Educators
School Visits
We tailor our programs to meet the needs of individual school groups. MOBIA staff works one-on-one with teachers to develop curriculum enhancement programs for private and public schoolchildren, as well as for college, university, and seminary students.
Tours and arts workshops for visiting classes are available by appointment. Past arts workshops have included digital photography, bookmaking and collage, and additional workshops are created regularly. Groups may bring bag lunches to eat in MOBIA's Education Center.
Out of School Time (OST) Visits
We welcome groups for tours and arts workshops after school or during school vacations. Sunday and Hebrew schools are also welcome. As with school visits, we tailor our programs to meet the needs of individual groups. Past arts workshops have included digital photography, bookmaking and collage, and additional workshops are created regularly. Groups may bring bag lunches or snacks to eat in MOBIA's Education Center.
Please contact the Curator of Education at 212-408-8703 or lmcmanus@mobia.org
to arrange your visit.
Online Education Resource Center
The goal of our Online Education Resource Center is to provide educators in all disciplines tools to examine religious art and artifacts through the social and historical context in which they were created. You and your students will learn about how the stories of the Bible have influenced artists at different times, historical reasons behind the creation of the artworks, societal shifts which influenced particular artists, and more.
Our online lessons focus on the language of art, and how to better interpret the visual arts we encounter in both museums and in life. Students will increase their skills in visual literacy and improve their level in thinking and speaking critically about art and artists. The lessons provided focus on specific genres commonly used in the visual arts. These genres are also widely used in literature, thus they help students better understand the use of these elements in both disciplines.
By using religious art as the focus of our studies, we do not aim to profess matters of faith, but rather view religious art through an art historical and scholarly lens, a lens through which students can make relevant connections to their regular studies. These lessons are not intended to tell the stories of the Bible, rather they flush out the history and significance of Biblical art and how the stories of the Bible continue to be an important inspiration for artists today.
The Online Resource Center is coming soon.
Educator Programs
There are currently no educator programs. Please check back at a later date.