Education Programs at Lehman College Art Gallery

Students explore contemporary art in our current exhibition, Bedazzled. 

Teachers, administrators, staff it's not too late to sign up for a Focused Gaze Tour of Bedazzled! Contact Hannah Brenner-Leonard, [email protected] to schedule one today!

The 90-minuted Focused Gaze Tour includes guided tour of Bedazzled!, plus an opportunity for students to create an art project in the gallery's studio, inspired by this experience. This cost is $125 per tour.

Families came out to participate in our free Family Focus program on Oct. 12th. They made these beautiful paintings!

Older adults in this program had the opportunity to practice and learn new skills in drawing, printmaking and sculpture. These are photos from the culminating event. 

Throughout this program students were able to define, identify and discuss both historical and cultural elements of their community. Working with the theme of community the students merged the visual arts with literacy to enhance their observational abilities, critical thinking, problem solving and literacy development. The study of community lends itself to an integrated approach as students combine literacy skills, and artistic abilities to understand the cultural, literary and artistic elements that make up their community in the Bronx. This finished product, the result of fifty sessions divided between five 3rd grade classes, has been permanently installed in PS 94.

Parents from International School for Liberal Arts and High School for the Teaching and Professions were able to come together on Saturdays to work on art projects and build community. These are photographs from the culminating event. 

Students from MS 101 and PS 304 are hard at work beautifying the school. Over the course of just six sessions students were able to learn about a master artist, isolate the most recognizable parts of their master paintings, prime, sketch and paint on the twenty doors located throughout MS 101, PS 304 and P10x. Students really took ownership of their work, setting up their painting areas, getting paints, making choices while painting, and cleaning up at the end of the sessions. They were also able to work collaboratively in groups, usually two elementary school students and two middle school students in a group.