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The Education Department at SFMOMA organizes a wide range of programs for audiences of all ages. We offer special exhibition-related events, such as artist talks and lectures; tours for students, adult groups, and walk-in visitors; and family days and monthly hands-on family studios. Visit the calendar to learn about upcoming events.

During the Doing & Viewing Art program, children visit a different museum gallery every week for ten weeks, and then participate in related studio art activities under the guidance of professional artists. The de Young also offers Saturday workshops for families in subjects such as paper art, drawing and painting.

RayKo’s expertise is in all things photography.  We offer affordable photo-based workshops and facility rentals for school groups, after school programs, community groups, non-profits and arts institutions. RayKo is a comprehensive rental photographic facility with black and white and color darkrooms, digital labs, studio, a gallery space and an photographic education center. We can help teachers and administrators utilize photography as a tool for teaching.  In studying photography, students can expand their visual vocabulary, learn about narrative, art history, critique, chemistry and even mathematics!

The Asian Art Museum offers a wide range of free programs for grades 2-12. Grades 2 and 3 tour the galleries and learn about Asian mythology in the Storytelling Tour. Nature in Art: Brushpainting is a hands-on class teaching traditional brushstroke techniques to 4th and 5th grade students.  Ancient China, for 6th graders, explores the content of Chinese tombs and the information that the artifacts reveal about the sociology and politics of the time. Seventh grade students explore the life of the Japanese samurai, including the warrior spirit, Buddhist sculptures, and the Japanese tea ceremony.  All middle grades can also study forms of body language used in Asian art, and the information that it conveys.  High school students can take a brushpainting class or take a tour of special exhibits

Folk Art International has an extensive resource loan program that is available to teachers and adults who work with youth in community settings.  Arts based and integrated curricula are available in the visual arts, social studies, English, literature, writing, and science.  The resource binders include background information, teaching suggestions, and student activities, and are targeted to grades K-8.

The Randall Museum is a free museum in San Francisco where children, families, and the community can participate in an integrated program of science and art. The Museum's programs are designed to inspire creativity and to foster curiosity about the natural world. The Museum attracts over 86,000 visitors annually. In a beautiful natural setting overlooking the city, the Museum offers experiential education through field trips, habitat restoration, a live animal exhibit, changing interactive exhibits, performances, classes, drop-in activities, and special events. It is a magical place beloved by families of the Bay Area.

 

The Contemporary Jewish Museum presents contemporary perspectives on art, history, and ideas through the lens of Jewish culture.  Founded in 1984, the Museum serves broad and diverse audiences through outstanding exhibitions and innovative education programs.  In June 2008, the Museum will open a new expanded facility, designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, in the heart of San Francisco's Yerba Buena cultural district.

The Museum's education programs include standards-aligned tours (available to K-12 students); Teen Art Connect (a paid museum and career exploration internship program for high school students); teacher professional development opportunities (both one tiem and year-long programs); and ongoing free family programs (which include drop-in art-making activities, storytelling sessions and community days).

Photo: Bruce Damonte

Zeum at Yerba Buena Gardens provides hands-on, multimedia experiences that allow visitors to explore, innovate and invent using arts and technology tools. Zeum provides a participatory environment for self-expression by creating opportunities for collaboration among young people, artists, educators, and communities, and by partnering with schools to enhance arts education in the classroom. A multi-phased educational approach uses animation, sound and video production, theater and live performance, and visual arts to encourage, build and articulate the voices of young people. Zeum also provides a unique venue for youth stories to be shared with and heard by others.