Created and overseen by the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia), Art Adventure is an art appreciation program funded by the OLE PTA.Created and overseen by the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia), Art Adventure is an art appreciation program funded by the OLE PTA.
Parent volunteers — known as a ‘Picture Person” — trained by Mia visit each classroom three times with artwork reproductions from Mia’s collection. Each Picture Person uses open-ended questions and group discussion to help students describe what they see, to notice details, to understand how the parts form a whole idea, and to support their opinions or preferences with sound reasons.
This year’s Art Adventure theme, Cultural Reflections in Art, introduces our students to six very different works of art ranging from a 1st-2nd Century Chinese sculpture to a 1950’s U.S. folk-style oil painting.