Wall Works facilitates a dynamic public art project that connects acclaimed contemporary artists with the imaginations of local K-12 students. SMMoA provides participating classrooms with supplies and instruction and then invites the young artists to an opening celebrating their collaborative installation at the Museum.

The program is free and includes all supplies. Participation is open to all classrooms willing to meet the project requirements; enrollment is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Project components include a video lesson plan and a Wall Works kit with art supplies and the resource material needed to complete the project in the classroom. Teachers oversee the students' creation of individual projects and every artwork is installed by professional museum sta ff to create a large-scale, collaborative work at SMMoA's Wall Works gallery in the Bergamot Station Arts Center. In this heavily-trafficked destination for art enthusiasts and the general public, thousands of people enjoy the Wall Works project during each exhibition period.

SMMoA is a proud recipient of a 2012 Superintendent's Award for Excellence in Museum Education for Wall Works. The award recognizes outstanding achievements in California museum programs that serve K-12 students and/or educators and is a joint project of the California Association of Museums and the Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

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Wall Works: Peter Shire-The Walls Have Eyes

Artist and ceramicist Peter Shire of Echo Park Pottery presents a project where students will make drawings of eyes onto ceramic discs. Each "eye" will be installed along a striped and patterned wall for viewers to see.

Opening reception: 26 October 2011

Exhibition: October 27, 2011 - May 20, 2012

Wall Works is open to all K-12 classrooms. Registration is FREE and on a first-come, first-registered basis. Teachers must commit to completing the project with their classrooms by the deadline and returning the work to SMMoA for the exhibition installation.

For more information, contact education@smmoa.org

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ARTransmissions furnishes K-12 teachers with art education resources in the form of limited-edition lesson plan posters that help students connect critically and creatively to contemporary art. Concurrent with SMMoA's exhibitions, the posters feature a full-color reproduction of one of the works on view, inviting inquiry, and class tours.

To obtain a full-color poster by mail or to schedule a tour, email education@smmoa.org with subject header "ARTransmissions" or call Asuka Hisa, Director of Education, at 310.586.6488 x118. To print out a poster, click on the link to download the PDF file.

Current issue:

Fall 2011/Winter 2012: Beatrice Wood: Career Woman--drawings, vessels, and objects (pdf)

Next issue:

Spring 2012: Mickalene Thomas: Origin of the Universe
Poster launch date: Monday, 16 April 2012

Past issues:

Spring 2011: Al Taylor: Pet Stains and Wire Instruments (pdf)
Fall 2010: Combustione: Alberto Burri and America (pdf)
Spring 2010: Diana Thater: Between Science and Magic (pdf)
Fall 2009: Allen Ruppersberg: You and Me or The Art of Give and Take (pdf)
Spring 2009: Elias Sime: Eye of the Needle, Eye of the Heart (pdf)
Fall 2008: Martin Kersels: Heavyweight Champion (pdf)

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Park Studio takes interdisciplinary art education outside museum walls and into the community. This free program is held annually during the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School Districts spring break. Contemporary artists lead workshops, art history lessons, and field trips to cultural sites. Park Studio is open to high school students residing or attending school in Santa Monica. SMMoA presents this program in partnership with the City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Department and the Thelma Terry Center at Virginia Avenue Park.



To participate in Park Studio, you must be a high school student residing or attending a school in the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD). Students enrolled at Santa Monica's Olympic High School may receive up to a full semester credit toward a high school diploma.

Park Studio is funded, in part, by the City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Community Access and Participation grants and Nordstrom.

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Park Studio 2012 will take place during the SMMUSD's Spring Break:

Monday, April 2 - Thursday, April 5

Daily Schedule: 10 am - 3:30 pm

This program features an extraordinary partnership with the Watts Labor Community Action Center (WLCAC), glass artist Jaime Guerrero, and students of the the WLCAC glass blowing program.

www.wlcac.org

www.guerreroglass.com

2011 Park Studio blog for the program State of Mind: