Teacher Programs
The KMA offers exhibition-based staff development and teacher workshops throughout the year.
Educators' Previews
Preview our exhibitions, receive educational materials and catalogues, and learn how the Museum can become a resource for Learning Standards in visual and language arts. Held annually in the fall and spring.
Educators’ Preview & Workshop: Shen Wei: STILL/MOVING
Thursday, October 23, 4:30PM - 6:00PM
Preview the new exhibition, Shen Wei: STILL/MOVING, with a guided tour and professional development workshop for educators. Special guest educator Grace Hu will share strategies to integrate Shen Wei’s art into classroom teaching. Participants will leave with curriculum-ready tools to foster cultural understanding, inspire creativity, and bridge global perspectives in their classrooms.
Grace Hu, born in Shanghai, China, is an educator, researcher, and advocate for culturally sustaining teaching. A full-time art teacher at Avenues: The World School in New York City and Ed.D. candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University, her research focuses on developing critical multicultural curriculum resources to integrate Chinese art and culture into U.S. K–12 classrooms. Grace also serves as a Teacher Advisor for the National Museum of Asian Art, contributes to the Teaching China with the Smithsonian website, and has presented nationally, including at the National Art Education Association.
All educators, faculty and school administrators are invited. Free.
EXHIBITION SPONSORSHIP
Shen Wei: STILL/MOVING is made possible with generous funding from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Additional support has been provided courtesy of Cai Foundation, The Serica Initiative, The Shen Wei Exhibition Leadership Committee, the Katherine C. and David E. Moore Exhibition Fund, and The Director’s Circle of the Katonah Museum of Art: Paul Bird and Amy Parsons, Lisa Byala, Mike Davies, Isabelle Harnoncourt Feigen, Virginia L. Gold, Linda Nordberg, Yvonne S. Pollack, Rebecca Samberg, and Richard and Audrey Zinman. The performance Shen Wei: Connect Transfer is made possible with funds from Arts Alive, a regrant program of ArtsWestchester with support from the Office of the Governor, the New York State Legislature, and the New York State Council on the Arts. The Katonah Museum of Art is proud to be supported by ArtsWestchester and Westchester County Government and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Professional Development
Utilizing our current exhibitions, professional development workshops explore learning strategies and activities that support learning standards in art, language arts, social studies, and balanced-literacy classrooms. Workshops range from 3 – 15 hours. Please check back for upcoming dates.
Customized Professional Development Workshops
Use the KMA for your next professional development day. Programs may include an introduction to the Museum as a resource for teachers; a first-hand experience of our Thinking Through Art program; or consider collaborating on a program which uses the content of current exhibitions to support your curriculum. We invite you to contact the Education Department to plan a unique professional development program for your school or district. 914-232-9555, ext.2969.