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Showcasing ancient artistry and modern masterpieces, local legends and global visionaries, the MFA's renowned collection of nearly 500,000 works tells the story of the human experience.
MFA Distance Learning brings the Museum into classrooms with live, interactive videoconference and webinar programs. Through discussion and activities with an MFA educator, students connect works of art to classroom curriculum on topics from the ancient world to colonial Boston. Programs are taught directly from the museum galleries, giving students the opportunity to see original works of art and also dig deeper with additional digital content.
Learn how 20th- and 21st-century African American artists traced their roots to Africa as a way to reclaim their ancestral legacies and elevate African arts, traditions, and histories.
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Explore artistic depictions of neighborhoods and see how artists from around the world find inspiration in the communities where they live and work.
Examine objects from a Middle Kingdom tomb to learn how beliefs about the afterlife are represented in painting, sculpture, and hieroglyphic writing.
Visit the MFA’s Gods and Goddesses gallery to see how ancient artworks convey the personalities and stories of celebrated mythical figures.
Visit the MFA’s Art of South and Southeast Asia galleries to explore Indian sculptures of Hindu gods and goddesses.
Learn how historic artworks can tell multiple stories about race, identity, and power during the time of the American Revolution.
Learn how ancient Maya artist-scribes used painted ceramics as a powerful form of art and communication that recorded both historical events and sacred beliefs.
Immerse your students in paintings by Claude Monet and learn to identify key elements of Impressionism.
How does art help us understand religious beliefs and practices? Join one or all of the webinars in this free series focused on art associated with five major belief systems.
Arts/Cultural/Museum
Lauren Yockel distancelearning@mfa.org Avenue of the Arts Boston Massachusetts 02115 617-369-3590 United States
https://www.mfa.org/programs/school-programs/distance-learning
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