Teacher Workshops
Professional development opportunities for teachers include evening and weekend workshops. Interactive gallery discussions, hands-on activities, and immersive studio sessions focus on interdisciplinary connections and are designed to help teachers integrate the visual arts across the curriculum. Workshops highlight areas of the Museum’s encyclopedic collection as well as exhibitions. Teachers of all grade levels and subject areas, as well as school administrators, are invited to participate.
The Work of Art: Delivered
The Work of Art: Delivered Art Resource and Engagement Kit is designed to help foster classroom engagement with artworks created by artists who participated in the Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1943.
Art Along the Rivers
The Educator Resource for Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration is designed primarily for Missouri third grade, Illinois fourth grade, and middle school and high school social studies and visual arts students, but the content and activities in this resource may be adapted for a variety of grade levels and subject areas.
Teacher Advisory Group
The Saint Louis Art Museum Teacher Advisory Group is designed to foster collaboration, learning, and dialogue between teachers and Museum educators.
The Teacher Advisory Group (TAG) brings together pre-K–12 teachers from St. Louis City and County who represent varied grade levels, subject areas, school types, and perspectives, and who believe in the value of engagement with visual arts for learning and development. The Teacher Advisory Group provides insights, ideas, and feedback to help shape inspiring, innovative, and meaningful Museum programs and resources for students and teachers. TAG members also act as liaisons between the Museum and area schools, sharing current trends and critical concerns in pre-k–12 education with Museum educators, and connecting school colleagues with Museum programs and resources.
Members meet four times in person at the Saint Louis Art Museum over the course of one year to provide feedback on Museum programs, resources, and initiatives. Participants receive an honorarium of $200 per meeting and are expected to attend all meetings for the year.
The Teacher Advisory Group is supported by a grant from the Trio Foundation of Saint Louis
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2023 Teacher Advisory Group Members
Maye Bryant, STEAM and Gifted and Talented, Stix and Wilkinson Elementary Schools, St. Louis Public School District
Thomas Buffington, Lower School Librarian, Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School, St. Louis, MO
Dyshunda Curtis, Social Studies, Mason Clark Middle School, East St. Louis School District 189
Spenser Gaines, Visual Art, Ferguson Middle School, Ferguson-Florissant School District
Molly Handrahan, Grade 3, St. Michael’s School of Clayton
Nellie Leichliter, Visual, Art, McNair Elementary School, Hazelwood School District
Cindy Kalachek, KoREH (Religious School) Director, Kol Rinah Religious Education Hub, St. Louis, MO
Mary McKelvey, Visual Art, Valley Park Elementary, Valley Park School District
Colette Morton, English Language Arts, Gateway STEM High School, St. Louis Public School District
Kevin Slivka, PhD, Visual Arts, Hawthorne Leadership School for Girls, St. Louis Public Charter Schools
Simiya Sudduth, Visual Art, New City School, St. Louis, MO
Emma Tesson, Visual Art, Mehlville High School, Mehlville School District -
2024 Teacher Advisory Group Members
Britt Tate Beaugard, PhD., Art/STEAM Teacher/Sustainability Educator, Columbia Elementary/Bryan Hill Elementary/Carver Elementary, St. Louis Public School District
Maye Bryant, STEAM and Gifted and Talented, Stix and Wilkinson Elementary Schools, St. Louis Public School District
Thomas Buffington, Lower School Librarian, Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School, St. Louis, MO
Dyshunda Curtis, Social Studies, Mason Clark Middle School, East St. Louis School District 189
Spenser Gaines, Visual Art, Ferguson Middle School, Ferguson-Florissant School District
Yolanda Hood, ED.S., English Language Arts, Jennings Senior High School, Jennings School District
Nellie Leichliter, Visual, Art, McNair Elementary School, Hazelwood School District
Cindy Kalachek, KoREH (Religious School) Director, Kol Rinah Religious Education Hub, St. Louis, MO
Colette Morton, English Language Arts, Gateway STEM High School, St. Louis Public School District
Mary McKelvey, Visual Art, Valley Park Elementary, Valley Park School District
Kevin Slivka, PhD, Upper School Visual Arts, Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School, St. Louis, MO
Simiya Sudduth, Visual Art, New City School, St. Louis, MO
Additional Learning Opportunities
In addition to programs designed specifically for students and teachers, the Saint Louis Art Museum offers many free educational programs for families and adults throughout the year. See the Events listing and other Learn pages for more information.