We invite students and teachers in the Houston area to visit Asia Society Texas Center. School tours facilitated by Education Department staff provide educationally rich interactive opportunities for students to learn about Asian art, culture, and traditions.

These free tours are open to all public, private, charter, alternative, and home schools. Visits take place on weekday mornings, Tuesday through Friday, for one to three hours.

Education Department staff develop tours specific to each school’s requests and needs. They may include:

• Docent-led tour of exhibitions in the Louisa Stude Sarofim Gallery
• “Introduction to Asia” PowerPoint Presentation highlighting essential information about Asian art, culture, geography, and politics
• Guided tour of the Texas Center and discussion of its unique architecture
• Art-making activities in the Edward Rudge Allen III Education Center

Teachers receive a packet describing the exhibition on display in the Sarofim Gallery and its educational value. Education Department staff and docents work together to develop materials and tours that fit Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and district curriculum standards.

Deadlines for Spring 2012 School Visits:

• May tours: Friday, March 30, 2012
• June tours: Friday, May 11, 2012

Registration is required. For more information, contact Paul Pass, Education Coordinator, at PPass@AsiaSociety.org or 713.496.9915.