The Terra Foundation for American Art supports, initiates, and serves as a catalyst for the development of programs and resources intended to bring American art into the classroom. The Terra Foundation recently announced the expansion of its grant program, which includes a component focused on Chicago K–12 Education. The foundation has made it a priority to help Chicago teachers integrate American art into the classroom curriculum, and is especially interested in projects that also generate models and resources available to wider audiences for teaching about and with American art. Please see Chicago K–12 Education Program Guidelines for more information.

Resources for Teachers
The Terra Foundation for American Art fosters the development of resources intended to help teachers incorporate American art into their classroom curricula.

Teacher Guides
Review and print a selection of guides based on works of art in the Terra collection. The guides include contextual information, discussion questions, and suggested activities for the classroom.

Video
VTS: A Tool for Building Visual Literacy, Language Skills, and Critical Thinking
Watch master teacher Philip Yenawine demonstrate Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), a learner-centered instructional technique, in a 2003 teacher workshop. Yenawine engages participants in an extended examination and discussion of the painting Gallery of the Louvre in the Terra collection.

Online Collection
The foundation’s online collection provides access to images and information on works of art and the artists who created them.

Calendar of Events
View the calendar for upcoming exhibitions, lectures, symposia, and other Terra-supported programs on American art at Terra partner organizations, the Musée d’Art Américain Giverny, and other institutions that have received Terra grants.