Education Programming
Education
Alice Austen House Education Programs
A National Historic Landmark devoted to the life and work of one of America’s earliest and most prolific female photographers, the Alice Austen House is proud to present educational programs that enhance your curricula and stimulate your students. The Alice Austen House is committed to the creation and delivery of equitable programs that provide all students with the best tools for learning success through the arts. Although the content of each program varies, each program includes essential components: a short history of Alice Austen, looking at and discussing her photos, and learning how to use a digital camera. These 75 minute programs meet NYS standards S.S – #1, 2, 3; Language Arts- #E2, E3, E4; and The Arts- #1, 2, 3, 4.
“I have made great friends and listened to even more amazing stories. I will never forget this day.”
– Shannya G
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Education Programs
We offer the following in-school programs:
Meet Alice Austen (K-12)
Alice Austen, Photographer (K-12)
Women’s History and Alice Austen (3rd & up)
History Through the Lens of Women Photographers (3rd & up)
We offer the following museum programs:
Young Alice Austen and Her Family (K-12)
Through Alice’s Eyes (K-12)
Women’s History and Alice Austen (3rd & up)
Self-Portrait Photography (2nd & up)
Immigrant Life at the Turn of the Century (4th & up)
As a nationally designated site of LGBTQ+ history, we feel strongly about providing creative education to local Pride Centers, Clubs, and GSA’s. In 2018, we offered the program “Intergenerational Storytelling Through Photography” to Staten Island SAGE and Wagner and Curtis High School GSA’s. This program consisted of a 6-week workshop series, culminating in a joint visit to the Alice Austen House where students and seniors came together to interview each other and have conversations about LGBTQ+ identity of the past and present.
We offer “LGBTQ+ Photographic Storytelling” both as an in-school and in-museum class for GSA’s.
For more information on this program, contact Zoë Tirado, Director of Education, at (718) 816-4506 x13 or email here.
Family Engagement Workshops
Make us a part of your family fun!
During our programs, families learn together about photography, nature, and museum collections in interactive, playful, and creative ways. Family Programs at Alice Austen House are shared art experiences for children and the adults in their life. Inspired by the Alice Austen House’s photography collection, history, and gardens, these programs foster the development of lifelong learning skills through gallery explorations, open-ended discussions, demonstrations, interpretive arts, crafts, and individual and collaborative projects.
Past programs include:
- Collaborative Cyanotype Murals
- Foraging and nature crafting with Glam Gardener NYC
- L’Unicorns Family Fiesta and Celebration
- Book Signing for the new YA novel Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino
- Pinhole Camera Day
- And more…!
Vintage Camera Day
Every year Alice Austen House hosts “Vintage Camera Day” in November, where you can marvel at the art of photography with hands-on demonstrations and displays of vintage cameras. Vintage Camera Day always features a talk from a local artist, a family workshop, and the opportunity to talk to our camera doctor, who will help diagnose and fix any issues you may be having with your own camera. More information can be found on our events calendar after the date is announced.
