Pre-K through 5th Grade
Audio Guide
Special Exhibition Tour (Grades 2–12)
Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of the Genius
October 6, 2009–February 21, 2010
Leonardo da Vinci pushed the limits of every scientific and artistic area he explored, and no one in the Renaissance—or for many centuries thereafter—dared to attempt what he attempted.
This exhibition will explore Leonardo's creative genius through his work
as a sculptor by reading between the lines of his extraordinary drawings. In addition, students will have the opportunity to see the ancient and Renaissance sculpture that inspired Leonardo, including works by Donatello and Verrocchio, as well as the powerful influence he had on the work of other artists such as Rustici and Rubens.
With their audio-guides, students will find out what it really takes to be an apprentice in Leonardo's workshop. During their first day "on the job" they will learn the trials and tribulations of working for a master artist and inventor. Along the way, students will hear from "Leonardo" himself as they explore the creative process of a genius.
Tour Enhancement
Genius at Work! (Grades 2–12)
Available Fridays only, October 16, 2009–February 19, 2010.
New Performances Added: Thursdays, February 4, 11 and 18.
Genius at Work! is a theatrical performance created as a pre- or post-tour enhancement to the Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of the Genius exhibition. During this performance, students will learn about Leonardo's life, work, and creative process as they try out to be one of his apprentices.
View a clip from Genius at Work!,
performed by Théâtre du Rêve:
The performance is set in Close Lucé, the chateau in France where Leonardo spent the last years of his life. A professional actor from Théâtre du Rêve will captivate students with a lively performance enhanced by costumes, props, projections, and student interactions that takes the audience into Leonardo's Renaissance world. The performance lasts approximately 30 minutes and is followed by a question and answer session.
Hand of the Genius online resources are available now >>
Pricing: $6 per student, additional $2 per student for Genius at Work!
Capacity: 150 students
Audio Guide
Special Exhibition Tour (Grades K–12)
The Allure of the Automobile
March 20–June 20, 2010
Automobiles aren't just modes of transportation—they
are works of inspired craftsmanship and ingenuity. The
Allure of the Automobile brings together eighteen of the
finest cars in the world, built to command attention and
admiration.
Students will marvel at these rare vehicles,
which represent the greatest feats of automotive engineering
and luxury design from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Pricing: $6 per student
Capacity: 150 students
Duration: Approximately one hour
Tour and Workshop
Pre-View (Ages 3-5)
This theme-based tour of the permanent collection offers a guided gallery experience for Head Start, preschool and home school groups. Each tour is led by a teaching artist and includes games and props story time, and a hands-on activity.
Program lasts approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Student Ticket Tour Price: $50/group of up to 20 students
Space is limited to 20 students per tour.
Available on Wednesdays only
Tour and Workshop
First Look (Grades K–3)
The fundamental elements of art such as line, color, light, and composition are the focus of this introductory tour. Age-appropriate activities give students the opportunity to produce their own works of art, making the connection between works they have viewed in the galleries and the art-making process.
Program lasts approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Student Ticket Tour Price: $8 per student
Space is limited to 48 students per morning
Available Tuesday–Friday
Docent-Led
I See Literacy (Grade 4)
Developed for fourth-grade educators and students, I See Literacy offers an innovative cross-disciplinary approach to mastering literacy skills using art. The tour reinforces skills in constructing meaning through the spectrum of literacy (reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing). I See Literacy curriculum-based classroom materials prepare students for their Museum visit with language arts lessons and hands-on visual arts activities. Post-tour lessons allow the field trip experience to serve as a springboard for stories, bookmaking and much more!
Program lasts approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Student Ticket Tour Price: $6 per student
Space is limited to 120 students
Available Tuesday–Fridays
Docent-Led
I See History (Grade 5)
The I See History tour is guided by the essential question, "What can we learn about people from what they made, owned and used?" Students will explore American history by connecting prior classroom experience and gallery activities with the High's permanent collection and other historical artifacts. Major tour themes are transportation, technology, civics, lifestyle and industry. I See History curriculum-based classroom materials provide pre-tour preparation materials and post-tour timeline-based activities.
Program lasts approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Student Ticket Tour Price: $6 per student
Space is limited to 120 students
Available Tuesday–Friday
Tour and Workshop
Dikenga: Discover African Art (Grades K–7)
Take an exploratory walk along the crossroads of African cultures. Works from Kongo, Akan, Bwa and Yoruba traditions will guide you through the African art gallery following the circular path of the Dikenga, the Kongo cosmogram that charts birth, adulthood, elders and ancestors along the universal pathways of life.
A hands-on activity with a teaching artist completes the students' African Art experience.
