Art is commonly known as the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture. Art changes over time as modern works break with traditional art and the relational properties of artworks depend on relations to art history and genres as well as pan-cultural and trans-historical characteristics.
The Boca Raton Museum of Art in Mizner Park features an assortment of traveling exhibitions and permanent collections from established and rising artists, and includes 19th and 20th century European and American painting, drawings and sculpture with works by a number of the great masters including Degas, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso, Seurat, Pre-Columbian art and others, plus West African art and artifacts, photography, and more. The museum also offers educational and outreach programs, artist lectures, films, art school classes for adults and children, guest lectures, an art festival, juried competitions, and cultural events.
In Japan, the changes which society underwent in the second half of the 19th century opened up new possibilities for Japanese garden design. With the opening of the country to trade with other nations, elements borrowed from the West, including lawns, formal arrangements of plantings, paved walkways and fountains, made their way into Japanese gardens of the period. More importantly, Japanese garden designers were discovering forms and materials in their own culture from which they had never before drawn to add new and interesting textures and experiences to their designs. The new trends were part of a renaissance that cut across many areas of artistic expression to re-define what it meant to be Japanese in a modern world. Innovations based on native forms might include masses of flowers such as irises or camellias, which resonated with the aesthetic sensibility of the Heian nobility by way of the 17th and 18th century paintings of the Rimpa school. Materials appearing in gardens for the first time had been around for centuries, like roofing tiles used to pave pathways or to provide other decorative accents.
Professional Development For Educators, approved and certified by the School District of Palm Beach County, provides professional staff development, focusing on how to use the vast collection as a resource for integrating the visual arts into the curriculum. The strategies and lesson plans given make educators comfortable with presenting the visual arts to their students. Docents in the Museum facilitate the visitor's understanding and enjoyment of the Museum's collections and special exhibitions by using the Socratic method, which is a technique of inquiry and dialogue during thematically based tours to help enable visitors to understand what they are seeing by learning to "read" a work of art. Docent Candidate programs become available every two years, allowing applicants who are permanent, year-round South Florida residents to apply for these prestigious positions. It is advantageous for applicants to have attended Art History/Art Appreciation courses, but it is not required. However, candidates must be able to: participate in a six-month course of study and, after graduation, commit to one-half day a week service and attend all Docent training sessions.
Programs for Adults include curatorial highlight tours on select Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, which are Free for Members or with paid Museum admission. These informative gallery tours focus on the current exhibitions. Adult Programs feature informative curatorial highlight gallery tours focusing on the current exhibitions as well as art films, and daily public highlight docent tours. Visitors can use their cell phones to take an audio tour of many of the exhibitions at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. So be sure to bring your cell phone when you visit! Children and Family Programs feature Art-E-Ology, a once a month program for children, where they can learn about a master artist on exhibit at the Museum and have the opportunity to create a masterpiece in the style of the selected artist. Artful Adventure Sunday celebrates the visual arts with this fun-filled family program, led by seasoned art educators, featuring art workshops that draw inspiration from the Museum's permanent collection into a studio class designed for everyone. Creation Station is a gallery program designed for families to learn more about the visual arts in a relaxed and fun manner, with a volunteer on hand to assist the families. Activities may include crafting a sculpture out of recycled objects, creating a collage, or solving a jigsaw puzzle, with different activities every month. Stroller Tours are free with Museum Admission on the fourth Tuesday of the month. These lively gallery tours of the Museum's collections and exhibitions are offered to new parents, grandparents, and caregivers with their young ones, 18 months old and younger. Crying and whining is permitted - by children, not parents. Art Tales encourages tots and caregivers to come and enjoy story time at the Museum.
Youth Summer Camp offers students a way to explore the world through art. A low student-teacher ratio, and four age-appropriate levels of learning bring children together in an environment that explores their artistic skills and deepens their connection to the natural world. The goal is to inspire students to create original works of art in a wide variety of studio programs and focus on lessons in developing fine art. Classes are geared toward each student's individual level of achievement. Instructors are highly professional art educators who seek a balance between preserving the child's natural creativity and providing the skills and discipline necessary for deeper expression to unfold. Activities include a strong emphasis on art history with hands-on learning about two famous artists; Multicultural art curriculum with visits from special guest artists; Social interactions through presentations and class exhibitions; and demonstrations how physical motion and rhythm relate to art. There will be opportunities for students to exhibit their artwork at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. Art Adventure at The Art School offers birthday parties as a fun and memorable way for you, your child and all your friends to create a masterpiece to commemorate a birthday. Everyone receives a goody bag that includes a $10 coupon off Art School Classes & a Family Guest Pass to the Museum. There are many cultural attractions in Boca Raton as well as educational and business opportunities, fine dining and shopping, and a wonderful lifestyle all year long. If you appreciate the finer things in life, you should consider making Boca Raton your home, too.
