Junior High & High School Programs - Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Junior High
& High School
Programs
2008–2009
Dear Fellow
Educators,
We invite you to use the Santa
Barbara Museum of Art as a teaching
resource. Learning through art is
a powerful way to enhance the
curriculum at every grade level.
Both individual subject area and
interdisciplinary classes can be
arranged by request. All programs
are designed to meet California State
Content Standards. One month’s
notice is required. To schedule a
tour contact Erin Zetter, 884-6457,
ezetter@sbma.net.
Bo Bartlett, Heartland, 1994. Oil on linen with twigs enclosed in
wood frame. SBMA Museum Purchase, with funds provided by the
Twentieth-Century Art Acquisition Fund.
Humanities
Focus Classes
Humanities classes introduce high
school students to works in the
Museum’s collection that illuminate
various philosophies, periods of
history, or cultural and political
issues covered in their course
studies.
Exhibition Focus Classes
Focus classes explore special exhibitions. Classes can be tailored to specific
subject areas or interests. See exhibition dates listed in this document.
Detail from Kha-emweset,
Son of Ramses II
Writing in the
Galleries
The Castle at Night by
Henri Rousseau
Writing in the galleries encourages
students to explore the connection
between words and images
through poetry, description,
dialogue and criticism. Special
classes for ESL students available.
Henri Rousseau, The Castle at Night, 1889. Oil painting on linen. SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington • Kha'emweset, Crown Prince,
Son of Ramses II, Egyptian, 19th dynasty (1350-1250 BC). Limestone. SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington
High School Special Event:
BRINGING THEM TO LIght
Tuesday, November 18, 10 am until Noon
All area high school students and teachers are invited to attend this special
day of focus on Of Life and Loss: The Polish Photographs of Roman Vishniac
and Jeffrey Gusky, offered in partnership with the Jewish Federation. Local
survivors will speak with students and team with Museum docents for tours
of the exhibition. There will be guide questions for students to use on their
own, individual art and writing activities, a communal art project, as well as
music, refreshments, and a short film.
Curriculum-related materials for teachers will be available. Sign up early to
reserve a slot for your class and to qualify for free busing to the Museum.

Junior High & High School
PowerPoint Presentations
Museum teacher Kathryn Zupsic has designed a number of
presentations for your classroom that connect to the curriculum
in the following areas:
• The Mexican Muralists and Frida Kahlo
• Modern and Contemporary Latin American Artists
• Ancient Greece and Rome
• The Renaissance
• Of Life and Loss: The Polish Photographs of Roman Vishniac
and Jeffrey Gusky
In addition, specially designed presentations can be requested one month
in advance, subject to Museum teacher availability. All PowerPoint
presentations are one hour in length and can be scheduled for Tuesdays and
Thursdays between 9 am -3 pm, October-June.
To schedule please contact Kathryn Zupsic, Kathryn@portland-pacific.com
or Erin Zetter at 884-6457, ezetter@sbma.net.
OF LIFE AND LOSS Tours for
High School & Junior High School Students
One-hour tours can be scheduled for 11 am and 1 pm on Nov. 13, 20, Dec. 4, 11, 18, or by special request.
In partnership with SBMA, the Jewish Federation of Santa Barbara offers tours of Portraits of Survival Life:
Journeys During the Holocaust and Beyond. The Federation is located at 524 Chapala Street. Open M–F, 9 am to 5 pm.
Groups of five or more can schedule a tailor-made tour (at least one week prior to the tour date) where they will meet with survivors.
Busing can be arranged for school groups at no cost.
Contact Ross Payson, Educational Outreach Coordinator, 957-1115 x123, rpayson@sbjf.org.
Teacher, esl student
and family night
Finding Myself in the Museum
Thursday, March 19, 6 -8 pm • Free!
Free materials for teachers and students, gallery games, music, art
activities, and refreshments. Contact Rachael Krieps, rkrieps@sbma.net.
Bilingual Tours
Tours in Spanish with a bilingual docent can be arranged for your
students upon request. Contact Erin Zetter, ezetter@sbma.net.
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High School
Extra-curricular Programs
Teens for Teens Advisory Council
Teens for Teens gives high school students the opportunity to express
themselves through discussion and direct engagement with art and artists.
This highly selective after-school program invites participants to plan events
for their peers, contribute to the Museum web site, assist with Museum
outreach efforts, interact with artists and arts organizations while receiving
community service credit. Meetings take place January through May. Participants
also have priority in signing up for Museum Master Classes. Interview
and teacher recommendation required.
