The Haggerty Museum of Art uses the arts to inform, to strengthen, and to be transformed by our communities. Every year the Museum engages over 1,000 K-12 student contacts with its exhibitions and programs. Through the Haggerty's Art Across Curriculum programs, students explore interdisciplinary themes using the power of art while practicing 21st Century Skills and critical looking strategies both within their classrooms, and during Museum tours.
Classroom visits
The Haggerty Museum of Art's Art Across Curriculum program combines classroom visits with tours at the Museum. Our museum educators visit classrooms throughout the Milwaukee area to engage K-12 students in deep learning opportunities that explore creativity, art, water and more!
Swanson Elementary (Wu G2) (2020) by Esther Wu-McGuireHaggerty Museum of Art
Water Across Curriculum explores themes including water pollution, the water cycle, and water properties through the arts. Here second-grade students from Swanson Elementary share their creations.
Swanson Elementary (Hardie G2) (2020) by Julie HardieHaggerty Museum of Art
Second-grade students from Swanson Elementary work on their Water Across Curriculum creations. This activity follows a discussion of work from the Haggerty's collection that addresses water themes.
Bruce Guadalupe (Jones G8) (2020-02-14) by Christine FlemingHaggerty Museum of Art
Eighth-grade students from Bruce Guadalupe Middle School work on their Water Across Curriculum creations. The Haggerty works with selected Milwaukee K-12 schools on deep, multi-contact partnerships.
Bruce Guadalupe (Jones G8) (2020-02-14) by Christine FlemingHaggerty Museum of Art
Eighth-grade students at Bruce Guadalupe Middle School work on their Water Across Curriculum creations.
Bruce Guadalupe (Jones G8) (2020-02-14) by Christine FlemingHaggerty Museum of Art
Eighth-grade students at Bruce Guadalupe Middle School work on their Water Across Curriculum creations.
Bruce Guadalupe (Jones G8) (2020-02-14) by Christine FlemingHaggerty Museum of Art
An eighth-grade student at Bruce Guadalupe Middle School presents his Water Across Curriculum creation to his class.
Teacher professional development
The Haggerty Museum of Art serves K-12 educators in the Milwaukee area through events; monthly educator eNewsletters full of ideas, news and links; and curriculum resource guides — such as the Water Across the Curriculum Educator Resource Guide — to incorporate into teaching plans.
ArtsECO Teacher MeetUp (2020-02-13) by Christine FlemingHaggerty Museum of Art
Milwaukee area K-12 educators and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ArtsECO staff during a Teacher MeetUp held at the Haggerty Museum of Art.
Teachers meet with Alexis Rockman (2019-04-26) by Christine FlemingHaggerty Museum of Art
Milwaukee area K-12 art educators meet with New York City-based artist Alexis Rockman (far right) to discuss the "Alexis Rockman: The Great Lakes Cycle" exhibition.
