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Week 2: Making Ideas Into Images
The students visit the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and tour international artworks from the permanent collection that illustrate reverence for ancestors and attitudes about death. They learn how artists have successfully translated ideas into images.
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Week 2: Making Ideas Into Images
The students visit the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and tour international artworks from the permanent collection that illustrate reverence for ancestors and attitudes about death. They learn how artists have successfully translated ideas into images.
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Week 2: Making Ideas Into Images
The students visit the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and tour international artworks from the permanent collection that illustrate reverence for ancestors and attitudes about death. They learn how artists have successfully translated ideas into images.
The students came to the museum yesterday and today, and had great tours by Maria and Amanda. They had access to the Photo Study Room where they saw a number of works from the Photography and Prints and Drawings collection.
They also spent some time in the gallery. Here, they learn about our great Tamayo painting.
Walking from gallery to gallery with the students, I got a chance to chat a bit. I heard a lot of “I have never been here before”, and “this place is great”, and “what do you mean this museum is always free?”.
Mike and I make our weekly visit to the school together to train four new students on how to use the cameras, and pick up last week’s cameras. As usual, Mike is great with the students, and he explains the endless possibilities of what they can do with them.
The students start using them right away, and start recording one another talking about their project.
This week the students have been primed to visit the museum by Amanda, and they were very much looking forward to it. They will look at works that deal with death and memory by artists from all over the world. They will be able to incorporate some of these ideas into their ofrendas if they choose to.
Amanda from the Education department and I visited the school today to work with the students. Next week’s topic is “Making Ideas Into Images” and Amanda wanted the students to think critically when viewing the works at the museum. She used a technique known as Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), which proved to be very productive. They loved working with her and were really engaged with the artwork she used. Sorry, I forgot to take a picture . . . oops?
This project is generously supported by the Friends of the Institute and Cargill, Inc, with in-kind support provided by Best Buy.
