For Educators SFMOMA invites you to explore modern and contemporary art and to use the museum's collections and programs as a foundation for teaching and learning. Our Education Department offers a variety of programs and resources for educators, including professional development workshops and institutes for teachers, online teaching aids, and school programs designed to encourage the exploration of works of art, enhance visual literacy, and foster critical-thinking skills. SFMOMA is on the go through early 2016, presenting new art experiences around the Bay Area as we prepare for our expansion. We'll continue to offer special programs and events for educators while our building is transformed. To register for a specific teacher workshop or institute, please consult the list of upcoming events at the bottom of the Teacher Programs + Events page.
Visit the World's Greatest Art Galleries (Virtually) Culture and Design By Tony Cross 02 Feb 2011 Visiting 17 of the world's most famous art galleries has been transformed by the Google Art Project, a website which allows virtual tours of the museums and artworks via the internet. The project, unveiled at London's Tate Britain gallery, lets users roam the galleries and then focus in on specific artworks which have been captured using ground-breaking high definition imagery. Institutions taking part include New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) and The Metropolitan (whose exhibit The Temple of Dendur, pictured above, can be found on the site), the Uffizi in Florence, and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The site also gives users a history of the art that is featured, as well as gallery descriptions. The website is free to use, though you will need a Google account if you want to create your own online collections and share them with others.
Oodles of Doodles Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception Diego Rivera Web Museum Kathily Ever After Haring Kids | Welcome John Hughes video explains ‘Ferris Bueller’ scene at Art Institute - The Style Blog Posted at 09:37 AM ET, 11/16/2011 Nov 16, 2011 02:37 PM EST TheWashingtonPost Just as John Hughes’s movies had a way of explaining the entire world through a small slice of life — a prom, a day off of school, a 16th birthday — the director’s explanation of pointillism in the museum scene of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is so much more than an art history lesson. Alan Ruck and Matthew Broderick in “Ferris Bueller's Day Off.” (Paramount Home Entertainment) The video is from 2009, but it was recently unearthed by the Guardian. In the whimsical scene at the Art Institute in Chicago, one of the film’s many stops on a hooky-playing whirlwind tour of the Windy City, Ferris, Sloane and Cameron study some of the director’s own favorite works of art. As Ferris and Sloane kiss in front of a stained-glass window, Cameron concentrates on George Seurat’s painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.” Related:John Hughes and the art his movies inspired