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Schools & teachers ART AND MUSIC | SCHOOL TOURS | Planning Your Visit | Scheduling a Tour | Preparing For Your Visit | For Teens, By Teens | PRE-VISIT LESSONS | CURRICULUM GUIDES ART AND MUSIC Art & Music is a special interdisciplinary education program for high school students in partnership with the Philharmonic Society of Orange County. Students explore connections between the creative disciplines of art and music in a two-hour experience including a guided gallery tour and a live music performance. Further information about the 2011 Art & Music program will be announced soon.   SCHOOL TOURS Please use the TOUR FORM PDF to schedule your tour! The Orange County Museum of Art provides FREE guided tours for school age children, grades 2-12. These interactive tours provide a meaningful art experience in an exciting learning environment. Exhibition Tours for 2010-2011 2010 California Biennial Please note tours for the Biennial will run from Tuesday, November 2-Friday, March 11. The only exhibition of its kind in California, the 2010 California Biennial brings together some of California’s most innovative contemporary visual artists, providing a fascinating look at California art from all across the state. This exhibition continues the Orange County Museum of Art’s four-decade long history of presenting new developments in California art by focusing on artists working in Northern and Southern California who incorporate a wide variety of media. The 2010 California Biennial presents artwork that reflects today’s many unique and varied communities, cultures, and art movements throughout California. Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy Please note tours for the Biennial will run from Tuesday, April 19-Friday, September 2. Although well known, Alexander Calder has not previously been considered an influential figure for contemporary artists. Yet in the past few decades, more and more young American and international figures are taking cues from Calder, whose hands-on explorations of form, balance, color, and movement make him instantly recognizable. Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art features approximately 30 mobiles and stabiles by Calder dating from the 1940s through the 1960s. One hour guided tours are offered to groups of 30 or more 2-12 grade students. Tours can be scheduled Tuesday through Friday beginning at 10 am. Students are divided into smaller touring groups of 10 or fewer students. We ask that schools provide one adult chaperon per 10 students. Each touring group will be led by a gallery educator who will follow their own path through the galleries, engaging students in focused observation and discussion of 4-6 objects in our galleries. Guided tour plus hands-on art lesson are offered to groups of 30 or more 2-8 grade students. Tours can be scheduled Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 am-12:00 pm. Self-guided visits are permitted for high school groups of up to 30 students per hour. Self-guided visits are scheduled Wednesday through Friday from 12:00pm-4:00pm. Self-guided visits must be scheduled at least two weeks in advance to ensure availability. Only visits scheduled in advance will receive complimentary admission. Teachers are encouraged to visit the Orange County Museum of Art prior to their scheduled time in order to plan their visit. Click here for more information about self-guided visits. Guided Tours for School Groups Grades 2-12: - Meet California state curriculum standards for the Visual Arts - Support interdisciplinary learning with connections to social studies, language arts and science - Encourage critical thinking through inquiry and discovery - Are conducted in small groups that allow each student to participate - Are adapted to specific age levels - Can be supplemented by pre-visit activities and post-tour hands-on art projects for grades 2-8   Planning Your Visit Is there a fee? Tours for school groups are always FREE when booked in advance and confirmed through the Tour Assistant. Do I need to schedule in advance? Yes, all groups must schedule their visits 6-8 weeks ahead of time. Tours are booked on a first-come first-served basis. Are lunchroom facilities available for students? There is no space at the museum for group lunches. Schools can have lunch at Irvine Terrace Park (Evita Drive and Seadrift Drive, Newport Beach) or Corona del Mar Main Beach (Jasmine Avenue and Ocean Boulevard, Newport Beach). Schools that stop at Corona del Mar Main Beach should call ahead for availability and parking fees. Can my students stay and view the galleries after their guided tour? High school groups can arrange to view the galleries on a self-guided basis after their guided tours. Self-guided groups must be chaperoned and follow museum rules. Please arrange for this when you book your tour. How many chaperones do I need to provide? Please provide one teacher or adult chaperone for every 10 students. Does the museum assist with transportation costs? The museum provides a $100 in bus reimbursements, as available. Availability is dependent on grant funding and is not guaranteed.   Scheduling a Tour Tours are booked on a first-come, first-served basis. We recommend that you book your tour at least 6-8 weeks prior to the date you are requesting. 1. Consult the type of tour that best meets your curricular needs and your students’ interests. 2. Select possible dates and times that you would like to bring your group to the Orange County Museum of Art. Guided tours are offered Tuesday through Friday beginning at 10:00 a.m. Please consult your school’s vacation, testing, and activities calendars before scheduling your tour. 3. Fill out the TOUR FORM PDF and contact the Tour Assistant 6-8 weeks in advance of your desired date. Since date, time, and other details of your request may have to be adjusted, please do not assume a date is reserved for you until you receive confirmation. Please inform the Tour Assistant if you have students with special needs. You can return your Tour Request Form (PDF) By E-mail: tours@ocma.net By Fax: 949.759.5623 By Mail: ATTN: Tour Assistant Orange County Museum of Art 850 San Clemente Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660 4. After your visit is scheduled, you will receive a confirmation letter via email. Your tour is not confirmed until you have received the following materials. Please read them carefully. * Confirmation letter * Museum Visit Guidelines * Chaperone Guidelines 5. Before your museum visit, a gallery educator will contact you to learn about your goals and expectations for your visit. This brief conversation will help the educators plan a learning experience tailored to the needs of your students. 