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The Art Apprentice Online has a vision is to become an accessible and inclusive ‘Online Resource’ engaged in developing and delivering programs for learning in order to improve the painting experience.

"One of the wonderful things about a museum is how you're jolted into confronting art from strange and wonderful civilizations and you look and learn and expand your horizons." Sister Wendy Beckett

Visiting Museums...

Our awareness of art and the creative genius of those who came before us is further enhanced as we study it in its historical and stylistic context.

Museums afford us opportunity to study and learn from those who came before us.

Why visit a Museum?

As we visit Art Museums and study works of art and the history surrounding them, our lives are enriched with new levels of appreciation. How did the artists do it? is usually our first response. What could have motivated them and what influenced them? Art has been said to be a noble expression of the human spirit, and it is most certainly a way to communicate with each other and with future generations. We are able to make a connection with both the artist and his work when we advance our knowledge and we understand the concerns and values of the times.




Visits to historical monuments, buildings, cities and museums can evoke emotions we were never aware of...

Our awareness is further enhanced as we study art in its historical and stylistic context. We are awed by the aspirations and workmanship as we view an Artist’s creations and contemplate the work from conception. It is a wonderful experience when we further understand the language of visual images and the emotions they evoke. Visiting museums can provide a needed balance in our lives that are so dominated by our technical society.

A Museum visit may open an interest in a new genre, topic or style...


Still life, Floral or the Decorative Arts can inspire our creativity...

For an artist, a visit to a museum can be almost spiritual. A way to awaken our artistic sensibilities and to reflect on our own artistic journey. Sometimes the artist will travel a path without direction or awareness. A museum visit, can point the artist in a new direction. Not everyone is able to travel great distances, the world of the internet affords us a chance to see great art right in our own homes. The Art Apprentice Online has gathered links to some of these great museums, we hope you will enjoy visiting them as often as we do.

Folk Art and Decorative Art museums give us a greater appreciation for the cultural and traditional roots of artistic expression...