Education
ARTastic Field Trips
For a fun, engaging and creatively stimulating experience, schedule your next field trip at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, one of only seven major cultural organizations located in Broward County. The Center offers critically acclaimed international and regional contemporary fine arts programming. This season consists of 17 different exhibitions with diverse themes, featuring art in every medium from painting and sculpture to film, digital animation and more!
Experience accessible, yet cutting-edge, contemporary art programs – our shows are guaranteed to delight and stimulate visitors of all ages. Bring your group or class in for a one-of-a-kind art experience. We can customize your field trip visit to maximize the time spent viewing and discussing art, learning about the cultural history of the city of Hollywood and finding out first-hand just how much culture and creative expression enriches lives and the community!
All field trips are provided with a guided tour led by the Center’s Curator and/or Docent. After completing the guided exhibition walk through, visitors are invited to spend time in the galleries, with pencil and paper to render their own visual responses to the shows viewed.
Field trip coordinators receive exhibition-related collateral material in advance of visit for effective planning.
In addition to your guided tour, additional options are available upon request to augment your visit. Requesting these options as a part of your field trip require a minimum of one month in advance booking and additional fees apply.
- Special presentations and demonstrations by exhibiting artists available upon request. $150 per group
- Learn more in depth about the city of Hollywood’s early cultural history and planning with a power point presentation by Harvard University educated expert, Joan Mickelson, Ph.D. $150 per group
- Select contemporary art themed DVD screenings that relate to the exhibition. $100 per group
Book your group by downloading a reservation and payment form here. Return this completed form by fax to 954.921.3273, by mail, or in person to the Center.
09-10 Exhibition Season
Adler Guerrier: Out to Lunch
Feb. 27 – May 23, 2010
Haitian-born, Miami-based contemporary artist Adler Guerrier will create a new site-specific exhibition in the Center’s main gallery that will explore the effects of geography, politics and history on Hollywood, Florida, and nearby environs.
Doug Crocco: Entropy
Jan. 23 – Feb. 19, 2010
Doug Crocco creates highly detailed color pencil drawings that deal with cultural phenomena. In Crocco’s most recent works he addresses belief systems and American values in a time of uncertainty. Using familiar patterns and icons themes such as fear, apprehension, hope, and individualism emerge.
Balbone Martinez: Speaking in Parables Will Get You Nowhere With This Crowd
Jan. 23 – Feb. 19, 2010
Balbone Martinez is a collaborative project by Michael Balbone and Emily Martinez. The methodology of their work is primarily based upon recycling trash and found imagery. For the most part, they like working somewhere between the world of fine arts and contemporary culture and between the world of handmade craft and consumerism.
Nathan Sawaya: Replay
June 5 – Aug. 15, 2010, Grades K-12
Back by popular demand, an exhibition of new work by Nathan Sawaya! The Center will feature a summer season family-friendly exhibition by the internationally acclaimed artist, whose sculptures are made up exclusively of LEGO brick. This is a show of new work by an artist whose art has proven to ignite the imaginations of both children and adults alike. Field trip and group tour reservations for Nathan Sawaya: Replay now available.
adaptation
June 5 – Aug. 15, 2010
This exhibition presents a selection of contemporary artists whose practice incorporates discarded materials in order to make new forms of artistic expression.
Project Room
In addition to the main gallery exhibitions, the Center presents experimental and dynamic exhibitions by emerging regional artists that change every month. Click here for this season’s schedule.
Visual Arts
The concepts in these exhibitions relate to the following Florida Sunshine State Standards for visual arts:
| Grades PK-2 | Grades 3-5 | Grades 6-8 | Grades 9-12 |
| VA.B.1.1.1 | VA.B.1.2.1 | VA.A.1.3 | VA.A.1.4 |
| VA.B.1.1.2 | VA.B.1.2.2 | VA.B.1.3 | VA.B.1.4 |
| VA.B.1.1.3 | VA.B.1.2.3 | VA.C.1.3 | VA.C.1.4 |
| VA.B.1.1.4 | VA.B.1.2.4 | VA.D.1.3 | VA.D.1.4 |
| VA.C.1.1.1 | VA.C.1.2.1 | VA.E.1.3 | VA.E.1.4 |
| VA.C.1.1.2 | VA.C.1.2.2 | MA.C.2.3.1 | |
| VA.D.1.1.1 | VA.D.1.2.1 | MA.C.2.3.2 | |
| VA.D.1.1.2 | VA.D.1.2.2 | SS.A.1.3.3 | |
| VA.D.1.1.3 | VA.D.1.2.3 | SS.A.1.2.4 | |
| VA.E.1.1.1 | VA.E.1.2.1 | ||
| VA.E.1.1.2 | VA.E.1.2.2 | ||
| VA.E.1.1.3 | VA.E.1.2.3 | ||
| MA.C.1.1.1 | MA.C.1.2.1 | ||
| MA.C.2.1.1 | MA.C.2.2.1 | ||
| MA.C.2.1.2 | MA.C.2.2.1 | ||
| SS.A.1.1.1 | MA.C.2.2.2 | ||
| SS.A.1.1.3 | SS.A.1.2.1 | ||
| SS.A.1.2.2 |
General Information
Rates and Payment
The cost for field trip activities is $4 per student for gallery tours. Adult chaperones are $7 and seniors are $4. All fees are to be paid in full upon arrival.
Procedures
Gallery tours can be scheduled Monday through Friday, 10 am – 4 pm, though dates and times are subject to availability. School groups are asked to book their class visits at least two weeks in advance.
One adult chaperone is required for every 10 students. Groups with more than 20 students visiting the gallery will need to be divided into smaller groups of 10 prior to their arrival.
Group leader or lead chaperone should check in with the reception desk at the Center for gallery tours with payment for the correct final count of all people in the group. Visitors should remain in the lobby area until a docent or staff member briefs the group before entering the galleries.
Book your group by downloading a reservation and payment form here. Return this completed form by fax to 954.921.3273, by mail, or in person to the Center.
Location
All gallery tours take place at the Center’s gallery, which is located at 1650 Harrison St., one block east of US-1 and one block south of Hollywood Boulevard on the corner of South 17th Avenue.
Parking
Buses may park on the east side parking lot between the Center’s galleries and art school.
General Information
Some exhibitions contain adult content. Please check with your Art and Culture Center field trip coordinator ahead of time.
Cameras, recording devices, book bags, pens, and markers are not allowed in our facilities. We also ask that visitors refrain from eating or drinking while in the gallery.
Contact Information
For reservations, please contact Curator of Exhibitions at 954.921.3274, ext. 244.
Teacher Resources
Gallery Etiquette.doc
Visual Arts Careers.doc
Theater Etiquette.doc
Theater Vocabulary.doc
Dance Vocabulary.doc
Theater and Dance Classroom Activities.doc
Stages.doc
Performing Arts Careers.doc
