The Nasher Museum of Art

Today’s students are more media savvy than ever, but how well do they critique the images they see around them? Visual literacy is an increasingly important skill and learning to think critically about images is an essential component of a 21st century education. The Nasher Museum seeks to function as an interdisciplinary nexus and a laboratory where students can investigate, explore and test the knowledge they are presented in class. Confronted with a different kind of source material–image rather than text–they are challenged to look at concepts and issues in a new way.

For more information on visual literacy, click on the "How do YOU Look?" link to the left.

IMAGE: Photo by Dr. J Caldwell