by the Tyler Museum of Art in partnership with the Texas Fashion Collection of the University of North Texas College. It focuses on the fashion of Todd Oldham created in the 1990’s. In addition to the displayed fashion and accessories will be placed in context with runway photos of the exhibited apparel.
The exhibition is currently open and will close on September 15th, 2024.
For information on the artwork, click here!
Surroundings: Works from the Permanent Collection
Surroundings: Works from the Permanent Collection displays a variety of indoor and outdoor environments. The exhibition presents 27 different artists and their unique methods of representing these spaces. Regionalism, Impressionism, Modernism, and Expressionism will be observed in various paintings, drawings, prints, and photography.
The exhibition is currently open and it will close on August 4, 2024.
For information on the artwork, 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 July, the art activity will be a coffee filter tie-dye project using water-activated markers. The event will be held at the museum on July 13, 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: Donald Vogel and his Series of 5 Paintings – It Looks Like Rain, The First Drops, It is Fun Walking in the Rain, A Gust of Wind, and It is No Longer Fun
This lesson plan contains the National Learning Standards for Visual Arts and the Texas TEKS for Elementary, Middle, and High School art teachers. The students will study the narrative and Regionalism found in the five illustrative paintings by Donald Vogel. Afterwards, the students will create a series of watercolor paintings that express a narrative. Then, each student will write an artist statement that explains the story they are telling.
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!
Summer Studios:
Art Activities at the Museum
During the Summer, the Tyler Museum of Art will have art activities in the museum’s classroom. The art activities will be every Wednesday in June and July between 12:00pm – 3:00pm.
For more information about the Summer Studios event, check out the museum’s Facebook page and the Tyler Museum of Art’s website:
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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: August 1st, 2024.
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