From studying art on a screen to seeing the real thing, GT Humanities students spent part of Wednesday at the Dallas Museum of Art.
“The Dallas Museum of Art provides an excellent example of the variety of types of modern museum curation,” GT Humanities teacher Sarah Wiseman said. “It’s an encyclopedic collection, meaning it spans a variety of years and cultures and modalities of art. This allows students to experience what we study in class firsthand.”
This field trip helped connect students to their learning about various cultures.
“Recently in class we have been learning about different worldviews, cultures, and cultural representations,” sophomore Angel Pahuja said. “This field trip provided us students an opportunity to see all that we have learned in different forms.”
Beyond seeing various artifacts in person, the field trip will be the basis of a continuing class project.
“Later this quarter, students will be researching different civilizations in order to eventually curate their own museum experience,” Wiseman said. “This will be their opportunity to try to avoid the problems of modern curation that they experienced at the art museum.”
For sophomore Sahana Ramadoss, a field trip is an exciting way to learn.
“Field trips are an excellent way to learn because they provide a hands-on, interactive experience with the content,” Ramadoss said.
In the past, this field trip has been a successful experience and the same is expected for this year.
“This has been an amazing experience,” Wiseman said. “It helps bring our study of ancient history into the modern context. It’s always better to see art in person!”
