"STUDENT SURREALIST ART EXHIBITION”

November 23, 2007 – January 21, 2008

The theme of 2007 Salvador Dalí Museum Student Surrealist Art Exhibition is “Surrealism, Dreams and Fantasy,” which students are encouraged to explore in their work.

The annual Student Surrealist Art Exhibition is open to public and private middle and high schools in Pinellas County. Teachers should send their students art works to:

Pinellas County School Art Office

Administration Building

301 4th St. SW,

Largo, FL 33779-2942

CLICK HERE to see entry instructions, important dates, judging criteria, awards and application form. Requires Adobe Reader.

"GET SURREAL WITH SALVADOR DALI" Video

This channel-surfing, vintage footage and live-action adventure video is designed as a classroom aid for teachers and as a pre-visit educational tool for middle school students and below.

Not only can this 25 minute video prepare students for their museum visit by introducing Dalí, a selection of his work and information about Surrealism, but it also offers several creative surrealist activities to do at home or in the classroom.

This video is incorporated as part of the first lesson plan in the Dalí Museum’s Teacher’s Guide. Also available in closed captioning. To order a copy, please x3024 or send an email to: mguerrero@salvadordalimuseum.org

"The Dalí Times," Newspaper in Education

St. Petersburg Times

Looking for a new way to get your students thinking outside the box? Then introduce them to the Surrealist genius, Salvador Dalí! No matter what subject or grade you teach, "The Dalí Times" is a great supplemental text to use in your classroom. Use it to learn more about Dalí's life, his art and his special connection with Florida.

Classroom activities include a wide range of language arts and vocabulary exercises, using symbols, finding polygons, map reading, Spanish culture, and a special pull out section students can use to create their own newspaper.

To order free copies for you and your students, please visit the 

St. Petersburg Times' Newspaper in Education website:

http://nieonline.com/sptimes/details.cfm?feature=teachingwiththetimes

"Destination Dalí" The Dalí Museum Teacher’s Guide

The Museum’s Teacher’s Guide incorporates the "Get Surreal with Salvador Dalí" video, background materials for teachers, and several core lesson plans to help provide teachers and students with excellent opportunities to:

Designed to address FCAT, Sunshine State Standards, and Florida Writes! goals, "Destination Dalí" can help make Florida and non-Florida students' explorations of Dalí's life and art as educational and productive as possible. All of the images that "Destination Dalí" introduces to students — or images that address the same issues - are currently in the online gallery.

The Museum has also made the Teacher's Guide available for free download and has included links to related lesson plans designed by other museums around the United States. View the contents of, and/or download. [Lesson Plans Link]

Revised Dalí Lesson Plans at ACE/FAEA Link

As part of the 2004 Dalí Centennial, the Dalí Museum collaborated with June Hinkley from the Florida Department of Education and several exceptional Pinellas County visual arts teachers to redesign the Dalí Museum’s lesson plans found on our site. [Lesson Plans Link]

The Lesson Plans were adapted for use in Visual Art, Language Arts, and Science classrooms. The adapted Lesson Plans are aligned with the Florida Sunshine State Standards. They include information on procedures, how to acquire materials, FCAT Connections, and Indicators of Success.

The Lesson Plans are located on the ACE/FAEA website at the following address: http://www.faae.org/content/programs/Dali100/dali.asp

"DalíVision" Outreach Program

If your school can’t visit the Dalí Museum, then consider inviting the Museum to visit you. With a little advance notice — and with no cost to you — the Dalí Museum can schedule a trained docent to visit with slides or posters to best suit your needs. Museum docents regularly visit classrooms in Pinellas County, and can visit Pasco, Hillsborough, Sarasota and Manatee counties depending on availability. Contact the Education Department 727.823.3767 x 3028.

Your Ideas

The Museum is establishing an online archive of Dalí-related lesson plans and curriculum ideas. This archive will feature classroom-tested activities submitted by teachers and will be a free online resource for educators everywhere.

If you have ideas or lesson plans that you think would be helpful additions to the Museum’s Teacher’s Guide, please contact the Museum. When we add to our online resources, we will include teacher and school profiles as well - not only to give authorial credit, but also to fill in the educational context behind each activity.

For other arts education resources in your area,
visit PBS's arts education website Who's Dancin' Now?