Second Grade Students Exhibit Their Work at the Guggenheim
Grade Two Collaboration with MCC
Second Grade Students Exhibit Their Work at the Guggenheim
The hottest ticket in town in December was to " Look, Imagine, Create "– our second grade event held at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. During this culmination of their fall study of art, which is done in partnership with the museum, the boys led gallery tours and exhibited their original collages, paintings, drawings, and construction, on display in the museum’ s rotunda.
2025 marked the ninth year of our collaboration with The Guggenheim for second graders’ fall study of art. From September through December, boys had 90-minute weekly art sessions at the museum under the guidance of a museum educator and their art teacher. They studied the architecture of this landmark building along with masterpieces on view in its spiraling ramps and within the Thannhauser Collection. In the museum’ s studio, the boys engaged in hands-on art activities prompted by questions related to concepts they explored during their museum inquiry.
The unit emphasizes close looking and critical thinking about art.
Grade Two Collaboration with MCC
Over several visits across fall and winter, second graders build friendships with students at the Manhattan Childrens Center— a school on the Upper West Side serving children with autism spectrum disorder and related challenges. As they play and engage in verbal and nonverbal communication, the boys come to better understand both the differences and the common ground among themselves.
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