Collaboration

Eighth-Grade Docents

By Barbara Weiss, posted on Dec 20, 2024

For this year-long endeavor, we begin at the end of seventh grade with a trip to the Cleveland Art Museum. Starting just before the Renaissance, we travel through the galleries, and students are introduced to the periods, movements, and schools of art, ending with contemporary art. The second week of the new school year finds us back in the museum. This time we focus on specific painters, once again traveling from the Renaissance to the present. Students are asked to choose an artist they would like to study, present, and emulate in a work of art.

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