The Studio Museum in Harlem

Education + Public Programs

The Museum’s Education and Public Programs support the Museum’s mission to exist as a site for the dynamic exchange of ideas about art and society. They are a vital link between the collections and exhibitions and offer a unique blend of perspectives, designed to foster inquiry and dialogue. Programs – for students to scholars – use active learning, intended to inspire people of all abilities and backgrounds.

School Programs

School Programs reflect the Museum’s commitment to enhancing school curricula and encouraging innovative teaching practices as well as contributing to the expansion of the walls of the classroom. School Programs and resources include Education Tuesday!; Pre-visit and Post-visit Materials for Schools; Multi-session Collaborations with Schools; Interactive Tours and Hands-on Art-making Workshops for Classes; In-classroom Visits; and Museum Passes(for students and educators).

Youth Programs

Youth Programs provide free activities for young people outside the school environment. The programs offer students opportunities to meet and converse with prominent visual artists, express their ideas in discussions, participate in tours and hands-on workshops, and gain important communication and critical thinking skills.

Family Programs

The Studio Museum acknowledges the need for families to spend time together. Nurturing bonds between parents and their children through art, the Museum offers programs and activities that allow families to share in the creative process. The Museum offers free admission on the first Saturday of each month through it’s Free 1st Saturdays! Program. Family Fun is a special program offered on select Saturdays to children and their parents or guardians to experience the fun of exploring art together. This monthly program features festive activities for children ages 4 to 10 and their families.

Adult Programs

The Studio Museum in Harlem has a long tradition of presenting programs that address prevalent issues in contemporary art by artists of African descent. Through the Department of Education and Public Programs, the Museum offers a range of programs that engage a diverse cross-section of artists of various disciplines, writers, scholars and critics who share diverse perspectives with our audiences. Programs offered include: The Artist’s Voice; The Fine Art of Collecting; Books & Authors and lectures and symposia. .

Programs & Resources for Educators

Programs & Resources for Educators, teachers throughout the New York City metropolitan area are provided with tools to relate the arts directly to their own lives and experiences as well as their students. The array of programs and resources developed for teachers by the Museum’s Education Department reflects the Museum’s dedication to reaching beyond the traditional class excursion to the museum, and responding to the increasing demand for quality arts education from an interdisciplinary perspective. In conjunction with every exhibition season the Museum offers a menu of programs for educators that includes Open Houses for Educators and Administrators, Teacher Workshops and Educator Passes.

Interpretive Materials and Programs

Interpretive Materials and Programs demonstrate the Museum’s dedication to engaging visitors with tools that help them understand the art on view. Various resources are made available, including free public tours, introductory text, wall text, object labels, written exhibition brochures, and introductory videotapes. Reading areas with relevant books, catalogues and other materials are incorporated into the design of selected exhibitions.

Education and Public Programs are funded in part by The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, George & Joyce Wein Foundation, Inc., New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, The Wachovia Foundation, Nimoy Foundation, Citigroup Foundation, Elaine Dannheisser Foundation, Time Warner Inc, MetLife Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Pierre & Maria-Gaetana Matisse Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation, Barker Welfare Foundation, Helena Rubinstein Foundation, Jerome Foundation, The Renate, Hans & Maria Hofmann Trust, R&B Feder Foundation for the Beaux-Arts, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Bank of America, Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Eathon Hall Memorial Fund, ARTS Intern, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, and public funds made available by the office of Assemblyman Keith L. Wright. Additional support is provided by endowments established by the Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Trust, Andrea Frank Foundation and by the Ron Carter Family in memory of Studio Museum in Harlem Trustee, Janet Carter.