Art, Art Gallery, Children, Studio and Galleries, Tours, Uncategorized, youth studio activity
Looking to Learn: Learning to Look
July 22, 2018
Sometimes just slowing down in our fast-paced world can make a considerable difference. Taking the time to sit down and focus on a single painting in a gallery full of art can help students make considered, thoughtful, and detailed observations. …
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3D Printing, Children, Historic Home, Historic House, Senses, Socratic Teaching Method, Tours
Please Touch! Historic House Tours
May 28, 2018
Keeping historic house tours engaging for visitors can be a challenge, especially children’s tours. The traditional “Listen, don’t touch” guided tour is simply not appealing to youth in today’s digital world. The authors of the ground-breaking manifes …
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Green is the Color of Spring
June 8, 2015
Me reading “Green,” by Laura Vaccaro Seeger in Gari Melchers’ Studio. Hello Belmont Blog readers! My name is Tramia Jackson and as the Education Assistant and newest staff member here at Gari Melcher’s Home and Studio at Belmont, my first task was to d …
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Children, Corinne Melchers, Gari and Corinne Melchers, Museum Shop, Restored Gardens, Spring, Volunteer
Springtime at Belmont
March 25, 2015
Springtime has always been a magical time at Belmont.
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