Programs for T eaching and Learning

The Museum’s general operations are supported, in part, by Westchester
County, the City of Yonkers, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Hudson River Museum education programs are made possible, in part, by
the Yonkers Board of Education, New York State Council on the Arts, and
the Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation.
Fee Schedule, Call Saralinda Lichtblau, 914.963.4550, x241.
• 3-sessions based on the fall and spring exhibitions.
• 6-sessions. Work with a Teaching Artist and a
Museum Educator.
• 10-sessions. Work with a Teaching Artist, a Museum
Educator, and make 2 Museum visits.
More Partnerships
Pre-and post-session Museum lessons at your site by a
Museum Educator. A visit to the Museum, Professional
Development, and one-half year Museum Membership for families of participants and staff.
A 3-session Partnership
Choose Your Partnership!
Artist-led music
composition and
spoken-word sessions
inspired by Frohawk
Two Feathers and his interpretation of “The Hudson
Valley Wars.” Compose
music and poetry to widen
your understanding
of history.
Marcus John
Spring 2015
Artist-led music theater workshops, interactive productions, and
storytelling based on the peacock-themed fables in Strut:
The Peacock and Beauty in Art.
The Vain Jackdaw, (Aesop’s Fables),
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Kim Breden
Fall 2014
Facilitate your understanding of the exhibitions and support
performing arts experiences in the Museum or your own setting.
Teaching Artists in Residence
MUSEUM PARTNERS
In small groups, choose a fable
based on a peacock story and
perform your short skit.
Images and props provided.
Programs for Teaching
and Learning 2014 - 2015
Make a self portrait — acrylic painting on “aged paper” — then
put your image onto a map of your own design.
Frohawk Two Feathers Workshop
The New World
adventures of
America’s settlers imagined
by Frohawk Two
Feathers, whose
Brian Keith Stephens
modern paintsing something here, 2014
ings look like
timeless folk
School groups choose a Visual or Performing Arts Workshop:
art but shows
Peacock Visual Arts Workshop
colonists batDesign a book cover based on peacock motifs.
tling imaginary
Frohawk Two Feathers. Map of North America, 2013
superpowers.
Peacock Performing Arts
Our second spring exhibition: Picturing George Washington and
Workshop
America’s Early History.
Paintings and sculpture,
decorative objects, fashion, and
prints present beauty symbolized
by the peacock in art from the
19th-century to today.
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
Strut: The Peacock and Beauty in Art
Frohawk Two Feathers
October 9, 2014 - January 18, 2015
February 7 - May 17, 2015
Programs for
Teaching and Learning
2014 - 2015
See It!
DO IT
LIVE IT!
511 Warburton Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10701-1899
914.963.4550 www.hrm.org
EXHIBITION TOURS AND WORKSHOPS
Programs for Teaching and Learning
THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
Museum Galleries
2014-15
Save the Date!
October 23
Strut: The Peacock
and Beauty in Art
Educator Open Houses: Reception and Tour - FREE
Meet Colleagues, Hear About New Exhibitions 4 - 6 pm
A sculpto-pictorama of a famous New York City library and
bookstore, created by Pop Artist Red Grooms.
Glenview
HUDSON RIVERAMA
www.hrm.org for show descriptions
The Museum’s permanent teaching
gallery shows the past and present
of the Hudson River. PreK - Adult
that documents your river observations.
River Mapping
Tour. Upper, Middle, and Lower Hudson, and find your
home on Hudson Riverama’s 31-foot scale model of the
river’s banks.
Workshop. Make a map of the Hudson with a key
and symbols.
constellations and stories. Grade 1 - 4
Reserve Your Visit
Take a Tour, a Workshop or a Planetarium Show
OR Combine them into One Visit
Tours, Workshops, and Planetarium Shows
Tuesday - Friday 9:30 am - 5 pm
Groupvisits@hrm.org or 914.963.4440, x250
Visits are 1, 2, or 3 hours
1 hour
A guided Tour or Planetarium Show
2 hoursA guided Tour or Planetarium Show,
combined with a Workshop
Dreamy Landscapes
PreK - Grade 12
landscapes with watercolors.
