Good Morning, Fred - I believe you are treading into dangerous waters here. As the director of a museum on a high school campus AND with one of the earliest collections of plaster casts of the World's great ancient statuary, I have a bit of adjacent experience.
While most of our regular art-student-visitors are teens and adults, we frequently host all grades, elementary through 8th. Students are given the stories portrayed by the figures, their history, who created them, etc. And their tours are almost always concluded with a "life" drawing period. However, these are NOT living, human models. In our interpretation, we talk about why many of the figures are portrayed nude (ie the Greeks' - in particular, but Romans', as well - belief in the perfection and beauty of the human form.)
Also - I would ask if the 11-year-old is a prodigy now already in high school? I have known very chronologically young children raised by amazing parents who are both artistically advanced and exposed to museums on a regular basis.
You may also want to review your State laws regarding mandatory reporting. Obviously, your organization is not a school, but because the Slater Museum is a department of Norwich Free Academy, I am a mandatory reporter. The flip side of that is an incident that one might consider laughable. I regularly exercise alone in our gym before classes begin and when the girl's track coach faced a very hot June, she switched her practices to early morning without telling anyone outside of Athletics. I was caught coming out of the shower by the girls coming in, literally with my clothes off and the coach reported me! So this can be taken to extremes, but it would be of value to either check with the State Department of Children and Families (or equivalent) or an attorney on your board.
Finally, are the parents willing to sign a statement approving the exposure?
Good Luck! Great Question! Vivian
Vivian F. Zoë, Director
Slater Memorial Museum
108 Crescent Street, Norwich CT 06360
860-425-5560 vox
860-885-0379 fax
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