Located on the fifth floor, the Resource Center offers New Museum visitors books, catalogues, magazines, and digital materials on international contemporary art and culture as well as publications related to current exhibitions. New Museum publications and the Digital Archive, which documents past New Museum exhibitions and programs, are also available in the Resource Center. The Digital Archive, launching soon, offers an invaluable resource to researchers, scholars, and general audiences, making available out-of-print publications, hard-to-find images and information, and previously unpublished exhibition details. The Resource Center is equipped with five computers and has space for reading and research. Also on view in the Resource Center is the Bowery Artist Tribute, a research project on the history of art on the Bowery. The Bowery Artist Tribute features an online map of artists' current and former residences and studios in the neighborhood, a series of audio and video interviews with select artists, and an archive of related resource materials.

Endowment support is provided by The Keith Haring Foundation School and Youth Programs Fund and the Skadden, Arps Education Programs Fund. Additional endowment support provided by the JPMorgan Chase Professional Development Workshop Program for Teachers, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs at the New Museum.

The Global Classroom (G:Class) is an innovative interdisciplinary museum education program that encourages visual literacy and critical thinking skills in high school students by integrating contemporary art into the core curriculum. It emphasizes inquiry-based education, problem solving, and self-expression by connecting the New Museum's mission, resources, and programs with students' personal, political, and cultural realities. Founded in 2005, G:Class is presently partnered with New Design High School, Pace High School, City-As-School, and the Beacon School.

The New Museum launched G:Class in 2005 with the mission to:

• Encourage students' cultural literacy and global awareness through contemporary art
• Cultivate students' critical thinking, visual literacy skills, and self-expression through innovative curriculum
• Utilize the New Museum as a cultural and educational resource to expand learning beyond the classroom

G:Class empowers youth to think critically about global cultural issues, develop their own cultural perspectives, and support their ideas through evidence. Drawing upon the New Museum's extensive resources, the G:Class curriculum utilizes concepts, themes, and skill-based lessons that encourage students to examine the relationships between art and relevant cultural and social issues. Current themes include global media and communication; transportation and design; architecture; current events and critical perspectives; race, gender, and social change; and popular youth culture.

Seminars connect students with noted artists, designers, and architects.
Through G:Class seminars, artists lead hands-on workshops, critique student projects, discuss social issues relevant to their work, and promote the arts as a potential career for young people. This experience supports the holistic approach G:Class applies to art education.

Gclass.org, the G:Class Web site provides online resources for teachers and students, such as lesson plans and access to a selection of the New Museum's Digital Archive.
Gclass.org engages young people by showcasing their work and writing, and provides students with the opportunity to explore contemporary art on their own, outside the classroom. Visit Gclass.org now.

G:Class grew out of New Museum's The Visible Knowledge Program (VKP) dedicated to educational and professional development program for public high schools from 1984 to 2005. For twenty-one years, the VKP paired artist/instructors with high school teachers on a semester-long basis with the goal of integrating contemporary art with social studies, language arts, and studio art curricula through a multicultural and interdisciplinary approach. VKP ended as the New Museum closed it doors on 583 Broadway. The New Museum made a decision to transition to The Global Classroom (G:Class) with a more international perspective. 

Professional Development for Teachers aims to supplement high school teachers' knowledge of contemporary art practices and issues through directed lectures, participatory workshops, and object-based learning. The series of teacher-focused workshops and lectures provide teachers with historical and contextual information about contemporary art and will be offered three times during the academic school year. Open to all art, math, global studies, and English teachers in New York City. Professional Development dates for the 2008-2009 academic year are November 4, February 2, June 4. Please register to receive information about our upcoming events, workshops and lectures.

The Global Classroom is made possible by Altria Group, Inc., and The Bloomingdale’s Fund of the Macy’s Foundation. Additional support is generously provided by the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Endowment support is provided by The Keith Haring Foundation School and Youth Programs Fund and the Skadden, Arps Education Programs Fund. Additional endowment support provided by the JPMorgan Chase Professional Development Workshop Program for Teachers, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs at the New Museum.

You may schedule a tour for your high school or college class when the Museum is closed to the public. Tours must be scheduled a minimum of three weeks in advance, based on availability. Multilingual tours are available upon request. Group tours begin February 1, 2008.

• High Schools
  Students develop visual literacy, critical thinking and communication skills while exploring contemporary art and culture. Depending on the size of the group, students and accompanying adults may be broken up into smaller groups upon entering the galleries. Scheduled tours can be tailored to fit the needs and interests of your school group.
  Maximum group size: 20; 1 adult companion required per 8 high school students
  Fee: $65
• Colleges and Universities
  Museum staff members facilitate careful observation and interactive discussion.
  Maximum size of group: 20
  Fee: $150
• Self-Guided Tours
  Groups are welcome to guide themselves through the Museum. However all self-guided tours must be scheduled in advance and are limited to ten people. Upon reservation, you will receive educational materials that will help you prepare for your tour. Self-guided tours begin February 1, 2008.
  Fee: $20 plus admission

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Both a celebration and exploration of our new neighborhood, the Bowery Artist Tribute explores the presence of artists on this famed thoroughfare. Throughout the 20th century, the Bowery was a richly diverse commercial and residential district as well as an infamous "skid row." But its other little-known history was as an active creative community with artists from Mark Rothko to Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Brice Marden, and Eva Hesse living and working here. Through onsite and online resources, publications, and public programming, the Bowery Artist Tribute is a vibrant connecting point for our visitors and neighbors to tap into the history of the neighborhood, its creative residents, and its contributions to contemporary culture.

Located on the fifth floor, the Resource Center offers New Museum visitors books, catalogues, magazines, and digital materials on international contemporary art and culture as well as publications related to current exhibitions. New Museum publications and the Digital Archive, which documents past New Museum exhibitions and programs, are also available in the Resource Center. The Digital Archive offers an invaluable resource to researchers, scholars, and general audiences, making available out-of-print publications, hard-to-find images and information, and previously unpublished exhibition details. The Resource Center is equipped with five computers and has space for reading and research. Also on view in the Resource Center is the Bowery Artist Tribute, a research project on the history of art on the Bowery. The Bowery Artist Tribute features an online map of artists' current and former residences and studios in the neighborhood, a series of audio and video interviews with select artists, and an archive of related resource materials.

Programs and lesson plans can be found on Gclass.org, the G:Class Web site.
This site provides online resources for teachers and students, such as lesson plans and access to a selection of the New Museum's Digital Archive. Gclass.org engages young people by showcasing their work and writing, and provides students with the opportunity to explore contemporary art on their own, outside the classroom. Visit Gclass.org now.

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Students at The Beacon School working on a G:Class project, 2007.