The Noyes Museum of Art has a ongoing volunteer program which is an integral part of its daily operations and provides community members with a chance to contribute their valuable time to the region’s leading cultural institution.
Volunteers enjoy serving behind the scenes on a multitude of assignments for different departments. Noyes volunteers can work on ad hoc planning committees, administrative, research, and creative projects, or facilitating children’s activities. We endeavor to place volunteers in areas that best reflect their personal interests and talents.
Acquire first-hand, practical experience in the museum field at The Noyes Museum of Art. Interns work closely with our professional staff to gain knowledge about various aspects of museum work such as: administration, development, education, public relations, curatorial and planning special events and community programs.
Every effort is made to tailor the duties of each individual intern to
coincide with their particular academic and professional goals.
Unpaid undergraduate and graduate internships are available year-round and may be arranged for credit or non-credit status.
To learn more about Noyes internships, call the Director of
Education at 609.652.8848 ext. 12.
Design your own Noyes Program
Special topic programs can be arranged to meet the needs of your particular curriculum.
Contact the Education Department four weeks in advance with your ideas, and we will create a tailored program just for your class.
Why not become a Noyes Museum Guide
and you can speak to small groups about Noyes history and exhibitions as you lead them on a tour through The Noyes Museum.
Training sessions are held periodically throughout the year to polish your presentation skills and update you on our latest exhibitions.
A Family Hands-on Arts Activity Center, Student Art Gallery and Multifunctional Classroom Space.
The Noyes Museum is proud to announce the
opening of Creation Station which will serve as a permanent education
center for families and schools, allowing visitors to benefit from enhanced, self-directed museum activities as well as expanded programming.
Many
thanks to the generous support of the late Martha B. Keates, former distinguished Noyes Board Member and President,
AkPharma, Atlantic City Electric, Connelly Foundation, D.
Benjamin Brown Company, Rhoda & Lewis Malamut, and the Odessa F.
and Henry D, Kahrs Charitable Trust.
Come and
enjoy this new education space at the Noyes!
Noyes School Programs
Thematic School Tours
All tours are linked to N.J. State Department of Education Core Curriculum Content Standards. Grade levels are suggestions. Tours are adaptable to specific grade levels.
Get Acquainted (Pre-School)
This program is designed especially for preschool groups with students ages three to five. Young children are introduced to the Museum and art concepts through developmentally appropriate activities. During the forty-minute program, children will have a picture book read to them in the galleries, look at original art works and make an art project to take home.
Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Learning to Look (K-2)
Young students are encouraged to use their imagination while learning to see more when looking at art. Questions and comparisons guide children to verbally express their curiosity about art. Viewing both folk art and fine art, this program asks the young student to describe what they see and how they feel about it. Searching activities are geared toward increasing observational skills.
Standards 1.1, 1.4, 3.1, 3.2
General (Grades 1-12)
This tour provides a general overview of the Museum and its current exhibitions and is ideal for a first time visit. A brief history of the Museum and its founders, Fred W. Noyes, Jr. and Ethel M. Noyes is included. Students will be introduced to ways of examining and interpreting works of art during their visit to all four galleries.
Standards 1.1, 3.2
Taking Art Apart (Grades 4-8)
The visual elements (line, shape, color, light, value, texture and space) are presented as the ingredients available to an artist when making a work of art. It is the way in which the artist selects and arranges these visual elements that creates the composition and establishes the mood. The styles of realism, abstraction and non-representational art will be identified and clarified.
Standards 1.1, 1.4
Folk Art (Grades 4-12)
Local culture is discussed in relationship to folk art and, specifically, decoy carvings. This tour suggests that art can be considered a type of visual history for gaining insight to past lifestyles. Discussion will include topics such as: the impact that the cycle of the seasons has on people and their art, bird migration and the evolution of the practical decoy into a decorative art form.
Standards 1.5, 6.2, 6.3
The Artist’s Language
(Grades 6-12)
Gaining and refining a vocabulary for discussing art can be fun. This in-depth program defines and explores technical terms, stylistic trends and the process of art criticism. The four phases of art criticism: description, analysis, interpretation, judgment will be discussed in an interactive manner. Students will receive a vocabulary list and participate in a brief gallery project.
Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Meet-the-Artist Presentations
Meet-the-Artist Days at The Noyes
Meet-the-Artist days provide an excellent opportunity for teachers and students to meet and talk with working artists here at the Museum. Presented by professional artists, these lectures and demonstrations are scheduled in conjunction with current exhibitions.
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. PLEASE CALL THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR AT 609.652.8848 EXTENSION 12.
Meet-the-Artist Goes to School
Meet-the-Artist Goes to School is a program that arranges one day artist residencies at school sites in the eight counties of southern New Jersey to support and enrich the curriculum. Eight to ten residencies are offered throughout the year, pending funding. Artists are matched by the Museum to teacher's requests and spend one school day working hands-on in the classroom.
PLEASE CONTACT THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR AT 609.652.8848 EXTENSION 12 FOR AN APPLICATION.
Young-At-Art (YAG) Student Gallery
This special museum exhibition space is designated
exclusively for displaying student art work that has
been created in schools or community organizations.
Educators in southern New Jersey may register to
display student's work for up to one month; sign-up
is on a first come, first served basis. Schools are responsible for hanging and dismantling each show.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY NOYES SCHOOL PROGRAM CONTACT THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR
HERE OR CALL 609.652.8848 EXTENSION 12.
Noyes Museum Teacher Services
Professional Development
Teachers' Workshops
Throughout the year, special workshops of varied content and format are offered for art and classroom teachers (grades K-12) in compliance with the New Jersey Department of Education Professional Development Standards. The Museum is a registered Class II Provider for the required one hundred hours of continuing education.
Missed the October
15 Teacher's
Workshop? Download the
presentation by guest speaker Steve Evert, Field Station Manager, Stockton State College
Marine Science and Environmental Field Station at Nacote Creek.
Coming in April
Monday, April 7, 9am–2:30 pm, $50 - 5
professional development hours
Teachers’ Workshop – The Odyssey: A Journey from
Ancient to Modern Cultures An
enjoyable cross-curricular workshop tying in to our Homer’s
Odyssey: Works by the Princeton Artists Alliance exhibition.
A great opportunity to gather new ideas for enriching the art,
literature & history curriculums in the classroom, try some
creative art activities & meet other teachers. Light morning
refreshments & lunch included. Presented by Kevin Heller of The
Newark Museum & the Princeton Artists Alliance.
TO RECEIVE A BROCHURE AND MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT
THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR AT 609.652.8848.
Educator’s Amenities
Pre- and Post-Visit Materials
Background materials on the current exhibitions are sent to schools with a confirmed visit. These materials include suggested activities to familiarize students with the museum and exhibition content and strategies to integrate exhibit concepts into classroom curriculum.
Educator's Passes
Two free admission passes are sent to teachers with a confirmed booking for a tour. Teachers are invited to preview exhibitions and educational material.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY NOYES TEACHER SERVICE, CONTACT THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR
HERE OR CALL 609.652.8848 EXTENSION 12.
Many
thanks to the generous support of the late Martha B. Keates, former distinguished Noyes Board Member and President,
AkPharma, Atlantic City Electric, Connelly Foundation, D.
Benjamin Brown Company, Rhoda & Lewis Malamut, and the Odessa F.
and Henry D, Kahrs Charitable Trust. 
Teachers' Workshops