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Student Residency Program

During residencies at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, K‑12 teachers and students utilize the galleries, studios, Creative Learning Center spaces, and the Museum’s unique resources.

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Program Details

GRAM serves as the students’ classroom, engaging them with the collection and exhibitions on view, reinforcing and expanding upon themes explored in the classroom and promoting 21st-century skills.

For more information and availability, or to book a residency program, please contact School Experience Manager, Emily Jarvi at ejarvi@artmuseumgr.org.

    Residencies may be scheduled for a 1‑day experience, up to a 5‑day experience. Residencies must be booked at least 1 month in advance and are based on scheduling and staffing availability.

    • Fee: $250/​day
    • Maximum capacity: 32 students

    GRAM’s Field Trip Fund program does not cover the Student Residency Program.

Student Residency Themes

    Choose one of the current exhibitions on view for an in-depth museum experience.

    Focus on a specific medium, process, art movement, artist(s), style, subject matter, theme, and more. 

    Plan a session to study a select number of works on paper from GRAM’s Permanent Collection that are not currently on view (based on availability).

    Work with GRAM’s School Experience Manager to create a specific museum-based project that best meets your classroom’s needs.

    Connect the Visual Arts to another curriculum area for an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary museum experience: Cultural Studies, Design and Engineering, English Language Arts, Math, Music, Physical Education, Social Studies, Science, or Technology.