arts education

“Art Together” Program Ignites Students’ Enthusiasm for Museums

As a new school year begins, we’re excited to launch the third season of Art Together, which invites local students and teachers to visit... Read More

Kelly Williams | September 27, 2011

Exploring 18th-Century Fashion, Garment by Garment

Did you know that artists used pig bladders to carry paint before tubes were invented, that the gold leaf used to gild paintings and... Read More

Cathy Carpenter | September 12, 2011

Question of the Week: Can Love Last Forever?

Can love outlast death? Love and desire sizzle in this sculpture showcasing Venus and Adonis. Venus is desperately in love with Adonis, a handsome... Read More

Nancy DeLucia Real | August 18, 2011

Question of the Week: Do Americans See the World through a Distorted Lens?

Initially designating himself an “ignorant American,” photographer Alex Harris went to Cuba in 1998, camera in tow, without preconceived notions. He simply wondered what... Read More

Jennifer S. Li | July 22, 2011

“Art Is Life. So to Learn It, You Engage with Life”: Mark Bradford on Teaching

Artist Mark Bradford recently visited one of Kristine Hatanaka’s art classes at Culver City High School to talk to students about works they’d created... Read More

Annelisa Stephan | July 6, 2011

Question of the Week: How Have You Been Called to Charity?

Have you been called to acts of service? Did you answer the call? Saint Francis of Paola, who lived in the 1400s, was called.... Read More

William Zaluski | May 18, 2011

The Museum as Classroom: Q&A with Guest Scholar George Hein

George Hein, a leading authority on museum education whom the Museum’s Education Department invited as a guest scholar this spring, says that museums are... Read More

Jessica Portner | May 2, 2011