Education Resources

The Maitland Art Center offers tours among other educational resource opportunities to the community. OCPS funds can cover grades 2-6 class tours by schools in Orange County through the auspices of United Arts of Central Florida. Other grade level tours are available, also. For more information, please call MAC Education Coordinator Ann Colvin @ 407.539.2181 or email.

EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIP
to the MAITLAND ART CENTER

PROGRAM PURPOSE

To provide an interesting and enjoyable program for students that is also educational and non-didactic. Program intentions include:

Encouraging creative thinking and decision-making referencing aesthetic disciplines including architecture, visual arts, and cultural history

Enabling better understanding of the creative process through hands-on experiences

Encouraging greater awareness and appreciation of the visual arts and the creative process in today’s students – the patrons of tomorrow

Pictured at right: MAC founder Jules André Smith (1880-1959)

MUSEUM VISIT

Prior to the visit, informational packets will be sent to each school participating in the program, containing background and historical information on the Center. Post-visit surveys for the instructors will be provided to fill out and handed in immediately after the tour.

When the students arrive at MAC, they will be divided into three groups of approximately 20 students (based on a busload of 60). A trained docent will lead each group.

Group 1: Gallery Tour, including a brief history of the Maitland Art Center and a tour of the current exhibition. Student dialogue is encouraged.

Group 2: Chapel Courtyard Hands-on Activity, where the unique architecture of the Art Center will be discussed. Students will produce a rubbing of the sculptural cement reliefs in the Mayan Room area.

Group 3: Artist Studio Tour, where students will meet a professional artist and tour their studio space at the Art Center. Artists include potters, painters, sculptors, or other type.

The groups rotate until all have experienced each segment. Total tour time is approximately one hour. Lunch may be scheduled for the garden area, or down by Lake Sybelia.

To schedule YOUR tour to the MAC, please print out the following form and mail (or e-mail) to: Ann Colvin, Education Coordinator, Maitland Art Center, 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland FL 32751-5596.

EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIP to the MAITLAND ART CENTER

Preferred date of visit Alternate date ____________________________________________________

School or Organization _______________________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________________________________

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Phone Email ________________________________________________________________________

Contact person ______________________________________________________________________

Group leader group size _______________________________________________________________

Grade ______________________________________________________________________________

Arrival time _______________________ Departure time_____________________________________

Lunch plans _________________________________________________________________________

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This program is designed for many grade levels. To schedule a tour, please call Ann Colvin at the Art Center or email acolvin@itsmymaitland.com, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tours are limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.

MAITLAND ART CENTER
231 West Packwood Avenue
Maitland FL 32751-5596
407.539.2181 fax 407.539.1198
www.maitlandartcenter.org

The activities of the Maitland Art Association are sponsored, in part, by United Arts of Central Florida, Inc., the Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Art Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.