Education

Senior Educator Adrienne L. Gayoso teaches a group at the 2019 ABC Teacher Institute

Tours, Talks, and More*

1,616 adult visitors attended 106 guided tours and self-guided visits.

1,734 children attended 74 guided school or youth tours and self-guided visits.

402 visitors attended 35 weekly Gallery Talks.

523 visitors attended 16 Fierce Women 2.0 tours.

137 participants attended 2 artist talks with Janaina Tschäpe and Delita Martin.

*Attendance is from July 2019 through March 13, 2020, when the museum temporarily closed due to COVID-19.

Art, Books, and Creativity (ABC) Initiative

In July 2019, NMWA educators welcomed teachers to the tenth annual ABC Teacher Institute and the fourth Advanced Teacher Institute:

37 participants hailed from public and private schools across the country—D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Minnesota, Nevada, South Carolina, and Texas.

In total, participants teach approximately 10,040 students per year.

“This has been the best museum training I have ever attended. You have created a superb program!”—ABC Institute participant

“Thank you so much. I look forward to the Friday art chats every single week. It is an encouraging light at the end of this pandemic tunnel. Art truly heals on countless levels.” —Art Chat @ Five participant

Artist Delita Martin discusses her large-scale works during an Artists in Conversation event in February 2020

Virtual Connection

Inspired by the museum’s popular Gallery Talks, educators launched Art Chat @ Five, weekly online chats about selected artworks in the museum’s collection. There were 140 attendees in 2020, each week filled to capacity.

Slow Art Day, the annual international event, went virtual. Educators hosted 15 participants from D.C., California, New York, Pennsylvania, and the U.K.

Sharing Knowledge

During the National Art Education Association’s tenth annual SummerVision program, educators introduced 30 teachers to the Fierce Women tour, #5WomenArtists challenge, and the museum’s resources and programs.

Nearly 8,101 packets of See for Yourself Cards were distributed prior to NMWA’s temporary closure. New online thematic card sets were curated exclusively for the NMWA @ Home initiative.

NMWA docent Erin Garland discusses Niki de Saint Phalle’s Pregnant Nana (1993) on a free Fierce Woman 2.0 tour in July 2019

Program Partners

NMWA educators worked closely with partner organizations on- and off-line, including Slow Art Day, DC Public Schools, the Phillips Collection, DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative, DCProject Zero, Georgetown University, the George Washington University, Girl Scouts—Nation’s Capital, and more.