School Visits - Without an Art Educational Programme

Grade I and 2
GOAL – Playful introduction to artworks in the museum space.
Introduction to the paintings in the gallery through treasure hunt. Visuals of artworks emphasising 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 3 and 4
GOAL – Playful introduction to artworks in the museum space.
Introduction to the paintings in the gallery through verbal treasure hunt. Description of the artworks emphasising 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 5 and 6
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 7 and 8
GOAL – To look at works differently
To walk around the gallery and pick one work of art and change three things in it, eg, colour of furniture, add or delete a person or a thing, etc.
Expected time – 1 ½ hrs.
Materials required - Sketchbook and crayons or colour pencils and a desire to create.

Grade 9 and 10
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.