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Visual Literacy
Visual Literacy
and Writing Programs
Using the Museum’s collection, these programs can increase students’ ability to observe and write by facilitating interaction with works of art to develop visual analysis skills.
These hour-long programs include discussions and in-gallery activities and are facilitated by members of the Chrysler Museum of Art Education team.
For more information about visual literacy and writing programs, please contact Allison Taylor, Director of Education, at 757-965-2046 or ataylor@chrysler.org.
Visual Literacy Programs
The Chrysler strives to increase students’ ability to observe and develop visual analysis skills.
Students will:
- examine and analyze a selection of artworks
- form interpretations using visual evidence
- hone observational and descriptive abilities
- improve verbal and nonverbal communication skills
- increase collaborative learning abilities
Writing Programs
The Museum’s writing programs allow students to interact with primary source material in a manner that can enhance their writing ability.
Students will:
- broaden ideas about what constitutes a text
- practice observation and collect evidence for use in analysis
- learn a step-by-step process for visual analysis
- determine how meaning emerges through the process of analytical discussion
- consider the many lenses through which a text can be explored
- discover how multiple valid interpretations can coexist and inform each other
- apply secondary sources to a subject of analysis
- increase collaborative learning abilities
Ekphrastic Poetry
Students will:
- learn a step-by-step process for Ekphrastic poetry writing
- hone observational and descriptive abilities
- improve verbal communication skills