Artistic Media and Processes 

In this VFT, students will explore how artists use their media and/or processes to tell their stories.  Choose from the topics below or sign up for multiple VFTs.

Photography as Activism, for grades 9-12

Students will explore photographs from the NCMA’s permanent collection and discover how each artist uses the media to advocate for political and/or social change. 

Selfies & Usies, for grades 6-12

What can you tell about a person just by the way they present themselves visually?  While exploring historical and contemporary portraits from the NCMA’s permanent collection, and what artists and sitters choose to present in these portraits, students will ‘read’ about each sitter’s revealed identity.

The Artist’s Power, for grades 9-12

Students will explore works of art in the NCMA’s permanent collection from around the globe in which artists assert their own power to control what viewers see through deliberate choices in materials, processes, and placement within a composition.

Pre-Visit Slideshow for ALL Artistic Media & Processes VFTs

The following slideshow contains images from the museum to prepare your students for their VFT.  Questions to guide your students through engagement with the slideshow are located in the speaker notes and apply to both first-time and returning VFT students.  Feel free to customize your questioning to students’ interests, your class goals, and the time you have available to spend. Click here for your own copy and access to the speaker notes. If anything comes up in conversation with this slideshow that you would like to share with your facilitator, please send an email to CBrown@ncartmuseum.org at least 2 days before your tour.  We look forward to meeting with you and your students during your VFT!

Post-Visit Choice Board for Photography as Activism

This new post-visit choice board contains resources related to your VFT.  Feel free to use any or all of the resources for teachers or students after your VFT is complete.  Please be sure to preview all resources to select the ones in part or whole that fit your classroom best. 

Post-Visit Choice Board for Selfies & Usies

This new post-visit choice board contains resources related to your VFT.  Feel free to use any or all of the resources for teachers or students after your VFT is complete.  Please be sure to preview all resources to select the ones in part or whole that fit your classroom best. 

Post-Visit Choice Board for The Artist’s Power

This new post-visit choice board contains resources related to your VFT.  Feel free to use any or all of the resources for teachers or students after your VFT is complete.  Please be sure to preview all resources to select the ones in part or whole that fit your classroom best.