Resources within the Five Colleges
Resource
Notes
Events/Programs for Teens
Amherst College
Mead Art Museum
-Early American portraits
-American Impressionist paintings,
-European old master paintings
-Collections of Yoruba sculpture
-Russian pre-Revolutionary Modern art
-Mexican folk art
-Japanese prints.
-Evenings at the Mead: art,
music, and food
Amherst College
ARTing Club
-The ARTing Club would like to work with YAC to hold fundraisers and
workshops at Amherst College.
-Fundraiser dinner event
-Workshop event for YAC
Eric Carle Picture
Book Museum at
Hampshire College
-Exhibitions of picture book art from around the world
-Hands-on Art Studio
-Auditorium for performances, films, and lectures
-Library for reading and storytelling
-Tours
Hampshire College
Art Gallery
-Environmental installations
-Dance and performance pieces, video presentations.
-Works by graduating students, fine arts faculty, and emerging regional artists,
contemporary artists of national and international stature.
-Tours
Mount Holyoke
College Art
Highlights:
-Dramatic 2nd c. Roman portrait of Faustina the Elder (wife of the emperor
-Workshops with tours for K-12
Museum
Antoninus Pius)
-Rare Greek bronze statuette of a youth
-Gem-like panel painting of an angel from Duccio’s celebrated Maestà altarpiece
(ca. 1308-11)
-Stone sculpture of the god Ganesh from 11th-century India
Smith College
Museum of Art
-Contemporary paintings and sculpture
-17th and 18th c. European art with medieval and ancient
-Renaissance works
-19th c. American art
-Early 20th c. American and European art
-19th c. French art
-Themed gallery talks with handson artmaking activities
ex. 19th c. art
University Museum
of Contemporary
Art (Fine Arts
Center at UMass)
-Asian Arts and culture program
-International performing arts series for dance, orchestra, chamber music,
Broadway
-Student artwork, contemporary artwork
-Emphasis on works on paper 1960
-Artist talks
-Musical, dance performances
UMass Craft Center
-Crafts supply store and instructional crafts programs
-Leather
-Sewing
-Beading
-Silk screening
-Silver
-Photo
-Stained glass
-Paper-Marbling
-Book making
Central and Western Massachusetts
Museum Name
Address
About the Museum
Programs and Events for Youth
Massachusetts
Museum of
Contemporary Art
(MassMoca)
1040 Mass
MoCA Way
North Adams,
MA 01247
-Largest center for contemporary arts in the United States
-Various dance, theater, musical
performances
-Film/video screenings
The Michele &
Donald D’Amour
Museum of Fine Arts
21 Edwards
Street
Springfield, MA
01103
-Home to the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden
-American art from John Singleton Copley's Portrait of
Nymphas Marston to contemporary glass sculpture by Dale
Chihuly.
-European art collection from Renaissance and subsequent
centuries with fine paintings from Italy and France
-Dutch and Flemish collection
-Impressionism Gallery, including Monet, Degas, Pissarro and
Gauguin.
-Field trips with historical
workshop components
Norman Rockwell
Museum
9 Route 183
Stockbridge, MA
01262
-World’s largest collection of original Norman Rockwell art,
including paintings from The Saturday Evening Post and
the Four Freedoms, and the best in the field of American
illustration
-Various workshops
ex.
Moments in History
History/Social Studies
Discover America through the
eyes of Norman Rockwell.
During his long and prolific
career, Rockwell chronicled a
changing society and painted
images of historical issues, both
large and small.
Sterling and Francine
Clark Art Institute
225 South Street
Williamstown,
MA 01267
-European and American painting, sculpture, works on paper,
and decorative art from the Renaissance to the early 20th c.
-Strengths lie in 19th c. European and American painting,
especially the French Impressionists
-Tours
-Geocaching sites on campus
Williams College
Museum of
Art
15 Lawrence
Hall Drive
Williamstown,
MA 01267
-Emphasize modern and contemporary art, American art, and
the art of world cultures
-Various workshops
ex.
African Americans and the
American Scene
Learn about the new wave of
Depression-era African
American artists and consider
how art of the period depicts
African Americans and the
American scene.
Worcester Art
Museum
55 Salisbury
Street
Worcester, MA
01609
- European and North American painting, prints, photographs
and drawings; Asian art, Greek and Roman sculpture and
mosaics and Contemporary art.
-Studio workshops in clay,
paint, collage, printmaking or
other media.
-Workshops in Greek Vases,
Egyptian Cartouches, Mosaics,
Japanese Scrolls, Portraiture,
Landscape Painting, Structures
in Art, or Scale and Ratio
Drawing
Boston Area
Museum Name
Address
About the Museum
Programs and Events for Youth
Addison Gallery of
American Art
Phillips Academy
180 Main Street
Andover, MA 01810
-American Art collection from 18th c. to present
-Museum Learning Center
(MLC) is a multi-purpose space
designed to foster myriad ways
of learning
-provides access to paintings,
sculpture, photographs,
drawings, prints, and decorative
arts and supports teaching and
learning through visual
education.
Davis Museum and
Cultural Center
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA,
02481
-Paintings, sculptures, works on paper, photographs,
and decorative objects, from antiquity to the
contemporary moment
-Tours
DeCordova Sculpture
Park/Museum
51 Sandy Pond Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
-Constantly changing landscape of large-scale, outdoor,
modern and contemporary sculpture and site-specific
installations
-Tours
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA
02138
-American Art from colonial period to mid 20th c.
