Materials & Activities
The Steamboat Art Museum Art Reach program is designed to engage students of all ages through education of the exhibits and artistic opportunities at the museum.
“We Set Our Faces Westward" Coloring Pages
Coloring Competition | Heide Presse: We Set Our Faces Westward… One Woman’s Journey 1839 – 1848
How well can you stay within the lines, or create your own masterpiece, with our “We Set Our Faces Westward" coloring pages? Break out those crayons or colored pencils and enter our coloring competition.
“We Set Our Faces Westward" Scavenger Hunt
Heide Presse: We Set Our Faces Westward… One Woman’s Journey 1839 – 1848
Can you located all of these items hidden within the artwork and displays of our museum exhibit?
Family Fun with our Latest Scavenger Hunt!
Wild West: Wildlife Masters, Past and Present
View the current exhibit at the Steamboat Art Museum or in the online gallery and find your answers in the photographs!
Try our “Wild West" Coloring Page!
Wild West: Wildlife Masters, Past and Present
How well can you stay within the lines, or create your own masterpiece, with our “Wild West" coloring page?
Description. Analysis. Interpretation. Judgement.
What do we see? How we describe the artwork. Think about the elements of art (line, shape, value, form, texture, space, and color). What is its size? What is the subject? Can you tell what it is made of?
These and more other questions on our guide.
There are no Right or Wrong Answers in the Open – Ended Inquiry.
What do you know about this object? What is familiar? What is unfamiliar? List words or ideas that come to mind when you look at this object.
These and more other questions on our guide.
Drawing Cranes in 8 Steps.
Start with the inner life of the bird. Focus on posture, proportions, and angles to create the silhouette of the crane. Dark and Light values convey its form and lighting conditions.
Follow Step by Step in the guide.
