K-12 Educational Experiences are approximately two hours and include the main exhibit gallery, the Sculptor’s Studio, temporary exhibitions and an art activity. The main exhibit gallery features mostly plaster models that span a career of 70 years of sculpting. Many of the sculptures can be found in Michigan and in other states and countries. Also are artifacts from Marshall Fredrick's Royal Oak studio that are presented in a way to guide students through the casting process. The temporary exhibition gallery features changing exhibitions of international, national, and Michigan artists. Students also can participate in a number of art activities that help students learn the sculpting process.

Taken at a leisurely pace with moments for reflection, a hike through the Art Park typically lasts between 90 minutes and two hours and covers nearly 2 miles of trails. Along your hike, you will discover 47 sculptures, 31 poetry stones and an area of student work. Interpretive signs will help you grasp the meaning of the works. Be sure to pick up a trail map in the desk in front of the Visitors Service Center near the trailhead.

The Midland Center for the Arts provides guided educational experiences in the areas of science, history and visual art both on and off site. MCFTA always welcomes preview visits by educators and have an educator e-newsletter to share information about upcoming programs.

The Mid-Michigan Children’s Museum is committed to building the future through nurturing learning experiences, encouraging family relationships, and serving as a resource for both the communities and educational systems throughout the region.

Each of the MMCM exhibit galleries has been tied directly to the Michigan Department of Education Curriculum and National Early Learning standards. For details on the correlations of exhibits and Michigan Curriculum Framework, please click on the PDF links below.

MOCAD offers museum tours and educational art activities for groups up to 25 students ages 3 and up for ½ hours to 2 hour programs.

In advance, choose one of 4 projects for hands-on curriculum activities focusing on: 1) identity, 2) scale and perspective, 3) literacy with poetry/texture/sound, and 4) environmentalism with found objects.

Free tour programs for various age and grade levels. Permanent and temporary exhibitions, and films.

Art in the Loft is Northeast Michigan’s premier fine arts center and gallery. Our mission is to enrich the quality of life in Northeast Michigan through an arts center that offers learning opportunities and increases public participation in the arts. The gallery has over 7,000 square feet of open loft space devoted to the exhibit of fine art by local, regional and national artists. We also offer visual and culinary art workshops, educational activities, and arts-centered community events.

The Arts Council of White Lake (ACWL) has a 29-year history of high quality artistic achievement in art program presenting and support. We provide numerous opportunities for the White Lake community and surrounding cities to view, listen to, create and learn from the arts, and we give support and encouragement to artists and arts organizations. Arts Council of White Lake programs, scholarships and grants, which reach thousands of people from all walks of life each year, help build a spirited, giving, and global White Lake culture. We connect people to people and people to community through the universal language of art.

A tour led by a knowledgeable staff member encompassing art appreciation, and depending on thematerial: ethnographic studies, social studies, art history.

More than 3,000 students annually come to the Outdoor Discovery Center to learn about Michigan history from its indigenous communities to the early European settlers. Their learning includes hands-on activities related to daily life and culture including traditional gardening, tool making and use, foraging, hunting and trapping traditions, trading of natural resources, and production of maple syrup and sugar. Using the center's live animals and taxidermy, students explore are as they create projects that incorporate both the physical characteristics of animals and also the habitat in which those animals live. Our team of Education Network ambassadors also works with local schools to incorporate art into their lessons. Their projects have included plein air painting, sculptures in the spirit of work by Andy Goldworthy, and pencil sketching. During summer camps, students are often engaged in art-related activities including simple drawing and coloring to media production. The camp "Lights, Cameras, Animals" has children between 8-12 years old create a script and act based upon a theme facilitated and produced by a staff person. Lastly, the ODC has an art trail that is enjoyed by more than 50,000 visitors annually which includes sculpture and tactile elements to activate the viewers senses.