The sarasota art museum in florida will expand digital opportunities for k-12 students

The Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida will receive $111,269 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to expand digital opportunities for K-12 students. Specifically, the Sarasota Art Museum will create virtual tours and age-appropriate curricular lessons for four exhibitions featuring works by nationally and internationally renowned multicultural artists. For schools lacking broadband access, portable drives will be used to deliver the virtual content. Initially, the Museum will target Title I and charter schools. The programs address a need for virtual arts engagement created by the COVID-19 pandemic and will span diverse ethnic, social, and geographic perspectives. All digital content will be made available between November 2021 and October 2022.

The museum, established by ringling college of art and design to strengthen educational and cultural offerings in the gulf coast community, will create virtual tours of four exhibitions along with age-appropriate related curricular lessons for classroom use. For those schools that do not have broadband capability, the museum will make tours and lessons available via portable drives. Initially, the museum will target title i and charter schools. Featured exhibitions from nationally and internationally renowned multicultural artists will span a spectrum of diverse ethnic, social, and geographic perspectives. These programs address an identified k-12 community need for virtual arts engagement opportunities created by the covid-19 pandemic.