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Educators
Exposure to the visual arts has been proven to enhance
students’ academic experiences throughout curricula. Arrange a
tour of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and introduce your students
to the joy of learning through art. The Gallery is the perfect
classroom extension for studying subjects like American history,
geography, literature, music, and even geometry. Interactive tours
explore our varied collections, tie into school curricula, emphasize
the development of essential visual and critical analysis skills,
and provide an opportunity for each student to discover his or
her creative potential in a supportive, encouraging environment.
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Educator Programs
Educator Institutes
The Education department periodically offers Educator Institutes.
These programs are designed to help teachers make meaningful classroom
connections with works of art. Teachers explore special exhibitions
and the Corcoran’s collection while learning new ways to incorporate
object-based learning into their curriculum. Institutes are offered
during the school year over the course of a weekend. Participants
take part in studio experiences, writing activities, Gallery explorations,
and lectures. Lunch is provided and attendees receive an Educator
Packet provided by the Gallery Education department. Pre-registration
is required and limited space is available.
Educators' Preview of Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power
Thursday, September 11, 2008, 6:30–8 p.m.
Educator Institute "Images of America"
Saturday, October 04, 2008, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
E-mail: tours@corcoran.org
Phone: (202) 639-1725
Schedule an Educator In-Service Event
What better place to discuss interdisciplinary learning with your
colleagues than the Corcoran Gallery Art? The Corcoran welcomes
school and county systems to use our facilities and resources to
encourage dialogue among teachers. Education department staff will
work closely with you to arrange for a personalized In-Service
event.
TO SCHEDULE AN IN-SERVICE EVENT
Call (202) 639-1724 or e-mail tours@corcoran.org
NEW! Educator Society
The Corcoran Gallery of Art values the greater Washington’s educators and offers them, through this society, a chance to take advantage of the Corcoran’s vast educational and cultural resources.
Educator Society members will enjoy invitations to educator programs including Educator Evenings, institutes, and other events throughout the year, hands-on workshops, free educator packets, and tuition-free art education and studio courses at the Corcoran College of Art + Design on a space-available, non-degree basis. With access to private previews and lectures by curators and a variety of art experts, members will gain unique insights into the Corcoran’s renowned collections and exciting exhibitions.
All of this comes in addition to the great benefits Corcoran membership already offers: unlimited free admission to temporary and permanent exhibitions, guest passes, discounts at Café des Artistes and the Corcoran Shop, reduced fees for Continuing Education classes at the Corcoran College of Art + Design, and complimentary subscription to Night & Day and Member e-News.
Best of all, this special offer is available for FREE—with proof of your educator status at a local institution*—for all area educators when they sign up as a Corcoran member.
* The Educators program is available for educators at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, as well as college and university professors, museum educators, non-profit community arts educators, and supervisors and administrators of any of the above programs. The following information is required: name of institution, school system or county, ZIP code, grade level, and subject.
For more information, please e-mail membership@corcoran.org or call (202) 639-1753.
Classroom Material
The Corcoran’s Education department collectively researches and
gathers source materials about exhibitions and artists to create
a focused packet designed for educators to use in the classroom.
Interdisciplinary and multi-cultural Educator Packets, which include
slides, curriculum connections, artist biographies, bibliographies,
and other contextual materials, are available for loan to educators
for a period of four weeks. Please note, shipping and handling
fees are charged for mailing packets. To request an Educator Packet,
e-mail tours@corcoran.org or
call (202) 639-1730.
- The 44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting:
Painting Outside Painting
- Africa Explores: 20th–Century African Art
- Andy Warhol: Social Observer & The 46th Biennial Exhibition:
Media/Metaphor
- Antiquities to Impressionism: The William A. Clark Collection
- Bourgeois and Jones: Careers of Influence
- Celebrating the Legacy: African American Art at the Corcoran
- Emmet Gowin: Changing the Earth, Aerial Photographs
- Fables, Folktales, and Myths
- Face to Face: American Portraiture from 1700–1850
- Gordon Parks at a Crossroads
- Half Past Autumn: Gordon Parks
- Here is New York: A Democracy Photographs
- Hospice: A Photographic Inquiry
- The Impressionist Tradition in America
- In Response to Place: Photographs from the Nature Conservancy's
Last Great Places (download)
- Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the
Broad Collection
- Jim Goldberg: Raised by Wolves
- Leisure and Labor
- Media / Metaphor
- Modernism: Designing a New World 1914–1939
- New Worlds from Old: 19th–Century Australian & American
Landscapes
- Out of Time and Place: American Figurative Art
- Painters and the American West: The Anschutz Collection
- Passionate Visions of the American South:
Self Taught Artists from 1940 to the present
- The Peale Family: Creation of an American Legacy, 1770–1
870
- Picturing History: American Painting 1770–1930
- Picturing the Past: An American Journey
- Promised Land: American Landscape Paintings of the 19th
Century
- Proof Positive:
Forty Years of Contemporary American Printmaking at ULAE, 1957–1997
- Quilts of Gee’s Bend
- Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance
- Romeow and Drooliet
- Roy DeCarava: A Retrospective
- Songs of My People: African Americans, A Self-Portrait
- The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
and the Photographs of Danny Lyon
- To Conserve a Legacy:
American Art from Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- Teaching from Photographs
- The Way Home: Ending Homelessness in America
Catalogues and books from previous exhibitions available
for checkout:
- The 44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting:
Painting Outside Painting
- Dialogue with Nature:
Landscape and Literature in Nineteenth Century America
- Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement by Danny
Lyon
School Tours and Workshops
Book a Gallery tour and introduce your students to the joy of
learning through art. Interactive tours explore our multicultural
collection, tie into school curricula, and place emphasis on the
development of important visual and critical analysis skills. Click
here to download a School Tours Brochure.
Click here for more information on
Gallery tours >
TO SCHEDULE A SCHOOL TOUR AND WORKSHOP:
- Click
here to download a School Tour Request form.
- Print and complete the form.
- Call (202) 639-1730 weekdays from 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Please have the completed form easily accessible to you in order
to expedite the process.
Visitors with special needs, please call (202) 639-1774.
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