Art meets language arts in two new lessons written by elementary teachers from the Los Angeles area. Students will write personal narratives and fairy tales inspired by works of art in the Getty Museum.
These are the latest lessons developed by teachers who participated in the Getty Museum's Art & Language Arts program. In this one-year professional-development program, teachers develop and test their own classroom materials, which are built around their existing language arts curriculum and works of art in the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Inspire K2 students to learn the alphabet in a creative, colorful way by exploring books dating from the 800s to the 1500s in the exhibition The Decorated Letter.
Your students will marvel at the ways vines and leaves twist together to create the initials displayed in the exhibition. They will also discover stories unfolding within the forms of individual letters. Use the lesson "Create an Illuminated Alphabet Word Book" to teach students how to decorate uppercase letters in the style of handmade books from the medieval era.
Did you know that works of art at the Getty Museum are often moved to new locations? Before you bring your class to the Getty, make sure all the artworks you want to visit are on view. Here is one recent change:
Not on View Bust of a Man by Francis Harwood is on loan through June 2008 for an exhibition at the Tate Britain.
Find the location of a work of art by using Getty Bookmarks. Register for an account and you'll always know the most current location of your bookmarked artworks. For the most up-to-date information, be sure to check Getty Bookmarks on the day of, or the night before, your visit.