Education
SBMA's mission of integrating art into the life of the community is at the heart of over 40 education programs reaching over 40,000 people each year. Utilizing its rich repository of original works of art, the Museum constantly strives to provide effective, visual-arts education programs to the entire community: creative, innovative, aimed both at and beyond the art itself, and, above all, making a real difference in people's lives.
In the public schools, the Museum has become the primary provider of visual-arts education. The Museum's teaching staff and docents employ the visual arts to help schoolchildren build creative-thinking and analytical-thinking skills, and to understand and appreciate other cultures. The staff also trains public-school teachers how to use the visual-arts to teach across the curriculum, to teach history, mathematics, geography, the various sciences, and literature.
Believing that an ongoing relationship with art is necessary for a deeply lived life, the Museum is committed to offering engaging and stimulating visual-arts education to the adult community as well. SBMA sponsors thought-provoking and enjoyable gallery tours, performances, seminars, and series of lectures by eminent scholars. Special outreach programs have been developed for seniors, including those in retirement communities whose mobility is restricted and those suffering from Alzheimer's disease. To enhance the intellectual, creative, and social life of the whole community – as well as its cultural breadth—the Museum serves as an important gathering place and resource for all ages, ethnicities, and interests.
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