For Schools and Libraries

The Tang offers programs for schools, teachers, public libraries, and families.

What you can do

School visits to the Tang
Tang visits to schools
Summer Library Program
Family Saturdays

Resources

Teacher Training
Coloring Pages
Upcoming Family Events

Contact

Njeri Jennings, the Laurie M. Tisch Educator for K-12 and Community Programs

518-580-5538
njennings@skidmore.edu

Anchor name: How To Book Your Visit

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School Visits to the Tang

Njeri Jennings, the Laurie M. Tisch Educator for K-12 and Community Groups, welcomes educators’ calls and emails to tailor a meaningful learning experience to suit the needs of their students. Contact Njeri to begin the process, exploring intersections between your learning standards and lessons plans with Tang exhibitions and objects in the Tang collection. Our programs are designed to complement traditional school-based learning and to support the Common Core. Educators are welcome to schedule visits to the Tang outside of the museum’s public hours.

Contact Njeri at 518-580-5538 or email njennings@skidmore.edu

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Tang Visits to Schools

The Tang offers a program of traveling materials designed to enhance school curriculum by bringing multidisciplinary concepts from the Museum into the classroom. Hands-on projects provide opportunities for teaching, learning, and understanding issues raised by artworks and themes of Tang exhibitions and collections objects. Our interdisciplinary programs bridge the arts and your school curricula in accordance with the Common Core for K-12 students. Programs are free and all materials are provided.

Contact Njeri at 518-580-5538 or email njennings@skidmore.edu

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Tyson Reeder, Ghost River, 2003, mixed media on paper, 16 ¼ x 13 ¼ x 1 ½ in., Tang Teaching Museum collection, Gift of Ann and Mel Schaffer Family Collection, 2022.30.20

Summer Library Program

The Tang Museum offers free traveling programs to public libraries. Hands-on art projects provide opportunities for teaching, learning, and understanding issues raised by Tang exhibitions, while offering children the chance to express their creativity in fun and inspiring ways.

For summer 2025, the Tang presents Ghost Adventures, a project inspired by Tyson Reeder’s painting in the Tang collection called Ghost River. Tyson Reeder creates colorful and imaginative landscapes inspired by our daily experiences. For this program, participants will create their own ghostly scenes out of air-dry clay and card stock.

We provide all materials for library programs. Generally, our programs are designed for children 5 and up. We can work with between 20-30 children during each visit. Contact Njeri at 518-580-5538 or njennings@skidmore.edu.

Anchor name: Family Saturdays

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Family Saturdays

Family Saturdays foster multigenerational creative cooperation through looking at artwork, discussing it, and engaging in a hands-on art activity. All programs are free and open to the public, and suitable for children ages 5 and older, accompanied by their adult companions. Materials are provided.

See a list of upcoming Family Saturdays.

Resources

Anchor name: Teacher Training

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Teacher Training

Tang Educators offer a variety of Teacher training opportunities:

Teacher training in Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) and how to apply it to the Common Core and your curriculum. VTS is a learner-based method of talking about art, using open-ended questions to elicit student responses. It has been proven to enhance critical thinking skills. We are happy to customize the training to meet your needs.
In-museum presentations to teachers, including group tours and discussions about current and upcoming exhibitions and their relevance to classroom curricula.
Visits to faculty meetings to talk about what the Tang can bring to your teachers and students.
Workshops at Arts in Education Teacher Development Days in the Capital Region. Contact us to schedule a presentation at your school district’s in-service days.