New Dimensions
What’s better than a school trip to the Nelson-Atkins? Multiple trips to the Museum and the creation of a multimedia project in response to a work of art in the collection —and all within a single academic year!
New Dimensions is an innovative program built on the fact that repeat visits to the Museum instill deeper, more meaningful learning experiences for students—and build a foundation for greater lifelong understanding and enjoyment of the arts.
Over the course of 10 to 20 hours, middle-school and high-school students learn to look at, describe and analyze works of art in the Museum’s collection. Their observations become the content for websites or videos. Multimedia technology-based projects allow students with different learning styles to express themselves visually, verbally and kinesthetically.
Through these projects, students realize that their responses, based on observation and study, are valid and valued. The resulting multimedia projects are vehicles for sharing their responses, as well as potential peer-teaching tools that teachers across the curriculum can use in their classrooms.
New Dimensions currently has two projects for teachers to consider:
Visual to Verbal Explorations
Each student creates a web page.
Moving Explorations
Each student creates a 3-5 minute video.
Contact us for more information on the New Dimensions program
New Dimensions is funded by a grant from Ford Motor Company Fund. Additional support provide by AT&T.