Museum Division
Museum Division Chair
Terry Haynes
Questions? Contact
musdiv@ohioarted.com
About the Museum Division
The Cincinnati Art Museum
The Cincinnati Art Museum offers a variety of programs, workshops and presentations for educators to enhance their curriculum and connect students with the art of the Cincinnati Art Museum. We offer lesson plans from PreK-12th grade on our website as well as on site teacher professional development programs. Please see our website for more information on programs, free worksheets and lesson plans.
https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/events-programs/teachers/
The Toledo Museum of Art
TMA offers a wealth of materials and activities based on our collection and special exhibitions for preK-12 educators. Enrich your teaching practice through workshops that explore intersections between visual literacy and core curriculum. Throughout the year, Museum offers a variety of professional development opportunities for pre K-16 educators.
https://toledomuseum.org/learn/resources
The Columbus Museum of Art
Through programming for learners and teachers from Pre-K through university, the Columbus Museum of Art provides experiences that nurture essential skills for today and for the future, including imagination, curiosity, depth and complexity, communicating, and collaboration. CMA offers the following resources and experiences to make imagination, curiosity, complexity, empathy, interconnectedness, and wonder into the daily lives of learners of all ages.
https://www.columbusmuseum.org/resources/schools-and-teachers/
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Learn about the resources and ways that the CMA can support you and your students. Team up with a member of the CMA’s education team to workshop ideas, learn about ways to incorporate CMA artworks into your curriculum, or find out what program is best for your goals!
https://www.clevelandart.org/learn-with-us/prek-12-students-and-teachers/teacher-concierge
Cincinnati Art Museum Teacher Professional Development
Third Thursdays (September – May)
Evenings for Educators is the Cincinnati Art Museum’s monthly teacher professional development program. Through the lens of the Cincinnati Art Museum’s permanent collection and special exhibitions, Evenings for Educators supports all subjects taught in the classroom. We encourage a STREAM approach as well as Twenty-First Century Learning strategies in the museum and classroom. This program is offered for teachers of all grade levels and disciplines, art appreciation volunteers, pre-service education majors, teaching artists as well as community and museum educators.
This program happens the third Thursday of the month from 4-7 p.m. at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Participating teachers will receive CEU certificates in May. Graduate credit available for an additional fee through Ashland University. For more information, email schoolandteachers@cincyart.org.
Individual Sessions:
$5 for students
$10 for members
$20 for general admission
For more information about each topic please visit: https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/events-programs/teachers/
Dayton Art Institute
Free Resources for Teachers
Free monthly lesson plans and materials for all Kindergarten through 12th grade classrooms. These materials include lesson plans, arts integration activities, worksheets, and PowerPoint Presentations for teachers. Lesson plans support A+CC tours and reach new audiences through math, science, social studies, ELA, and English Language Learner curriculums. Google Classroom is a great way to share links, PDFs and resources with many people for free.
To access the Google Classroom, you'll login to google with a personal Gmail account (google workspace accounts/school accounts don't seem to work) on google chrome.
Click on the dots in the top right corner
Scroll and click Classroom
Click the plus sign in the top right corner
Click Join class and type the code 2deiu62
Once you are on the stream page, you will click on "Classwork" at the top to see the materials that I have added so far. Everything is labeled with Elementary or Secondary based on the grade level and sorted into content areas!