6th-8th School Visits
Our middle school tours are designed with specific grade levels in mind, building in complexity and depth across grades 6–8. However, we recognize that instructional goals vary by classroom. Teachers are welcome to request tours outside their assigned grade band, and our team will work with you to select the experience that best aligns with your students' needs and learning objectives.
Humanities
Reading Art: Visual Literacy & Interpretation (6th Grade)
Students develop visual literacy skills through close observation, discussion, and interpretation of works of art. Through facilitated conversation, students consider how viewers make meaning from artworks while building confidence in articulating their ideas. Designed for 6th-grade learners, this tour uses art to support literacy development across subject areas by strengthening critical reading, evidence-based discussion, interpretation, and communication skills that transfer to both visual and written texts.
American Voices: Culture, Identity, and Representation (7th Grade)
Students explore how artists communicate experiences, identities, and perspectives that contribute to the American story. Through works by artists from a variety of cultural backgrounds and lived experiences, students examine how art can reflect social change, challenge assumptions, and expand our understanding of American culture. Discussions emphasize representation, historical context, and the many voices that shape the nation's artistic and cultural landscape.
Arkansas Stories: Place, People, and Community (8th Grade)
Students explore how artists communicate experiences, identities, and perspectives that contribute to the American story. Through works by artists from a variety of cultural backgrounds and lived experiences, students examine how art can reflect social change, challenge assumptions, and expand our understanding of American culture. Discussions emphasize representation, historical context, and the many voices that shape the nation's artistic and cultural landscape.
STEAM
Art & Innovation (6th Grade)
Students explore the connections between art, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through works that highlight design, experimentation, and creative problem-solving. Concepts are scaled to each grade level, with students investigating topics such as scale, pattern, geometry, architecture, engineering, emerging technologies, and artificial intelligence.
Careers
Creative Futures: Careers in the Museum (7th and 8th Grade)
Students explore the diverse careers that support museums and cultural organizations while considering their own interests, strengths, and transferable skills. Through conversations about museum professions, students connect personal interests and aptitudes to a variety of career pathways while examining the skills and experiences that contribute to professional success. Tour routes and career focuses differ between 7th and 8th grade, allowing students to revisit career exploration through new examples while engaging with increasingly sophisticated discussions about future pathways and transferable skills.