The Key to Dalí Art Mobile …
- Is a hybrid gallery and classroom space that connects Salvador Dalí’s art with themes of individuality, community and self-expression.
- Is housed in a traveling trailer that visits all 77 Pinellas County elementary schools and exceptional student centers over a four-year period.
- Reaches more than 38,000 students, from Pre-K through Grade 5.
- Is a collaborative project between the Pinellas County School Board and The Dalí Museum.
- Introduces students to art interpretation through a standards-based curriculum that aligns with Pinellas County Elementary Art Educators’ learning goals.
- Encourages students to explore how their sense of self is shaped by personal history, experiences, influences and community.
- Invites reflection on individuality and how it can emerge through art and interpretation.
The Key to Dalí Art Mobile is currently only available to Pinellas County elementary schools. If you would like to express interest in an Art Mobile visit to your school, please email SAyad@TheDali.org with the subject line “Art Mobile.”
Why the key?
Inspired by Dalí’s robust glossary of personal symbols, the key motif was selected to represent the exposition of Dalí’s inner workings and all that students will find inside the Art Mobile. Drawing from Freud and The Interpretation of Dreams (1899), Dalí’s use of keys in his artwork is meant to signify the subconscious and what is revealed when we look inside the mind. In the Art Mobile, students discover how Dalí intentionally crafted his distinctive persona through storytelling and personal symbols—highlighting aspects of his life, as well as the scientific and historical ideas that fascinated him. By examining how these elements of his personality appear in his artwork, students are invited to unlock both the individual and collective dimensions of who they are.
With Gratitude
The Key to Dalí Art Mobile is made possible through a partnership with Pinellas County Schools. The new Art Mobile and educational materials were made possible with the generous support of the Levett Foundation.
