Workshops | Learning Series

Learning Series | Contemporary Art as Text

  • January 17, 2026 | 11 am–1 pm

Free with registration

Three people standing in a semicircle look off into the distance. In their hands they hold a handful of paper.

Spring 2023 Educator Workshop, Apr 22, 2023, MCA | Crown Room. Photo: Alexis Ellers.

For our 2025–26 Learning Series, we explore the theme of Built Rebellions and the Art of the Collective. We invite participants to explore the development and impact of grassroots in contemporary arts–focused programs and systems aimed at supporting students and communities.

In this session, we invite you to explore multiple modes of interpreting works currently on view at the MCA. Led by Evelyn Sanford Nicholson, Director of School, Youth, and Community Programs, and Miguel Aguilar, Manager of Learning: School Partnership, this in-gallery workshop focuses on multiple interpretation, meaning-making strategies, and dialogue props to use in the classroom.

Participants will leave this professional development session with tangible resources for creating space for students to observe, dissect, interrogate, and discuss the meaning behind works.

Funding

Support for Teacher Programs at the MCA is provided by the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, the Polk Bros. Foundation, and School Museum Fund, The Hees Family.

Additional generous support is provided by Discover and Reyes Holdings.