Session 6: Art Institute of Chicago

This will be our third and final visit to The Art Institute of Chicago.

Session 5: Art Institute of Chicago

Today we made our second visit to The Art Institute of Chicago.  Our focus for the day was on organization/categorization.  To address these ideas, we visited the prints and drawings exhibit, as well as the European Decorative Arts gallery. 

The students were asked the following questions: 

1. What kinds of artworks are contained in this gallery?  
2. Why are these artworks contained in the same gallery (i.e. what connects them?)? 
3. Think back to one of the galleries that we visited at the Dusable Museum or the Smart Museum.  How does this gallery differ?