Contact Patsy Hicks, phicks@sbma.net
Master Classes
Offered three times a year, these classes pair students with mentor artists to
create work in a variety of media in response to the Museum’s permanent
collection or special exhibition. At the close of the Master Class, the students’
work is exhibited at the Museum during a reception for participants, friends
and families. Interview and teacher recommendation required.
Contact Patsy Hicks, phicks@sbma.net
Summer Mural Project
The SBMA Summer Mural project is a six-week collaboration between six
to eight students and a Master Artist to create an 8 x 24 foot mural to be
mounted on the Museum’s walls. Participants research the muralist tradition,
choose a topic, then design and create the actual work. Students commit to
working Monday through Friday during regular working hours and are paid
a small apprentice wage. Applications are distributed through art teachers in
late spring. An interview, portfolio review, and teacher recommendation are
required. For images and more details about recent mural projects log on to
www.sbma.net.
Contact Patsy Hicks, phicks@sbma.net
High School and University Student Art Bash
Thursday, May 7, 2009, 4:30 -6 pm
All area high school and university students are invited to a late afternoon
event featuring art, music, performance, and food.
Contact Patsy Hicks, phicks@sbma.net
PODCASTs @ SBMA.Net
SBMA Soundscape
This podcast was created by the Museum’s teen interns under the direction
of sound artists Bo Bell and August Black. Eavesdrop on their irreverent, informal,
free-wheeling conversations for an alternative stream-of-consciousness
guide to the permanent collection.
SBMA StreetSmart
A group of local-area high school students were selected by the Museum to
put together this podcast containing their commentary on the State of the
Art sculpture exhibition on view on State Street through November 15.
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Teacher Open House
Learn, Eat, Play!
Wednesday, October 17, 4 - 6 pm
Learn:
A special event for teachers only, includes a preview of upcoming exhibitions,
free posters, lesson plans linked to StateStandards, and a special
free gift from the Museum Store. You can also sign up for student tours
and free bus transportation for your class.
Eat:
Catch up with colleagues as you sip Ten-tinis or a glass of wine and
sample delicious appetizers. You’ll also enjoy the company of some of
the Museum’s finest artworks.
Play:
Opt for slow art or high tech by participating in an installation by artists
Julia Ford and Lisa Jevbratt. Create a prayer flag for the 21 Tara Altar. Try
your hand at art activities that you can reproduce in your classroom
RSVP by September 26 to Rachael Krieps, 884-6441, rkrieps@sbma.net.
On View at SBMA 2008 – 2009 The Permanent Collection
The SBMA’s permanent collection consists of more than 26,000 works of art from Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
They range in date from the Neolithic period to the present, representing almost 5,000 years of human creativity.
PICASSO ON PAPer:
Drawings & Prints
from the permanent
collection (1899–1967)
September 6– December 7, 2008
Every now and then a museum enjoys nothing
more than focusing on the work of one of its
most important artists. By any reckoning,
Pablo Picasso qualifies as one of the most
important artists of the last 100 years. The
Santa Barbara Museum of Art owns some
spectacular drawings and prints by Picasso
representing his career from beginning to end.
It will showcase 25 of them in this exhibition.
Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Dora Maar (Theodora Markovich), 1936. Mourlot
lithograph, ed. 214/350. SBMA Unknown Donor. © Estate of Pablo Picasso /
Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York
TEN:Gifts of sbma
photofutures
September 27– December 21, 2008
SBMA celebrates gifts made possible by
PhotoFutures, a group of avid collectors
who have have helped build the permanent
photography collection and supported the
photographic exhibitions. Now celebrating
its tenth year, PhotoFutures was founded by
William Brian Little and Mrs. Kingman Douglass.
The exhibition showcases areas of focus within
the overall collection including the intersection
of art and science, California masters, Western
Pacific Rim artists, and the 19th century
American West.
David Malin, AAT 34 Reflection Nebula in Orion NG, 1977, n.d., Chromogenic
print. SBMA Museum purchase with funds provided by PhotoFutures.
OF LIFE AND LOSS: The
polish photograhs of
roman vishniac and
jeffrey gusky
October 25– December 28, 2008
This exhibition features 45 photographs by
Roman Vishniac, a Russian-born photographer,
made in Poland’s Jewish communities in the
mid-1930s. They are paired with an equal
number of photographs by Jeffrey Gusky, an
emergency physician from Texas who revisited
the ruins of these once vibrant communities
six decades later.
Roman Vishniac, Isaac Street, Kazimierz, Cracow, 1938. Gelatin silver print.
Collection of Mara Vishniac Kohn.
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