Hudson Riverama: Estuary Exploration
Workshop. Create a field journal in words and pictures
Show. The Sky Tonight
Tour Glenview. See motifs and patterns of Glenview’s interior
design translate nature into art’s geometric shapes.
Workshop. Apply patterns to an object you design.
3 hours A guided Tour and Planetarium Show,
combined with a Workshop
Tour the Permanent
Collection’s Hudson River
School paintings that
show the qualities of a
“landscape.”
WorkshoP. Create
with art materials.
Tour Upper, Middle, and Lower Hudson regions.
Naturalist’s Journey
Show. Our Solar System
Tour. Hudson Riverama and the Permanent Collection.
Learn about river animal habitats and landscapes painted
by artists who observed the environment.
Workshop. Daily Planet. Make 3-D soft sculpture
planet models. PreK - 4
3 NEW Tours 2014-2015!
Touch Tour
Grades 4 - Adult
March 5
Frohawk Hawk
Two Feathers
SCIENCE
A New Slate of Star Shows!
Red Grooms, The Bookstore
Paintings and prints show everyday life and historic moments
in the Hudson Valley.
Planets to be discovered, the
sky’s romantic legends, and a
real look at the earth, moon,
and sun with arresting images
and lively commentary.
A Victorian home filled with objects, art, and decoration from
19th-century family life.
Tours + Workshops
Undiscovered Worlds, NEW star show
Nyblewyck Hall in Glenview
Planetarium Shows + Workshops
A more-than-life size doll house highlights architectural
features in Hudson Valley homes and tells the story about
its doll house family.
TOURS
Workshop 1. Colors of the Sky: Mix colors to make day
and nightscapes. PreK- 1
Highlights Tour
Explore the Permanent Collection and contrast it with the Museum’s contemporary exhibitions.
Workshop 2. Orbits: Participant teams explore the properties
of planets, make observations, and record data, using clues in
“Discovery Boxes.” Grade 4 - Adult
Touching objects in the Museum’s teaching collection helps visitors with special needs connect
with the Museum’s exhibitions and enhances the museum experience for any audience.
Show. Legends of the Night Sky
Supporting the Common Core Tour
Workshop. Sky Legends: Create glow-in-the-dark
The Museum’s teaching collection and exhibitions help students strengthen inferential literacy
skills in the museum setting.
Touch Tour
Plan Your Visit
Shapes & Patterns PreK - Adult
Tours + Workshops
The Gilded Age Upon the Hudson
Tour elegant 19th-century restored rooms, paintings,
and furniture in Glenview.
Workshop. Make art drawn from the
recreational activities of Victorian youth —
silhouettes, stereoscopes, games,
thaumatropes.
Portraiture: People and Places in Time
Grades 4 - Adult
Tour Glenview, the Permanent Collection,
and The Bookstore.
Workshop. Create your own portrait
Albert Bierstadt. Autumn in Conway Meadows Looking Toward Mount Washington, 1858
Prices start at $100 (minimum) for your group:
1-hour program, up to 20 participants: $100 One adult chaperone
required, and admitted
$4.50 each additional participant
FREE, for every group
2-hour program, up to 20 participants: $180
of up to 10 students.
$8.50 each additional participant
Additional adults $5
Groups are
admitted by
reservation only.
Teachers and/
or Group Leaders
are responsible for
their students at
all times. Groups
will be admitted to their selected program no sooner than 15
minutes before the reserved time.
Reserve Lunch Room space in advance.
Information and directions at www.hrm.org
3-hour program, up to 20 participants: $260 each, regardless of the
length of the program.
$12.50 each additional participant
The Museum’s general operations are supported, in part, by Westchester
County, the City of Yonkers, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Artist-led music
composition and
spoken-word sessions
inspired by Frohawk
Two Feathers and his interpretation of “The Hudson
Valley Wars.” Compose
music and poetry to widen
your understanding
of history.
