EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS
VMFA invites your institution to become an Educational Partner!
This partner category includes K-12 schools (public or private), and colleges and universities with art galleries that have limited environmental controls and security standards.
How to Become an Educational Partner
You can join
online , or print and fill out an
application form and return it to VMFA with your $25 fee.
This form to print, fill out, and return is a PDF file requiring Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.
The use of the following notation after organization’s official name, “A Partner of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,” is recommended for purposes of reflecting the partnership between the institution and VMFA.
Educational Partnership Benefits
- EXHIBITIONS–FREE*
More than 25 free and ready-to-hang educational exhibitions are available. They feature image panels that explore diverse cultures and topics that complement Virginia Standards of Learning objectives.
* Shipping charges may apply.
- MEDIA RESOURCES–FREE
With the largest audiovisual loan collection of any Museum in
the country, VMFA provides statewide access to over 2,500
DVDs, CD-ROMs, videotapes, films, educational discovery
kits, and posters.
- ART ON THE SPOT–FREE
VMFA’s newest in-school program brings a professional educator and SOL based resources to elementary classrooms
throughout Virginia.
- ARTIST WORKSHOPS–PARTNER DISCOUNT
Intensive master classes in the visual and performing arts
allow children and adults to work closely with professional
artists of state, regional, and national reputation.
- SPEAKERS ON THE ARTS–PARTNER DISCOUNT
This lecture series features curators, educators, and art
historians who share their expertise on a wide variety of
exciting and informative topics with adult audiences
statewide.
- EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS–PARTNER DISCOUNT
Information-packed workshops show educators how to use
works of art to teach Virginia’s Standards of Learning
objectives across the school curriculum.
- FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES–FREE
Privately endowed financial awards are made annually to
professional, graduate, and undergraduate Virginia artists.
- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE–FREE
VMFA’s expert staff provides professional consultation on
an array of museum subjects.
- PUBLICATIONS–FREE
Museum Partners receive a subscription to VMFA's quarterly My Museum and Annual Report; program promotional materials, press kits, etc.; and opportunities for publicity on the Statewide Calendar section of the VMFA website.
- HYPERLINK TO YOUR WEBSITE–FREE
Your institution will be included on VMFA's listing of statewide partners with a hyperlink to your Web site.
For more information, phone Susan Ferrell, Director of Statewide Partnerships, at 804.204.2670, fax at 804.204.2675, e-mail at edpartner@vmfa.museum, or write to:
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Office of Statewide Partnerships
200 N. Boulevard
Richmond, Virginia 23220-4007
