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Art Education

Pfac's Art 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.

We offer the following educational activities for individuals. Click on the links below to learn more about a specific educational opportunity.

• Studio Art School - The Arts Center's Studio Art School offers classes for budding artists of all ages and skill levels. Ranging from one day to ten weeks, they cover everything from oriental watercolor to sculpting with clay. Often, the artist exhibiting in our galleries lead special workshops on their particular technique.
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• ArtVentures Summer Camps - What are your kids doing this summer? This program offers fun and energetic programs for kids of all ages all throughout the summer. Download our ArtVentures Flyer below.
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• Hands on for Kids - Interactive gallery for hands-on fun. Open daily for children of all ages. Tuesdays and Thursdays are Paint Days from 10 am to 4 pm., we supply the paper and paint, you supply the imagination to create your own masterpiece. Always free to Pfac members, included with admission for non-members.
• 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 | Exhibition Checklist
• ARTreach: Experience Mali - This 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 for more information.
• Discovery Baskets - This is a 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.