The Boca Raton Museum of Art in Mizner Park features an assortment of traveling exhibitions and permanent collections from established and rising artists, and includes 19th and 20th century European and American painting, drawings and sculpture with works by a number of the great masters including Degas, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso, Seurat, Pre-Columbian art and others, plus West African art and artifacts, photography, and more. The museum also offers educational and outreach programs, artist lectures, films, art school classes for adults and children, guest lectures, an art festival, juried competitions, and cultural events.
In Japan, the changes which society underwent in the second half of the 19th century opened up new possibilities for Japanese garden design. With the opening of the country to trade with other nations, elements borrowed from the West, including lawns, formal arrangements of plantings, paved walkways and fountains, made their way into Japanese gardens of the period. More importantly, Japanese garden designers were discovering forms and materials in their own culture from which they had never before drawn to add new and interesting textures and experiences to their designs. The new trends were part of a renaissance that cut across many areas of artistic expression to re-define what it meant to be Japanese in a modern world. Innovations based on native forms might include masses of flowers such as irises or camellias, which resonated with the aesthetic sensibility of the Heian nobility by way of the 17th and 18th century paintings of the Rimpa school. Materials appearing in gardens for the first time had been around for centuries, like roofing tiles used to pave pathways or to provide other decorative accents.
Professional Development For Educators, approved and certified by the School District of Palm Beach County, provides professional staff development, focusing on how to use the vast collection as a resource for integrating the visual arts into the curriculum. The strategies and lesson plans given make educators comfortable with presenting the visual arts to their students. Docents in the Museum facilitate the visitor's understanding and enjoyment of the Museum's collections and special exhibitions by using the Socratic method, which is a technique of inquiry and dialogue during thematically based tours to help enable visitors to understand what they are seeing by learning to "read" a work of art. Docent Candidate programs become available every two years, allowing applicants who are permanent, year-round South Florida residents to apply for these prestigious positions. It is advantageous for applicants to have attended Art History/Art Appreciation courses, but it is not required. However, candidates must be able to: participate in a six-month course of study and, after graduation, commit to one-half day a week service and attend all Docent training sessions.
Programs for Adults include curatorial highlight tours on select Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, which are Free for Members or with paid Museum admission. These informative gallery tours focus on the current exhibitions. Adult Programs feature informative curatorial highlight gallery tours focusing on the current exhibitions as well as art films, and daily public highlight docent tours. Visitors can use their cell phones to take an audio tour of many of the exhibitions at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. So be sure to bring your cell phone when you visit! Children and Family Programs feature Art-E-Ology, a once a month program for children, where they can learn about a master artist on exhibit at the Museum and have the opportunity to create a masterpiece in the style of the selected artist. Artful Adventure Sunday celebrates the visual arts with this fun-filled family program, led by seasoned art educators, featuring art workshops that draw inspiration from the Museum's permanent collection into a studio class designed for everyone. Creation Station is a gallery program designed for families to learn more about the visual arts in a relaxed and fun manner, with a volunteer on hand to assist the families. Activities may include crafting a sculpture out of recycled objects, creating a collage, or solving a jigsaw puzzle, with different activities every month. Stroller Tours are free with Museum Admission on the fourth Tuesday of the month. These lively gallery tours of the Museum's collections and exhibitions are offered to new parents, grandparents, and caregivers with their young ones, 18 months old and younger. Crying and whining is permitted - by children, not parents. Art Tales encourages tots and caregivers to come and enjoy story time at the Museum.
Youth Summer Camp offers students a way to explore the world through art. A low student-teacher ratio, and four age-appropriate levels of learning bring children together in an environment that explores their artistic skills and deepens their connection to the natural world. The goal is to inspire students to create original works of art in a wide variety of studio programs and focus on lessons in developing fine art. Classes are geared toward each student's individual level of achievement. Instructors are highly professional art educators who seek a balance between preserving the child's natural creativity and providing the skills and discipline necessary for deeper expression to unfold. Activities include a strong emphasis on art history with hands-on learning about two famous artists; Multicultural art curriculum with visits from special guest artists; Social interactions through presentations and class exhibitions; and demonstrations how physical motion and rhythm relate to art. There will be opportunities for students to exhibit their artwork at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. Art Adventure at The Art School offers birthday parties as a fun and memorable way for you, your child and all your friends to create a masterpiece to commemorate a birthday. Everyone receives a goody bag that includes a $10 coupon off Art School Classes & a Family Guest Pass to the Museum. There are many cultural attractions in Boca Raton as well as educational and business opportunities, fine dining and shopping, and a wonderful lifestyle all year long. If you appreciate the finer things in life, you should consider making Boca Raton your home, too.
