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K–12 Educators Saturday Workshop: Looking Closely at Portraiture

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Detail view of an oil painting depicting a person with short white hair in a brown coat.

Sat., March 16, 2024, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

This program is for K–12 Educators | $20

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Education and Visitor Center, Stewart R. Smith Board Room; Huntington Art Gallery

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Join Huntington Educators to explore how one can learn about people and identity by looking closely at masterpiece portraits.

We can learn plenty about a person’s identity by slowing down and looking closely at their portrait. In this Saturday workshop, discover engagement strategies to encourage your students to look closely at portraits and explore the topic of identity using a See-Think-Do framework. Leave with a classroom activity and a poster of Thomas Gainsborough’s portrait Karl Frederich Abel.

This workshop aligns with our curriculum video series Close Looking at the H.​​

Key Details:

  • Advance registration is required.
  • Admission to The Huntington is included in the program cost.
  • This workshop involves standing and walking on concrete paths during a portion of the event; comfortable shoes are recommended. Please notify staff of any accessibility needs.

Program Schedule:

10 a.m. | Check in and walk to the classroom
10:10 a.m. | Workshop begins
10:15 a.m. | Discussion: Why is close looking important?
11 a.m. | Close looking at portraits in the Huntington Art Gallery
11:45 a.m. | Workshop wrap-up

For questions about this program, email learning coordinator Kristin Brisbois at kbrisbois@huntington.org.

Thomas Gainsborough, Karl Friedrich Abel, oil on canvas, ca. 1777 | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.