Hudson River Museum education programs are made possible, in part, by
the Yonkers Board of Education, New York State Council on the Arts, and
the Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation.
Fee Schedule, Call Saralinda Lichtblau, 914.963.4550, x241.
• 3-sessions based on the fall and spring exhibitions.
• 6-sessions. Work with a Teaching Artist and a
Museum Educator.
• 10-sessions. Work with a Teaching Artist, a Museum
Educator, and make 2 Museum visits.
More Partnerships
Pre-and post-session Museum lessons at your site by a
Museum Educator. A visit to the Museum, Professional
Development, and one-half year Museum Membership for families of participants and staff.
liens
Ar e A
We
Marcus John
Spring 2015
Artist-led music theater workshops, interactive productions, and
storytelling based on the peacock-themed fables in Strut:
The Peacock and Beauty in Art.
Kim Breden
Fall 2014
Facilitate your understanding of the exhibitions and support
performing arts experiences in the Museum or your own setting.
A 3-session Partnership
Choose Your Partnership!
Programs for Teaching
and Learning 2014 - 2015
Teaching Artists in Residence
MUSEUM PARTNERS
The Vain Jackdaw, (Aesop’s Fables),
In small groups, choose a fable
based on a peacock story and
perform your short skit.
Images and props provided.
NEW St
a
r
S
h
ow
Make a self portrait — acrylic painting on “aged paper” — then
put your image onto a map of your own design.
Frohawk Two Feathers Workshop
The New World
Paintings and sculpture,
adventures of
decorative objects, fashion, and
America’s setprints present beauty symbolized
tlers imagined
by the peacock in art from the
by Frohawk Two
19th-century to today.
Feathers, whose
Brian Keith Stephens
modern paintsing something here, 2014
ings look like
timeless folk
School groups choose a Visual or Performing Arts Workshop:
art but shows
Peacock Visual Arts Workshop
colonists batDesign a book cover based on peacock motifs.
tling imaginary
Frohawk Two Feathers. Map of North America, 2013
superpowers.
Our second spring exhibition: Picturing George Washington and
America’s Early History.
Peacock Performing Arts
Workshop
February 7 - May 17, 2015
October 9, 2014 - January 18, 2015
Frohawk Two Feathers
Strut: The Peacock and Beauty in Art
Fall 2014
Programs for
Teaching and Learning
2014 - 2015
See It!
DO IT
LIVE IT!
511 Warburton Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10701-1899
914.963.4550 www.hrm.org
Spring 2015
EXHIBITION TOURS AND WORKSHOPS
Programs for Teaching and Learning
THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
2014-15
Save the Date!
Educator Open Houses: Reception and Tour - FREE
Meet Colleagues, Hear About New Exhibitions 4 - 6 pm
SCIENCE
A New Slate of Star Shows!
Museum Galleries
Red Grooms, The Bookstore
Paintings and prints show everyday life and historic moments
in the Hudson Valley.
A sculpto-pictorama of a famous New York City library and
bookstore, created by Pop Artist Red Grooms.
HUDSON RIVERAMA
Planets to be discovered, the
sky’s romantic legends, and a
real look at the earth, moon,
and sun with arresting images
and lively commentary.
Glenview
A Victorian home filled with objects, art, and decoration from
19th-century family life.
www.hrm.org for show descriptions
A more-than-life size doll house highlights architectural
features in Hudson Valley homes and tells the story about
its doll house family.
Tour. Hudson Riverama and the Permanent Collection.
Workshop. Daily Planet. Make 3-D soft sculpture
Learn about river animal habitats and landscapes painted
by artists who observed the environment.
Touching objects in the Museum’s teaching collection helps visitors with special needs connect
with the Museum’s exhibitions and enhances the museum experience for any audience.
that documents your river observations.
and nightscapes. PreK- 1
of planets, make observations, and record data, using clues in
“Discovery Boxes.” Grade 4 - Adult
The Museum’s teaching collection and exhibitions help students strengthen inferential literacy
skills in the museum setting.
