Art Detectives

Art Detectives brings art from the Speed’s education collection into area schools to encourage curiosity and foster meaningful engagement with art.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

  • Each program lasts for 1 hour and is designed for classrooms with a maximum of 30 students. 
  • All Art Detective crates are available in 4th-12th grade classrooms.
  • Art Detectives pricing:
    1 class visit – $200
    2-4 class visits – $400
    5-6 class visits – $500
    7-9 class visits – $700 
  • Art Detectives is currently limited to locations within twenty-five miles of the Speed Art Museum

CRATE OPTIONS FOR ART DETECTIVES

Discover Africa: 
Get to know the people of Central Africa as you explore works of art from the Kuba and Chokwe cultures.
VIDEO | ACTIVITY SHEET | POST-VISIT DISCUSSION | CRATE INFORMATION SHEET 

Discover Native American Cultures: 
Comprised of tools, clothing, toys, photographs, and more—and curated from regions across the United States—these works of art reflect a variety of Native American experiences. 
VIDEO | ACTIVITY SHEET | POST-VISIT DISCUSSION | CRATE INFORMATION SHEET 

Discover Kentucky: 
Get to know the Bluegrass State in a brand-new way. The objects in our Discover Kentucky crate represent the diversity, craftsmanship, and talent that characterize this place we call home. 
VIDEO | ACTIVITY SHEET | POST-VISIT DISCUSSION | CRATE INFORMATION SHEET 

Discover Europe: 
Travel across the Atlantic and back through time as you learn more about fascinating art processes, important historical moments, and compelling stories within a collection of two- and three-dimensional works. 
VIDEO | ACTIVITY SHEET | POST-VISIT DISCUSSION | CRATE INFORMATION SHEET 

STEAM: 
Consider obsolete technological artifacts as functional works of art.  
VIDEO | ACTIVITY SHEET | POST-VISIT DISCUSSION | CRATE INFORMATION SHEET 

Exhibition Design:  
What does it take to design an exhibition? High school students will explore careers at museums as they conceptualize a new exhibition.
POST-VISIT DISCUSSION | CRATE INFORMATION SHEET 

Who We Are + What We Make: 
Explore how art is all around us—in both extraordinary and ordinary objects. This collection, which represents a variety of times and cultures, provides a glimpse into everyday lives that might not be so different from our own.
VIDEO | ACTIVITY SHEET | POST-VISIT DISCUSSION | CRATE INFORMATION SHEET 

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SPONSOR INFORMATION

Thanks to Brown Forman, the Fund for the Arts, and the Caesars Foundation of Floyd County for their support of Art Detectives initiatives across Kentuckiana. 

Brown Forman