Reflections from the VTS Community

"Program at Elementary Schools Empowers Kids in 'Visual Thinking'" View Publication

"In 2003, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum set out to understand more about what schoolchildren can learn from museums. ... During the study, staff members began emphasizing a tool called Visual Thinking Strategies." View Publication

"Monet? Gauguin? Using Art to Make Better Doctors" View Publication

"Applying Visual Thinking Strategies to Media Production and Consumption" View Publication

"Research suggests that museum programs based on Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), a specific internationally-recognized teaching method used at the MIA, can help develop children's critical thinking skills." View Publication

The Brooks Brings Innovative Curriculum to Memphis City Schools: "What do Harvard Medical School and three Memphis elementary schools have in common?" View Publication

"Lindemann's young students are actually veterans of art appreciation, thanks to an educational partnership with Middlebury College. The students are in the fourth year of the MiddArts Visual Thinking Strategies program ..." View Publication

"Art appreciation helps young children learn to think and express ideas" View Publication