Upcoming LASP Outreach Events
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Objects and Their Makers: New Insights
Workshops on Latin American Art
The Latin American Studies Program is supporting the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Education Department's OMNI program in collaboration with area schools and Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES. The OMNI program provides a unique opportunity for students (and teachers) to learn about communities around the world by studying the museum's collections, exploring a classroom study case, and participating in classroom and museum activities and workshops.
The OMNI program on Pre-Columbian Latin American Art(Bold) allows student to view the wonders of Latin American art through pre-Columbian textiles and clay vessels from Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador. Students and teachers can explore Latin America in their classroom using a case which contains a rich selection of Peruvian textiles, clay pots, pan pipes and flutes, weaving and spinning instruments, music tapes, dried potatoes, and books. Through classroom and museum presentations, students examine the pre-Columbian Incan and Moche cultures through a selection of objects and myths. The museum visit also include demonstrations and instruction on backstrap weaving and spinning and gallery activities. This special curriculum has been developed for 3rd and 5th-grade classes.
Fees and Scheduling: $125.00 per classroom per unit. Fee includes use of classroom study case with a teacher's notebook for three weeks, a one-hour classroom introduction of the unit by museum staff, and a two-hour visit to the museum for workshops with artist/instructors and gallery activities (materials included) Also includes an artist led follow-up workshop in the classroom. Units must be scheduled at least 5 weeks in advance. Contact Carol Hockett at (607)254-4654 or cih2@cornell.edu.
These learning units are made possible with public funds from the Cornell Latin American Studies Program Title VI grant, the Arts-In-Education division of the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Freedom Forum Foundation.