1. Museum of Friends 719-738-2858 http://www.museumoffriends.org
109 East 6th Street
2nd floor (above Duckwalls)
Presentation to the Huerfano County School District - March 11, 2008

2. Opened to the Public October, 07

3. Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Sponsored by the Huerfano County Chamber of Commerce
Over 200 attended
With Support from
Local Businesses,
Community Banks of Southern Colorado
Alyc’ Frieside Café
Dennis Rains
And many others

4. Mission Statement:
The Museum of Friends (MOF) is founded on the ideal of giving back to community what was freely given by friends to MOF’s founding artists.
MOF honors art and celebrates the generous artists who made possible and gave form to its existence.
MOF’s primary goals are to foster the open inquiry necessary to a cultural education and its ideals through exhibitions, an extensive reference library, and public programs.

5. Informational Materials available for Self-guided tours

6. Local and national artists

7. Educational Resource for Teachers

8. Public events

9. Space available for meetings, special events and year end Student Art Exhibitions

10. School Tour Program
Available for K through 12th grade

11. Art as a vehicle for Self-Esteem Building

12. Room for Discussion: Apply principles of design, and sensory, and expressive features of visual art.

13. Students recognize and begin to think about the use of the visual arts as a form of communication

14. Students recognize and begin to think about the use of the visual arts as a form of communication

15. Recognize themes in Art

16. Portraits

17. Portraits

18. Landscapes, traditional and expressionistic

19. Landscapes, traditional and expressionistic

20. Students know and apply visual arts materials, tools, and techniques: Drawing

21. Drawing

22. Photography

23. Political Art

24. Political Art

25. Poster Design

26. Printmaking

27. Printmaking

28. Editorial Illustration and Cartooning

29. Students relate the visual arts to various historical and cultural traditions

30. Students relate the visual arts to various historical and cultural traditions

31. Students relate the visual arts to various historical and cultural traditions

32. Students relate the visual arts to various historical and cultural traditions

33. Students relate the visual arts to various historical and cultural traditions

34. Students relate the visual arts to various historical and cultural traditions

35. Students analyze and evaluate the characteristics, merits, and meaning of works of art