Field Trips
"JSP has added immeasurable value to my life and the lives of my students...The park has expanded their experience of what art can be and opened their minds to what is possible."
- Theresa Jaminet, Stewart Home & School Art Teacher
Ready to create your JSP field trip?
Step 1: Explore JSP’s field trip options.
Guided (1 hour) – $10 per student
Explore the park with a JSP guide! During this 1-hour experience, students will tour a section of the park and enjoy a simple eco-art activity that deepens their connection to nature, art, and community.
Self-Guided – Free
Download a self-guided lesson plan to facilitate your field trip experience! Each lesson plan includes a mini-tour, an eco-art activity, and suggested pre- and post-field trip activities.
Add in any of our other self-guided activities:
Lunch Stop & Outdoor Exploration
JSP is located off of Highway 127 and minutes from I-64. We are the perfect lunch or break spot for your group. Students can eat lunch at our outdoor picnic tables or on The Porch Project: Take it to the Bridge by Heather Hart, enjoy free play in nature, and explore the Park.
Paint on GRAPHOLOGYHENGE
Bring your own spray paint, paint pens, or permanent markers and make your mark on this sculpture created by JSP 2018 Artist-in-Residence Peyton Scott Russell.
Hang Out on The Porch Project: Take it to the Bridge
This sculpture by 2019 Artist in Residence Heather Hart features five, five-sided picnic tables on shaded, elevated platforms. It is perfect for your next community meeting, family picnic, informal performance, craft meet-up, and more! An ADA accessible bridge from the main parking lot to the heart of the sculpture makes it a convenient and accessible place to meet up to converse, create and connect. The sculpture can seat up to 25 people. The bridge leads to the one wheelchair-accessibly table; the remaining four tables are accessed via stairs. JSP does not manage reservations for use of the sculpture; it is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. JSP invites the community to make the space their own. Learn more.
Mix-and-Match
You can explore JSP as long as you wish – we open at dawn and close at dusk. Combine your 1-hour guided field trip experience with any of the self-guided activities, your own activities, or see what your students can discover on their own!
Step 2: Submit a field trip request form at least 2 weeks in advance.
A JSP staff person will reach out to help you organize a field trip unique to your learners’ needs and interests. A typical field trip to JSP is about 2 hours in length and involves a park tour, lunch/snack on a sculpture or on the picnic tables, an eco-art activity, and time for free play in the park.
Step 3: Before you visit…
Review "How to Explore the Park" on our Visit Page with any chaperones and your students.
Share these driving directions and the following parking instructions with your bus driver(s):
About halfway up JSP's driveway, a welcome sign on your right directs buses to turn left for parking. Pull up the gravel road on the left and park at the small metal sawhorse. Let the students out, and walk to the main parking lot from there.The bus driver can stay parked there the whole time, or if they choose to leave and come back, then they can make a 3 point turn from where they are. It is important that the driver exit from the same road that they entered.
Step 4: Welcome to JSP
JSP staff welcome field trips to the park, providing a brief overview of the history, mission, and safety tips, and answering questions. Then, enjoy your planned field trip experience!
Step 5: Let us know how it went!
Complete this 3-5 minute field trip survey to let us know how your experience was, and how we can improve our field trip offerings in the future.
If you took any photos that you give JSP permission to use publicly, please email them to your JSP staff contact.
Thank you!
School Bus Travel Cost Support
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, provides travel reimbursement funds to Kentucky schools for field trips to Josephine Sculpture Park with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Please click on the Arts Council’s logo to apply for the Arts Miles Program Grant.
