K-12 Student Responses to Calder

Seattle Art Museum on May 26 2010

Nothing is more rewarding to a museum educator than seeing the positive impact of your programs on students. During the six month run of Alexander Calder: A Balancing Act more than 9,300 students visited the SAM’s galleries and experienced Calder’s work in person. Students learned about how he used geometry and math to create beautify balanced sculptures and created their own works of art out of wire and recycled materials in the museum’s art studio spaces. Here are some of our favorite thank you notes and quotes from students who visited the exhibition.

Inside: “Dear SAM. This was my first visit to the Seattle Art Museum and I enjoyed it! I learned a lot yesterday about Alexander Calder! It was very kind of you to give my class and I a very interesting tour … I hope I get to visit the Seattle Art Museum sometime in the future!” – 6^th grade student

Inside: “Thank you so much for being the docent for half our class. I loved how you enjoyed explaining the mobiles, stabiles, paintings and etc. My favorite artwork from the Calder exhibit was the collection of small stabiles. I like the small stabiles because they were very cute and look like collectables.” – 6^th grade student