Touching The Art

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A New Kind of Art Experience!

The visual arts can be as emotionally powerful as a good movie or novel. Yes, it's true! The approach to take is probably very different from what you are used to, yet it should feel totally familiar to you.

On this site you'll be able to:

Experience this unique approach through video presentations
Learn how to recreate this approach for yourself
Find out more about unique art museum tours and other special events

Watch this video to find out more!

The Book:
Touching the Art: A Guide to Enjoying Art at a Museum

Learn more about how to create this movie-like experience for yourself with this short book! Take a tour of five powerful artworks, and along the way learn the principles and techniques that will help you recreate the experience for yourself.

Read Chapter One!

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TTA Self-Guided Tours

More easily immerse yourself into the world of art with the help of specially designed worksheets that you can use for your own self-tour of a museum or of art online.

The worksheets include:

Several carefully selected artworks
Revealing questions to guide your reading
Background stories
Thematic formulations to help you form a deeper and more personal understanding
Additional artwork suggestions
Cheat-sheet for concepts used in the worksheet
Featured artworks are available on this website!

Now Available: LA County Museum of Art
Atlanta High Museum of Art

Download the Free Sample for this painting

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Bringing an Artwork to Life:
Experience the approach on video!

In each video, I present an artwork and guide you through the process of "reading" it. We'll meet interesting characters, figure out what's happening to them, and personally connect with the dramatic moments they are experiencing.