Program lasts approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Student Ticket Tour Price: $8 per student
Space is limited to 48 students
Available Tuesday–Friday
Docent-Led
Sight Through Sense (Grades K–12)
Available beginning January 2010
This tour will allow students with visual impairments to "see" artworks from the permanent collection by using all of their senses. Trained guides will use visually descriptive language, tactile objects, music and movement activities to expore art from multiple perspectives.
Pricing: $6 per student
Capacity: 50 students
Duration: Approximately one hour
Docent-Led
Highlights (Grades K–12)
Highlights tours offer students an overview of the High's collection through an engaging compare-and-contrast viewing of selected objects. Students will use questions, observations and discussion to discover meaning in works of art that date from the fourteenth to the twenty-first centuries.
Program lasts approximately 1 hour.
Student Ticket Tour Price: $6 per student
Space is limited to 120 students
Available Tuesday–Sunday
Grades 6 through 8
Audio Guide
Special Exhibition Tour (Grades 2–12)
Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of the Genius
October 6, 2009–February 21, 2010
Leonardo da Vinci pushed the limits of every scientific and artistic area he explored, and no one in the Renaissance—or for many centuries thereafter—dared to attempt what he attempted.
This exhibition will explore Leonardo's creative genius through his work
as a sculptor by reading between the lines of his extraordinary drawings. In addition, students will have the opportunity to see the ancient and Renaissance sculpture that inspired Leonardo, including works by Donatello and Verrocchio, as well as the powerful influence he had on the work of other artists such as Rustici and Rubens.
With their audio-guides, students will find out what it really takes to be an apprentice in Leonardo's workshop. During their first day "on the job" they will learn the trials and tribulations of working for a master artist and inventor. Along the way, students will hear from "Leonardo" himself as they explore the creative process of a genius.
Tour Enhancement
Genius at Work! (Grades 2–12)
Available Fridays only, October 16, 2009–February 19, 2010.
New Performances Added: Thursdays, February 4, 11 and 18.
Genius at Work! is a theatrical performance created as a pre- or post-tour enhancement to the Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of the Genius exhibition. During this performance, students will learn about Leonardo's life, work, and creative process as they try out to be one of his apprentices.
View a clip from Genius at Work!,
performed by Théâtre du Rêve:
The performance is set in Close Lucé, the chateau in France where Leonardo spent the last years of his life. A professional actor from Théâtre du Rêve will captivate students with a lively performance enhanced by costumes, props, projections, and student interactions that takes the audience into Leonardo's Renaissance world. The performance lasts approximately 30 minutes and is followed by a question and answer session.
Hand of the Genius online resources are available now >>
Pricing: $6 per student, additional $2 per student for Genius at Work!
Capacity: 150 students
Docent-Led
Special Exhibition Tour (Grades 6–12)
John Portman: Art and Architecture
October 17, 2009–January 3, 2010
John Portman's architectural influence has shaped
the Atlanta skyline. This exhibition celebrates the
design, architecture, paintings and sculpture of one
of Atlanta's most influential citizens.
Pricing: $6 per student
Capacity: 80 students
Duration: Approximately one hour
Docent-Led
Special Exhibition Tour (Grades 6–12)
The Portrait Unbound: Photographs by Robert Weingarten
January 23–May 30, 2010
Robert Weingarten creates unique portraits of high-profile figures punctuated by imagery alluding to their personal achievements. By layering digital images, Weingarten describes his subjects through biographical rather than physical information.
Pricing: $6 per student
Capacity: 30 students
Duration: Approximately one hour
Audio Guide
Special Exhibition Tour (Grades K–12)
The Allure of the Automobile
March 20–June 20, 2010
Automobiles aren't just modes of transportation, they
are works of inspired craftsmanship and ingenuity. The
Allure of the Automobile brings together eighteen of the
finest cars in the world, built to command attention and
admiration.
Students will marvel at these rare vehicles,
which represent the greatest feats of automotive engineering
and luxury design from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Pricing: $6 per student
Capacity: 150 students
Duration: Approximately one hour
Tour and Workshop
Dikenga: Discover African Art (Grades K–7)
Take an exploratory walk along the crossroads of African cultures. Works from Kongo, Akan, Bwa and Yoruba traditions will guide you through the African art gallery following the circular path of the Dikenga, the Kongo cosmogram that charts birth, adulthood, elders and ancestors along the universal pathways of life.
A hands-on activity with a teaching artist completes the students' African Art experience.
