Release Date: January 16, 2002
National Gallery of Art's Education Program "Art Around the Corner" Wins Mayoral Award
(Updated: September 19, 2008)
Washington, DC -- The National Gallery of Art's education program, Art Around the Corner, won the 2001 Mayor's Arts Award in the category of Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education in Washington, DC. The award, given to an individual or organization that has demonstrated outstanding efforts to evoke interest and understanding of the arts, is one of the most prestigious honors conferred by the Mayor of Washington, DC. It is awarded through the DC Commission on the Arts and the Humanities. Mayor Anthony Williams made the presentation at the 17th Annual Mayor's Arts Awards Ceremony held on 17 December at the recently restored Lincoln Theater in the historic Shaw Community neighborhood.
Art Around the Corner is a multiple-visit program developed by the National Gallery of Art in partnership with four inner-city elementary schools in the District of Columbia. The program, which began as a pilot in 1993, targets fifth-and sixth-grade students. Students and teachers come to the National Gallery or Art seven times during the school year and docents lead sessions in the classrooms once each semester. Inquiry-based tours, in-Gallery writing assignments, and studio projects link the Gallery's collections with the District of Columbia Public Schools' curriculum standards and the learning objectives of individual classroom teachers. More than 2500 students have participated in the program since 1993. Schools participating for the 2001-2002 school year are Fletcher-Johnson Educational Center, Savoy Elementary School, Seaton Elementary School, and Thomson Elementary School.
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