Educational Programs

Listed below are some of the programs the AMSET Education Department provides to children and adults in an 80 mile radius from our home base in Beaumont, Texas. For information, call (409) 832-3432 or email the Education Department. 

Art After School Art After School is a multi-visit after school program available to all fourth-grade students in selected schools. Students come to AMSET for a series of intensive art experiences. The students tour exhibits, become familiar with museum environments and create hands-on art activities. A highly successful program at AMSET, Art After School offers an enriching art opportunity unlike most participants have experienced.	Art-To-Go Art-To-Go is AMSET’s primary outreach program. This mobile program brings art education and hands-on art experience into classrooms, libraries, senior centers and neighborhood centers across our region. We think of Art-To-Go as our “seeding program,” sowing the seeds of art education and appreciation as broadly as possible. Art-To-Go takes AMSET on the road! To schedule Art-To-Go for your organization, call (409) 832-3432 or fill out the online form here.
ArtVentures ArtVentures Creative Kids’ Camp is a great way to spend a summer. The week-long, half-day workshops offer fun gallery tours and age- appropriate art activities. Children choose from many class options for quality, intensive art education experiences. All courses are taught by professional artists, and the participants work closely with those respected area artists in a variety of media. It’s about learning and fun!	Family Arts Day Planned quarterly at the museum, Family Arts Days are major events and are held in conjunction with four major exhibitions each year. These mini-festivals combine exp- loration of the artwork on display, hands-on activities for children and their families, face-painting, free re- freshments for all and family- oriented entertainment. The best part: admission and all activities are FREE!!! Click here for details on  the next Family Arts Day.
C-Space Computer Lab  C-Space offers children edu- cational software and filtered Internet access. The service is free of charge, and is offered during regular AMSET hours.	HeadStart AMSET welcomes preschool children in the Headstart program during the school year with tours and presentations by specially trained, high-energy museum guides. AMSET loves to give all children a head start in art.
Odom Junior Docents From October through May, eighth-grade students from Odom Academy in Beaumont, Texas visit AMSET monthly  and gain valuable museum guide experience along the way. The program culminates when the students are declared Junior Docents and guide their fellow sixth-grade students through AMSET’s exhibitions.  Each May, AMSET exhibits artwork created by the Junior Docents.	Protege  Protégé High School Art Competition and Exhibition is a 22-year-old program organized annually to promote and inspire 12th-grade artists in our region. AMSET believes it is important that young artists have an early opportunity to enter art competitions and to learn museum and gallery exhibition practices. Click here for 2010 entry form and information.
Tours AMSET offers tours to groups of nearly any size, free of charge. Reservations are required so that the education department can gear each tour to the age and/or educational level of your group. Hands-on art activities are offered to tour groups. To schedule a tour, please call (409) 832-3432 or fill out the online tour request form.	Volunteers are vital to the success of all of AMSET's programs! Volunteer from Junior League of Beaumont are a great asset at AMSET Family Arts Days. To volunteer for any of the programs listed, please e-mail the Education Department or call (409) 832-3432.