Look Inside
orienting people to exhibitions, encouraging open mindedness + curiosity
Visit CMCA with your school or organization
*Virtual tours + accompanying lesson plans available during CMCA temporary closure. Please contact Mia Bogyo at mbogyo@cmcanow.org for more information*
Educational Program for All Students
CMCA offers unparalleled engagement with works by living Maine artists. Our Look Inside education program created by professional museum educators and assisted by trained volunteer education staff, invites students to look at and understand the world in new ways
Look Inside visits strengthen
- Visual literacy
- Interdisciplinary learning
- Deep and thoughtful looking
- Hand-on creative making
Look Inside is for students of all ages and is customized with developmentally designed experiences.
Each 90 minute visit includes
Viewing current exhibitions for gallery-based activities
A related hands-on activity in the ArtLab studio
Visits are free of charge!
Interested in scheduling a tour? Fill out our group visit request form
Before your visit, please take a look at our Museum Manners guide.
Contact Mia Bogyo at mbogyo@cmcanow.org with any additional questions.
Spring 2020 – Skirting the Line | Painting Between Abstraction and Representation
Preschool – 1st Grade Lesson Plan
2nd – 5th Grade Lesson Plan
6th – 8th Grade Lesson Plan
Spring 2020 – SCREEN | Erin Dorney | Question the Body
Preschool – 1st Grade Lesson Plan
2nd – 5th Grade Lesson Plan
6th – 8th Grade Lesson Plan
Fall 2019/Winter 2020 – Temporality | The Process of Time
Kindergarten – 5th Grade Lesson Plan
6th – 8th Grade Lesson Plan
Summer 2019 – Ann Craven | Birds We Know
Spring 2019 – Melt Down | Artists Respond to Climate Change
Winter 2018 – CMCA Biennial Exhibition