Education Resources - Women & Their Work

Women & Their Work believes contemporary art education is a valuable resource that should be made accessible to audiences of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. Women & Their Work’s exhibitions, programs, performances, and tours are free and open to the public. To aid interpretation of exhibitions featured in the galleries, the artwork is accompanied by critical essays written by art and culture professionals, video interviews with each artist speaking to the themes and methods behind her work, and art education lesson plans designed to complement each exhibition. Learn more on our education page.

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Exhibition Lesson Plans

Learn more about our artist alumni with these art activities inspired by our recent exhibitions.

Some artist videos include adult themes, please use discretion with students.

2023 Exhibitions:

Jade Walker, Wayfinding

Wayfinding Lesson Plan

Lindy Chambers, Then and Now

Then and Now Lesson Plan

Dan Jian, The Bow Whispers to the Arrow

The Bow Whispers to the Arrow

2022 Exhibitions:

Ariel René Jackson, A Welcoming Place

A Welcoming Place Mining Identity, Narrative, and Place

A Welcoming Place: Virtual Welcome

A Welcoming Place Professional Development Workshop

A Welcoming Place Mining Professional Development Standards

A Welcoming Place Teacher Workshop

A Welcoming Place Mining Identity, Narrative, and Place Presentation

A Welcoming Place Virtual Tour Presentation

2021 Exhibitions:

Rehab El Sadek, PATTERN LANGUAGE |لغه نمطيه

Pattern Language Scavenger Hunt

Pattern Language Lesson Plan

Pattern Language Final Presentation

We Know Who We Are. We Know What We Want.

Inaugural Exhibition Terms To Know

Inaugural Exhibition Scavenger Hunt

2020 Exhibitions:

Mihee Nahm, Soaked

Scattered Shower Paintings

Jill Bedgood, Barnacles of Exsistence*

Crafting Molds*

Melanie Clemmons, Likes Charge*

Hyperfantastical HTML Page*

Hyperfantasy Collage*

Words to Know: Likes Charge

2019 Exhibitions:

Hedwige Jacobs, If I could, I would cover everything with my drawings

House Design

Bumin Kim, Walk the Sky

Yarn Wall Work

Rosa Nussbaum, Horizonland

Custom Cars

Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Truth Before Flowers

Yarn Wall Hanging

Plant Hanger

Shana Hoehn, Hauntings

Foil Face Relief

Foil Figure Sculpture

Preetika Rajgariah, Wild, Wild Country

Yoga Cut-Out Collage

Betelhem Makonnen & Stephanie Concepcion Ramirez, the meaning wavers*

Portrait Transfer*

Words to Know: the meaning wavers

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Learning Through the Arts

Learning through the Arts (LTA) was a community-based partnership between Women & Their Work, Applied Materials, The University of Texas at Austin and the Manor Independent School District. LTA was a unique professional development program that sought to provide teachers with tools to use art techniques to teach core curricular subjects. Teachers collaborated with five teaching artists throughout the school year to integrate the arts into their classroom. Workshops on integrating the arts connect teachers and teaching artists to new ways of creating an exciting and active classroom.