Highlights from the Education Department at GMOA

A recent press release featured GMOA’s education department for hosting 210 educational programs that attracted 9,272 visitors in the fiscal year 2008-2009. The programs served state residents of all ages through Art Adventures, Family Days, the Big Read and Senior Outreach, among others. Cecelia Hinton, curator of education, and Carissa DiCindio, associate curator of education, planned and managed every aspect of the programming.

Here are a few of the highlights to give you an idea:

Just My Imagination is a year-round outreach program that offers art workshops for all ages. Artists Jackie Slayton Methe and Toni Carlucci taught the workshops at various state libraries and community centers, including the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Library, the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, the Stone Mountain Library and the Jefferson Public Library. Funded by the Turner Family Foundation, Just My Imagination offered 10 workshops, such as “Ink Painting and Printmaking” and “Furry, Fluffy Felt Fun,” and had 196 attendees.

The museum’s department of education also offered a three-part Senior Outreach Program, prepared by Diane Barret, to involve older adults at local community centers and assisted-living homes. During nine events with 196 in total attendance, the seniors participated in tours, hands-on activities and lectures relating to the paintings of Everett Gee Jackson, one of San Diego’s most important modernist artists.

The department’s film series, sponsored by the UGA Parents and Families Association, offered 13 films that attracted 622 viewers. Hundreds of university students frequented the Latin American, Classic and Summer Film Series and benefited from the introductions given by Janice Simon, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor in Art at the Lamar Dodd School of Art.