-Western drawings from 14th c to present, 17th c.
French, 19th c. British drawings
-Modern and contemporary art from 1900-present
-Photographs from modern to contemporary
-Prints from 15th c. to present from Europe, Americas,
-Tours:
1. Introduction to the Harvard
Art Museums
2. Introduction to Asian Art
3. Art, Storytelling, and
Asia, Africa.
Literature
4. The Artist's Role in Society
Institute of
Contemporary Art,
Boston
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210
-National and international contemporary artwork in a
range of styles and medias
-Teen Nights: artist talks,
workshops, and other fun
activities designed to expose
teens to contemporary art.
-New Media Programs:
Workshops in video, web
design, digital photography,
animation, pod-casting and
more are offered through the
year for all levels of experience.
Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum
280 The Fenway
Boston MA, 02115
-Paintings, sculpture, furniture, textiles, drawings,
silver, ceramics, illuminated manuscripts, rare books,
photographs and letters—from ancient Rome, Medieval
Europe, Renaissance Italy, Asia, the Islamic world and
19th-century France and America.
-Built to evoke a 15th-century Venetian palace
-Themed tour visits
ex.
Exploring the Italian
Renaissance (grades 6-12)
Discuss masterpieces by Italian
artists and learn about the
artistic revolution of the
Renaissance in Italy.
Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston
465 Huntington
Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
-National and international collections of contemporary
art, ancient art, photography, jewelry, musical
instruments, prints and drawings, textile and fashion
arts
-Studio Art Classes:
Workshops ranging from
painting, sculpting, and making
jewelry to creating your own
comic book
Peabody Essex
Museum
The Rose Art
Museum
East India Square
161 Essex Street
Salem, MA 01970
Brandeis College
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02453
-African Art
-American Art
-Architecture
-Asian Art (including Chinese, Japanese, Korean)
-Maritime Art and History
-Native American Art
-Oceanic Art
-Photography
-Drop-in art activities
-Various art workshops
-Large collection of American art of the 1960s and
1970s, including works by Willem de Kooning, Jasper
Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Morris Louis, James
Rosenquist and Andy Warhol
-Works by Matthew Barney, Jackie Ferrara, Robert
Motherwell, Anri Sala, Dana Schutz, Richard Serra,
Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith and Christian Xatrec.
-Tours
Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire
Museum Name
Address
About the Museum
Programs and Events for Youth
The Aldrich
Contemporary Art
Museum
258 Main Street
Ridgefield, CT 06877
-Exhibitions of contemporary art by emerging and midcareer artists
-Free informal collaborative artmaking sessions 3rd Friday of
every month
-Portfolio talk and review days
every fall
Currier Museum of
Art
150 Ash Street
Manchester, NH
03104
-European and American paintings
-decorative arts, photographs and sculpture
-includes works by Picasso, Monet, O'Keeffe, Wyeth,
and LeWitt
-themed tours with thematic
activities for school groups
ex.
About Face: People and
Portraits (K-12th grades) – 1
hour
Thematic activity at the
museum: Students will capture
a mood in three-dimensional,
Picasso-inspired portrait.
Hill-Stead Museum
35 Mountain Road
Farmington, CT
06032
-French Impressionist paintings by Claude Monet,
Edgar Degas, and Édouard Manet, Mary Cassatt and
James McNeill Whistler
-250 prints and photographs, 290 ceramics, 400 pieces
of furniture, a 3,300-volume library and 16,000-plus
archival documents
-May Market: 50 exhibitors of
antiques and crafts for home
and garden
-Hay Day: outdoor event in
October to celebrate nature
(scarecrow making, nature
walks, tree cookie necklace
making)
-Wreath Ramble: wreathmaking event in November
Hood Museum of Art
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
-Committed to helping visitors develop the ability to
construct meaning from what they see through a
method called "Learning to Look."
-After school and weekend
workshops for young adults
ages 14-18 who are interested
in expanding the way they look
at and think about art, exploring
its relevance to their lives, and
using art as a catalyst for
discussions of contemporary
issues.
-Participants investigate and
discuss works in the museum
and then create their own art in
the studio.
Museum of Art –
Rhode Island School
of Design
224 Benefit Street
Providence, RI 02903
-Fine and decorative art from diverse cultures ranging
from ancient times to the present.
-Art Design Labs: 1 day
workshops for 10-14 year olds
on variety of artistic topics and
techniques
-Open Studio: drop-in artmaking for all ages, includes
mosaics, drawing, animations
Wadsworth Atheneum
600 Main Street
1111 Chapel Street
Hartford, CT 06103
-Contemporary American art
-Surrealist artists
-Works by Picasso
-Has theater
-Second Saturdays: 2nd
Saturday of each month has
free, family fun from 10 am – 1
pm. Create art, enjoy storytelling in the galleries, music
Yale University Art
Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT
06520
-African Art
-American Paintings and Sculpture from colonial
America to mid-20th c.
-Art of the Ancient Americans, including Mayans,
Aztecs, Incas
-Asian Art including paintings, calligraphy, prints,
ceramics
-European Art from Renaissance Tuscany to 19th c.
France
-Modern and Contemporary Art including Cezanne,
Picasso, Van Gogh, Duchamp, Mondrian
-European and American prints, drawings, and
photographs from 15th c. including Rembrandt,
Pollock, Degas
-Tours