MAKE HICKORY MUSEUM OF ART A PART OF YOUR CLASSROOM Experience.
Hickory Museum of Art puts the “A” in STEAM for your students! Experience an art-filled, educational year of activities for your students where the birth of a creative thought becomes a tangible object.
HMA offers curriculum-related tours, hands-on art projects, and classroom resources to school groups of all ages. HMA offers your students interactive, engaging tours that test their observation skills, critical thinking, and expression of ideas.
All HMA Tours support the N.C. Common Core and Essential Standards.
EXHIBITION-SPECIFIC TOURS
![Susana Allen Hunter [1912-2005], Pig Pen Quilt c. 1950-1955. Image from the Collections of the Henry Ford, THF73651](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5203ff5ce4b0cbada7130140/1629138399139-WP5E41QVC00PPAG1VXEJ/04_THF73651_Pig+Pen+Quilt.jpg)
Susana Allen Hunter [1912-2005], Pig Pen Quilt c. 1950-1955. Image from the Collections of the Henry Ford, THF73651
The Improvisational Quilts of
Susana Allen Hunter
October 2, 2021 – February 6, 2022
For much of their lives, Susana Hunter and her husband Julius made their living farming, growing crops such as cotton, corn and potatoes. Wilcox County, Alabama, also home to the quilting community of Gee’s Bend, was among the very poorest counties in the U.S. Susana Hunter’s genius lies in creating beautiful, functional objects from what little was available.
We’ll explore Susana Allen Hunter’s innovative way of creating quilts from what was available to her. Traditions, social structure and artistic expression will all be discussed. Special art activity to take home is also included.
K-2nd Grade | Cultures & Communities
October 2, 2021 – February 6, 2022
Learn about the traditions and cultural influences in communities while hearing how Susana Allen Hunter created quilts from only what was available to her. Would you make a quilt from a feed sack or your old shirt? Special art activity to take home also included.
3rd-4th Grade | Quilts & Communities
October 2, 2021 – February 6, 2022
We’ll discusss about how Susana Allen Hunter’s experiences and achievements – such as being a sharecropper and creating quilts only out of necessity – contributed to the development of her community. A special art activity to take home is also included.
5th-6th Grade | Innovative Quilting by Unexpected People
October 2, 2021 – February 6, 2022
We’ll explore Susana Allen Hunter’s innovative way of creating quilts from what was available to her. Traditions, social structure and artistic expression will all be discussed. A special art activity to take home is also included.
ELEPHANT & PIGGIE IN WE ARE ART! – A MO WILLEMS EXHIBITION
February 19, 2022 – May 15, 2022
Mo Willems’s best-selling, award-winning early reader series features best friends elephant Gerald and Piggie. The exhibition features a selection of original illustrations from all 25 Elephant and Piggie books. These black-and-white drawings are supplemented with digital color renderings, early sketches, dummy books, and character size charts, together revealing Willems’s methodical working process.
K-2nd Grade | Create with Piggie & Elephant
February 19 – May 15, 2022
In celebration of National Reading Month, students can meet the characters during special tour dates from February 28 to March 4, 2022 or from March 7 to 9, 2022. View original drawings of Piggie and Gerald, enjoy one of Mo’s stories, and learn what it takes to create a book. This tour assists with early literacy skills and character education. A special art activity to take home is also included.
Art © Mo Willems, ELEPHANT & PIGGIE is a trademark of The Mo Willems Studio, Inc.
book a tour!
Option 1: $3 per Student for a 1.5 Hour Visit & Art Activity
Option 2: $2 per Student for a Docent-Led 1-Hour Tour Only
Option 3* FREE Self-Guided Tour for School Groups *(Accompanied by teachers and chaperons.)
Contact Ginny Zellmer at 828.327.8576, extension 207 or by email at gzellmer@hickoryart.org.
Culture Kits
Our vision at Hickory Museum of Art is to become a catalyst for a future where creative exploration, inclusivity, and community create the foundation for a more perfect world. As educators and optimists, we aim to inspire everyone to make the world a better place for everyone.
Hickory Museum of Art lends cultural kits FREE of charge to libraries across the Unifour region (Catawba, Caldwell, Burke, and Alexander Counties). Our kits contain original pieces of art along with accompanying support materials for discussion and display. These are great for multicultural festivals. Available kits include:
Latin American Culture Kit | Books, posters, maracas, artwork, Aztec calendar stones, artifacts, textiles, and more.
Folk Art Kit | Original artwork, lesson plans, children's books, introduction to HMA's folk art (DVD), and artist biographies.
Hmong Kit | Books, story-cloths, clothing, posters, DVD, lesson plans, and additional items about Hmong cultures.
Native American Kit | Hopi Kachina doll, mandella, art print, Navajo wool blanket, books, lesson plans, Cherokee basket, arrowheads, stone pipes, and ceramic canteen.
To reserve your kit, contact Ginny Zellmer at 828.327.8576 or gzellmer@hickoryart.org. Great for festivals and other multicultural events!
Click Here to download a Culture Kit flyer.
Click Here for K-5th Grade Correlations
lesson plans
Click links below for Lesson Plans that relate to the year-round exhibition DISCOVER FOLK ART. Click here for more information about the exhibit.
Click here for sample questions using HMA's DISCOVER FOLK ART exhibit.