K–12 Education
The Terra Foundation for American Art supports, initiates, and serves as a catalyst for programs and resources that bring American art into classrooms, enriching the curriculum and deepening students' understandings of American history and culture and themselves.
Teacher Lab
The Terra Teacher Lab, a foundation initiative in Chicago since 2005, is a year-long professional-development program that introduces Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teachers to the history of American art and supports them as they develop in-depth lessons that bring American art into their curricula. The Teacher Lab is offered in partnership with DePaul's Center for Urban Education and the Art Institute of Chicago's Department of Museum Education. Learn more.
Resources for Teachers
Learn about and link to American art instructional materials for the classroom that were developed and/or disseminated to teachers and schools with grant support from the Terra Foundation. These range from American art curriculum guides and poster sets to Web-based presentations and television broadcasts. Featured resources come from the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Chicago Humanities Festival, and Chicago's WTTW11, among others.
Grant Program
The Terra Foundation has provided grants for K–12 education projects and programs in Chicago since 2005. Through its grant program the foundation has made it a priority to help Chicago teachers integrate American art into the classroom curriculum. The foundation is especially interested in projects that also generate models and resources available to wider audiences for teaching about and with American art. For more information, please see the Chicago K–12 Education Program Guidelines.
