With support from the California Arts Council, the Fine Arts Museums (FAMSF) will provide its Get Smart with Art (GSWA) program to 6,000 underserved Bay Area students. GSWA is an interdisciplinary curriculum package that uses art objects as primary documents, sparking investigations into the diverse cultures represented by FAMSF’s collections. The program includes free curriculum materials, with preparatory lessons, a guided tour in the Museums’ galleries, and a thematic art activity.
FAMSF is committed to offering a wide array of education and public programs designed for school children, educators, families, and adults alongside our special exhibitions and permanent collections. Programs targeting children and youth included Get Smart with Art; Museum Ambassadors; School Mondays; docent-led and self-guided tours; summer art camps; Saturday drop-in workshops; and Advanced Placement art history classes. Programs targeting the general public include Friday Nights at the de Young, a free weekly event designed to enhance both the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions through live music, art-making, lectures, films, and artist demonstrations; scholarly symposia featuring a variety of speakers exploring topics related to FAMSF’s exhibitions and collections; and opening day festivals with free live music, artist demonstrations, art-making, and lectures celebrating new exhibitions.

