Educator Resources

Profundiza en Birthday Party (Fiesta de cumpleaños) de la artista de Chicago Margaret Burroughs. Observa detalladamente, aprende sobre Burroughs y su obra, y saca nuevas ideas para tu propia creación artística.

Take a deep dive into Birthday Party by Chicago artist Margaret Burroughs. Engage in slow looking, learn about Burroughs and her work, and get new ideas for your own art making.

Profundiza en Twilight (Crepúsculo) del artista Hale Woodruff. Observa detalladamente, aprende sobre Woodruff y su obra, y saca nuevas ideas para tu propia creación artística.

Engage with the questions for looking, ideas for making, and contextual information provided to take a deep dive into Twilight, by artist Hale Woodruff.

Take a deep dive into artworks, classroom activities, and more.

Featuring six artworks from the Art Institute’s collection, each video from SmartHistory can be used as a resource in your teaching or shown in your classroom.

Take a short journey into the museum’s beloved Thorne Miniature Rooms.

Using three artworks from the Art Institute’s collection, these videos unpack a central theme and use innovative visual storytelling to highlight the choices artists made to shape form and meaning in their works.

This step-by-step guide offers you practical tips for designing a tour experience in the museum that is meaningful, engaging, and fun—and that is tailored to the specific learning needs of your students.

Discussions about works of art can take many forms. Keeping the following suggestions in mind will ensure that the discussion is meaningful and inclusive. 

These packet summarizes a teacher workshop that introduced methods for approaching nudity in art in museum and classroom settings.