A MAD educator leads a school tour in the galleries.
photo: Katie Sokoler
Tours for School Groups
A MAD educator leads a school tour in the galleries.
photo: Katie Sokoler
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Young students interact with an artistclick image to enlarge
MAD programs for school groups offer students opportunities to begin to develop a personal vocabulary—both verbal and non-verbal—as a way of knowing and communicating. Through the acts of doing and making, the students actively ask questions which reveal understanding about the creative process, specific works of art, and the actual skill involved in different art forms. Visits to MAD’s galleries to tour and discuss the current exhibitions help students strengthen their ability to reflect on their studio experience, gain practical insights into specific artworks, and eventually learn to make critical evaluations.
Tour Details
- Fees: $105 advance flat fee for NYC public schools and a $150 fee for private schools. Fee covers Museum admission and all materials. Title One schools are free under the MADlab: Arts Access program.
- A maximum of 30 students or teachers can be accommodated per tour.
- Tours are scheduled daily from 10:30 am onward
- All programs include engagement with artists from the Open Studio Program.
All elementary and middle school groups are required to reserve a guided visit. No self-guided visits are allowed for K through 8th grades.
Tour Options
MADlab
MAD’s experiential flagship program offers a 90 minute highlights tour and hands-on workshop in the Museum’s classroom, and is designed to engage students through direct observation, participation and in-depth discussion.
Professional Artist Educators facilitate inquiry based discussions in the galleries followed by hands–on art-making workshops in the classroom. Students work with clay, shape wood, fold, collage and weave. All art materials are provided.
MAD Tour
Professional Artist Educators facilitate inquiry based discussions, interactive participation and activities in the galleries. Includes a visit with a studio artist.
MADlab: Observe, discuss and sketch
Students spend time in the galleries thinking critically about exhibition themes, curatorial decisions, artist’s concepts, and current events. Discussions facilitated by Professional Artist Educators are followed by interactive sketching and discussion.
MADlab: Arts Access provides free tours to Title One Schools.
Through a generous gift by the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, with additional support from HSBC Bank USA, N.A., The Museum of Arts and Design is able to provide free access to Title One Schools.
Book a tour by downloading one of the tour reservation forms (below).
For questions, please call the Education Department at 212.299.7727 or email groups@madmuseum.org.
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