Plan Your Visit
Reserve Your Visit
Tours, Workshops, and Planetarium Shows
Tuesday - Friday 9:30 am - 5 pm
Groupvisits@hrm.org or 914.963.4440, x250
The Gilded Age Upon the Hudson
Tour Glenview. See motifs and patterns of Glenview’s interior
Take a Tour, a Workshop or a Planetarium Show
OR Combine them into One Visit
design translate nature into art’s geometric shapes.
Visits are 1, 2, or 3 hours
and furniture in Glenview.
Workshop. Make art drawn from the
recreational activities of Victorian youth —
silhouettes, stereoscopes, games,
thaumatropes.
Workshop. Apply patterns to an object you design.
A guided Tour or Planetarium Show
2 hoursA guided Tour or Planetarium Show,
combined with a Workshop
Tour the Permanent
3 hours A guided Tour and Planetarium Show,
combined with a Workshop
Portraiture: People and Places in Time
Grades 4 - Adult
Tour Glenview, the Permanent Collection,
WorkshoP. Create
and The Bookstore.
1 hour
Dreamy Landscapes
PreK - Grade 12
Collection’s Hudson River
School paintings that
show the qualities of a
“landscape.”
landscapes with watercolors.
Workshop. Create your own portrait
with art materials.
Albert Bierstadt. Autumn in Conway Meadows Looking Toward Mount Washington, 1858
Workshop. Make a map of the Hudson with a key
constellations and stories. Grade 1 - 4
Shapes & Patterns PreK - Adult
Tour elegant 19th-century restored rooms, paintings,
Tour. Upper, Middle, and Lower Hudson, and find your
home on Hudson Riverama’s 31-foot scale model of the
river’s banks.
Workshop. Sky Legends: Create glow-in-the-dark
Tours + Workshops
Grades 4 - Adult
River Mapping
and symbols.
Show. Legends of the Night Sky
Supporting the Common Core Tour
Touch Tour
Workshop. Create a field journal in words and pictures
Workshop 2. Orbits: Participant teams explore the properties
Touch Tour
Tour Upper, Middle, and Lower Hudson regions.
Show. Our Solar System
Workshop 1. Colors of the Sky: Mix colors to make day
Explore the Permanent Collection and contrast it with the Museum’s contemporary exhibitions.
Hudson Riverama: Estuary Exploration
Naturalist’s Journey
Show. The Sky Tonight
Highlights Tour
The Museum’s permanent teaching
gallery shows the past and present
of the Hudson River. PreK - Adult
Planetarium Shows + Workshops
planet models. PreK - 4
3 NEW Tours 2014-2015!
March 5
Frohawk Hawk
Two Feathers
Tours + Workshops
Undiscovered Worlds, NEW star show
Nyblewyck Hall in Glenview
TOURS
October 23
Strut: The Peacock
and Beauty in Art
Prices start at $100 (minimum) for your group:
1-hour program, up to 20 participants: $100 One adult chaperone
required, and admitted
$4.50 each additional participant
FREE, for every group
2-hour program, up to 20 participants: $180
of up to 10 students.
$8.50 each additional participant
Additional adults $5
3-hour program, up to 20 participants: $260 each, regardless of the
length of the program.
$12.50 each additional participant
Groups are
admitted by
reservation only.
Teachers and/
or Group Leaders
are responsible for
their students at
all times. Groups
will be admitted to their selected program no sooner than 15
minutes before the reserved time.
Reserve Lunch Room space in advance.
Information and directions at www.hrm.org
American
History
Fact and Fiction
Picturing George Washington
and America’s Early History
&
Frohawk Two Feathers:
The Hudson Valley Wars of 1791-1792
February 7 - May 17, 2015
HUDSON RIVER MUSEUM
www.hrm.org