In-person Tour: Adventures in Architecture

For students in grades K-5; available Thursdays and Fridays-

Explore the rich stories of history and culture embedded in the architecture of The CJM’s landmark building. The CJM is housed at the site of a former power station, originally built in 1881, that survived the 1906 earthquake and went on to power San Francisco back to life. Architect Daniel Libeskind built upon this foundation using whimsical angles and hidden Jewish symbols to create an intentional space that houses contemporary art, culture, and ideas, creating a multifaceted conversation about tradition and innovation in contemporary society. This STEAM-inspired tour experience takes students on a scavenger hunt to discover the shapes, building materials, and secret history of the The CJM’s building, and culminates in a hands-on building design challenge that will put students’ construction skills and creativity to the test. 

Virtual Tour: The Stories and Art of Ezra Jack Keats  For students in grades K-2; available Monday-Friday through January 2023 - 

Are you looking for innovative ways to integrate arts and literacy into your K–2 classroom? The Stories and Art of Ezra Jack Keats was designed in collaboration with our teacher advisory group with precisely that goal in mind, and the tour is back this year by popular demand! This virtual field trip brings a CJM Educator to your classroom over Zoom for an interactive tour of the past CJM exhibition The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats, highlighting early literacy concepts, followed by a guided art project inspired by Keats’s illustrations.  The perfect complement to an Ezra Jack Keats author study, this 70-minute experience will engage students from start to finish with virtual gallery activities, hands-on art making, and time for an optional short break in the middle. This tour will be offered from September 2022 through January 2023.  

In-person Tour: Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community, and Ourselves  For students in grades 6-12; available Thursdays and Fridays through December 2022

We live in a world in need of inspired and inclusive visions for healing. The current exhibition Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community, and Ourselves features such perspectives in works by thirty Bay Area artists reflecting on the theme of tikkun, or repair, as a phenomenon of care and interconnectedness grounded in environmental responsibility, community practice, and personal action. During this in-person tour experience designed for grades 6–12, a CJM educator will guide students in activities that ask them to consider their own visions of repair for themselves and their communities, and hands-on art-making inspired by the exhibition.