Appropriate for teachers of students in grades 5-12.

Landscape architecture -- the design of outdoor public areas, landmarks, and structures – has much in common with the visual arts of painting and sculpture. Explore the aesthetic choices of both landscape architects and visual artists and some of the ways that 2-D painting ideas have influenced and been transformed in landscape design. Investigate the role of photography in landscape architecture, and create your own photographic artwork integrating the concepts of the workshop.

In this interactive workshop, teachers will use two Museum exhibitions, The New American Garden and Scaling Washington to see how landscape architects were influenced by prominent visual artists and to discover how photographers have used the process of documenting the built environment to produce artistic images of their own.

An on-site exploration of the areas outside the National Association of Realtors Building will extend The New American Garden exhibition to reveal how Oehme, van Sweden & Associates used fields of color, scale, movement, and materials to enhance the visual force of the building and blur the perception of indoor and outdoor. In the exhibition Scaling Washington, teachers will explore photographer Colin Winterbottom’s blending of documentation with artistic expression. Using photography, teachers will create images of their own to bring the concepts of the workshop together.

This workshop requires some outdoor walking.  Participants should bring a digital camera, preferably with upload capabilities. Lunch will be provided.

Participants will also receive complementary admission to the November 9th program Picturing Buildings: Line versus Atmosphere, featuring Colin Winterbottom.

Presented as part of FotoWeekDC 2015.

Registration required. Cost: $30 for Museum members; $40 for Non-members.