Highlights of the Permanent Collection
Student Docents
The Sweet Briar Docents serve a vital part in the Sweet Briar Community by giving tours of the Art Galleries to visitors both young and old.
Akalypta: Uncovering Ancient Greece and Rome
Sweet Briar Art Gallery
This educational tour explores life in ancient Greece and Rome, meets Standards of Learning for Third Graders' study of Greece and Rome, and includes three components:
1. An architectural treasure hunt surveys Sweet Briar's architecture. Sweet Briar's architecture is in the Georgian style, and is a later example of the classical style seen in the architecture of Ancient Greece and Rome. The tour teaches children to identify architectural components such as columns, pediments, entablatures, and arcades.
2. A tour of the exhibition, "Akalypta." Third graders will be guided through the "Akalypta" exhibition which includes pottery and ancient bronze objects, nails, and other artifacts that were part of the every day lives of citizens of Ancient Greece and Rome.
3. The Odyssey Game . The re-enactment of the The Odyssey presents students with an opportunity to learn about Homer's epic with the aids of props and costumes.
Approximate length of the program: Program can be 1 hour if two of the three activities are selected or 1.5 hours
When: By Appointment.
Where: Sweet Briar College, Pannell Art Gallery, The Quad & Cram Campus
Fee: Free of Charge
Register: Appointment is required
Contact information - Please contact Rebecca Massie Lane, Director of College Galleries & Arts Management, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA 24595
Telephone: 434.381.6248 or Email: rmlane@sbc.eduhttp://www.artgallery.sbc.edu/gallery/docent.html
This page was created by Dana Lee Bordvick, class of 1998.
Maintained by Jaime Henna, 2002.
Direct questions or comments to Professor
Rebecca Massie Lane, Director of the College Galleries and the Arts Management Program.
Last updated on February 27, 2000.