Kids of all ages in Artquest Gallery.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Thanks to a $761,000 National Leadership Grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, in partnership with the High Museum ofArt (Atlanta, Ga.) and the Speed Art Museum (Louisville, Ky.), will conduct a three-year study on how the museums' interactive family galleries facilitate learning for visitors of all ages.
The museums will work in collaboration with two research organizations:Audience Focus (Annapolis, Md.) and the Institute for Learning Innovation(Annapolis, Md.). The research will continue until September 2010.
Interactive family galleries in art museums are heralded for the richopportunities they offer multiple generations to explore art together.
At the Frist Center, as soon as visitors approach the Upper Level, they canhear the lively sounds of visitors having fun in the award-winning MartinArtQuest Gallery, a colorful, interactive space. Often called the heart andsoul of the Frist Center, ArtQuest's 30 hands-on stations invite visitorsto become artists as they learn. Visitors of all ages are invited andencouraged to create prints and collages, paint and sketch, or learn aboutphotography, architecture, and the essentials of art, including depth,color, light, and perspective. The activities at the stations change as theFrist Center's exhibitions change, so there's always something new to try.
ArtQuest is not just for kids. Everyone is welcome to come in and learnabout and make art. It's not at all unusual to see a grandparent, parentand child all participating in the same activity.
ArtQuest is staffed by trained art educators and knowledgeable volunteersto help everyone create and learn about art.
