5TH-GRADE TOURS HELP STUDENTS “MIND THE GAP”
by Nishat Nayla, communications intern
The Georgia Museum of Art’s longstanding 5th-Grade Tours program is giving Clarke County School District (CCSD) students a chance to discover what it means to “Mind the Gap.”
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Clarke County School District 5th-graders tour the museum during the fall semester of 2024.
The program, which is part of Experience UGA, helped this year’s 5th-grade students explore the dynamic nature of the museum’s collections. Experience UGA is a partnership between the University of Georgia and CCSD that strives to bring every student in the district to UGA’s campus for an educational field trip every year. For nearly two decades, the program has made it possible for every 5th-grader in the county to visit the museum’s galleries and engage with art first-hand. The experience gives students a unique introduction to the museum and creative exploration as well as to the UGA campus and higher education.
Each year, the museum’s educational team refines the tour experience to focus on different objects on display in the galleries, whether in an exhibition or in the permanent collection. This year’s theme used the exhibition “Mind the Gap” to encourage young visitors to explore abstract art. By engaging with diverse mediums and perspectives, students not only learn about art but also about themselves and the world around them. The tour began with a presentation that introduces students to the museum, the exhibition’s themes and featured artists. Students then broke into small groups for interactive docent-led tours through the galleries,
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