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For Educators

Teacher Institutes

Monday, July 18, 2016 – Monday, July 1, 2019

These half-day professional development workshops are designed for high school teachers (except where indicated), but all K–12 educators are welcome to attend. Workshops focus on incorporating modern and contemporary art into classroom curricula and include overviews of featured artists, artworks, or exhibitions; hands-on activities; and classroom resources.

Teacher Institutes during the school year are free and include museum admission. Space is limited and an application is required. Find the application for this year’s Teacher Institutes here.

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Teacher Institute
Discovering Connections 2016
Monday, July 25, 2016, 9 a.m.
Three women sitting in front of and observing two sculptures in a gallery
For Educators
Teaching in the Museum
Saturday, October 15, 2016, 9:30 a.m.
Teachers talking in a gallery
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Japanese Photography from Postwar to Now
Saturday, December 3, 2016, 9:30 a.m.
A woman looking intently at a photograph
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Open Studio with David Wilson
Saturday, January 21, 2017, 9:30 a.m.
A group of people doing arts and crafts
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Matisse/Diebenkorn
Saturday, March 18, 2017, 9:30 a.m.
Two teachers smiling in the galleries
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Discovering Connections 2017
Sunday, July 23, 2017, 5 p.m.
A group of teachers holding notebooks stand around and discuss an Ai Wei Wei sculpture
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Noguchi’s Playscapes
Saturday, September 23, 2017, 9:30 a.m.
​Teacher cutting paper for Open Studio project.
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Walker Evans
Saturday, October 14, 2017, 9:30 a.m.
Teachers looking at artwork
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Teaching in the Museum
Saturday, November 18, 2017, 9:30 a.m.
A woman sketches Richard Serra's Sequence
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Teaching with SFMOMA’s Collection
Saturday, January 20, 2018, 9 a.m.
Teachers in Koret Studios
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Getting to the Core: Using Artworks to Support Student Writing
Saturday, March 10, 2018, 9:30 a.m.
A woman looks at a Rosenquist painting
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Open Studio Workshop
Saturday, April 14, 2018, 9:30 a.m.
Teacher at a table working on Open Studio project
For Educators
Discovering Connections
July 22–26, 2018
Teachers gathered around artwork observing
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Teaching in the Museum
Saturday, September 29, 2018, 9:30 a.m.
Teachers in the Museum
For Educators, Workshop
Brassaï
Saturday, December 8, 2018, 9:30 a.m.
Brassai
For Educators
Teaching with SFMOMA’s Collection
Saturday, January 26, 2019, 9 a.m.
Teaching in the Museum Collection
For Educators
Reading the World: Looking at Artworks with a Critical Lens
Saturday, March 2, 2019, 9:30 a.m.
Reading the World
For Educators, Teacher Institute
Open Studio Workshop
Saturday, April 13, 2019, 9:30 a.m.
Open Studio Workshop
For Educators
Discovering Connections 2019
July 22, 2019—July 26, 2019
9 a.m.
A group of people in a Gallery taking notes and looking at their phones
For Educators
Teacher Institute: Teaching in the Museum
Saturday, September 28, 2019, 9:30 a.m.
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Teacher Institute: SOFT POWER
Saturday, November 16, 2019, 9:30 a.m.
For Educators
Teacher Institute: Teaching with SFMOMA’s Collection
Saturday, January 25, 2020, 9:30 a.m.
For Educators
Teacher Institute: Dawoud Bey: An American Project
Saturday, March 7, 2020, 9:30 a.m.
For Educators
Teacher Institute: What is Contemporary Art?
Saturday, April 18, 2020, 9:30 a.m.
For Educators
CANCELED: Discovering Connections Teacher Institute 2020
July 20–24, 2020

Learn to incorporate art into your curriculum through Teacher Institutes. We offer half-day professional development workshops for K-12 classroom educators.