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The NMWA is dedicated to serving a wide audience through our educational programs, including those who are unable to visit the museum.
We have developed several lessons for use in conjunction with our on-line Collections. Lost Wax, Found Bronze: The Art and Technique of Lost Wax Bronze Casting Lost Wax, Found Bronze demonstrates bronze casting by following acclaimed wildlife sculptor Gerald Balciar, as he creates a piece from a first clay model to application of the final patina. Shot at Lands End foundry in Paonia, Colorado , the project also highlights the skills of foundry artisans who bring Balciar's work to life. Inside Out This unit addresses young people who are investigating careers. Artists, such as Carl Rungius, provide an example of individuals who pursue their passions as their vocation. Through journal entries, art and technology, students can better identify their own interests and begin to use this information in making career choices. Landforms in the Landscape Landforms such as towering mountains, gaping canyons, and plunging waterfalls are the physical features of the earth's surface that distinguish a sense of place for geography as well as invoke wonder and reverence for the landscape artist. This is to say, landforms are the central subject for both geography and landscape art, and investigation into either discipline reveals more about the nature of the other and of nature itself. This Unit moves back and forth and through the two disciplines of geography and art to learn more about landforms and our reaction to them. Pathways "Pathways - Increasing Environmental Literacy Through Art" was developed in conjunction with the Teton Science School. This ten-unit program provides teachers with new ways to integrate science and the arts. This curriculum is not specifically tied to the NMWA art collection. Bison and the Plains Indians "Bison and the Plains Indians" was developed through on-site use by the NMWA education staff for students in elementary school through middle school. This curriculum uses paintings and sculpture from our Bison Gallery to tell the story of the American bison and how it relates to the American West. Wildlife in Winter This lesson features paintings from the NMWA's permanent collection that depict various animals in a winter landscape. The artwork serves as the focus for discussions of wildlife survival strategies. Exploring the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem through Art Using the GYE as a geographical framework and wildlife art as representations of ecosystems, students will look at the complex interaction of natural ecosystem components and study some of the factors that can cause changes in the system. |
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