The Frost Art Museum's education programs, designed to nurture and increase each participant's knowledge of art, honor our mission to serve audiences of all ages, means and backgrounds, including the culturally diverse FIU community and residents of and visitors to South Florida. The Frost Art Museum develops a significant series of public programs in conjunction with the major exhibitions it borrows and organizes each year. In addition the Frost Art Museum offers tours of exhibitions and the Sculpture Park at FIU. For more information on education programs contact: 305.348.1808.

Kenan-Flagler Family Discovery Gallery

A centerpiece of the Frost Art Museum, the Kenan-Flagler Family Discovery Gallery & Museum terrace, welcomes families, students and guests with interactive activities designed to educate and entertain. The Kenan-Flagler Family Discovery Gallery is an integral part of every visit to the Frost Art Museum. There are exhibits that are high-tech as well as low-tech; exhibits that allow for individual exploration and others that require group interaction; exhibits that encourage physical activity and others for quiet contemplation. In the Kenan-Flagler Family Discovery Gallery, visitors will be able to build a modern sculpture with large interlocking shapes, use a touch screen monitor to create a self-portrait, create patterns using the theory of positive and negative space, experience the printmaking process through a series of rubbings on low relief metal shapes, or collaborate with a friend on a drawing using a transparent easel. We hope to make the museum experience more enjoyable and to engage the viewer by providing information and posing questions that promote creative thinking and observation.

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Tours

Guided Tours

The Frost Art Museum offers guided tours for groups of ten (10) or more of the current exhibition and the Sculpture Park. Tours are geared to the appropriate age level. Special tours may be designed around a particular theme or topic. To make a reservation please contact 305.348.1808 or click here to schedule a tour online. Reservations for guided tours must be made at least ten (10) days in advance.

Self-guided Tours

A map for self-guided tours of the Sculpture Park is available at the Frost Art Museum during regular museum hours. The Sculpture Park is free and open to the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To learn about The Museum's current exhibitions visit our current exhibition page.

The Frost Art Museum's Podcast Series

The Frost Art Museum's Podcast Series allows anyone with an iTunes account (iTunes.com) to access these portable on-demand broadcasts on The Museum and its programming via a variety of mobile devices. iPods with updated podcast content are available at The Museum's visitor services desk to borrow free of charge during your visit. If you are using your own iPod, you can download the podcasts here.

Schools and Teachers

M-DCPS Museum Educator Program

If you are an Art Teacher with Miami-Dade Public Schools and would like to schedule a tour for your class, please contact Museum Educator, Allison Burrus at 305.667.0406. All tours scheduled through the Museum Educator may be eligible for free bus transportation from Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

Teacher Workshops

The Frost Art Museum administers teacher workshops related to selected exhibitions in conjunction with Miami-Dade County Public and Private Schools and the Division of Life Skills. Workshop participants receive classroom resource materials including educational packets, sample curriculum, slides/visuals and pre- and post-visit activities, as well as Master Plan(MPP) points towards re-certification. Each workshop consists of a full day training. The workshops begin with a tour of the exhibition. The morning seminar, led by an area-teaching specialist, includes exhibition-related curriculum lessons in correlation to the Sunshine State Standards. The afternoon seminar offers an opportunity to attain hands-on studio skills with the guidance of a local professional artist working in the media presented in the exhibition.

ArtWorks! Art Therapy

ArtWorks! is an educational outreach program that provides art education to children with Emotional-Behavioral Disorders (E/BD). Clinical art therapists have designed ArtWorks! in collaboration with museum staff in effort to help transform the lives of at-risk children through art. Student artwork created during art therapy sessions are exhibited at The Frost. Students and teachers are provided guided tours and workshops related to the subject. We plan to continue the program by applying for sponsorship and by collaborating with more community organizations that promote art as therapy.