6. If you must cancel your tour, please notify the Tour Assistant as soon as possible. Voicemail is available 24 hours a day at 949.759.1122 x204. You may also send an email to the Tour Coordinator   Preparing For Your Visit Students have the best museum experience when they know what to expect and what is expected of them. Pre-Visit Lesson Prior to your visit you will receive an email containing an interdisciplinary pre-visit PowerPoint lesson to help prepare your students for what they will experience during their museum visit. Please adapt the lesson to your classroom needs and complete with your students prior to their visit. Museum Preview Present your confirmation letter to admissions staff to receive FREE admission prior to your scheduled museum visit. This is your opportunity to review the current exhibition for any works you would like our gallery educators to highlight or exclude from your students’ tour. Chaperones Please arrange for chaperones for your student groups. One adult is required for every 10 students. The chaperone is required to stay with the group during the entire tour and is responsible for disciplining students within their group. Please distribute the attached chaperone guidelines to all chaperones visiting the museum. Name Tags Please provide each student and chaperon with a name tag. Our tours are interactive and dependent on students’ responses. Tours run best when gallery educators can call on students by name during their tour. Arrival Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your scheduled tour. Your bus will be greeted upon arrival and students will be directed to the gallery tour or the post-tour hands-on art project. If you are running late, please notify the Tour Assistant at (949) 759-1122 x 204.   For Teens, By Teens Visit OCMA Teen Art's Council's very own online video channel. Click here to view videos produced by teens including: - Artist interviews with 2008 California Biennial artists Patrick "Pato" Hebert and Sam Durant - Video commentary on life in the OC created during a workshop with artist Pearl C. Hsiung - Behind the scenes footage with artist Kim Abeles as she works with the Teen Art Council to create mini-museums   PRE-VISIT LESSONS Pre-Visit Activities are available for elementary and high school audiences to help you prepare your students for the exhibition they will see on their museum tour. Your museum visit and pre-visit activity together support interdisciplinary learning by connecting Visual Art, Language Arts, and Social Studies content areas, and address the California State Content Standards in the Visual Arts. Please note that the following documents require the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. To upgrade, please visit www.adobe.com/acrobat. 2008 California Biennial Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Pre-Visit activities for High School Students Birth of the Cool: Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Pre-Visit activities for High School Students Art Since the 1960s: California Experiments Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Pre-Visit activities for High School Students Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Imaging & Imagining California Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Pre-visit activities for High School Students 2006 California Biennial Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Pre-Visit activities for High School Students Catherine Opie: In and Around Home Pre-visit activities for High School students Landscape Confection Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Pre-visit activities for High School students   CURRICULUM GUIDES Our classroom curriculum materials connect our collections and exhibitions to core subject areas and allow teachers to incorporate the visual arts into their lesson planning. All of our curriculum materials support interdisciplinary learning and state learning standards. ART + TEXT-CURRICULUM RESOURCES FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS INTRODUCTION Art + Text: Introduction Reading an Image: Helen Lundeberg Art + Text: Lesson One Looking at Language: Ed Ruscha Art + Text: Lesson Two Picturing Dialogue: Joseph Grigely Art + Text: Lesson Three Interacting with Poetry: Yucef Merhi Art + Text: Lesson Four NEW! Retelling Narrative: Alexis Smith Art + Text: Lesson Five Alexis Smith Lesson Handouts Art + Text: Lesson Five NEW! Quoting Identity: Glenn Ligon Art + Text: Lesson Six IMAGING + IMAGINING CALIFORNIA - CURRICULUM RESOURCES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS INTRODUCTION Imaging + Imagining Introduction The Golden State: Granville Redmond Imaging + Imagining: Lesson One The Poetry of Nature: Agnes Pelton Imaging + Imagining: Lesson Two Capturing the Atmosphere: Richard Diebenkorn Imaging + Imagining: Lesson Three Cinematic Contrasts: Ed Ruscha Imaging + Imagining: Lesson Four Familiar Landscapes: Kori Newkirk Imaging + Imagining: Lesson Five Sculpture on the Grid: Tom Laduke Imaging + Imagining: Lesson Six Glossary and Credits Imaging + Imagining: Glossary and Credits NEW! 50-minute Studio Lessons for Elementary School Teachers California Pop-Up Landscapes NEW! ART SINCE THE 1960s - CURRICULUM RESOURCES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS LESSON 1: THE SMOG COLLECTORS: Kim Abeles Art Since the 1960s: Introduction LESSON 2: EXPRESSIVE LANDSCAPES: Pearl C. Hsiung Art Since the 1960s: Lesson Two LESSON 3: COMMUNITY DOCUMENT: Catherine Opie Art Since the 1960s: Lesson Three LESSON 4: CONFOUNDING STEREOTYPES: Lorna Simpson Art Since the 1960s: Lesson Four LESSON 5: ASSEMBLING A PAST: Betye Saar Art Since the 1960s: Lesson Five LESSON 6: EXPLORING IDENTITY THROUGH SELF-REPRESENTATION: Charles Ray Art Since the 1960s: Lesson Six LESSON 7: PERFORMING AND DOCUMENTING IDENTITY: Lynn Hershman Art Since the 1960s: Lesson Seven   BACK TO TOP

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