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Pfac's Education Department seeks to provide balanced and stimulating programs of exhibition-based art appreciation that appeals to both children and adults. Inquiry-based and participatory learning coupled with related hands-on art making components help to instill aesthetic values found throughout the artwork on view. The extensive lessons in looking at art are facilitated by a strong docent program that provides tours for each exhibition series.

Group Tours - Designed for the particular needs of your group.

Hands on for Kids - Interactive gallery for hands-on fun.
Open daily for children of all ages.

Seeing Mali - A Traveling Photographic Exhibition from Pfac - Download information on this resource that is available to schools and other venues.
flyer - installation Instructions - teaching guide - exhib. checklist

ARTreach: Experience Mali - is an exciting distance-learning initiative designed to enhance Standards of Learning-based education. These 50-minute programs on the West African country of Mali include storytelling and dance demonstrations, a visual arts workshop and a presentation by a collector and scholar on Malian art. 

Audio-Visual Collection – Check out our CDs, DVDs and videos on a wide range of art-related topics, including Mali, famous artists and the principles and elements of art. Materials can be checked out for free for 2 week periods. Please contact the Education Department at 757-596-8175 ext. 205 or education@pfac-va.org for more information.

Discovery Baskets - hands-on and didactic materials to enhance students’ learning about the historic cultures of Mali and Egypt.

Virgnia Department of Education's Standards of Learning
Incorporating the visual arts into teaching core curriculum.

 

 GROUP TOURS
Schedule a tour to learn more about the exhibitions and have a fun, interactive experience! Pfac offers guided tours to groups of 10 or more. Tours are led by docents (volunteer educators) and encourage active looking by utilizing questioning strategies, gallery games, writing exercises and touchable materials (depending on the exhibition). Our docents assist you in looking carefully at works of art and help you figure out what the artist is trying to say.

To schedule a tour please call the Education Department at (757) 596-8175 at least 3 weeks in advance of the date your group would like to come to the Center.

 
 VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S STANDARD OF LEARNING

Pfac is attentive to the needs of teachers in meeting the Virginia SOL requirements. Our changing exhibition schedule reflects well researched programs that satisfy state mandated standard of learning requirements.

Learn More About It:

Virginia Board of Education, Standards of Learning of Virginia Public Schools
Virginia Association of Museums

 

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