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  • Art Around the Corner
    September 1, 2011 • 12:30
    This film introduces viewers to Art Around the Corner, the National Gallery's multiple-visit partnership with District of Columbia Public Schools. Each year fourth- and fifth-graders in the program visit the National Gallery up to seven times, using a variety of interactive strategies to experience art in meaningful ways. The film focuses on fifth-graders from Maury Elementary School as they observe, describe, reason, question, sketch, act, and make art in response to what they see. The collaboration aims to strengthen critical thinking, deepen understanding of art, and expand students’ worldviews.
  • High School Seminar
    August 18, 2015 • 5:43
    Interviews, highlights, and behind-the-scenes clips from the 2014–2015 High School Seminar offer a look inside this annual program. Upper-level high school art students explore art history, art-making techniques, publication design, and museum careers through close observation, discussion, research, and visual journaling. The program culminates in student-led gallery talks and a collaborative publication.
  • Local to Global: Teaching Critical Thinking through Art—the Gallery's First Massive Open Online Course
    June 9, 2020 • 34:06
    Julie Carmean and Sara Lesk discuss the development of the National Gallery’s first Massive Open Online Course, which applies Harvard Project Zero’s Artful Thinking routines to the Gallery’s collection. Presented as part of the Works in Progress Lecture Series, this conversation explores the project’s origins, course structure, learner data, and future directions.
  • LOOK!
    September 1, 2009 • 9:56
    Join area students on a field trip to the National Gallery of Art and experience the museum through their eyes and voices. Created to prepare students for a visit, this film is recommended for teachers of grades two through six to view with their classes prior to arriving at the museum.
  • Creating Artful Thinkers: See/Think/Wonder—Shaw Memorial
    August 29, 2017 • 12:15
    An educator leads fifth graders from Savoy Elementary School in exploring the Shaw Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens using the See/Think/Wonder routine. The film demonstrates how thinking routines can be applied to works of art in both museum and classroom settings.
  • Teacher Institute
    July 1, 2012 • 7:27
    This seminar examines Renaissance art in the independent city-states of Italy and the Low Countries from the 14th through the 16th century. Participants study works by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Titian while exploring social and cultural contexts and interdisciplinary teaching strategies.

Meet an Artist (English/Español)

Art Tales (English/Español)

  • Art Tales | Alma Thomas: Create a Color Square!
    January 24, 2022 • 4:46
    Do you want to make art like a famous painter? Create your own color square masterpiece with just markers or paint, paper, scissors, and a glue stick! By the end you’ll be coordinating blocks of color just like the artist Alma Thomas. Perfect arts and crafts activity for kids aged four and up. Learn more about Art Tales at the National Gallery of Art: www.nga.gov/arttales
  • English: Art Tales Activity | Henri Matisse: Painting with Scissors!
    Español: Actividad de Art Tales | Henri Matisse: ¡Pintar con Tijeras!
    January 24, 2022 • 3:50

    English: Do you want to make art like a famous painter? Learn how to create your very own cut-out collage with just paper, scissors, and a glue stick! By the end you’ll be painting with scissors (with your parents’ permission of course!) just like the French artist Henri Matisse. Perfect arts and crafts activity for kids aged four and up. Learn more about Art Tales at the National Gallery of Art: www.nga.gov/arttales

    Español: ¿Quieres crear arte como un pintor famoso? ¡Aprende a crear tu propio collage recortado con solo papel, tijeras y pegamento! Al final, estarás pintando con tijeras (¡con el permiso de tus padres, por supuesto!) como el artista francés Henri Matisse. Actividad de arte y manualidades perfecta para niños de cuatro años en adelante. Aprende más acerca de Art Tales en la National Gallery of Art: www.nga.gov/arttales

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  • English: Art Tales | Reading “Henri’s Scissors”
    Español: Art Tales | La lectura de “Las Tijeras de Matisse”
    January 24, 2022 • English 4:31 / Español 4:48

    English: Listen to this read aloud of Jeanette Winter’s book “Henri’s Scissors” which tells the tale of French artist Henri Matisse’s journey from classic painter to master of the colorful cut-out collage. Check out our storybook reading this month, available only from January 24th to March 31st. Learn more about Art Tales at the National Gallery of Art: www.nga.gov/arttales

    Español: Escuche el libro  “Las Tijeras De Matisse” por Jeanette Winter en voz alta. Cuenta la historia del viaje del artista francés Henri Matisse de pintor clásico a maestro del colorido collage recortado. Consulta nuestra lectura de cuentos de este mes, disponible solo del 24 de enero al 31 de marzo. Aprende más acerca de Art Tales en la National Gallery of Art: www.nga.gov/arttales

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