COLLECTION TOURS
These inquiry-based tours of works in the Figge’s collection examine a variety of artists, subjects, styles, and techniques. Recommended grade levels are listed for each tour, but all tours can be adapted to any grade level.
Available Tours:
Line, Shape, and Color
A Sense of Place: the Midwest
Clues to the Past
River Currents Program
LINE, SHAPE, AND COLOR
Recommended grade levels: K-3
Tour: $3 per student
Look & Do Tour: $5 per student
How do artists use line, shape, and color? We'll look at all kinds of pictures to learn the importance of these art elements.
Look & Do Art Activity: Colorful Shapes and Dynamic Lines
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A SENSE OF PLACE: THE MIDWEST
Recommended grade levels: 3-6
Tour: $3 per student
Look & Do Tour: $5 per student
What makes the Midwest geographical region unique? Explore Midwest subjects and themes as seen through the eyes of Grant Wood and other artists.
Look & Do Tour Activity: Oil Pastel Landscapes
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CLUES TO THE PAST
Recommended grade levels: 5-8
Tour: $3 per student
Look & Do Tour: $5 per student
What can we learn from a work of art or an historical object? Explore works of art as primary documents as you investigate how people lived in different time periods and in different countries. We’ll see how clothing, hairstyles, and customs have changed over time.
Look & Do Art Activity: Self Portrait
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RIVER CURRENTS PROGRAM
This collaborative program with the River Music Experience (RME) enables students to experience the visual arts and music. The River Currents Tour was designed for fifth grade students, but it can easily be adapted to any grade level.
At the Figge, students will become aware of the importance of art museums in preserving history and culture. Students will also experience the building’s architectural features, learn how exhibitions are installed and artwork is cared for, and explore exhibitions and the collection.
At the RME, students will learn how our cultural heritage was influenced by the blues and other forms of roots music as the music traveled up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to the Delta, through Memphis and
St. Louis , and on to the Quad Cities. Live music and a multi-media presentation will be used to help students understand and value music as they realize the importance of music as a reflection of our ever changing society.
Please contact both organizations to schedule your tour.
Figge: 563.326.7804 x 2045
RME: 563.326.1333
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