The Museum's Educational Department studies, organizes and presents:
 
Educational Programmes addressed to Pre-School
and Primary School pupils.
Programmes for children with special needs.
Children's Activity Workshops on a 3 or 8 month basis.
Seminars - Workshops for teachers.
Museum-Kits with material which helps teachers present art subjects
in class.
Publications with artwork from the Museum's collection as a most useful material in developing children's aesthetic and children's creativity.

The M.G.C.A. educational programmes aim to turn children's visits to the museum into a pleasant and creative experience. With the help of audiovisual material and educational leaflets, various game-like activities children are led:
to explore the Museum and its exhibits
to acquire new experiences and motivations
to develop their creative and artistic abilities.
 
2005-2006 SCHOOL YEAR

As a new approach, the Museum organizes this year 6 different educational programmes for school children – 3 for each of the two exhibitions presented in its premises – in accordance with the level of the pupils offering two different programmes for each class.

In this way, children will no longer have to wait outside the Museum's walls in order to participate in a programme.
 

Educational Programmes for pre-school children, 1 st and 2 nd grade pupils

       1. Images of myself - ground floor
        2. Images of the environment - upper floor

Through the Museum's exhibits children are led to witness a story. In imaginary time and space with the help of the animator children decide on the follow up of the story using drama elements. The programme is meant to offer the opportunity to develop feelings, thoughts and experiences so as to elaborate further on the two themes of the exhibitions and to discover the artistic elements of the artworks on display. Finally, on a specially designed educational leaflet, using pastel colours, children create their own image.
 

Educational Programmes for 3 rd and 4 th grade pupils

1.Images of myself – ground floor
2.Images of the environment - upper floor

With the help of a specially designed educational leaflet children are led

  • to observe, describe and analyze the artwork of the relative exhibitions
  • to work on feelings, thoughts and experiences so as to elaborate further on the relative theme
  • to learn about the use of colours, about shapes, materials and techniques
  • to discover ‘Self portraits' and ‘ Images of the environment created by well known artists
  • to experiment with the possibilities and restrictions when using pastel colours
  • to express themselves by creating their own work of art.

Educational Programmes for 5 th and 6 th grade pupils

     1.  Images of myself
     2. Images of the environment

The aim of the programme is to initiate children in ways of communicating with works of art – starting with artwork created by children and following that of renown artists – inducing them to look out for and discover the process of artistic elements that will help them in creating their personal artwork.

The programme includes:

  • interacting with a specially designed educational leaflet in order to elaborate on the theme and message of the artworks, on colours, materials and techniques
  • slide projection and relevant discussion on the conception and rendering of ‘Portraits' and ‘Images of the environment' by Greek and foreign artists
  • the possibility for every child to create an image of its own

Programmes are held: Tuesday to Friday
Pre-school programmes last: 1h. and 15m.
Primary school programmes last: 1h. and 30m.
Number of children admitted:
Pre-school: up to 20 children
Primary school: up to 25 children
Registration starts in September
 
Programmes for people with special needs


Emmanouilidou Stella
The Museum carries out programmes for school groups of people with special needs. Such programmes are carried out with the collaboration of the Institution in charge of the group under the supervision of the Museum's psychologist.

Duration of programme: 1h.
Number of participants: 15

The Museum collaborates with relevant Institutions organizing in its premises weekly programmes.

Programmes are held from October to May
on a weekly basis.
Number of participants: 10.

Karasmailis Vasilis
 
Art Activity Workshops for children
Children that take part in the Museum's activity workshops have the opportunity:
to work with various materials
to experiment with a variety of techniques
to use their creative imagination working on a variety of subjects


Programmes include slide projections with artwork from the

Lamaris Christos, age 7,5
Museum's collections and works of art by well known artists.
Art workshops are held on week-ends on a three or eight month basis.

The Museum also organizes holiday programmes.

The Museum reserves the right to use artwork created during its activity workshops in exhibitions, for editions and publications, for studies and research work.
 
Drama in Education Workshops for children

The aim of this workshop is to use artwork from the Museum's collection's in order to help children discover and create stories, characters, thoughts and relationships hidden within the paintings.

In imaginary time and space, children and teacher in role will try different kinds of relationships, will face dilemmas and will take the responsibility of their own decisions for the development of the plot using dramatic conventions. Through this unique experience, the target is to make children learn more about themselves and the world around them.
 

Seminars - Workshops for teachers

 The Museum organizes two different seminars addressed mainly to teachers of Pre-school and Primary school and art teachers:
Learning the use of materials and techniques
Drama in education

Seminars are held on a two hour weekly basis from October to May. As part of their training participants have to assist in a number of educational programmes and art workshops organized by the Museum.

Museum kits on loan
The Museum's Educational Department has studied and created the following Museum kits: 
"Painting the sea" 
"Painting a tree"
"Painting an animal" (available Oct 2005)
                              
Museum kits are addressed to pupils of Primary school from the 3rd to the 6th grade. Duly adapted they can also be presented to younger children.

(Detail of artwork)
Group artwork
 
Museum kits include
Information for teachers.
Suggestions on how to use and present the kit's material.
Photographs and slides of the natural environment, of artwork by well known artists, of children's artwork from the Museum's collections.
Activity leaflet for children to fill out.
List of drawing materials to use.
Children's comments on each subject.
Music on tape.


Giannakopoulou Ino, age 11

Museum kits are not available out of Greece.