School & Teacher Programs
SCHOOL TOURS
School tours are available Tuesday through Friday. Students may view special exhibitions or the permanent collection. See below for themes.
Themed Tours of the D’Arcy
- Angels in Art
- Artists’ Workshops
- Biblical Stories
- Color & Light
- Life of Christ
- Life of Mary
- Lives of the Saints
- Meaning of Plants
- Naturalism
- Patronage
- Tense Times in the Church
For more information, please contact the education department at lumaeducation@luc.edu or 312.915.7635.
LESSON PLANS
Click the links below to download and print lesson plans related to the following exhibitions:
Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity and Islam
1. Honoring a Wise Person (PDF)
2. Recounting a Life in Eight Scenes (PDF)
3. Precious Objects, Precious Boxes (PDF)
4. The Canterbury Tales with a Chicago Twist (PDF)
5. Depicting a Special Place from Multiple Perspectives (PDF)
6. The Writing on the Wall: Making Calligraphic Portraits (PDF)
HEAVEN+HELL
1. Introduction to Outsider Art (PDF)
2. William Edmondson's Angel (PDF)
3. Ronald and Jessie Cooper's Heavenly Chour Praysing God (PDF)
4. Howard Finster's Holy White City Coming Down, #5000.280 (PDF)
5. Sister Gertrude Morgan's New Jerusalem (PDF)
6. Leroy Almon's Thomas Dorsey (PDF)
7. Minnie Evans's Two Angels Adoring Central Figure (PDF)
8. HEAVEN+HELL Activities (PDF)