Attend VMFA teacher workshops and seminars to gain innovative ideas and activities for interdisciplinary learning. All teacher programs are aligned with Virginia SOLs and model strategies for integrating works of art across the K-12 curriculum.
Energize your teaching practice—and yourself—in these innovative, practical sessions.
Online Resources for Educators
Creative & Critical Thinking with Art Course Developed by VMFA and hosted on Virtual Virginia, this course uses VMFA collections to empower creative and critical thinking across different content areas. Participants will explore how inquiry-based engagement with art objects might serve as a laboratory for honing the creative and critical thinking skills crucial to the discipline they teach. Sign up today!
Please note: Beginning March 31, 2025 this course will retire as we work towards updates and new resources. A new release will be available Fall 2025.
VMFA Resource Center A free and comprehensive online learning database of classroom and gallery teaching resources. Find guided looking exercises, lesson ideas, thematic object sets, engagement strategies, videos, and more. This resource features content for our permanent, rotating, and even past collection objects. Learn more!
For any inquiries regarding teacher programming at VMFA, please email us at teacherprograms@vmfa.museum.
Upcoming Programs
Teacher Program | Teacher Tuesdays at Two
Tuesdays, June 10, 24, July 8, 22, August 5, 2025
2–3 pm
Free; registration required
Meet at Visitor Services
Let's look at art together through the teacher's lens! Practicing K–12 educators across disciplines are invited to join VMFA Teacher Programs personnel for an education-centered conversation in the galleries. Come spend an hour with us to share your perspective, elevate your practice, and enjoy some summer afternoon playtime.
This tour is exclusively for currently practicing classroom educators. We encourage other education professionals to check out our variety of public tour offerings.