Congrats to our Partner Schools!

Last week, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) released the results of the 2013 District of Columbia Comprehensive Assessment System exam (DC CAS). We’d like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to our Art Links to Learning partner schools—Inspired Teaching Demonstration Public Charter School, Takoma Education Campus, and Tyler Elementary for their fantastic improvements! Well done! We’re looking forward to another exciting year of integrating the arts with you.

Middle school students at Takoma Education Campus applied Mathematical concepts to Piet Mondrian’s Composition No. III.

Middle school students at Takoma Education Campus applied mathematical concepts to Piet Mondrian’s Composition No. III. Photo: Rachel Goldberg/Natalie Mann

 

tudents at Tyler elementary explored abstract paintings for their unit on “The World Around Us”. Photo: Rachel Goldberg/Natalie Mann

Students at Tyler Elementary explored abstract paintings for their unit on “The World Around Us”. Photo: Rachel Goldberg/Natalie Mann

 

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Students from the Inspired Teaching School discovered connections between their city and John Marin’s Pertaining to Fifth Avenue and Forty-Second Street. Photo: Rachel Goldberg/Natalie Mann

 Rachel Goldberg, Manager of School, Outreach and Family Programs

 

Young Artists Celebrate Their Work

Tyler Elementary School Students create storyboards inspired by Franz Marc's Deer in the Forest I. Photo: James R. Brantley

Tyler Elementary School Students create storyboards inspired by Franz Marc’s Deer in the Forest I. Photo: James R. Brantley

On May 14 and 16 we wrapped up another successful year of the Art Links to Learning: Museum-in-Residence program with two artists’ receptions for 350 students from Tyler Elementary School and Takoma Education Campus. Students enjoyed seeing their work in the current Young Artists Exhibition and venturing out into the galleries before school’s out for summer!

Natalie Mann, School, Outreach, and Family Programs Coordinator

Takoma Education Campus middle school students settle into the auditorium on May 16. Photo: James R. Brantley

Takoma Education Campus middle school students settle into the auditorium on May 16. Photo: James R. Brantley

Tyler Elementary School students peruse the Young Artists Exhibition featuring their class's collaborative artwork. Photo: James R. Brantley

Tyler Elementary School students peruse the Young Artists Exhibition featuring their class’s collaborative artwork. Photo: James R. Brantley

500 Art Stars Attend Their Opening

Students from Takoma Education Campus explore paintings in the galleries

Students from Takoma Education Campus explore paintings in the galleries

On January 16 and 17, we celebrated the artistic and academic accomplishments of approximately 500 students, teachers, school administrators, and families from Tyler Elementary and Takoma Education Campus—the museum’s two DC Public Schools partner schools that participate in our Art Links to Learning: Museum in Residence program! Read more from the students’ perspectives in Tuesday’s edition of Washington Post KidsPost.

Ms. Lopez’s 3rd/4th grade class discuss what’s happening in Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party

Ms. Lopez’s 3rd/4th grade class discuss what’s happening in Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party

Ms. Frey’s first grade class from Takoma Education Campus in front of their artwork

Ms. Frey’s first grade class from Takoma Education Campus in front of their artwork

Tyler students cheer on their teachers in the auditorium at the Artists Reception

Tyler students cheer on their teachers in the auditorium at the Artists Reception

Teachers from Tyler Elementary who participated in Art Links during the Fall of 2012

Teachers from Tyler Elementary who participated in Art Links during the Fall of 2012