Arts in Education Program:
Claire horne
arts in education project assistant
As the Arts in Education Project Assistant, Claire Horne provides administrative and logistical support to the Arts in Education Program, which includes the Farnsworth Educator Cohort, the Stories of the Land and its People program, and the Multi-Visit Unit programs.
Before joining the Farnsworth’s Education Department, Horne worked in the Farnsworth Museum Store during her years attending high school and college. She is a graduate of Smith College with a BA in Studio Art, concentrating in photography, painting, and mixed media artwork. While in college, Horne worked as a Studio Assistant at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, facilitating hands-on engagement activities in the Museum’s art studio.
Horne is passionate about programs that bring art into the lives of others in accessible and meaningful ways.
The Arts in Education Program is also supported by the following museum educators:
Phyllis Wyeth Director of Learning and Engagement
Arts in Education Connection: Supervises the Arts in Education program, providing guidance and support for the museum’s many education initiatives.
Learning and Engagement coordinator
Arts in Education Connection: Coordinates gallery visits and connects Arts in Education tours with docents to ensure a quality arts-integrated experience.
Coordinator of Studio and Public Programs
Arts in Education Connection: Supports educators and students by providing enriching studio and lecture opportunities at the museum, including public programs open to local families.
Farnsworth docents
Arts in Education Connection: Support students and teachers during in-gallery visits to the museum.
“The Farnsworth Art Museum’s dedication to school partnerships through the Arts in Education program has had significant impacts on local public school education. Our partnering schools have demonstrated the importance of this work by increasing arts-integration in their curriculum, expanding educator planning time, and actively seek out ways to support the arts in their broader school community. Through a collaboration of teachers, museum educators, and artists, we are restructuring public school education from the ground up. ”