Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: August 2025

This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for August 2025. It includes information about exhibitions, educational programing, and school tour opportunities. If you read or download this newsletter, please leave a comment with your feedback. The newsletter can be downloaded in the link below. Exhibitions Making a Mark: Women in Early Texas Art TheContinue reading “Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: August 2025”

Lesson Plan: Liz Ward, “Ghosts of the Old Mississippi: Baton Rouge to Donaldsonville”

This lesson plan contains the National Learning Standards for Visual Arts and the Texas TEKS for High School art teachers. The students will study Liz Ward’s multi-media collage Ghosts of the Old Mississippi: Baton Rouge to Donaldsonville. Specifically, the students will examine how Ward represented a connection between the artistic representation of the Mississippi River regionContinue reading “Lesson Plan: Liz Ward, “Ghosts of the Old Mississippi: Baton Rouge to Donaldsonville””

Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: July 2025

This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for July 2025. It includes information about exhibitions, educational programing, and school tour opportunities. If you read or download this newsletter, please leave a comment with your feedback. The newsletter can be downloaded in the link below. Exhibitions Pop on Paper: Lichtenstein, Ruscha, and Warhol The PopContinue reading “Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: July 2025”

Lesson Plan: Tré Arenz, “Civilized”

This lesson plan contains the National Learning Standards for Visual Arts and the Texas TEKS for High School art teachers. The students will study the art methods found in Tré Arenz’s artwork Civilized. Afterwards, the students will write an art history essay that examines the historical meaning of the artwork. If you use or reference thisContinue reading “Lesson Plan: Tré Arenz, “Civilized””

Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: June 2025

This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for June 2025. It includes information about exhibitions, educational programing, and school tour opportunities. If you read or download this newsletter, please leave a comment with your feedback. The newsletter can be downloaded in the link below. Exhibitions Pop on Paper: Lichtenstein, Ruscha, and Warhol The PopContinue reading “Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: June 2025”

21st Annual High School Art Exhibition: Elements and Principles of Design

For the past 21 years, the Tyler Museum of Art has exhibited high school artwork from students in the East Texas area. This lesson examines selected artwork from the 21st Annual High School Art Exhibition to discuss how each piece expresses the Elements and Principles of Design.

Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: May 2025

This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for May 2025. It includes information about exhibitions, educational programing, and school tour opportunities. If you read or download this newsletter, please leave a comment with your feedback. The newsletter can be downloaded in the link below. Exhibitions Pop on Paper: Lichtenstein, Ruscha, and Warhol The PopContinue reading “Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: May 2025”

Lesson Plan – Ceramic Folk Art: Pig, Duck, and Candlestick Bull

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 terracotta folk art created in Mexico. Then, the students will create their own ceramic animals.

Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: April 2025

This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for April 2025. It includes information about exhibitions, educational programing, and school tour opportunities. If you read or download this newsletter, please leave a comment with your feedback. The newsletter can be downloaded in the link below. Exhibitions Pop on Paper: Lichtenstein, Ruscha, and Warhol The PopContinue reading “Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: April 2025”

Lesson Plan: Michael Kennaugh, “Twisting Skies”

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 Michael Kennaugh’s non-objective abstract collage titled Twisted Skies. Specifically, the class will discuss how Kennaugh takes a concept and plans how to represent this idea through abstracted elements. Afterwards, the students will create a non-objective abstract collage that represents a person, animal, place, or concept.