Galleries on the Go–ENAMEL

Fulfills these requirements:

History Standard, Benchmark C, Indicator 4 for Grade 2
Daily Life—Use historical artifacts to answer questions about daily life in the past.

History Standard, Benchmark C, Indicator 5 for Grade 2
Daily Life—Identify the work that people performed to make a living in the past and explain how jobs in the past are similar and/or different from those of today.

Program Description
Classroom: Discover the process of painted enamel, discuss the life of an apprentice in France in the 1500s, and explore the concepts and vocabulary used in enamel workshops.
Field Trip: View the Taft’s outstanding enamel collection and hear some of the Biblical stories and Greek myths illustrated on the objects.
Studio: Create your own coat of arms and use it to decorate your own “enamel.”

Galleries on the Go is made possible with the generous support of the
Docents of the Taft Museum of Art

Fine Arts Fund Partner
Frisch’s Restaurants