The IMA after-school initiative Perspectives offers young people the opportunity to explore Art, Nature, and Design as new ways of seeing their environment and the world. With the instruction and collaboration of their classroom teachers and IMA staff, students in grades 3-10 are given access to interdisciplinary experiences that develop and utilize their creative problem-solving skills. Students gain holistic insights by learning the ways in which artists express ideas through art, understanding how design and nature impact their lives, and utilizing technology and photography to connect and communicate with others.

While elementary participants meet both in their classrooms and at the IMA, middle school and high school students are immersed in the museum setting and are able to take full advantage of all of our resources during the program. IMA maintains its commitment to area public schools as Perspectives seeks new school relationships and continues to serve current program partners: Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) #43 and Shortridge Magnet High School for Law and Public Policy.