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Williams College Museum of Art to host
Teachers’ Tea Open House
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Area teachers, school administrators, and home-schooling parents are invited to a Teachers’ Tea open house on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. The annual open house is a unique opportunity to learn more about WCMA’s award-winning programs for school children, after-school events, and workshops for teachers, as well as a chance to reconnect with friends and colleagues.

WCMA’s Education Department will present this fall’s array of programs for teachers, and students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Beginning in October, WCMA will offer two guided programs for school groups: “Building Dimensions: The Architect’s Art,” designed for kindergarten through sixth grade, and “Who Says So?,” designed for grades six through twelve. In addition, two popular self-guided tours, “WCMA in 3-Dimensions” and “Something About Space,” will be offered again this year.

The Teachers’ Tea will also preview spring semester guided programs for school children. These programs begin in March 2005; The exhibition The Book of Kings inspires “Views from the Throne,” a tour for students in kindergarten through grade six, and “Kings’ Tales and Artists’ Visions,” for grades six through twelve. Teachers can also hear from Williams College student Museum Associates and explore offerings ranging from sample classroom materials and gallery activities, to curriculum packets.

Tea and scones will be served.

Looking forward to Friday, October 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., WCMA will host “More Than Meets the Eye,” a special interactive workshop for educators, focusing on a Look, Study, and Imagine method designed to sustain student interest in works of art. A highlight of the workshop will be a discussion and hands-on activity with Erica Stoller, daughter of architectural photographer Ezra Stoller, and director of Esto Photographics Inc., the architectural photography agency and image library in New York.

All WCMA educational tours are free, as is the Teachers’ Tea. The museum can defray the cost of school busing expenses for most museum visits. For information about the Teachers’ Tea or other programs offered by the Education Department, call 413.597.2038.

The Williams College Museum of Art is open Tuesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free and the museum is wheelchair accessible.

Contact: Suzanne Augugliaro, Public Relations Coordinator
413.597.3178; www.wcma.org