Program lasts approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Student Ticket Tour Price: $8 per student
Space is limited to 48 students
Available Tuesdays–Fridays
Docent-Led
Highlights (Grades K–12)
Highlights tours offer students an overview of the Museum's collection through an engaging compare-and-contrast viewing of selected objects. Students will use questions, observations and discussion to discover meaning in works of art that date from the fourteenth to the twenty-first centuries.
Program lasts approximately 1 hour.
Student Ticket Tour Price: $6 per student
Space is limited to 120 students
Available Tuesdays–Sunday
Docent-Led
Sight Through Sense (Grades K–12)
Available beginning January 2010
This tour will allow students with visual impairments to "see" artworks from the permanent collection by using all of their senses. Trained guides will use visually descriptive language, tactile objects, music and movement activities to expore art from multiple perspectives.
Pricing: $6 per student ($2 for each additional tour)
Capacity: 50 students
Grades 9 through 12
Audio Guide
Special Exhibition Tour (Grades 2–12)
Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of the Genius
October 6, 2009–February 21, 2010
Leonardo da Vinci pushed the limits of every scientific and artistic area he explored, and no one in the Renaissance—or for many centuries thereafter—dared to attempt what he attempted.
This exhibition will explore Leonardo's creative genius through his work
as a sculptor by reading between the lines of his extraordinary drawings. In addition, students will have the opportunity to see the ancient and Renaissance sculpture that inspired Leonardo, including works by Donatello and Verrocchio, as well as the powerful influence he had on the work of other artists such as Rustici and Rubens.
With their audio-guides, students will find out what it really takes to be an apprentice in Leonardo's workshop. During their first day "on the job" they will learn the trials and tribulations of working for a master artist and inventor. Along the way, students will hear from "Leonardo" himself as they explore the creative process of a genius.
Tour Enhancement
Genius at Work! (Grades 2–12)
Available Fridays only, October 16, 2009–February 19, 2010.
New Performances Added: Thursdays, February 4, 11 and 18.
Genius at Work! is a theatrical performance created as a pre- or post-tour enhancement to the Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of the Genius exhibition. During this performance, students will learn about Leonardo's life, work, and creative process as they try out to be one of his apprentices.
View a clip from Genius at Work!,
performed by Théâtre du Rêve:
The performance is set in Close Lucé, the chateau in France where Leonardo spent the last years of his life. A professional actor from Théâtre du Rêve will captivate students with a lively performance enhanced by costumes, props, projections, and student interactions that takes the audience into Leonardo's Renaissance world. The performance lasts approximately 30 minutes and is followed by a question and answer session.
Hand of the Genius online resources are available now >>
Pricing: $6 per student, additional $2 per student for Genius at Work!
Capacity: 150 students
Docent-Led
Special Exhibition Tour (Grades 6–12)
John Portman: Art and Architecture
October 17, 2009–January 3, 2010
John Portman's architectural influence has shaped
the Atlanta skyline. This exhibition celebrates the
design, architecture, paintings and sculpture of one
of Atlanta's most influential citizens.
Pricing: $6 per student
Capacity: 80 students
Duration: Approximately one hour
Docent-Led
Special Exhibition Tour (Grades 6–12)
The Portrait Unbound: Photographs by Robert Weingarten
January 23–May 30, 2010
Robert Weingarten creates unique portraits of high-profile figures punctuated by imagery alluding to their personal achievements. By layering digital images, Weingarten describes his subjects through biographical rather than physical information.
Pricing: $6 per student
Capacity: 30 students
Duration: Approximately one hour
Audio Guide
Special Exhibition Tour (Grades K–12)
The Allure of the Automobile
March 20–June 20, 2010
Automobiles aren't just modes of transportation, they
are works of inspired craftsmanship and ingenuity. The
Allure of the Automobile brings together eighteen of the
finest cars in the world, built to command attention and
admiration.
Students will marvel at these rare vehicles,
which represent the greatest feats of automotive engineering
and luxury design from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Pricing: $6 per student
Capacity: 150 students
Duration: Approximately one hour
Docent-Led
Sight Through Sense (Grades K–12)
Available beginning January 2010
This tour will allow students with visual impairments to "see" artworks from the permanent collection by using all of their senses. Trained guides will use visually descriptive language, tactile objects, music and movement activities to expore art from multiple perspectives.
Pricing: $6 per student
Capacity: 50 students
Duration: Approximately one hour
Docent-Led
Highlights (Grades K–12)
Highlights tours offer students an overview of the Museum's collection through an engaging compare-and-contrast viewing of selected objects. Students will use questions, observations and discussion to discover meaning in works of art that date from the fourteenth to the twenty-first centuries.
Program lasts approximately 1 hour.
Student Ticket Tour Price: $6 per student
Space is limited to 120 students
Available Tuesdays–Sunday
