2012/2013 Tour Programs
Educational tours and programs for students at all levels
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Enrich the minds and imaginations of your students with
the ageless power of art. Download our school tour poster here!
Integrate art and learning in a memorable field trip to the FAC’s galleries of Native American, Hispanic, Latin American, and modern American art, the Tactile Gallery, and world-class special exhibitions. Choose from a variety of activities incorporating Colorado Standards-Based Curriculum. From art class curricula to gallery tours, FAC educational programs follow the State of Colorado Department of Education’s standards. Through visual art, we strive to encourage student creativity and imagination as a strategy for educational success.
Journey into Art
Students learn about world cultures, history, social studies, psychology, and philosophy — and the creative human spirit with an interactive gallery tour led by trained and knowledgeable docents. The tour concludes with a lesson at the Bemis School of Art. Tours and lessons explore the visual components of art including line, shape, color, pattern, texture, composition and content. Grades K and up; two hours long; adapted for age level and available year-round.Journey into Art Junior
This version of Journey into Art is specially designed to engage and develop young minds with a shorter, 30-minute tour and 45-minute art lesson. Grades pre-K through 1st grade; available year-round.Journey into Theater
Journey through our galleries with docents on an interactive tour that combines and compares the components of visual arts and drama. Students will view paintings and sculptures to inspire the imagination, and then participate in improvisational drama games based on what they see and feel. They will bring art to life with characters and stories as they learn techniques of storytelling, movement, voice and characterization. The tour includes a visit to the FAC’s SaGaJi Theatre. Tours can be customized. 1 1/2 to 2-hour tour, depending on age.
Journey into Writing
Write poetry inspired by art. Both poetry and art speak to our imaginations through the power of images. This unique tour joins the visual arts with verbal arts in an Ekphrastic writing activity. Docents will lead an in-depth tour through the FAC galleries, discuss the art, and provide writing prompts for students to express their responses. This activity expands the student’s ability to look, communicate and respond in writing to what they see. A variety of poetic forms and structures will be chosen. Grades 2nd through High School; 45-minute museum tour with 30 to 60-minute writing lesson; available year-round.Art and Artifact
History is alive at the FAC. Your students will remember this history lesson as they experience an interactive approach to the diverse cultures and arts of the Southwest and Hispanic peoples through a docent-guided gallery tour, a hands-on look at American Indian and Hispanic artifacts, and a “make it and take it” art project. Focus may be on early Colorado Indians, Plains Indians, the Pueblo Peoples, or Hispanic Heritage. Grades 3rd and up; two-hours; available September – May, for groups of 25-75.
Custom Designed Tours
Design a custom tour for your group with a particular focus such as architecture, history, or in-depth art awareness. Other options may include tours designed for individuals living with special needs students (especially in the Tactile Gallery) and tours in French, German or Spanish.
Off The Wall: Passport to Art
Tuesday – Friday | April 2 – April 12, 2013 |
9:30a.m. – 11:15 a.m. or
Tuesday – Thursday | April 2 – April 11, 2013 |
11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Art comes to life with interactive Museum Theatre at the Fine Arts Center! Students in grades K-8 will create passports documenting their travels through art and drama in the FAC galleries. Read more.
Schedule Your Visit
Contact the tour coordinator at Bemis School of Art for more information on scheduling tours: 719.477.4345 or tours@csfineartscenter.org.
Tours are available on all days except Mondays. Please schedule tours at least two weeks in advance. Be prepared to give us the planned date and time of your tour, number of students, grade levels, teacher names, phone numbers and email addresses. Every eight students must be accompanied by one adult chaperone. Every eight students must be accompanied by one adult chaperone. Groups with over 50 students receive a free admission for 1 chaperone/teacher for every 8 students.
Tours are $4 per person.
