Educator Resources
INSIDE OUT
Resources for Educators and Students K-12
What does contemporary art make you wonder? How can art enrich the student’s learning experience?
Through a series of videos and educator guides, teachers can explore art concepts and curriculum connections with their students. Based on four of the Museum’s current installations, these resources are designed as toolkits for approaching art with curiosity and participation, and to enrich students’ visual literacy.
The resources contain information about the Museum, discussion questions, activities, artist biographies, and vocabulary to explore the art of our times.
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant ARPML-250659-OMLS-22.
Inside Out is made possible, in part, with generous support from:
Edward and Elizabeth Gardner Foundation Trust
Jane and Phillip Humann
Mark and Irene Kauffman
Roxanne Permesly
Donna Pickup
Videos
Visual Arts and English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.)
I can totally do that!
Contemporary art comes in so many forms and techniques, that we can explore making them our own way.
Make Art, See Art, Make Art, Repeat
Challenge the way you see art, by experiencing each piece from your head to your toes!
You are at the right place!
How does a site-specific installation transform a space? You’ll see when you are at the right place!
Science and Math (B.E.S.T.)
Visual Math - Wait...What?
Have you thought that when you are looking at art, you are also doing math?
What If...?
How can you combine math with art? How does that change the way we see how art is made, and how art is seen?
The Art Lab
Artists work more like scientists do. They both start with an idea or a question and explore and experiment to find that answer and to make it visible.
Art at the Speed of Light
We come to a museum to see, to observe, and to be stimulated by colors, contrasts, reflections, and refractions……to see things under a different light.
Architecture, Visual Art and Math (B.E.S.T.)
Unfolding Architecture
What are the basic components of architecture at the Museum? How do they impact the space? What type of elements do you see when you walk into the building?
Transforming Space
Take a look at Sarasota Art Museum through the architectural lens. The historic 1926 High School’s transformation into a contemporary art museum was documented by photographer Barbara Banks.
Behind the Walls
See what happens “Behind the Scenes” at the Museum! Hear from the Museum about how exhibitions are put together and displayed.
Social Studies
Relevant
Have you ever looked at contemporary art and asked yourself: What are the artists talking about? Are they thinking what I am thinking?
Thinking as an Artist
Think like an artist. When you see a work of art at the Museum or any other place, ask yourself why you think the artist chose this material, these colors, and this size. How would it be different if, instead of paint, they chose fabric?
