K-12 Workshops
Get creative! Schedule an exciting hands-on workshop to enrich your group's guided tour of the Rubin Museum of Art. During these 60-minute, interactive experiences led by professional teaching artists in our beautiful state-of-the-art Education Center, students will further explore the symbolism, structure, and content of Himalayan art. Workshops enhance guided tours, and can be scheduled beforehand or afterward.
Choose from:
Journey Scroll Paintings
Create your own scroll painting! Explore themes and symbols embedded in traditional Tibetan scroll paintings in the galleries! Also known as thangkas, these paintings are Buddhist works of art and important teaching tools that are deeply symbolic and easily transportable. Students are challenged to consider the creation of such works of art and make personal connections to their lives.
Focus your Journey Scroll Workshop on the exhibition Flip Side: The Unseen in Tibetan Art. In this special workshop, students will make connections between text and image in Tibetan thangkas and their own artwork.
Mystical Maps
Design your own map! Investigate mountains and travelers in the galleries and create your own map of a journey through peaks, shrines and other secret places! Students will use mapmaking and collage to explore the relationship between geography and art.
3-D Mandalas
Construct your own 3-D Mandala sculpture! Using elements of design, architecture, and imagination, students will construct their own cosmic castle using non-traditional materials and connect to the geometry, symbolism, and structure of traditional Buddhist mandalas in the galleries.
Artifact Investigation
Discover the hands-on investigation techniques of professional museum curators, historians and art handlers! Using inquiry and observation, learn how to look deeply and uncover the religious, artistic, and cultural meaning of authentic works of art from our exhibitions and hands-on teaching collection.
*This workshop is suggested for grades 5-12.
K-12 Workshops
- $150 per class: 32 students per class maximum
- Includes family passes for complimentary future visit to the museum
- Fees for museum admission and guided tours are additional.
- 60 minutes long
- Space for a 20 minute lunch break is available upon request.
- All programs are subject to availability, so book early!
For more information about Workshops call 212.620.5000 x262 or email education@rmanyc.org.
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All Workshops subject to availability
