Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art

Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art

The Eiteljorg Museum offers insightful programs and tours that explore the cultural diversity of the American West, examine the unexpected West of the imagination and celebrate Native American and Western art, history and cultures. When you visit, your students will learn about the Indigenous

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Artist in Residence: DG House (Cherokee of NE Alabama)

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Program Description

Each year the Eiteljorg Museum hosts Native American and Western artists for one to three-week residencies. Socially distanced artist experiences are available at the museum or virtually in your classroom. Artists talk with students about their culture and their art and then lead them in an art making activity.

Contemporary Native American artist DG House is artist in residence in both Grand

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Program Detail

Program type: Virtual Experience
Artistic Discipline: History & Heritage, Storytelling, Visual Arts
Cultural Origin: Native American
Subject: Fine Arts: Visual Arts, History, Social Studies
Population Served Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Adults, Students with Disabilities
Bilingual: No
Available dates:

October 6 – 23, 2020

Available times:

10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Length of :Program 30 - 45 minutes
Space / technical requirements:

All interactive virtual experiences with DG will take place via Zoom and can accommodate up to 20 students plus their teacher(s) and chaperones (if logging on individually). If attending as a classroom group and logging into one device together, DG can accommodate a larger number of participants. Material kits will be available for local pick up OR a supply list will be sent upon registration.

Location(s):

This program will take place virtually via Zoom in your school classroom or in your virtual learning environment.

Fees / Ticketing:

Virtual artist experiences are provided free of charge. Donations to the program are accepted.

IDOE STANDARDS

Connects to State (IDOE) and/or Common Core Curriculum Standards: Yes
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Standard 1 - History
Standard 3 - Geography
FINE ARTS: VISUAL ARTS:
Anchor Standard 1 – Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be developed.
Anchor Standard 1 – Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Artists and designers shape artistic investigations, following or breaking with traditions in pursuit of creative artmaking goals.
Anchor Standard 2 – Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media, and art-making approaches
Anchor Standard 2 – Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: People create and interact with objects, places, and design that define, shape, enhance, and empower their lives.
Anchor Standard 3 – Refine and complete artistic work: Artist and designers develop excellence through practice and constructive critique, reflecting on, revising, and refining work over time.
Anchor Standard 7 – Perceive and analyze artistic work: Individual aesthetic and empathetic awareness developed through engagement with art can lead to understanding and appreciation of self, others, the natural world, and constructed environments.
Anchor Standard 7 – Perceive and analyze artistic work: Visual imagery influences understanding of and responses to the world.
Anchor Standard 10 – Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art: Through art-making, people make meaning by investigating and developing awareness of perceptions, knowledge, and experiences.
Anchor Standard 11 – Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding: People develop ideas and understandings of society, culture, and history through their interactions with and analysis of art.

Qualifications

Conducts educational programming for 2 or more years: Yes
Performs criminal background checks on staff with youth contact: Yes
Maintains general liability insurance: Yes
Provides study guides for teachers and or students: Yes
Provides scholarship and reduced fees: Yes
Conducts ongoing assessments of program quality: Yes
Connects to State (IDOE) and/or Common Core Curriculum Standards: Yes

Cancellation Policy

If group is going to be more than 15 minutes late, please notify. If a cancellation is necessary, please notify asap.