Vincent van Gogh, Three Pairs of Shoes, 1886-1887, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Bequest from the Collection of Maurice Wertheim

Exhibitions

Step Into Art programs culminate in festive exhibitions, where students enjoy the pride of sharing their creative work with the community and gain confidence as public speakers. Our sixth-grade exhibition with Mother Caroline Academy takes place each winter in a beautiful gallery at Harvard University, helping nurture students’ aspirations for the future. Our third-grade exhibitions are held throughout the year at schools all over Boston. We also have a special third-grade exhibition at the Codman Square Branch of the Boston Public Library, showcasing the creative work of children from Lee Academy Pilot School, the newest Step Into Art partner. The students’ self-portraits and poetry light up the library’s Children’s Room.

We look forward to sharing future in-person exhibition events once schools, galleries, and libraries re-open, and we can all safely gather together again.  In the meantime, we hope you will enjoy the glimpses of student learning and creativity provided in the exhibition materials below.  Now, as always, please Step Into Art with us!

STEP INTO ART: MOTHER CAROLINE STUDENTS RESPOND TO PAINTINGS FROM THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS

An Exhibition of Student Artwork and Writing
January 26 – February 25, 2020 / Fisher Family Commons Gallery
Center for Government and International Studies
Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA

Exhibition Materials                                                            Gallery Handout 1: Step Into Art at the Harvard Art Museums

Gallery Handout 2: Artwork Inspired by Picasso’s Mother and Child

 

STEP INTO ART WITH LEE ACADEMY:
SELF-PORTRAITS & POETRY
INSPIRED BY ART FROM THE GARDNER MUSEUM

An Ongoing Exhibition in the Children’s Room
Codman Square Branch, Boston Public Library
690 Washington Street, Dorchester MA

Exhibition Materials                                                                    The Rembrandt-inspired self-portraits by this year’s Lee Academy 3rd graders will join our exhibition once the library re-opens. 

Artwork Mosaic, Room 202, Winter 2020

Artwork Mosaic, Room 203, Winter 2020

                                              

“This program is terrific – I chaperoned the trip to the MFA. The way that Abby had the students engage with the specific pieces of art – feeling the textures of the materials, hearing the stories, enacting the poses, drafting and sketching their own vases and fans – really allowed all of the students to connect with art. The self-portraits and poems using similes, quite advanced for 3rd-graders, were such a great experience. I would recommend this program to every school in Boston.”

MICHELLE CANNON
PARENT OF 3RD GRADE STUDENT
MURPHY K-8 SCHOOL, DORCHESTER