School Visits - Active Arts Programme

Grade I
GOAL – Playful introduction to artworks in the museum space.
Introduction to the paintings in the gallery through treasure hunt. Visuals of artworks emphasizing on line, colour form, shape and texture will be shown. Students will have to hunt for the artworks whose visuals were shown to them .Physical imitation of painting to understand space.
Expected time – 1 hr.
Materials required – Lot of enthusiasm and inquisitiveness. Pencil and paper if they want to sketch.

Grade 2
GOAL – Playful introduction to artworks in the museum space.
Introduction to the paintings in the gallery through verbal treasure hunt. Description of the artworks emphasizing the elements will be given to the students. They will then have to locate the artwork which fits the description.
Expected time – 1 hr.
Materials required – Lot of enthusiasm and inquisitiveness. Pencil and paper if they want to sketch.

Grade 3
GOAL – To sensitize the students about the elements and their importance in the unity of a picture.
To walk around the gallery and chose two works of their choice. Mix the composition of one and use the colours of the other to create their own work of art.
Expected time – 1 ½ hrs.
Materials required – Sketchbook and crayons or colour pencils and a desire to create.

Grade 4
GOAL – To introduce the students to formal analysis which is part of the art appreciation process.
To divide the students into pairs and talk a walk around the gallery. Each student will choose a work of art while the other questions the choice and vice verse. Before the students start the exercise a mock up discussion will be done for them to give them an idea.
Expected time – 1 ½ hrs.
Materials required – A book and a pencil and a questioning and inquiring mind.

Grade 5 and 6
GOAL – To observe, describe and interpret a work of art and to be able to write about it.
Introduction to the process of critical analysis and art terminology through a discussion followed by a writing exercise.
Expected time – 1 ½ hrs
Materials required – A note pad and pencil along with an analytical mind.

Grade 7 and 8
GOAL – To decipher information from and about an art work.
Introduction to the two types of information which can be collected from an art work. One is from the art work which the students do at the museum and the other is about the artwork which is a follow up exercise done in school.
Expected time – 1 hr.
Materials required – Pencil, paper and an analytical and investigating mind. Colours if desired

Grade 9 and 10
GOAL – To investigate works in the light of the theories of art.
To consider a variety of art works and view them in its historical perspective and cultural context. To encourage probing questions and gain an understanding of what they (students) value.
Expected time – 1 hr.
Materials required – Pencil, paper and an investigating, analytical and critical mind.