TMA Education Blog: Archive

The Education Blog contains a variety of educational resources, lesson plans, and informational posts about art events. The following archive system will help you find specific posts.

Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: December 2025

This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for December 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 A Naturalist’s Impression: Works by Janet Turner The exhibitionContinue reading “Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: December 2025”

Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: November 2025

This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for November 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: November 2025”

Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: October 2025

This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for October 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: October 2025”

Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: September 2025

This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for September 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: September 2025”

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””

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.